My day to day findings with Autodesk's Revit Architecture and associated BIM software. Bugs, fixes, workarounds, great finds, and best procedures.
Friday, March 8, 2013
BIM Fix
In the past few weeks I have started a new Blog on the topic of Building Information Modelling here: - BIM Fix
This Revit Blog is now retired, but you may find the blog links very useful.
Thanks for Reading
Brian Renehan
Addin File, Learning Python and IFC.js
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Today, we look at the add-in manifest, learning Python and Dynamo, the
status of the Revit Python shell and a useful stand-alone IFC viewer
Personalised ad...
An introduction to NBS
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Maybe you are an architect or an engineer wanting a digital specification
solution?
Maybe you are a client wanting to receive record specifications and a...
DWG XREF Follow Up
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A year ago I wrote about XREF DWG files showing up in Revit even when they
are assigned to Overlay vs Attached. It hasn't been resolved, meaning Revit
d...
Gilded Umbrellas
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I started using metallic markers in my plotter drawings. When I was doing
some stuff with heavily patterned backgrounds, it started reminding me of
Gusta...
Curtain Wall at Corner Not Cutting Wall
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Reading a discussion in the Autodesk forums today I realized that this
topic is something that comes up often and not everyone may know if this
solution so...
Tips Mendapatkan Foto Bokeh Saat Motret
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Biasanya apa yang menarik perhatian kita dalam foto yang hebat adalah apa
yang ada dalam fokus. Tetapi apakah Kamu pernah melihat foto dan
memperhatikan be...
AU 2019, Session 2 of 2: BIM 360 Design
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The second of my two classes at Autodesk University this fall will be a
fun, fast-paced update on BIM 360 Design. Read on for more details.
*Seamless Clou...
Dynamo Dictionairies
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Dictionaires in Dynamo have around for quiet a while now. So far most of
the time I only encountered them with certain nodes. I know there are some
nodes O...
Top 25 Dynamo Nodes
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Learning Dynamo can seem overwhelming. As hard as it may be, there is
comfort in knowing that there is a limit to what you need to learn. To that
end, here...
Voice of Blockchain Event
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I'll be presenting at the Voice of Blockchain event in Chicago at the Navy
Pier this Saturday. Anyone interested in learning more about how blockchain
c...
AU 2018 - Go Vote NOW for your favorite classes
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Busy, busy, busy, my life for the past 12 months. Being full time on a
project running 3D MEPFP coordination, an extremely fast paced project,
really keep...
Bentley Acquires Synchro
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This is a very good news for the infrastructure industry worldwide!
Bentley acquires Synchro.
Since I started implementing 4D planning across constructio...
Initial Yard Operation
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Squeezing in one night a week over the last few weeks I've managed to get
the new yard operational. All of the track is not laid yet so I still am
lack my ...
SmartPlant 3D loaders for Navisworks – Updated!
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Hi Everyone, Just wanted to provide an update for SmartPlant 3D (.vue) file
format support in Navisworks. On Friday we published updates to the 2016,
207 p...
Use a Revit Road Map to get to BIM
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Unless you want to get hopelessly lost all journeys require a road map.
Sure you can wing it and see where it gets you, but using a road map means
you wil...
Back to School (2017)
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Annual Update of Back to School Photos!
2002 - Preschool
2003 - Kindergarten
2004 - First and Preschool
2005 - Second and Kindergarten
2006 - Forgot ...
A More LT Version of LT
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Post have been on the thin side on this blog primarily because I don't
really have a need for full blown Revit these days populated with lots of
informati...
Help! My .dwg Is Too Large For Email
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I was on tech support when a client called in with a question about making
a .dwg file smaller. The client had used Revit to export a floor plan to a
.dwg ...
Cloud rendering maintenance this weekend
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This weekend there is scheduled maintenance for the cloud rendering service
on Sunday March 5th 7AM - 8AM PST. During this time, cloud rendering will
not b...
Inside Live
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At The Factory, we strive to involve customers in shaping our products in
many different ways, from interviews, usability testing, Preview Release
testing,...
RTCEUR 2016 | BIG DATA | A Winning Combination
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I am overjoyed, proud and humbled to announce that at the recent 2016 RTCEUR
(Now BILT) I was voted by delegates AND other presenters as this year's winner ...
How to Find a London Locksmith
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Whether you like it or not good professionals are hard to find. When it
comes to find a good locksmith things get even trickier than you might have
imagine...
3 One Bedroom Homes with Sharp Geometric Décor
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Use daring geometric motifs is nil fresh to the earth of inside plan, but
the fashion certainly make a huge resurgence lately additionally underwent
quite ...
Numerical Data Out of Range - A Couple of Culprits
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Occasionally when linking CAD files into Revit, the following message is
thrown up:
While not the end of the world, it can be mildly irritating. After a ...
BIM and Beam blog has been moved
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Visit our new website: http://blogs.autodesk.com/bim-and-beam/ The blog
will continue to evangelize Autodesk’s BIM story for the structural
industry, and p...
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Inventor 2017 New Features
First in a series of “My Favorite New Features”
Under the category of *Part Creation*, a new Feature Relationship tool is
avai...
BDP join forces with Nippon Koei
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In more exciting news, BDP (Building Design Partnership) have been acquired
by Japan's largest engineering consultancy Nippon Koei. More details can
be ...
Creating Information Models
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Are industry BIM presentations becoming too formulaic?
*I tend to think so. *
Why is it that so many BIM presentations start with an information focus
and...
Introducing Autodesk Insight 360
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Over the past few years, you might have noticed that the Autodesk Building
Performance Analysis team has had a fair amount of projects in Autodesk
Labs or ...
UPSIDE DOWN BIM
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I think that perhaps our biggest challenge in BIM is the different industry
perspectives/ personalities and agendas that we have within the design/
buildin...
How to open a Revit Central File
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After starting with the very early days of learning a relatively unknown
software at the time, I thought I was (and to an extent, still consider
myself) ...
RTC - Revit Technology Conference 2015
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WOOT.. directly after a lovely vacation I was whisked off to an AMAZING
conference.
Revit Technology Conference 2015
I had a chance to meet the original 2 ...
Tip - Increase / Decrease Focal Length of Camera
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Great tip!! I wonder how long this has been available? I only have back to
2014 and it's available there. It's nice to be able to do this, just wish
Autod...
Underlay Visibility Issue in Linked Models
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*NOTE:* This is a re-post from the HOK BIM Solutions blog. Sorry it’s a bit
late, playing catch-up!
It appears that this problem has been around since Re...
Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon - Sept 20-21, 2014
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An online event with an opportunity to receive up to US$100 per app
published and win one of eight iPad minis! You are invited to join the
Autodesk Exchang...
Copy Spreadsheet for Revit 2015 - version
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It has been another year, another Revit version and another release. We
have released the most awaited 2015 version of our "Copy Spreadsheet for
Revit"
If ...
Whoopsie...
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Evidently a few of the links (most notably the God Is In The Data
materials) werent working, as i had typed them in with their FTP addresses,
and not the d...
So long...
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You might have heard that I recently joined the dRofus leadership team and
have not been blogging about CodeBook for some time now.
I'll leave the blog ...
Hacking BIM
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No, I’m not talking about the good kind of hacking, like the AEC Hackathon.
I’m talking about the kind of hacking that steals your identity and buys a
di...
Dutch Revit Standards, English style
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Haven't we covered this?
You might have heard about the Dutch Revit Standards. If not, here's a post
that pretty much sums it up:
http://blog.revitforum.or...
Rent. That. Revit!
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I’ve been waiting and hoping for this to happen for awhile now. For the
past few months it’s been possible to do a monthly, quarterly, or annual
rental of ...
3D Printing - Update
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Here is an update to my original post of exporting a Revit model to STL for
3D printing...
Click here to download. More to follow shortly.
Indicating Double Home Runs Correctly in Revit MEP
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Revit MEP will allow you to indicate double home runs when circuiting
electrical fixtures. This can be done by simply dragging a home run arrow
from one ...
Let's Try this Again
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Okay, AU2012 is just around the corner which means I try to kick start my
blog back up. Hopefully one of these years it sticks and I stay consistant
with p...
State of Wisconsin BIM Standards - Updated
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Just stumbled across this today... I'm kind of surprised I hadn't seen any
updates about this new version! Any-hoo, checkout the updated BIM Standards
for ...
Join me for Coverage of Autodesk University 2011
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It's the week after Thanksgiving, which means that I'm back in Las Vegas
attending the 18th Annual Autodesk University. Today is dedicated to
special meeti...
Using Revit as a Team. Use Same Builds.
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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. Th...
IES and LEED Energy Modeling
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For a couple years now many IES has placed much of there development
efforts towards compliance with the Performance Rating Method of ASHRAE
90.1 (LEED Ene...
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BIM and Cloud Computing Returns to Washington DC at Ecobuild America
The award-winning BIMStorm is roaring back to Ecobuild America® with the
eye of the BIM...
REVIT Users Group South Australia
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The Group has redesigned its blog / website and can be found here…
The next meeting is tonight (June 29th 2010) - I hope all goes well as I
unfortunately c...
BIM on iPad shown off by Bentley systems
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[image: bentley ipad]
A great find for today, Laura Handler of bimX has had an interesting
encounter at the annual Bentley conference - BE Community Live ...
Compiling and running .NET4.0 Revit commands
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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...
Green Building Index
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Green building is the rage now a days. There are some people who had asked
me regarding this. This is how Malaysia Architects Association (PAM) rate
the gr...
Leaderless BIM
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Are you a starfish or spider? You might be wondering what this has to do
with BIM and Integrated Design. It turns out – quite a lot. While
Integrated Desig...
Building a Niche
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Today’s business world is beginning to reward those with a niche. There are
examples of this everywhere. Products and services that are designed for a
very...
Understanding Virtual Enviornment
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IES Virtual Environment is a comprehensive energy modelling and
environmental analysis tool which can simulate just about everything
happening to your buil...
64-bit Revit 2009 Utilities
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The Avatech Revit Utilities for 2009 have been updated and now available
for download and use with Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP
64-bit...
ABC3D Book
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This is just too interesting not to share. Some gifted minds are just
specially made to see objects and in this case typography in creative 3D.
What's BIM ... ... continued
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That's why such topic is tricky: I was asked to write a "simplified"
version of yesterday's. OK, never mind!
Building Information Model, in essence, is a ...
REVIT ROTATE, REVISITED, RAGE RESOLVED
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DON'T PANIC IF YOU HAVEN'T COME TO GRIPS WITH THE REVIT ROTATE COMMAND.
This neat little trick really helped me come to terms with the Revit Rotate
Command...
Revit Local User Group
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The third Wed. of each month there is a Revit user group that meets at
Avatech Solutions in Tampa, Florida. The upcoming meeting will be the third
one and ...
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