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

Free Revit Journal Analysis Program (Keyboard Shortcut Use)

Luke Johnson

Jose Guia has also responded to the challenge. Here is a direct link to the program he created:
RevitUsageAnalyzer.zip

EDIT: Jose’s blog seems to be down, here is a link that works
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1dGdRkpk2beU1Y2dHBMY085RkU/edit?usp=sharing

He has done a nice job – his program is a little bit more advanced than Rod Howarth’s version. He includes a few more statistics, and the folders are already setup for RAC.  It also links into the Revit Forum thread.

This is a scary stat from my analysis:
Total times you used the ESCAPE KEY          : 8520  (387 presses on average per session)
Nasty!

Here is his blog post:
blog.bimkicks.com | Revit Journal Analysis and Parsing Program (Rank Keyboard Shortcut Use)

Here is the Revit Forum post.  You can put your results here.
Revit Journal Analysis and Parsing Program (Keyboard Shortcut Use)

Give it a go.