Navisworks 2014 Hotfix 3 for download

Luke Johnson

This hotfix resolves three issues:
– Problems resulting from operations that involve clicking in the first column of the Clash results grid, such as collapsing/expanding groups, dragging clashes and resizing columns.
– Issues with material and transparency inconsistency when importing FBX files.
– Issues with the automatic selection of the correct Rendering engine (Presenter or Autodesk)

Downloads at:

this link

via

Navisworks/BIM 360 InfoCenter: Navisworks 2014 Hotfix 3

Use Virtual Agent to download Individual Autodesk Installers that work with Suite Licenses

Luke Johnson

EDIT try this link first and click Start once the pane loads:
http://autodesk.creativevirtual15.com/autodesk/bot.html?isJSEnabled=1&businessArea=Root.Front%20Desk&startContext=Root.Front%20Desk

From CADsoft consulting:
Go to http://www.autodesk.com/
select the Customer Service button at the bottom of the home page.

Customer Service

Select the ASK button on the next page and the Virtual Agent will launch giving you access to a Download Links selection, as well as other choices.
Virtual Agent
Read more:
http://www.cadsoft-consult.com/blogs/architecture/2014/01/download-an-autodesk-point-product-for-your-design-suite/

Interestingly, the Virtual Agent also has a “Top 10 Downloads of the Week” option.  The result is pretty interesting:

Also:

Disconnecting an API Addin or Macro Updater from a Revit Project where the code is no longer available

Luke Johnson
Have you ever experienced the “Missing Third Party Updater” message?  It comes about when an Updater (addin or macro) is in use, and then does not exist on a PC that is new to the project.

From sasha.varsanofieva
You must close all local files, open and click do not warn on your central, and then recreate locals. Otherwise the locals will continue to write the tag back into your central and from your central into the locals.

In my case, this wasn’t enough to fix the issue.  The updater message still showed.  I did this:
  1. Opened the Central with Audit and Detach ticked
  2. Clicked the “Do Not Warn…” option
  3. Saved the file as a Central with a different filename
  4. Closed the file and opened it in the usual method (with Save New Local ticked)
  5. The warning did not show anymore

Don't Clean Join where only two Walls are involved?

Luke Johnson

Have you ever tried to access the Wall Joins tool where you have only two walls meeting?  Such as in a T intersection scenario like this:

On my Revit 2014 system, the Wall Join modifiers will not activate in the Options bar when clicking on the above join.

However, if you add a bit of temporary wall, like this:

You can now access the Options for the Wall Join.  Set your option, then delete the temporary wall.

This workaround allows you to set the “Don’t Clean Join” option on a 2 wall T-intersection…

Another tip – if you have trouble selecting a particular Wall Join, select two or three walls that participate in the join and then use the sunglasses to Temporary Isolate Elements.  You should now be able to select the proper join.

What good is a Ceiling Tag?

Luke Johnson

It is one of the few tags that can directly access the Level parameter – quite useful, even to the point where I created secondary Design Option called Level Tagger with a bit of Ceiling on it, and then use a Ceiling “Level” Tag to give me the Level in given views.

Using Copy – Paste Aligned to Selected Levels for the bit of Ceiling, and

Copy – Paste Aligned to Selected Views for the Ceiling “Level” tag.

The secondary Design Option is only turned on when I want to use this particular tag, meaning that the Ceilings are typically hidden.

Oh, you can also tag normal Ceilings with Ceiling Tags 🙂

Another method of tagging the Level parameter is using the Case Param to Param tool:

  1. Add a Text SP in the Project (shared parameter) to the Category for which you want to tag the Level property (ie. Floors)
  2. Use Param to Param to copy the Level parameter of Floors to the SP you added in step 1
  3. Add that SP to a Floor tag to tag the “Level”
The obvious problem – this is not a live link.  Also, it doesn’t work too well with Grouped Floor elements.

Making a Truly Curved Curtain Wall Type in Revit

Luke Johnson

HyunWoo Kim describes how to make a Curtain Wall that has actual curved glass panels (uncommon, but possible) by making a Curtain Wall type with a Basic Wall as the Curtain Panel masquerading as Curved Glass.  He adds Wall Sweeps to the Basic Wall type to “pretend” to be Curtain Wall Mullions.

I have used a similar method to make curved Balustrades / Railings (making a Rail Type that is actually the glass panel and apply Glass material to it).


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Enjoy Revit: Curved Curtain Wall