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Using DataTools, Excel and Appearance Profiler together

This forum post by John Lipp is definitely worth a read:http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Navisworks-General/changing-part-color-in-Navisworks-by-Excel/m-p/3437673#M3555 In part:Then repeat for the other …

2014-03-01 · Luke Johnson
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Creating an Excel auto-save backup task

Ever pressed Cancel or No when prompted to save an Excel spreadsheet? Lost your work? How about this backup task… it basically copies Excel backup files to another location so that Excel can’t delete …

2013-08-20 · Luke Johnson
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BIMFrame Connect – Google Cloud addin for Revit

Daniel Monsén has created one of those addins where you just have to say “this makes sense”. The key feature of Bimframe Connect? It allows users to import and export data from Revit to a Google Sprea…

2013-07-14 · Luke Johnson
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Room Data Sheets and Revit

Ceilidh Higgins recently “submitted a talk for Revit Technology Conference on this subject, What’s in a Room: Revit Models,Room Data Sheets and Interiors. You can download it here. What’s in a Room? f…

2013-06-27 · Luke Johnson
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Python for Energy Modelers – Post-processing

This post looks at the post-processing side of the energy modeling workflow. Often, a spreadsheet tool like Excel is a first choice for many analysis tasks. This is great for simple cases, but if the …

2012-03-21 · Luke Johnson