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Ok, two unrelated issues here, but both are along the lines of “weird stuff that happens in Revit that can be fixed but doesn’t always make sense”. If you use Revit long enough, you will certainly com…
I posted the links recently to download Update 11 for Revit 2015, over here. Unfortunately, this update causes problems with Revit Server. While there is no official hotfix (yet), you can still have U…
I experienced this error after installing Navisworks Manage 2015: Basically, a right-click shell extension for ZIP files was looking for Inventor and not finding it. I logged it with Autodesk and was …
In ye olde AutoCAD days, there were a plethora of ways to mess with your fellow users. The sheer amount of obscure yet powerful system variables gave endless opportunities for frivolity. In Revit, not…
Some of you have had problems installing Revit. Perhaps running the Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter via Microsoft Fix it portable will help? I recommend using the following link. After do…
I received the ‘Unacceptable list separator’ error while trying to: load a family from file into a project, and load types into the family from a Type Catalog. I assumed the problem was to do with Typ…
I printed a PDF from Revit today, and was presented with this output: The text was not printed from a linked DWG. This problem resulted because: I linked a DWG into a Detail (Section) View I then rota…
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…
I recently observed this issue when a presenter in a Lab class could not select a work plane accurately. He would hover over the correct plane, but when ‘clicking’ the mouse, a different plane would b…
So I see that the factory has posted about the Revit Options Bar duplicates or moves objects when selected error. Greg Arkin also re-posted this on his blog. What I find quite funny is that I already …