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Moustafa Khalil has freely released an Android app and a Revit listener addin that essentially accomplishes a site-to-Revit connection for RFI input into Revit. Essentially, you install the Revit addi…
Basically, you overlay a 3D view over an image placed on a Sheet to allow you to see the photo background while you match the view. Step-by-step: Make a new 3D view from approximate eye location to ap…
Here’s one that has been sitting in my draft posts for a while… Basically, its an example of what you can do by overlaying views on Sheets. In this case, I have used a Drafting View with an imported I…
I rarely advertise for paid programs. In this case, the program is still useful in Trial mode, so I’ll make an exception. Basically, download the trial and install it. Then open Help and go to Geometr…
viaAutodesk Octo-Copter Testing – Between the Lines…
I’m sure many of you are very experienced Photoshop users, so I won’t bore you with too much detail. There are just two things I wanted to mention: If you have a photo that was taken in less-than-perf…
BIM blog.ca describes how to go through the following work method (step by step): Photos 123D Catch .LAS (point) file XYZ CSV file Revit topography Now you can (kinda) do your site survey using your c…
Allows anyone with a digital camera to create near accurate 3D models from photographs using the web. Autodesk Labs Utilities Project Photofly 2.0:…
If you have 2 mins, watch this! Open embedded content: YouTube video player I can definitely see architectural applications for this: aerial photography high rise building analysis (check if maintenan…