What Revit Wants

How to request a license to use a previous release of Autodesk software:
You are a Subscription Customer using a current version of Autodesk software and you would like to use a previous release of Autodesk software…

How to request a license to use Autodesk software at home:
You are a Subscription Customer and use Autodesk software at work and you would like to use the software at home too…

Think outside the rectangle in all 3 dimensions

July 1, 2011May 8, 2017 Luke Johnson

From
The world’s craziest basketball court is in Munich – Ball Don’t Lie – NBA Blog – Yahoo! Sports

Via Revit Journeyman: Basketball Anyone?

Revit 2012 Web Update 1 – What did it Fix?

June 29, 2011May 8, 2017 Luke Johnson

To quote Kathryn Langan’s comment over at the Revit Clinic:
…the Update Enhancement List PDF that is typically provided is still being reviewed. It will be posted to the download pages once it is complete.

But what do we know right now? At least two things have been fixed:

Mass Transparency fixed –
the Disappearing Act no longer works after Web Update 1 (which is a good thing!)

Point Cloud placement fixed –
http://cadappdev.blogspot.com/2011/06/point-cloud-fix-in-revit-2012-web.html

EDIT: Update enhancement lists are now available (2011-07-10)

For a list of improvements, please download the Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012 Update Enhancement List:

Update Enhancement List (pdf – 182Kb)

Note: Build Number can be found in the Update Enhancement List

Other flavours

Autodesk Revit Structure 2012

Autodesk Revit MEP 2012

(thanks http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/07/revit-2012-ur1-update-enhancement-lists.html)

:END EDIT

What about you? Have you noticed any improvements? Feel free to comment.

Also, can anyone explain why Update 1 does not show up on the Updates page over at Revit Support? It only shows up under Product Download…

RevitLink – New Revit resource

June 29, 2011May 8, 2017 Luke Johnson

This is a new Revit site that may prove very useful to you, whether you are a veteran or just starting out. It includes Links, News, Resources and Tutorials.

The look and feel of the site is quite nice. It is easy to navigate and looks slick.

From their webpage:
RevitLink is a source for all things related to Autodesk Revit Architecture. We offer the latest Revit news, free Revit tutorials, Revit resources, as well as useful links to other websites.

http://revitlink.com/

If you want to subscribe to their RSS, you can check out:
http://revitlink.com/feed

Maximise your Investment in BIM Across the Project Lifecycle with Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium

June 29, 2011 Luke Johnson

You are invited to join a complimentary Webinar, Maximise Your Investment in BIM Across the Project Lifecycle with Autodesk® Building Design Suite Premium. This informative presentation will show you how Revit® software enables cross-discipline project collaboration, helping to minimise design coordination errors.

You’ll also discover how to use a variety of analysis tools to leverage information that is inherent to your design model so you can optimise the potential of your building project. And you’ll see how to produce highly detailed construction documentation through a variety of products offered within Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium.

Link to register below:
Maximise your Investment in BIM Across the Project Lifecycle with Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium

text above quoted via Autodesk

Revit Conceptual Massing on a REAL Project (via Revit Futures)

June 29, 2011 Luke Johnson

At RTCUSA 2011, Kelly Cone presented on the subject Revit Conceptual Massing on a REAL Project.

He has uploaded related content and linked to it from his blog.

about 700 mb of content here

via Kelly Cone at
Revit Futures: Revit Technology Conference NA2011

eTransmit for Revit 2012

June 28, 2011May 8, 2017 Luke Johnson

New free tool available on Labs for Revit! It basically allows you to bundle up a project for easy transmission to another party.

Here is the description from the Labs page:
eTransmit for Revit is a technology preview of an add-in application for Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012, Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2012, and Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2012 software.

For best results, installing Revit 2012 Web Update 1 is recommended. // more

With eTransmit for Revit, you can:

Copy and detach a Revit model and associated files to a single folder for internet transmission. This removes the typical error messages when you copy central files using the operating system.

Locate dependent files automatically and include them in the transmittal folder, reducing the possibility of error. All dependent files are automatically converted to use relative paths to ensure that the dependent files can be located by the model.

Choose to include related dependent files such as linked Revit models, CAD files, DWF markups, decal images, and external keynote files. You can transmit any Revit (.rvt) model that has been upgraded to Revit Release 2012.

Transmit models that are using file-based worksharing or server-based worksharing. eTransmit for Revit will also work with non-workshared Revit models.