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RFO user revittotd has come across an interesting anomaly: Open embedded content: gibsonhh.info view full screen version via thread atThe Trouble with Tribbles……
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Linked DWG Error – file doesn't exist? Forum links and fix here …
Basically, the issue goes something like this:Revit 2012 can’t find a linked dwg anymore. When I try to reload it, Revit says the file doesn’t exist. There is an other linked dwg in the same folder, w…
List the dimensions and tags that a delete event is going to remove
You are about to delete a number of model elements, but you are concerned about how many tags and dimensions are going to be affected by this deletion event. Here is a quick way to check: Select the e…
Quickly review Error Report by parsing Element ID in spreadsheet
I find the Error Report – Warning – Select by ID process to be a little unwieldy in Revit (at the moment). Here is a little process that may speed things up for you when reviewing a Error Report in Re…
How to temporarily fix Revit 2012 stall on startup at secsplashwnd
If you try to open Revit 2012 and it stalls at the splash screen, you can try ending the process WSCommCntr3.exe by accessing it in the Task Manager and clicking ‘End Process’. The video below shows t…
Bug – Broken link in RAC2012 Options, Graphics Tab
In the Options dialog box, when a graphics driver problem is reported, a link is provided from the Options dialog to the website. The hyperlink refers to http://www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-grap…
Recover typed form data (or, OH NO What Have I Done!)
Have you ever spent ages typing into a web form, only to press submit and be served a message like “Error=remote_computer_lost_your_hard_work” or even just a blank page? If this has just happened to y…
Remove Stored username and password on Windows Vista
I have been experiencing some Event 1030 errors, and the ‘Details’ tab in the Event Viewer shows the following: ErrorDescription Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. following asf To corr…
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Problems joining VPN with Windows 7?
I had a weird issue wherein I could join our office VPN using XP and Vista with no problems, but Windows 7 would not connect to the VPN and would trigger an error. (Please note that I was trying to co…