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EDIT2 - These links should all be ok now. Note - copy and paste these links, they are not clickable These are working:RAC 2014http://trial.autodesk.com/SWDLDNET3/2014/REVIT/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_Architecture_2014_English_Win_32-64bit_dlm.sfx.exeRST 2014 http://trial.autodesk.com/SWDLDNET3/2014/REVITST/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_Structure_2014_English_Win_32-64bit_dlm.sfx.exeRMEP 2014http://trial.autodesk.com/SWDLDNET3/2014/RVTMPB/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2014_English_Win_32-64bit_dlm.sfx.exeRevit...

Certain Revit guys are undeniably at the "top of their game".  Zach Kron for conceptual modelling.  Jeremy Tammik for API / programming.  Aaron Maller for a bunch of practical stuff, like Creating a Revit Template. Dave Light for a bunch of other stuff, like explaining new features.  Steve Stafford for longest-running, regular Revit blog.  The list goes on... but,When it comes...

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Check out:2014: Cascading Sequences for Autodesk ProductsInterestingly, the Architecture, Structure and MEP variants of Revit are still present...You can also see a big list of Autodesk products at:Products 2014 | New Releases | Autodesk ...

This is very cool:I have previously posted about using Raster Design for Tracing Contours to Create Revit Topograp...

Just in case you missed it:http://www.livestream.com/autodesk/video?clipId=pla_9d701de9-a386-4bc7-91ab-be3621c5b6e8&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumbWatch live streaming video from autodesk at livestream.comYou can download for offline viewing using something like rtmpdump or Coojah / Blader.  I used rtmpdump with rtmpdumphelper.EDIT try using rtmpdump version 2.5, with the rtmpsrv...

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Check them both out at:Revit | Building Design and Construction | AutodeskOf the items currently revealed, these are the BIG ones (in my opinion):Parameter Variance for Groups (oh yeah!)Dockable Window FrameworkNon-Rectangular Crop RegionsDisplaced ViewsEnhanced SchedulesVault Integration...

From Daniel Gijsbers blog:"if you try to open a revit workshared file (central file) with LT it right away makes a copy of the file with LT added to it's name.But what is even more surprising it leaves the central file intact. With that I mean I saved the central file in Revit LT and next I open the same file in it's bigger brother. Big Revit says right away: Would you like to create a new local?...

Sometimes you will have some junk imported DWG definitions residing in your project.  These may be present due to the long history of the project, perhaps using Transfer Project Standards - View Templates, or just poor RVT model management.How can you get rid of them?There are various paid tools that will let you do it, but if you already have access to the Whitefeet Tools, you can use them to...

Nice tip + addin coming from Trevor Taylor via Jeremy Tammik - it shows how to rename Interior Elevation views by the Room that they reside in.Download:Here is a complete sample project including a test model in case you’d like to check it out yourself. Many thanks to Trevor for this useful tool, his research, implementation, and generous sharing.Read more / via:  The Building Coder: Rename...

EDIT:  Live stream embedded belowautodesk on livestream.com. Broadcast Live FreeCheck it out:Link: Autodesk WebcastHeads-up:March 26, Autodesk to announce...??? facebook.com/autodesk click on webcasts to find out more!— Scott D Davis (@scottddavis) March 20, 2013...

You have to register before you can download... included are families for Heat Pumps, Condensing Units, Controllers and more. Mitsubishi Electric Living Environmental Systems (UK) Building Information Modelling (BIM) & CAD Files | specifinder.comHeads-up: ...

Today is the 21 March 2014.  Last year, the NDA was lifted on Revit 2013 around 27 March.  There have been whispers of Revit 2014 features getting released on the LARUG blog, over at Revit OpEd and a few things happening on Twitter.  LARUG even has a little countdown widget to - guess which date - March 27, 2013.So, I think I'll just get ahead of the game a bit here...To find out all...

A new Revit addin from Dima over at dp stuff can do that - it looks like this: The tool is pretty straightforward, so I will try to describe just in a few words how it works (the demo video in the beginning of the post shows it as well).- assuming you already installed the WorksetExplorer, run the tool from dpStuff Utils in Add-on tab.- the dialog box will open and in the "tree" your elements will...

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Click on the little satellite dish, then InfoCenter settings:Go to RSS Feeds and click Add, then copy and paste the following string: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=RevitHelpDone! While you are at it, why not add What Revit Wants:http://feeds.feedburner.com/WhatRevitWantsNotes: Twitter RSS that doesn't work in Communications Centre:https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=RevitHelpRead...

Coming from an AutoCAD background, it comes as second nature to me to draft bounds (boundaries) in AutoCAD.  Set your Units to Deg/Min/Sec, set north to 0 degrees and use Clockwise, then start typing and use the @ symbol to start the new line at the current location.  Its logical and reliable.  In Australia, we generally have all our survey reduced to that form - 0 degrees for North,...

At command prompt, type STARTUP and hit Enter.  Type 2 and hit Enter.When you close AutoCAD and then re-open it, you will be greeted with a nice, clean screen with no drawing open...

I would love to be able to press one button and see all of the current Autodesk products that I have installed disappear.  No, I'm not souring on Autodesk :-)  It's just that often the different suites and products do not play nice when trying to install them in an environment with existing Autodesk products of the same generation.Autodesk has provided some tools to automatically uninstall...

Alfred Huang has just uploaded the most recent NYC-RUG presentation to Vimeo: How to Do it All in Revit -Concept Design for Large Scale Projects - New York City Revit User Group (New York, NY) - Meetup How to Do it All in Revit -Concept Design for Large Scale Projects from Alfred Huang on Vim...

It even gives me a step-by-step on how to do it properly.  Revit is truly telling me What it Wants ... and it doesn't want to deal with Areas and Design Options!"Areas and Area Boundaries are not allowed in Design Options. Make an Area Scheme and an Area Plan for this Option then draw all Areas and Area Boundaries in that vie...

Try this: Make sure that you are using the Face option for placing the component.Turn off the Original Path by selecting the Divided Path and using:Start the place Component command.Make sure that you pick a Node on the Divided Path to place the Component.The Repeat button should now be visible.Note: you can set a Node of the Divided Path as a workplane (the Placement Plane dropdown in the Options...

If you ever want to know when each Revit version came out, check out this page by David Conant: Revit Timeline (W.I.P.)So how many of you have used Revit 0.1 (November 1999)?...

Aaron Maller has been travelling a lot lately, but he still found the time to upload some of the recent presentations that he has delivered:Glasgow Revit Users Group- PDF.Glasgow Revit Users Group- Powerpoint SolidCAD University 2012- PDFSolidCAD University 2012- Powerpoint Flicking through the Glasgow RUG PDF, you will find cool stuff like:  I also like these words from his post:...

I think Civil3D is a very powerful and useful tool.  I have even found some ways to make it work nicely with Revit, by using it to do graphical slope analysis, or using it to increase Topography resolution.If you too are interested in using Civil3D in the BIM process, you should check out the recent article by Andrew Walther on AUGI:Quote: As can be seen, the concepts of BIM, which were initially...

You can use the Wall Opening tool to allow Revit Room elements to flow between spaces.  Other methods are not very reliable or just will not work.  So, don't forget about this little button on the Ribbon:Tip via:Non Room Bounding Wall Opening - Autodesk Discussion Gro...

Ok, this is a bit counter-intuitive but:If you want to export parameters from Revit to an IFC file, note that the parameters should not be grouped under the category "IFC parameter", but under a different (eg, .. ID data, text) category.This is because the IFC parameter group is for inbuilt / standard IFC parameters.via Autodesk BIM Blog - Tipp f�r IFC-Parameter Export f�r Revit Produ...

In case you missed this recent article, note how the comments of Philip Rosedale can actually apply to the future of the AEC industry: "If the technology changes to make it easier for negotiating and knowing what the work product is, and knowing how people are performing, and it becomes easier to do things in smaller and smaller chunks and with more granularity and with less hassle, the nature...

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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 disable Hardware Acceleration?  Share your experience in the comments...One support blog tells us of a "customer who reported that he was trying to install Revit Structure 2013 on his new...

Martí Broquetas list of BIM standards has been updated:He "turned the list into a table that can be sorted clicking on the headers. THis way it is easy to sort the standards by country,or date or name, etc.  "via CAD addict: List of Existing BIM StandardsAlso, syou may or may not be aware that before OpenRevitStandards got shut down, I copied the List of Revit content page.  You can find...

From the About page:We don’t want to re-invent the wheel. We’re fully aware that many groups / professional bodies / organisations are already out there doing their bit to assist the general direction and goals of the industry.  We differ from these groups in that we wish to present an holistic and unified representation of the AEC industry without attachment to any particular discipline...

Boost Your BIM has been posting some awesome stuff.  One older post shows you how to quickly purge your Revit model of Imports: a FilteredElementCollector, a bit of LINQ, a transaction, and Document.Delete to get the imports (but not the links) out of the model. Check out the code at: Delete Imported DWGs and Other CAD files � Boost Your BIM – making Revit even betterIf you want to learn how...

Until Revit comes up with some kind of advanced and granular permissions management for workshared files, we are left with a situation that requires best-practice Revit use combined with 100% obedient staff.  If you would like to take matters into your own hands in the meantime, you can use this somewhat scary hack to check out worksets using a concealed user name.  As with many posts on...

Scenario - you have a TV that only has a LAN port (not wireless), a Netbook that sits in the corner (has been replaced by a tablet), and you want to share Internet to your TV.  You can use the Netbook as a wireless repeater ... but not if it is running Windows 7 Starter.Instead, just use JoliCloud OS Express. You can install it from within Windows (which will create an additional Linux based...

Nasty little bug picked up by Jason Kunkel.  Basically, you make View Template based on a Schedule View.  Then, when you go to delete that original Schedule View, Revit will prompt you with a "View:ViewTemplateName will be deleted" message.  Pressing OK deletes the View Template and therefore leaves any Schedule views with the Template orphaned...I also discovered that if you Duplicate...

Its hard to find an unbiased comparison of Revit and ArchiCAD.  Ranting flame wars rage continually on LinkedIn...That's why it is refreshing to see a logical, itemised comparison of the two softwares.  Check it out at: Scott H MacKenzie: ArchiCAD vs. Revit (part 1)Life in a Virtual Building: ArchiCAD vs. Revit - 2D & 3D Modification Tools (part 2) Heads-up via Shoegnome (find him on...

Interesting aberration that you could use to your advantage - reposted from SARUG:I had Sam override the visibility setting for the masked region and make it transparent, in the linked file, and then update the link.  For some baffling reason the ceiling could now be seen and the ACAD file was properly masked where the ceiling was.The only thing I can figure is that the override to transparency...

Most of you already know that VEO is very smart when it comes to document handling - for example, you can easily attach PDFs to elements in the model.  You may have seen my Revit eStorage post, which allowed you to "store" any file on any element in a Revit model.  Now...The source code for a Revit add-in project allowing you to "Generate QRcodes within Revit 2013 using native Detail objects...

Sometimes, its good to take a breath and think about where Revit and BIM have led us.  One case study, recently presented at SARUG by Andrew Abernathy (in slideshow form) included the following interesting points: Mindset change needed to succeed Work became standardized and reuse from project-to-project greatly increased Marketing was transformed from “Let me show you my great design.” to “Let...

I have previously posted about MIT OpenCourseWare.  There is actually a site that essentially aggregates courses from all over the web and from a number of different learning institutions, and then provides a link for you to access that particular course and the related resources.  Check it out at: Online Courses DirectoryHere are a couple of examples of courses that you can access (Blender,...

This one is by Dima Chiriacov, and you can download it at:02-28-2013 CropViewToSelection2013 (for Revit 2013) The key difference is that this add-in allows you to physically type in Element IDs before the tool runs - I think that this could be very useful for tracking down your Revit Errors / Warnings. Read more at: dp Stuff: CropViewToSelection Add In for Revit 2013This would be the fourth...

Many legal questions are getting asked in and around the BIM community.  From "Who owns the model?" to "Who is responsible to track changes?", we find ourselves in a new and somewhat scary world of legal consequences to our modelling action.Some of these issues are captured in the following downloads and quotes, which in turn were taken from a post on Out-Law.com, a legal news site run by Pinsent...