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Comment on Programmatic and Early Schematic Design Inside of Revit. by Brian Beck

Brian Beck — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:40:04 +0000

Nice Brian. I also have a Master Planning Template that our “programming” department uses for our Education projects. I haven’t quite worked out all the formulas that they would like to have for adjacency planning and comparisson to California Ed Spec for sizing. But I do give them the basics. I plan on adding calculated values to the schedules eventually. What really cracks me up is our Planners will print out the “bubbles” then place them on the table to move around. I’ll eventually get them to use Revit.

Comment on Autodesk Design Review for the Android by Brian Myers

Brian Myers — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:42:43 +0000

I’m going to add a couple of disclaimers.

1) This works for documents uploaded to the Autodesk cloud.
2) Some devices (particularly older ones) will struggle, even if the model itself is not very large. While these file sizes are fairly small, many Android devices are not very robust in terms of computing power.

So, while a work in progress, it’s worth a look as its one of the many directions technology is getting leveraged out in the field. When leveraged properly, technology such as this will change the way we collaborate with others.

Comment on Grips Awareness Month by Lonnie

Lonnie — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:09:51 +0000

Nice article!
Short, sweet, and to the point without a lot of “technical jargon”!!!

Comment on I Want a Do-Over! by Van

Van — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:31:33 +0000

Thanks for this. It saved the weekend… Grtz. 😉

Comment on Make a 2D section become a 3D view in Revit. by Steve

Steve — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:37:53 +0000

thanks a bunch. i did not know this existed.

Comment on Change a Revit Family Category by Brian Myers

Brian Myers — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:51:23 +0000

Bahar,

It depends on how the element was created. For instance, if I draw a rectangular slab and assign it to be a roof by using an in-place family, it will be a roof. After it was created I can do the above and change it to a floor without issue. If an object is created as a System family (such as roofs and floors) then you are correct it won’t change. But if it’s a typical Revit component family or one created as an in-place family, it should update.

One more thing: If you are creating this family from a Revit template, then you won’t be able to convert the family to a System family either. For instance, you can’t make a Revit Window into a Wall or a Revit Door into a Roof. But you could make a Window schedule as a Column or that Door schedule as furniture (not that you would, just it’s technically possible) because Doors and Windows are not System Families and neither are Columns or Furniture.

Thanks for the response!

Comment on Change a Revit Family Category by Bahar

Bahar — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:17:02 +0000

But for some elemnts is not possible , like Roof. I have a file in which roof is already defined i wanna change it to floor but Edit botton is off.

Comment on I Want a Do-Over! by Brian Hailey

Brian Hailey — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:25:49 +0000

You can do the same thing easier by deleting the registry key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Autodesk/AutoCAD/R18.2/ACAD-A000:409″ (delete the entire folder) and then in Windows Explorer you need to delete the folder “C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2012″ (replace with your login name).

If you do it this way, you won’t have to mess with the CUI.

Also, you inspired me to write up my own blog post with this technique: http://wp.me/pKldM-dt

Comment on AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D Links by Paul Churchill

Paul Churchill — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:59:37 +0000

Civil 3D 2011 to Civil 3D 2010 Best Practice?

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D/Civil-3D-2011-to-Civil-3D-2010-Best-Practice/m-p/2744097/highlight/true

Comment on Happy St Patrick’s Day by Mo "McCracken"

Mo "McCracken" — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:08:35 +0000

As the say in the Gaelic Term… ” Mo ghraidhin”

Which means… “Bravo!