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Oh wait, you can’t… put more simply, you cannot override the lineweight of Generic Annotations for a linked file. In fact, it turns out you can’t override lineweights for anything, including Model ele…
Evox Linkator will give you access to a new toolbar that contains all the commands necessary to create links to web sites or files from your PC.Everything is possible through two simple buttons with w…
These are part of the Standard, Free BIM Project Suite by CTC: BIM List is a content management solution providing the ability to sort, search and leverage your families more effectively. • Locate and…
Have you created a heap of wall based families that you would like convert to face based? Jarod Schultz provides a nice workaround for this. Essentially, you Link and then Copy/Monitor the elements, t…
Posted by Mark Petrucci: Did you know there is another point called the Startup Location? Be default, the PBP and SP are located on top of the Startup Location. What is the Startup Location used for? …
“In Revit, the default font is Arial, for example, is therefore the DWG file represent fonts in Arial.The “shxfontmap.txt” is located at:C: Users AppData Roaming Autodesk Revit Autodesk Revit 2013Firs…
Interesting message when linking a Group to a new RVT file… basically, if you have a Model Group in your project that has Excluded Elements (either deliberately or due to some unavoidable issue) and y…
Steve made a few interesting points today about Revit and DWG (Import) extents. I previously posted about Revit accuracy and precision here. However, did you notice this new setting when importing a D…
Oftentimes, you will want to flatten a DWG file before bringing it into Revit, so that Revit isn’t confused by all the Z-values… you can use FLATSHOT or the DXB plotter methods, as described below: Is…
Great list of tips on cleaning up DWG files, including how to PURGE REGAPPS. Read more at:The CAD Setter Out Interestingly, one of the most important BIMandments, according to Twitter, is to never imp…