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Exclusive to Autodesk Subscription Customers: 60 AutoCAD Tips in 60 minutes

Luke Johnson

Reposted from an email I received today from Autodesk. Direct link to registration page here.
“Join Autodesk’s technical support experts for our latest live webcast exclusively for Autodesk Subscription customers. With so much going on in our everyday drawing life we have a tendency to get in an AutoCAD rut. This webcast will show you a variety of tips that to help improve your productivity, including:

  • Parametric Design
  • Dynamic Blocks
  • PDF Underlay
  • Plot Settings
  • File Migration
  • UI Enhancements
  • Measurement Tools
  • File Save and Recovery
  • Layer Management

Don’t miss this exclusive seminar. Register now to get all the information you need to be successful with Autodesk AutoCAD”

What does the word 'Revit' mean?

Luke Johnson

EDIT: Steve from Revit OpEd has provided clarification based on his association with some of the founders of the software – see link below:

http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-does-revit-mean.html

David Conant says: “The Revit name is an invented word designed to imply revision and speed.”

ORIGINAL POST BELOW:
Revise Instantly!

You will find this on a few sites after doing a google search:

http://www.simplylinks.co.za/article407_simplicitywithautodeskrevitarchitecture.htm

http://www.revitcity.com/forums.php?action=viewthread&thread_id=8736

http://www.autodesk.co.za/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=9801806&id=9948721&linkID=12212844

Free RPC Creator

Luke Johnson

Revit 2010 comes with a set of RPC content for your renders. But perhaps you want to make your own RPC content? Well, head over to http://www.archvision.com/ and register.

Then Login, and go to the menu item shown below:

Download and install the RPC Creator, and then enjoy making your own content!Have a look at this link for a getting started guide on using the program.

Revit 2010 Web Update…

Luke Johnson

So, you want to be kept right up to date and be notified when the new Revit 2010 Web Update comes out?

Here’s how:

  1. Go to http://rss-support.autodesk.com/subscription
  2. Tick the boxes for the products you are interested in (for example, I just ticked ‘Revit Architecture’)
  3. You will be presented with the RSS url for the feed that you want – simply add it to your favourite RSS reader.

I am currently using Outlook 2007 to keep track of the all the RSS feeds I am interested in – this way I can easily email interesting information to other staff in the office.Revit wants, no, Revit NEEDS for you to keep it up to date! While your at it, feel free to add my RSS to your reader by the link on the right or by: http://feeds.feedburner.com/WhatRevitWants?format=xml