What Revit Wants

Concurrent RDP Patcher Enables Remote Desktop in Windows 7 Home Premium

April 4, 2011May 8, 2017 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

Revit – Understanding Parameters

March 31, 2011 Luke Johnson

Great ‘glossary’ post on parameter categories in Revit:

Parameter
Project Parameters
Family Parameters
Shared Parameters
Type Parameters
Instance Parameters
Revit ST: Revit – Understanding Parameters

Revit and Inconsistent Units in Formulas

March 31, 2011 Luke Johnson

“if you have a Length parameter, and try to use a (Length * Length) formula, you´ll get the ” Inconsistent Units” error, because (Length * Length = Length Squared). Only way around is to neutralize the units on at least one of the parameters in the formula. The easiest way to neutralize a unit is by…”

Read the rest on RevitForum Blog

Free Revit Journal Analysis Program (Keyboard Shortcut Use)

March 31, 2011May 8, 2017 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.

Parts and Assemblies

March 31, 2011 Luke Johnson

Are these the most powerful and significant changes in Revit 2012?

YouTube – New in Revit 2012: Construction Modeling & Assemblies

Shooting photos from an RC heli

March 30, 2011 Luke Johnson

If you have 2 mins, watch this!

I can definitely see architectural applications for this:

aerial photography
high rise building analysis (check if maintenance required)
deliver lunch to hard to access building sites

YouTube – Shooting photos from an RC heli – Red Bull Illume

Sloping Slab Edges

March 29, 2011 Luke Johnson

Revit does not want you to place a slab edge on part of a slab that is sloping (because it has been shape-edited).

However, you can ‘trick’ Revit into letting this happen by:

Setting the edge you want the Slab Edge to go on to be ‘flat’ by temporarily point editing the slab.
Then place the Slab Edge (Revit will allow you to, now that the edge is flat).
Adjust the points back to how you want them.

The Slab Edge should happily follow the sloping edge now.

A bit of a workaround, but it does work…