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Revit 2013 – DWG export Color ID global change bug

I thought I got in a loop today: Export DWG Expand All Select all rows Try to delete the number in the Color ID box This warning will come up: You have to press Close for every selected row (could be …

2013-08-20 · Luke Johnson
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Material Library bug? (library in Template File)

Here is the fix: If you unload the material library from the template, save it, close Revit, reopen, create a project from your template and add the Material Library there: not a problem. It’s all the…

2013-04-27 · Luke Johnson
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Deleting a Schedule View results in deletion of View Template

Nasty little bug picked up by Jason Kunkel. Basically, you make View Template based on a Schedule View. Then, when you go to delete that original Schedule View, Revit will prompt you with a “View:View…

2013-03-07 · Luke Johnson
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Using a Journal file to diagnose a Revit crash

Resolutionfind your last Journal File .open it in notepadput your cursor at the file BOTTOM of file …from the Edit pulldown menu select FIND , Select the Direction UP. via � Revit : Finding the Error …

2013-02-15 · Luke Johnson
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Railing element is invisible when no Balusters are applied

Having some problems with a Railing that will not show up in a Detail View unless balusters are added to it! Video:Open embedded content: www.youtube.com I’m almost certain this is related to this pre…

2013-02-05 · Luke Johnson
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A new level of weirdness

I copied some Planting / RPC from one project (in a Design Option) to another project (in the Main Model). This is what I got: Somehow the Planting instances appeared as a Type of an existing Profile …

2013-01-30 · Luke Johnson
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Why Computers Sometimes Crash

This poem has done the email forward rounds for years, and has been incorrectly attributed to various authors. It is in the style of Dr Seuss, but was authored by Gene Ziegler. Here is the full versio…

2012-11-26 · Luke Johnson