Here is a link:
http://forum.rug-dach.de/
If you want to quickly search the major Revit forums, feel free to use my custom search tool.
Do you ever struggle with lines jumping around at extreme zoom levels, or weird numbers appearing when you are using many decimal points in your dimensions (like 1000.0000034)? This may be why:
Revit uses double precision numbers for all calculations (as do all CAD systems), and they are only good to around 14 or 15 digits.
http://forums.augi.com/showpost.php?p=134341&postcount=4
(the above post was by irwin, Revit Founder)
And:
Other programs allow more decimal digits but they do try to fake (unsuccessfully) more precision than they can really provide.
http://forums.augi.com/showpost.php?p=134356&postcount=5
Great list of tips on cleaning up DWG files, including how to PURGE REGAPPS. Read more at:
The CAD Setter Out
Interestingly, one of the most important BIMandments, according to Twitter, is to never import a DWG file.
This post gives a kind of list of best to worst practice:
What Revit Wants: DWG Import and Link Methods
This little utility is VERY basic. It can basically can record mouse movement and clicks, and keyboard input. You can record a task, save it to a file, open an existing recording, and play. There are some basic options to do with ‘Play Speed’ and number of repeats.
It can even save your recorded macro as an EXE file – however:
There are pros and cons in saving the macro in .rec file or compiling it to an .exe file. Once compiled into an EXE file, you can run the macro without TinyTask. However, the play speed and repeat count/continuous playback option are hardcoded during compilation and can no longer be changed. If you save it into a .rec file, it requires TinyTask to run but you can set the play speed and repeat count/continuous playback.
For more detailed information, check out this post:
TinyTask: Small and Lightweight Automation Software | Raymond.CC Blog
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User mention search:
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Keyword search:
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These actual links can be used in most RSS readers.
Read more and via:
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An interesting discussion is starting on Twitter in relation to key principles or rules when using BIM and particularly Revit. Check it out:
BIMandments
This word is a mashup of ‘commandments’ and BIM (obviously). Feel free to add your thoughts by adding #BIMandments to your tweets.
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Do you love or hate Revit Fill Patterns? Here is a collection of some tips and tricks related to Fill Patterns, or ‘hatching’ in AutocadSpeak.
Overview
On your system, open up your Revit installation directory, and the Data subdirectory. There should be two PAT files here:
revit.pat (This file contains the standard set of custom fill patterns distributed with Autodesk Revit.)
revit metric.pat
If you want to load some of these patterns into your project, use the normal procedure (Fill Patterns – New – Custom -Import). Copy the location of the PAT files from your navigation bar in Windows 7 into the dialog and hit Enter. Click on one of the files and you can select one of the patterns to load.
General Hatch tips
(refer to “C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit Architecture 2012Datarevit.pat”)
- Once a pattern is imported, it is stored in the project, independent of the original file.
- Drafting patterns are defined in paper units. If you import the pattern at scale 1 and print at 100% zoom, the pattern’s dimensions on paper will be exactly as specified in the file, regardless of view scale.
Location of Default Revit fill patterns
Default Revit fill patterns are stored in the revit.pat and revit metric.pat files in the Revit program group Data directory. The revit metric.pat file contains various metric masonry and iso patterns.
via Creating a Custom Fill Pattern – WikiHelp
Differences between AutoCAD and Revit .PAT files
(refer to “C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit Architecture 2012Datarevit.pat”)
- AutoCAD has an 80-character line size limit, Revit’s is 4096.
- AutoCAD allows arbitrary sequences of dashes, spaces and dots, Revit coerces them into dash-space format by inserting zero spaces and dashes.
- AutoCAD has a notion of dots, Revit expands them (including the zero dashes it inserted) into short dashes.
- AutoCAD has a maximum of 6 components to a line pattern, Revit has no limit.
- AutoCAD does not allow spaces in a pattern name, Revit does.
- AutoCAD allows only one pattern per a custom file, with pattern name matching file name, and with the file residing in a known location. Revit has none of these restrictions.
- AutoCAD and Revit utilize different logic to decide whether a pattern is acceptable.
I previously reposted a method on how to bring AutoCAD hatches into Revit with correct scaling.
Revitez has picked up that the Balusters subcategory is missing from the Parameter Properties dialog box in the current version of Revit 2012:
If you attempt to make a View Filter, however, the Balusters subcategory IS present!
See Google Translate of original post:
http://revitez.blogspot.com/2012/01/revit-2012-filtres-et-parametres.html
