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Free Revit Journal file Cleaner tool from Dante van Wettum

Hey Luke. Here a small tool i made to clean op the journal files that revit leaves behind on the computer.It seems it doesn not clean these files out of itselve, and can take up a lot of space on the …

2013-01-18 · Luke Johnson
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Warning! Power users only … Journal Folder Cleanup script

Dante van Wettum from The Netherlands has posted a brilliant little Journal File cleanup script at this link. What I like about it is that the paths are all automatically set – all you need to do is c…

2011-12-13 · Luke Johnson
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2012: Determining the path being used to save Revit Journals

Go here to check the location specified in the following file: C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit Architecture 2012Programidentity.ini It will list a journals path. via2012: Determining the path being used …

2011-09-14 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Journal Folder getting clogged up and very big?

Mine was at 3.2 gb today (see image): This is just a little reminder to periodically check your journal file folder and delete any old backups and journal files. You may be interested in this Autodesk…

2011-08-26 · Luke Johnson
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File Locations in Revit 2012

Citrix readiness has resulted in a few file locations being changed in Revit 2012 products. Journal file locationsFor 2012 products: Windows XP: %USERPROFILE%Local SettingsApplication DataAutodeskRevi…

2011-04-14 · Luke Johnson
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Free Revit Journal Analysis Program (Keyboard Shortcut Use)

Jose Guia has also responded to the challenge. Here is a direct link to the program he created:RevitUsageAnalyzer.zip EDIT: Jose’s blog seems to be down, here is a link that workshttps://docs.google.c…

2011-03-31 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Journal Analyzer – boost your productivity!

Rod Howarth has done a great job in responding to the challenge I presented a fortnight ago. He has created a simple yet effective program that analyzes your journal files and tells you the Top 20 com…

2011-03-26 · Luke Johnson