Free handout downloads from LARUG – September 2012

Luke Johnson

September | 2012 | Handout Links
1) LARUG Presents_Jay B Zallan_Bootlegging Keynotes for Good not Evil II.pdf
1a) 2013 JBZ_LARUG_Custom _Keynotes.txt
2) LARUG Presents_Troy R Gates_Formula Driven Families & Noteblocks.pptx
2a) Revit Formulas for Everyday Usage_Revit Forum.pdf
2b) Family: Comments.rfa
2c) Family: Keyplan.rfa
2d) Family: Project Comments.rfa
3) LARUG Presents_Brian Andresen_Worksharing.pdf

September | 2012 | LARUG YouTube Channel 
Recorded session videos will post shortly after the live presentations & will continue to be added to at:
LARUGs BIMconsortium Youtube Channel Videos

via
Los Angeles Revit Users Group Blog: LARUG Presents: Essentially Revit | September 2012 Handouts & Links

Three Ways to go from Grasshopper to Revit

Luke Johnson

It seems that more and more people are trying to move intelligent data from Grasshopper to Revit.  There are at least 3 different ways to do this:

Have you tried all three?  Which worked best for you?

You may also be interested in:
Rhino to Revit with Hummingbird | WhiteFeetTools

A recent and very informative post from LMNts describes their experience in moving data from Grasshopper to Revit.  Here is just one paragraph:
Chameleon appeared a few months ago and has proven to be an effective tool for adaptive components. The interface is intuitive on both the GH and Revit sides and we are yet to find any serious bugs with it. Another recent plugin is named Hummingbird (keep track of all these animals), a similar program which accesses the WhiteFeet Modeler to import adaptive components as well as Revit primitives (this has a lot of potential and will be discussed more in a future post). Take your pick, these are both great plugins.

Read more:
Adaptive Components, GH to Revit | LMNts

Note – the awesome glass Revit logo is from here – you can download it and use it as a desktop.  The grasshopper is from here.

Autodesk vs M-SIX VEO – It has begun

Luke Johnson

The inevitable clash between Autodesk and M-SIX is beginning to surface on Twitter.  Let’s have a look at a few recent ‘conversations’:

Firstly, we now measure the success of BIM in degrees:

In comes Autodesk:

And on and on it goes…

Access to video libraries from top Revit users

Luke Johnson

Steve Stafford and Aaron Maller are both awesome Revit guys.  Both of them have a Screencast library of videos that you can freely view.  Here are the links:

RevitOpEd’s library

aaronmaller’s library

You can also subscribe to an RSS feed of Steve’s Screencast videos.

Do you have a set of Revit-related videos in a library that you would like to share with us?  Please leave a comment with a link…

 

Grasshopper to Vasari via IFC – yes, you can

Luke Johnson

Geometry Gym has released an IFC importer for Vasari Beta – links below:

ggRevitIFC2013x64 v0.0.37.msi (13th September 2012) REVIT 2013

ggRevitIFC2012x64 v0.0.37.msi (13th September 2012) REVIT 2012

ggVasariIFC v0.1.0.msi (18th September 2012) VASARI

64 Bit Vasari, Revit 2012 and Revit 2013 Addon to import IFC files.
Addon undergoing rapid development. Please use with care and send suggestions and observations.

via
Downloads – Geometry Gym

Image from Geometry Gym

Heads-up:
Geometry Gym: IFC Importer for VASARI

Using the Anchor with EQ dimensions

Luke Johnson

In a multi-segmented, equality constrained dimension, you can use the anchor symbol to designate the anchored element. The element that is anchored remains stationary while you move other elements in a dimension.  

  • Click and hold the anchor symbol. A witness line appears for the anchor.
  • Drag the anchor symbol to the element you want to anchor.
  • Move any of the unanchored elements referenced in the dimension.
  • The element accompanied by the anchor does not move.

From:
Anchoring Elements Referenced in Multi-Segmented Dimensions – WikiHelp

Also refer to my previous post:
What does the Revit equality dimension anchor do?

Using Autodesk Cloud as an auto-Syncing online file store

Luke Johnson

Did you know that you have an offline copy of your Autodesk 360 Cloud data?  It lives here:
C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataLocalAutodeskAutodesk SyncCloudCLOUDUSERNAME

If you put a file in this folder, it will automatically get Synced to your online 360 account.  It doesn’t seem to matter what the filetype is – it uploaded my something.whatever file quite happily.

I assume there is a system setting somewhere that sets the sync interval.

In any case, you could make a shortcut to this folder on your Desktop and use it as online file storage, if you so desire…

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http://bimblog.typepad.com/autodesk_bim_blog/2012/09/wenn-sie-dateien-%C3%BCber-bim-360-produktschnittstellen-wie-sie-zb-in-autocad-architecture-enthalten-sind-von-ihrem-lokalen.html

Harvesting Hatch Patterns from Revit to PAT files

Luke Johnson

You have a Revit file with some custom hatch patterns (filled regions / fill patterns) in it.  You want to turn them into PAT files for re-use in AutoCAD or some other drafting program.  Here’s how:

  1. Make a Drafting View in Revit with a couple of Filled Regions in it.  
  2. Set the filled Regions to the Revit Hatch Patterns that you want to export to PAT files.
  3. Export the Drafting View to a 2000 version DWG file
  4. Open the DWG file in AutoCAD
  5. In AutoCAD, APPLOAD then browse to getpat.lsp file.  To get this file, right-click and Save Target as from this link.
  6. After loading the lisp file, File – Save As the DWG, to something in the same directory (this step just makes AutoCAD and the LISP aware of where the PAT files should be saved)
  7. Then, type GETPAT
  8. Select the hatch you want to export.  It *should* be saved as a PAT file to the same directory that the DWG file is in.

EDIT – you could also try this method:
What Revit Wants: Native Revit can make PAT files too – you just have find them …

In response to this tweet:

Related forum post:
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?71833-Creating-a-pat

More free lisps:
http://www.turvill.com/t2/free_stuff/index.htm