Google Earth 6.2 features a new way of rendering all those mosaic pics of satellite and aerial photographs, smoothing out the borders between them so the globe looks even more like our beautiful blue planet. That smooth beauty is not just visible from a distance, either — as you zoom in, the seamless look continues, all the way down to the closest views. … If you haven’t used Google Earth in a while, download Google Earth 6.2 and look at how much better it’s become.
Right-click the ViewCube and click Lock to Selection. If Lock to Selection is checked when a view orientation change occurs, the ViewCube uses the selected objects to calculate the center of the view and zooms to the extents of the selected objects. When the option is unchecked, the ViewCube uses the selected objects to calculate the center of the view and zooms to the extents of the model.
To examine an individual object with the ViewCube
In the model, select one or more objects to define the center point of the view.
Click one of the preset locations on the ViewCube, or click and drag the ViewCube to reorient the view of the model. The ViewCube reorients the view of the model based on the center point of the selected objects.
“As a key component of this, I have added a lot of content to my program lab. The page includes a growing collection of scripts. My focus right now is on documenting code for RhinoCommon and Grasshopper that I think may be useful in scripting workshops. Processing and Revit code is also sprinkled throughout.
In the past, overclocking your graphics was risky, difficult, and yet at the same time it could be very beneficial. These days, it is easier to do, but video cards are often cheaper and some people may ask ‘is overclocking really worth it?’
In any case, if you are interested in giving it a go, the new overclocking utility of choice is MSI Afterburner.
In Windows 7, by default, Explorer’s sidebar stays the same size unless you click within it. That is, if you use the right pane to navigate through folders, as most of us do, the left sidebar doesn’t change. With a simple tweak, though, you can have the left sidebar focus on your current folder in the tree as you click around the right pane. To enable this feature:
Open up Explorer and go to Organize > Folder and Search Options.
On the General tab, look under “Navigation Pane” and check “Automatically expand to current folder”.
It can be really had to keep up with all of the Twitter and blog data that is generated every day on the topic of Revit. However, if you have the time to skim through the main Revit blogs and tweets, you will likely find something that will increase your productivity.
In the interest of sharing, here are a few links that may help you get started –
