Building Design Suite Workflows – Revit to Showcase
Looking to try out your Revit model in Showcase with the Building Design Suites? It’s easy to learn, however you might want some pointers on the best way to migrate your Revit building model into...
View ArticleAutoCAD 2013, Suites, Updates and Deployments – News you can use…
David Lau has posted on the Autodesk “Up and Ready” blog a warning about attempting to include an AutoCAD 2013 update in a 2013 Design Suite Deployment. In short, “don’t do it”: Read the details here.
View ArticleRevit 2013 Update 2 Available
Find it for both 32- and 64-bit flavors of Revit 2013 at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=20679039&linkID=16831210. For a list of enhancements, see...
View ArticleSmartMarket Report 2012
McGraw-Hill Construction’s 2012 SmartMarket Report has a ton of info on architectural adoption of BIM and returns on that investment. You can get your copy for free here.
View Article3ds Max Design 2013 File Link Manager and Revit… or… Who Stole my Maps?
There is an apparent defect in 3ds Max Design 2013 when linking files from Revit 2013. When you first link your Revit model in (I use the “Combine by Revit Material” preset, although I’ve tried other...
View ArticleToday’s Pet Peeve…
I talk to my computer a lot. Usually when I talk to it, I tell it what a blooming idiot it is. For example, why is it that whenever you load a family from the Family Editor using the “Load Into...
View ArticleConvert an In-Place Family to a Component Family
I was getting caught up on some long-neglected blog posts today and I ran across this little gem. Actually I was pointed to it by my good friend and colleague Paul Aubin during a discussion concerning...
View ArticleEcho: Revit 2012 Hotfix Available
Over at the Revit Clinic, Ryan Duell just announced a new hotfix for Revit 2012 users affected by Microsoft .NET 4.5. Read more and download the Hotfix here!
View ArticleNavisworks 2014 New Features Posted
The blogs are full of information on the new Revit 2014 features, which are cool, but the authors of Beyond Design have posted the new features coming in Navisworks 2014, which looks like it’s getting...
View ArticleRevit COBie Toolkit Download Available
Autodesk recently competed against Bentley Systems and Graphisoft, entering it’s flagship BIM authoring product, Revit, in the Design COBie challenge, and won. From Autodesk: “The Design COBie...
View ArticleAutodesk 2014 Product Keys
So you got your new 2014 software and you want to install? You can get your product key here.
View ArticleMaterial Thermal Properties and Energy Analysis in 2014
When Autodesk added thermal properties to materials in 2013, I suspected (hoped) they were going somewhere with it. Well, in Revit 2014 we see the beginnings of the payoff. You can now include the...
View ArticleDeploying Autodesk Design Solutions in the Cloud
From Doug Wietbrock, D|C|CADD President: CAD and BIM, and most commonly AutoCAD and/or Revit, can be installed on a centralized server or servers for use by geographically-dispersed designers. There...
View ArticleRevit LT Users – READ THIS – A Little Knowledge Can Save You …
If you are using Revit LT, please be aware of this issue that came to our attention yesterday. Autodesk Product Support Specialist Lance Coffey recently posted this information to a popular Revit blog....
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