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The scenario: you receive raw point cloud data, and want to process it in Recap (part of 2014 suite), export to PCG, and import back into Revit 2013. Or: you request a PCG from a surveyor for Revit 20…
Revit 2013 is not officially supported on Windows 8 – though maybe you have been able to get it to install and run correctly? Have you tried updating Revit to the latest version? Did you have to disab…
I copied some Planting / RPC from one project (in a Design Option) to another project (in the Main Model). This is what I got: Somehow the Planting instances appeared as a Type of an existing Profile …
Top-11-Tips-Tricks-Revit-2013.pdf (application/pdf Object) Here’s a taste:3. Need a slope annotation on your ramp in a plan view? It can’t be done without this trick!Why won’t it work? Okay, I’ll chec…
Nice post over at revitstructureblog. A couple of highlights:When working with Radial grids you will typically find a couple of problems. The first issue you will find is that the grids will not show …
There is plenty of information available about Component Stairs in Revit 2013. I thought I would collect some of the better resources and post them here. This first link is a little bit outside-the-sq…
I received an interesting email from fellow Revit professional, Kale Munster – see below:Mate, Something that you might like to add to your blog. I have done a pretty severe stress test on the sketch …
Web Update 1 was released a couple of days ago, and has been blogged, tweeted and reblogged. Here are the key links:For Revit Architecture: Revit Architecture 2013 UR1 (32-bit) (exe – 52419Kb) Revit A…
Doug Bowers posted a very informative how-to recently about Autodesk Material Libraries. He shows you how to create a material library, add materials to it, and then share it with other users. A coupl…
Currently includes links to the following pages: Upgrading Revit 2012 (Material ) Libraries Upgrading Material Properties Materials in Upgraded Piping Projects How Pre-2013 Stairs Subcategories are Ma…