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Make this registry setting: Note: The creation of a client log file is optional for network deployments. You must enable the option in the Autodesk® Deployment Wizard. Not all products create a client…
In our case, we had to add local PC “Users” permissions for Full Control to this file:“C:ProgramDataAutodeskApplicationPluginsADSK-IFCExportUI2014.bundlePackageContents.xml” I recommend that you revie…
via Gordon Price. Check out his great Revit deployment course on Udemy here. “with WU1 for 2014 out, and odd, I thought I would let you know I have tested it using the standard WU recipe, and it works…
You want to be able to network and directly reference material libraries and resources. You can do this using symbolic links in Windows 7 / 8, where the OS and applications think they are dealing with…
“As an alternative to controlling Revit tools and analysis features using the Options dialog > User Interface tab, you can define the DisciplineOption setting in the Revit.ini file.” Use this link to …
An announcement was made recently on the “Revit Deployment & Management for Medium Sized Offices” Udemy course (see here for more info): We seem to have just discovered an interesting “bug” in Deploym…
Certain Revit guys are undeniably at the “top of their game”. Zach Kron for conceptual modelling. Jeremy Tammik for API / programming. Aaron Maller for a bunch of practical stuff, like Creating a Revi…
Many of us were quite disturbed by the 2013 Revit Materials Editor. Aside from its usability (or lack thereof), it seems to be much slower than the 2012 Materials dialog. Until Revit 2014 comes around…
Interesting comment from the Autodesk deployment blog, Up and Ready: We have been getting a lot of posts in our forums regarding corrupt installations and downloads. My suggestion is to use Firefox an…
When running the deployment under a system account, the deployment appears to complete successfully. Revit appears to run normally, however, some of the user data is misdirected and supporting folders…