tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:16:37 +00002010 ReleaseRevit 2010RAC 2010BugsRevit Architecture 2011Revit Architecture 2012Service PackGeneral InfoRAC 2012RevitRevit Architecture 20102011RAC 2011Revit 2012Revit Architecture 2009Revit 2013System RequirementsNew FeaturesReed ConstructionRevit 2009Service UpdateSubscriptionUpdated and New Features 2009Dependant ViewsError MessagesExtensionsRevit 20142013AUBIM Content ManagerCeilingCertificationFile SizeHotfixOff-TopicParametersRAC 2009Revit Architecture 2013Revit Architecture 2014SheetSmartBIM Library2009 Release Dates2010 Release Date2011 New Features2011 Release Date3D Views3rd Party Apps64BitAIAAUGIAvailableBIMWorldBug FixesCloudDimensionsFailed to OpenGreen Building StudioIESLinksMove PatternsNested FamilesOrganizationRAMReference SectionsRenderingSmartBIM QTOSpecificationsStairsSweepsTagsTectonicTextUnspecified ErrorVaultWall Sweeps"Why Do You Love Football"2012 Release DateAdvantage Pack 2010Align PatternsAutodesk UniversityAvailabilityBIM 360BPMBackupsBrowserCameraCanonCeiling ViewsComparisonContentCurtain GridCurtain MullionsCurved Wall Curved TopCurved Wall under StairDeployment Image FailsDesignEst ProDisallowDisjoinDon't Clean JoinFill PatternsFocal LengthGridsID NumbersImage SizeIn-Place FamilyInterferenceJoinsKeyboard ShortcutsLevelsLicenseLight FixtureMacNWC ExportNewsPhasingProfilesRAC 2013RSMeansRevit 2015Revit Architecture 2015RoofsRoom SeparationRoomsRotate PatternsSTL ExporterSeekSheet OrganizationSpiral Curved StairSupportSwept BlendSystem RecommendationsTemporary DimensionTestingTipVirtual MemoryWallsWinEstimator"Sports-Center" for Revit Architecturehttp://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)Blogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-4408991761802945266Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:32:00 +00002015-03-23T12:34:33.951-05:003D ViewsCameraFocal LengthTipGreat tip!! I wonder how long this has been available? I only have back to 2014 and it's available there.  It's nice to be able to do this, just wish Autodesk would bring forward the setting in the Properties so we could choose an actual focal length :) TheRevitKid.com! - Tutorials, Tips, Products, and Information on all things Revit / BIM: Revit Tip - Increase / Decrease Focal Length of Cahttp://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2015/03/tip-increase-decrease-focal-length-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-1049734101680762786Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:04:00 +00002014-09-23T10:04:38.667-05:00General InfoNewsRecently, I turned the page and started a new chapter in my work life.  I’ve moved on from being an Application Engineer for an Autodesk reseller in the Chicago area and am happy to announce that I am now the Technical Application Manager for a General Contractor in the Chicago area! I’ll continue to keep this blog going, just may have a slightly different twist on some of the items I’ll be http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2014/09/turning-page.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-4499484068845514504Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:00:00 +00002014-03-27T11:00:45.445-05:00New FeaturesRevit 2015Revit Architecture 2015Instead of listing out all of the new features of Revit 2015, I’ll point you over to Steve Stafford’s Revit OpEd blog where he’s got the entire list of updates.  Thanks Steve for pulling this together! Highlights for Revit Architecture are the following for me (in no particular order)… Sketchy Lines (Visual Style) Family Parameter Order You can now adjust the order of your Family http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2014/03/whats-new-in-revit-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-163730799669724382Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:30:00 +00002014-02-03T08:30:00.321-06:00RevitRevit 2013Revit 2014Revit Architecture 2013Revit Architecture 2014Room SeparationRoomsFor many of the users I teach Revit to the first time, the inevitable questions arise when we discuss Room Separation Lines… “Do they print?” Yes, yes they do. “How do we get them not to print?” You can turn them off in Visibility Graphics.  “But then do we have to keep turning them on/off every time we need to add or manipulate them?”  Yep, pretty much. Then I usually get the http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2014/02/managing-room-separation-lines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-6842705338719577632Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:38:00 +00002014-01-31T13:39:08.865-06:00Error MessagesGeneral InfoRevit 2014This error message came up for a customer of mine when they were upgrading a Revit 2013 project to 2014 and using Revit Server.  The file worked perfectly in 2013, but as soon as the file was upgraded to 2014, they couldn’t save it to Revit Server 2014…the above mentioned error popped up. So, like I do with a lot of my customers, I had them send me the file so I could test it out on my end.&http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2014/01/this-operation-could-not-be-completed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-8907973628751177373Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:56:00 +00002014-01-30T14:56:00.153-06:00BIM 360General InfoRevitSo I’ve been pretty quiet on the blog front this year (that’s kind-of an understatement!).  It’s not that I don’t have much to share, but it seems like every day passes way too fast. The main reason though for my practical non-existence in the blogging world is that in the summer of 2013, I started the trek down the BIM 360 road with Glue and Field.  I was one of only a select few that http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2014/01/autodesk-bim-360-products.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-485608825837386274Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:29:00 +00002013-04-03T15:29:37.557-05:00Revit 2014Revit Architecture 2014System RequirementsInstead of copy/pasting a giant list of requirements that Autodesk has listed, below is a link to the System Requirements page on Autodesk’s website: System requirements for Autodesk Revit Products Please, please note that Windows XP is NOT listed!!  If you are still using XP (or even Vista, which I rarely run into), you’re going to need to upgrade your OS!  Not to say that Revit 2014 http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2013/04/system-requirements-for-revit-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-2262492034552039065Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:12:00 +00002013-03-26T13:12:25.002-05:00New FeaturesRevit 2014Revit Architecture 2014Yep, the wonderful time of the year when bloggers all across the globe push out their “version” of what’s new in the 2014 Autodesk software.  Instead of reposting a long list of enhancements, here’s a couple posts that do a great job of showing the new features… As always, David Light has his great post on the new features!  Click HERE to go to his post. Autodesk even got into the “http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2013/03/whats-new-in-revit-architecture-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-2725117551376473168Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:24:00 +00002013-03-19T13:24:49.250-05:00BugsRevit 2013Revit Architecture 2013StairsLittle something I ran across during a class a couple weeks ago.  When working with Stairs in Revit 2013, someone asked about having a stringer on one side and not the other.  No problem with Component Stairs in Revit 2013.  Then I went to show how you can change the “direction” of the stair by using the Flip Direction arrow at the top of the stair….and this happened: Notice howhttp://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2013/03/flipping-stairs-flips-stringer-side.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-6096218670892727968Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:23:00 +00002013-02-27T15:25:23.511-06:00BackupsGeneral InfoRevitIf you’ve used Revit, you pretty much know that you should avoid opening up a backup file unless it’s absolutely necessary to do so.  What I mean by that is you typically aren’t going to open up a file that has “filename.0000.rvt” (for example) as a name…the .”four digits”.rvt (or .rfa) in the file name means it’s a backup. Well, the other day I was explaining to a group of new Revit users http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2013/02/revit-backup-file-notice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-864923004324774366Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +00002013-01-01T12:00:00.829-06:00General InfoRevit 2013The screen shot below is the Ribbon/Options Bar after initiating the Section tool….notice anything missing? What used to be in the Options Bar is now gone….the ability to “set” the scale of the View you are about to create.  In 2013, you have to basically just create the Section, Elevation or Callout, then once the view is created change the scale.  Not sure the reasoning behind this http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2013/01/cant-change-scale-of-elevations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-581452842082694645Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:45:00 +00002012-12-31T14:45:30.730-06:00BugsCeilingLight FixtureRevit 2013Something weird I ran into a while back while teaching a class…not being able to copy a Light Fixture in the out-of-the-box GWB on Mtl. Stud Ceiling.  I can copy Fixtures all day long in a 2x2 or 2x4 ACT Ceiling (even the Generic Ceiling), but as soon as the ceiling is changed to the GWB, I get the following error… The 2nd part or the error just says the the “Elements were deleted”. This http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2012/12/cant-copy-light-fixtures-in-gyp-board.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-8608748228814166234Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:57:00 +00002012-04-30T15:57:28.372-05:002013DimensionsRevitRevit 2013In Revit 2013 (all flavors), we now have the ability to remove a single dimension in the middle of a string!!  It’s always been painful to tell people that they needed to wipe out one end or the other and recreate the string if something in the middle needed to be removed for whatever reason. Here’s a very, very short video on how it works…just remember, don’t select the string and try to http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2012/04/remove-dimension-from-string-revit-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-5137734272803598168Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:05:00 +00002012-04-17T09:05:57.734-05:002013BugsNWC ExportRevit 2013For those you don’t know what BDS-U is, it’s the short form for Building Design Suite Ultimate. Anyway, finally got this bad boy downloaded, extracted and installed yesterday.  Installed practically everything in the suite and popped open Revit 2013 and noticed the Add-Ins tab wasn’t showing.  This was a little odd since the Suite is supposed to install the NWC Exporters, so the Add-Inshttp://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2012/04/bds-u-2013-doesnt-install-nwc-export.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-2235614098254263711Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:59:00 +00002012-04-04T13:59:24.802-05:002013New FeaturesRAC 2013Revit Architecture 2013Well, the first few months of 2012 have been busy, which I guess is a good thing!  Since the 2013 products were introduced on March 27, I’m not going to repurpose the what’s new features for 2013….I’ll simply point you in the direction of David Light.  He’s always got a very good summary of the tools. Here’s a few little things that I’ve run across that you probably won’t see in the http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2012/04/revit-architecture-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-692442334169396700Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:49:00 +00002011-12-30T14:49:42.974-06:00CeilingDisjoinGeneral InfoMove PatternsRAC 2010RAC 2011RAC 2012Revit Architecture 2010Revit Architecture 2011Revit Architecture 2012Never had this one happen until the last class I taught.  Had a student moving their Ceiling Grid lines in one of the exercises and the Lines were not moving.  I watched a couple times (to make sure they were using the Tool correctly, which they were) before I noticed something…the “Disjoin” checkbox in the Options Bar was checked, but it was greyed out…couldn’t change it.  So I http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/12/ceiling-grid-lines-dont-move.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-3182047787648732976Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:14:00 +00002011-11-14T09:16:04.842-06:00AUAutodesk UniversityAs much everyone would like to go to Las Vegas in 2 weeks, many of you do not have the opportunity.  Budget limitations and work demands will keep you from attending the Autodesk University in Las Vegas.  To expand the audience and make Autodesk University more accessible to a greater number of people the Autodesk created AU Virtual.  This year AU Virtual is offered at no charge tohttp://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/11/autodesk-university-au-virtual-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-5194051019839712760Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:17:00 +00002011-09-27T17:17:32.628-05:00CloudRAC 2012RenderingRevitRevit 2012Revit Architecture 2012Service PackWell, the latest service pack for Revit is now available!  You can download the update HERE. As always, make sure you download the appropriate version (for OS) and read the Readme file. The update list isn’t available yet, but check back on the download site within the next couple days and it should be available. I posted this morning that SP2 was needed in order to utilize the Cloud http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/09/revit-2012-service-pack-2-available.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-4717293527629834326Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:41:00 +00002011-09-27T17:18:42.418-05:00CloudRAC 2012RenderingRevit 2012Revit Architecture 2012By now, many of you have probably already have heard or read about Autodesk Cloud for Subscription Customers.  One of the items available in the Autodesk Cloud is being able to Render  Online (in the Cloud) directly from within Revit 2012 via an Add-in that you can install (from the Cloud site).  One thing (and kind-of a big thing) is that in order to install the Add-in for Cloud http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/09/autodesk-cloud-and-revit-rendering-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-1023619339042822964Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:58:00 +00002011-07-25T08:58:19.579-05:00CeilingGeneral InfoRAC 2012Revit 2012Revit Architecture 2012Here’s a little something I ran across in my last training session… When you want to modify a Ceiling, you typically had to get the to edge of the ceiling, select it, then you would get the option to Edit Boundary (left image).  If you select just a grid line, you don’t get that option (right image)…     This has now changed in Revit 2012!  If you select just a grid http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-ceiling-modify-option.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-2591187968770253004Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:35:00 +00002011-07-19T16:38:52.273-05:00CertificationOff-TopicLast week I received my results from taking the Autodesk Certified Instructor program back in early June.  It was a tough 4 days, doing 3 presentations, 2 of them recorded, scored and critiqued during that time.  Then, the videos of the 2 presentations are sent around the world (from my understanding) to get critiqued as well.  I thought I did well, but it’s a little nerve-racking http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/07/off-topicautodesk-certification.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-1649950307343827351Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:48:00 +00002011-06-30T12:48:24.986-05:00AvailableGeneral InfoRAC 2012Revit 2012Revit Architecture 2012Service PackService UpdateI knew this would happen… get busy and things slip through without being noticed.  Thanks to a co-worker, I was notified this morning that the 1st service pack/update was now available for the Revit 2012 products.  You can download the update HERE. For some reason, the list that’s typically included isn’t available quite yet.  There are a few people that have posted about some of http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/06/revit-architecture-2012-update-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-8705880269534380902Thu, 19 May 2011 14:31:00 +00002011-05-19T09:31:56.458-05:00New FeaturesRAC 2012Revit 2012Revit Architecture 2012Vault Last week I spent a couple days starting to learn the ins and outs of Vault Collaboration 2012 and it’s integration with the AEC products for 2012.  This is the first iteration of Vault being integrated with the AEC products, so this is definitely a work in progress.  At this point, here’s how Vault works with the Revit family of products for 2012… Archival of Central files – Thishttp://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/05/vault-integration-with-revit-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-2143228663031067483Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:29:00 +00002011-04-27T16:29:35.764-05:00General InfoRevit Architecture 2010Revit Architecture 2011Revit Architecture 2012I’ve had a few people ask me recently why they can’t copy Doors from one wall to another.  I was surprised they couldn’t as I could without any issues.  But then something clicked…the Constrain checkbox.  Sure enough, if Constrain is checked, you can’t copy a Door outside of the wall it’s placed in.  So in order to copy the door from one wall to another by utilizing the Copy http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/04/copy-doors-and-constrain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838451362458067689.post-1993136451818208019Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:10:00 +00002011-04-15T11:10:32.708-05:00File SizeRAC 2011RAMRevitRevit Architecture 2011System RequirementsI get this question quite often from many people, whether they are looking to get a new computer or looking to make some updates to their current computer.  Here’s a little excerpt from the Revit  Model Performance Technical Note… “Please keep in mind the amount of local machine RAM required is approximately 20 times the size of your compacted central project file.  Each linked http://revit-archcenter.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-much-ram-should-i-get.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dwane Lindsey)0