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What Revit Wants

Practical ideas for Revit, BIM and construction technology. Built from years of shared experience.

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Make a wish…

If you haven’t already heard, AUGI Wish List voting is now open. Have a vote for Revit features here or AutoCAD features here.…

2010-04-26 · Luke Johnson
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Inconsistency of Dialogue

Its great that we can now resize some of the dialog boxes in 2011. But the flaming Tag All Not Tagged box still doesn’t resize!…

2010-04-23 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2011 Secret #11 – Customize QAT

Wow, Revit is starting to finally allow some actual customization of the User Interface! If you intend to use the Quick Access Toolbar a lot, have a look at the new things you can do – such as sorting…

2010-04-22 · Luke Johnson
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2011 Media vs Download – Box of Goodies

I received our DVD media for Revit 2011 today – and man, what a box of goodies! Here is a list of the discs in the box: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 AutoCAD 2011 32-bit (Disc 1 of 2) AutoCAD 2011 …

2010-04-22 · Luke Johnson
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SuperTip #3 – Keyboard Shortcuts

The best way to become faster at using Revit is to trigger more commands with the keyboard. This is a trick that anyone using AutoCAD learned years ago. You can just hit a few keys much faster than yo…

2010-04-20 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2011 Secret #10 – Orient View to a Plane

When in 3D, you can now right-click the ViewCube and Orient the View to a Plane… I think we had this feature a couple of years ago, but it wasn’t in 2010, but now it’s back! Very handy when working wi…

2010-04-20 · Luke Johnson
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Dimond Architects – Affordable Accommodation Proposal

At Dimond Architects, we recently responded to an interesting client brief. The Client was seeking a scheme that retained existing trees, provided affordable housing and was highly rated in terms of e…

2010-04-19 · Luke Johnson
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2009 UI Still Lives!!!

I personally am quite happy with the Ribbon, particularly with the new enhancements. But out of curiousity, I just thought I would see if the Classic UI is still alive in 2011 – and it is! So if you w…

2010-04-18 · Luke Johnson
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IT Productivity Tip #1

It has been a while since I made an I.T. specific post, so here is a little gem for you. Do you find that your desktop gets cluttered and difficult to navigate, with heaps of icons, shortcuts and rubb…

2010-04-18 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2011 Secret #9 – New Options

After you fire up Revit 2011 for the first time, I recommend you have a look at the new Options dialog. The User Interface tab is new, but some of the options on it are old (moved from the General tab…

2010-04-16 · Luke Johnson