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2011 Revit Architecture Customer Satisfaction (or not)

March 9, 2011 Luke Johnson

“Greetings from the Revit® Product Team,

Please click on the link below to take the annual survey on your Satisfaction with the Revit® Architecture product from Autodesk®.

This survey should take about 15-20 minutes of your time.

The survey will be open for approximately 2 weeks.

http://revitcc.com/9UBNNFNNY-T4VICFYCPK”

Revit vs CAD "nine women can't make a baby in one month" (Twitter)

March 8, 2011 Luke Johnson

Deadlines. CAD-method: throw warm bodies at it. Complex #Revit projects however, prove the adage “nine women can’t make a baby in one month”
Twitter / NMcClure: Deadlines. CAD-method: thr …

Revit and your Graphics Card

March 8, 2011 Luke Johnson

quote “I have been asked by a few customers if Revit will cache textures in graphics RAM just like a game system might? … I am happy to say the answer is yes – Revit will fully use this RAM and the graphics team is continually looking to make improvements in memory management.”
From Erik at Inside the Factory: Revit and your Graphics Card

How to change the 'Front View' on the ViewCube in Revit

March 8, 2011 Luke Johnson

To change which orientation that the Revit ViewCube thinks is the ‘Front’ for a specific view, check out the video below, or scroll down for the quick step-by-step.

Orient the view to the orientation you would like to be the Front. This will have to be a ‘horizontal’ view.
Right-click on ViewCube, go to Set Front to View
Click on [Current View].
Note: Press the letter ‘A’ on your keyboard if views with numbers in front are hiding the [Current View] option – it is quicker than scrolling!

My previous Blog post about Orient to a Plane

Top Four Reasons Why You May Receive a Serial Number Error During Activation of Revit

March 7, 2011 Luke Johnson

Typos are made during activation
The serial number you are attempting to use does not match the product
The serial number you are attempting to use is truly not valid anymore
The contact information you are using does not match what is already associated with the Serial Number when the product was registered

From Autodesk – Autodesk Revit Architecture Services & Support – Top Four Reasons Why You May Receive a Serial Number Error During Activation

How to download a previous release of Autodesk software

March 6, 2011 Luke Johnson

Issue
You have purchased a license on Subscription for an Autodesk product and would like download one of the three previous releases of the product.

Solution
As a Subscription Member, you can download and activate the latest release, or any of the three previous releases, of most Autodesk products. You can activate one release of a product per license, purchased on Subscription.

To download the product software for which you are eligible, log into Subscription Center, select Access your subscription benefits, then Downloads.

From Autodesk – Autodesk Revit Architecture Services & Support – How to download a previous release of Autodesk software