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Import Rhino 3DM File Into AutoCAD
Import Rhino 3DM files and many other formats into AutoCAD....
BLAUGI
AUGIWorld January 2012 Issue Released... Get Advanced
One of life's great truths - and something AUGI members know all too well - is that we never stop learning. Just when you think you've mastered your Autodesk product of choice, you stumble across a blog post, read an......
The Sustainable Design Toolbox
I have put together a series of videos outlining the process of Rapid Energy Modelling, from developing an outline in 123D Catch to modelling and analysis in Autodesk Revit or Vasari. These give a taster to what is possible for analysing existing building portfolios, additional analysis can be carried out in Autodesk Green Building Studio or third party applications. Part 1 - Creating reference points in 123D Catch Part 2 - Tracing an outline plan in 123D Catch Part 3 - Exporting from 123D Catch...
Inside the Factory
Now for a bit of news... Microsoft Vista support will be discontinued for new 2012 Autodesk products (Revit included) Windows XP & 7 are still supported. See the following link for more information: http://autode.sk/xY3PHO...
Autodesk University
Announcing Videos on Demand at AUTV: Innovation Forums, General Session, Interviews, and More
Want an insider’s view of AU special events—from General Session keynotes and Innovation Forums to the Exhibit Hall? The AUTV tab is our new destination on the AU website for videos like these. Although classes are one of the biggest......
openRevit
Join me for an Energyplus Webinar
Energyplus with Alan Jackson Join us for a Webinar on February 3 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/243654906 coming soon Title: Energyplus with Alan Jackson Date: Friday, February 3, 2012 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM … Continue reading →...
Bolt Out of the Red
Compiling and running .NET4.0 Revit commands
For those of you excited by .NET4.0’s new features and wanting to test Revit commands compiled with .NET4.0, you’re in luck. Before I show you how, a few caveats: I’ve tested this for a few days. While I haven’t run into any unexplained issues , there are areas of new functionality in .NET4 that can cause a bit of a head scratch. Of course this is unsupported so you can try submitting a bug but don’t be surprised if Autodesk just laugh at you. In other words,...
Revit OpEd with Steve Stafford
I wrote a post in March 2008 about this, still waiting. It would be excellent if in plan we could document where a camera is placed. Sure we can create a family to document where they are but that doesn't provide the automatic view reference that other view annotation enjoys. Seems kind of un-Revity to me, you?If you decide to create a camera annotation how do you know exactly where it is after you place the camera? Good old "right click" will help, just select the view in the Project Browser, Right...
Revit Journeyman
A bit of a welcome surprise as posted over at Inside the Factory."Now for a bit of news...Microsoft Vista support will be discontinued for new 2012 Autodesk products (Revit included)Windows XP & 7 are still supported. See the following link for more information: http://autode.sk/xY3PHO"And if you are wondering about Windows XP, we may need to wait a few mores years before it to is long gone according to Wikipedia."On April 8, 2014, all support for Windows XP, including security updates and hotfixes,...
A Beginner Revit Blog
Revit Clinic Post - 3 Levels of Masking
Jason Grant Blog
With the year wrapping up I have looked back to see what was the most popular topics on this blog for 2011. Counting down to #1 we have: 10. Good to Great – “First Who… Then What” Do you have the "right" people to fuel your implementation and innovation? If you have not asked this question then your efforts, desires and passions may not be able to be fulfilled. The "right" people are your most important assets, not just people. 9. Architects We are the...
Buildz
Vasari Talk Video and Datasets
Datasets and videos available for last week’s Vasari Talk: Session 7 - Analyzing Geometry using Curtain Panels and Reporting Parameters Topics Covered The ability for pattern-based curtain panels to "report" on their local conditions is an extremely powerful aspect of Project Vasari and Revit's parametric toolkit. In this Vasari Talk we discussed reporting parameters and how they can be used to analyze geometry. Go git yer red-hot panels....
Do U Revit?
Multi-Disciplinary View Coordination
Back in 2008 I posted a response to an AUGI thread which contains tips that are still relevant to this day and might be unknown to some users. So I thought of echoing it out here. The main question was about what the best process is to ensure that view extents (ex: plans) are coordinated between different sheets and different disciplines. The discussion then centered on Scope Boxes: “When you create a scope box, it's just like drawing a rectangle in plan. You can specify a height too (that's...
iRevit
I am in the middle of reorganizing my home office and was in the need for some Swedish furnishings for my Revit model. I came across this site which has some decent Euro pieces, including Ikea. They are pretty well made and if you speak Portuguese, then you’ll understand the material parameters. Thanks to Rui for posting and hosting some cool content for the everyday man. Revit DB...
Revit ArchCenter
Revit MEP
Using Revit as a Team. Use Same Builds.
When using Revit on a project, make sure everyone on the team is using not only the same version, (2011, 2012, etc), but the same build number as well. The build number can be found by clicking on the question mark pull down in the upper right corner, and click the About button…. From there, you’ll see the splash screen of the version, and the build. The first 4 numbers in the year the build was released, (2010) The next 2 are the...
