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Quick fix for Revit 2012: Close Revit Go here, download and extract ZIP Go to Revit 2012 Program folder and rename AdWindows.dll to AdWindows.dll_OLD Copy AdWindows.dll from the extracted folder to th…
We found that on one project, the Materials Browser would load very slowly when the ‘Appearance’ tab was activated. If the dialog was closed and re-opened with the ‘Materials’ tab activated, there was…
This hotfix restores the ability to apply material family parameters to faces of family elements using the Paint tool. Make sure that Update Release 2 has been applied prior to adding the hotfix. Veri…
I can’t believe I had not come across this change until today. In Revit 2012, the Room Computation Height is no longer a Type Property of the Level – it is now an Instance Property. Some of the impact…
Just select the grid line of a ceiling, rather than the edge. Quote below: …in Revit 2012! If you select just a grid line of a ceiling, you now get the option to Edit Boundary… viaRevit ArchCenter: Ne…
Type ‘RO’ for rotate, tap the spacebar and you are in 3-click rotate. … A shortcut for 3-point rotate was defined ‘R3’. Select an element and type R3 and you are in 3-click rotate. Tips viaInside the …
New free tool available on Labs for Revit! It basically allows you to bundle up a project for easy transmission to another party. Here is the description from the Labs page:eTransmit for Revit is a te…
This is a subtle change that you may have missed. In Revit 2011, we had to access the ‘Section Tag’ properties through the Manage tab on the Ribbon (which was a bit annoying). However, in Revit 2012 w…
In previous versions of Revit, a common workaround to generate some ‘depth’ in elevation views was to use transparent mass planes. This created an effect like this: Here is what was actually happening…
using the Autodesk Labs Utilities BIM Family Toolkit.By downloading both the Inventor add-in and Revit Add-in you will be able to export the family data directly from Inventor and import it into Revit…