Recent Hacker Attack on RevitCity.com

Luke Johnson

Dear RevitCity.com User,

Recently RevitCity.com was the victim of a hacker who was able to successfully bypass the security measures we had in place.  After discovering this security breach, we moved as quickly as possible to isolate and contain the problem.   In order to best protect the server from additional harm and perform a full security examination, it was necessary to temporarily take RevitCity offline.

In order to protect your own privacy, it is always a good idea to change your password as frequently as possible.  Although all passwords are protected using an advanced one-way encryption method, it is technically possible that your password was compromised during the security breach, especially if the password is a word that can be found in the dictionary.  Therefore, we encourage you to change your password as soon as possible.  You may change your password by logging in, and then clicking “Edit User Profile” under Member Options.  Alternatively, you may elect to have a randomly generated new password sent to you by going to:  http://www.RevitCity.com/forgotpassword.php

Despite our best efforts to protect the RevitCity.com community from this kind of attack, it nevertheless is a common risk we take by providing a valuable sharing platform, and you take by becoming a member.  Although we cannot guarantee that this will not happen again, we have made extensive security upgrades to the system.

We are amazed at the resiliency and support of our members who, during the short time the website was down, began helping each other on our Facebook page.  For this reason we endeavor to keep RevitCity.com running well into the future.

All the best,
Hiroshi & Jeremy Jacobs

(received via email)

Schedule number of each RVT Link in project

Luke Johnson

Here’s how:

  1. Make sure each link has a ‘unique’ family with a ‘unique’ Mark parameter.  For example, put a Sprinkler family with a Mark of 1234567 into each RVT link.
  2. In the ‘Site’ RVT, create a Sprinkler Schedule.
  3. Tick ‘Include elements in linked files’
  4. Add parameters –
    RVT Link:File Name
    Mark
    Count
  5. Filter by Mark = 1234567
  6. Sort By
    RVT Link: File Name
  7. Untick ‘Itemize every instance’.

The Count field should be showing how many of each RVT Link you have in the project.

Building Information Modelling to boost Australia

Luke Johnson

“A study commissioned by the Australian Government’s Built Environment Industry Innovation Council has found that BIM improves the productivity of the building sector significantly.”

Building Information Modelling to boost Australia’s prosperity | Construction Contractor

“Widespread adoption of BIM will result in cleaner, healthier buildings – both new and renovated – with improvements in material consumption, energy efficiency, carbon emissions and the productivity of occupants. On average, an owner could save up to 10 per cent on the cost of their building,” Senator Carr said.

A copy of the report is available at: www.innovation.gov.au/industry

Overview of report here

Full report PDF:
Assessing the Impacts of Building Information Models

Concurrent RDP Patcher Enables Remote Desktop in Windows 7 Home Premium

Luke Johnson

“This tool allows multiple users to control the remote computer using Remote Desktop.
Windows 7 Concurrent RDP Patcher
…This tool also enables the Remote Desktop Connection for Windows 7 Home Premium.”

From:
Concurrent RDP Patcher Enables Remote Desktop in Windows 7 Home Premium | Raymond.CC Blog

EDIT:  Link (working 2012):

http://ge.tt/7Ho0e4B/v/0
or magnet
Hashes:
 MD4: 97e4cd72bb1304fad7333f5495838f69
 MD5: aebb9a23bd6f5e1715991ab6b126cd1f
 SHA-1: 8f66b80f46f3e7bb579d23ba6db7ddd705675f56