Please have a look at the following post for a good list of where add-ons using the API are up to at the moment.
http://cad-vs-bim.blogspot.com/2009/06/current-revit-tools-and-addons.html
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Just found an informative site that covers most of the basics for Revit.
If you have some staff members in your office who are just starting out, send them to:
http://www.revit-tutorials.net/index.html
Thanks to David Kingham – http://bimmanager.blogspot.com/
So, I’m thinking I would like to start getting some more followers.
I really appreciate you 3 guys (my current followers), really I do!
I found a good site at: http://www.contentrobot.com/ways-to-get-your-blog-noticed
I think the tip about making sure your blog gets pinged was great. Go to the following sites to make it happen:
http://www.technorati.com/
http://www.blo.gs/
http://www.weblogs.com/
http://www.pingomatic.com/
Autodesk Seek is nearly coming of age. It references content from this site. You might prefer the interface of the Smartbim site over that of Seek at the moment.
Check this out.
Whether you use Revit or not, I challenge you to find a faster way to access your frequently used folders.
However, since upgrading to Vista x64, I am struggling to find a good replacement!! I’ll let you know when I do…
So I got a nice email from Avatech yesterday saying that I could download the full Avatech Utilities for Revit 2010 for free!
If you are signed up with Avatech, you may have got a similar email.
Otherwise, look into it at:
http://www.avatech.com/solutions/building-design/product-details.aspx?product=44
There is a ‘Lite’ version that anyone will be able to get for free.
We recently invested in some new workstations for our office. After doing some research, the following specification was settled on:
Gigabyte X58
Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition Processor, 3.33 GHz
12GB (6 X2GB) Corsair DDR3 (1600MHZ) 9,9,9,24 Matched Triple Kit, 1.65V, TR3X6G1600C9
Quadro FX-580, PCI-E 2.0, OEM, 512Mb, GDDR3, 128-Bit
WD Caviar Black 1000GB / 1TB SATA-II, 7200RPM, 32Mb
Genuine Microsoft Windows VISTA BUSINESS 64-Bit DVD OEM SP1
I am also running dual monitors, one being a Samsung 740B 17 inch monitor, and the other a beautiful Samsung 2443BW 24 inch HD monitor.
And Revit loves it!
So, what inspires you?
In any field, there are those who work primarily for money, and those who work for passion (and many are somewhere in between 🙂 When it comes to the field of architecture, many graduates would say they are inspired by ‘design’ or ‘the environment’. But what about those staff members acting as support staff for Architects?
As a CAD Technician / IT Manager at Dimond Architects Pty Ltd, and in a role that is rapidly evolving towards a BIM* focus, what motivates and inspires me? Well, I am a very inquisitive person that enjoys learning. I also enjoy the feeling of a ‘job well done’. In that context, I am inspired by accurate, rich and aesthetically pleasing architecture. I am thus motivated to create an electronic, digital version of that architecture that will enhance the building delivery process at every stage.
It really excites me to see some lines on a page become an intelligent, precise, beautiful building model, that can be easily viewed, navigated and altered. The full benefits and amazing uses of this technology are not yet fully explored. However, I am deeply interested in BIM and where it is heading. I aim to keep in touch with the many facets of building modeling that I encounter here at Dimond Architects.
As a practice, we are continually taking steps to enhance our practice through electronic means. We take regular steps to keep pace with technology, and our Clients are reaping the benefits. One major factor in our current technological advantage has been our adoption of the Revit BIM Platform. I am keen to see where this technology can take Dimond Architects in the future.
One final thought – don’t divorce passion from your career.
*Building Information Modeling (obviously!)
So, you try and print a view with an image in it, and Revit 2010 just decides to crash…and you can’t figure it out!
Well, Revit wants you to choose ‘Raster’ instead of ‘Vector’ under the ‘Print’ dialog – ‘Setup’ button…
There you go, no more crashing!
I have reported this to Autodesk (see below 😉
| Summary: | Printing ‘linked view’ with image – crashes |
| Description: | When printing a host view with a linked RVT view that contains a high res image.
The same problem occurs if printing the drawing from the linked file (the image seems to crash revit). However, changing the print type to ‘raster’ solves the problem. Revit should realise that ‘vector’ is going to crash, and switch to ‘raster’ automatically. Please correct this problem as it is irritating. |
So, someone has inserted images into your file, and you can’t save them out!
Sure, you can go to File – Raster Images, but that doesn’t really help.
Try this:
The answer is simply to ‘export’ the view to DWG, and Revit will make the images you need.
For a nice, clean, step by step:
1. Make a new drafting view.
2. Select the image / images you want to ‘save out’
3. Copy to Clipboard
4. Paste them into the Drafting View
5. Export to DWG
6. Have a look at the folder that you exported to – there are your images!
