Imagine that you use Revit 2017/2018/2019, or whatever version prior to Revit 2019.2, and you need to place an image that is already loaded within your Revit model. What would you do? You open the ‘Manage Images’ dialog hoping to re-place your image (Insert > Manage Images): Surprise! Manage images does not allow you to…
Read MoreRevit 2019.2 forces install Dynamo update
Following up with Revit 2019.2 update install issues, there is another critical point that wasn’t documented. When you install Revit 2019.2, it silently updates your current Dynamo install to the 1.3.4 version. As a general rule of thumb, Dynamo supports three versions of Revit: the current release (2019) and two versions back (2018 and 2017).…
Read MoreHow to fix Revit 2019.2 update install issues
Revit 2019.2 update has been around for a couple of days now. It brings some great features that enhance connectivity and productivity (see the list of enhancements @ Autodesk blogs). But in some cases the update fails to install correctly, and here is why: The problem with Revit 2019.2 occurs on systems that had the…
Read MoreAesthetics in data visualization – HOK MissionControl
MissionControl is a web application presented by Konrad K Sobon at Autodesk University 2017 that allows you to access Revit data from a web browser. It brings important data from Revit models right at your fingertips in a clean and responsive format: MissionControl has some nice features like: Dashboards for data visualization Revit add-in with…
Read MoreArchiCAD Connection add-in updated for Revit 2019
Graphisoft has recently updated its ArchiCAD Connection Revit add-in that streamlines the dataflow between ArchiCAD and Revit through the IFC format. ArchiCAD Connection has several main features: “Improved IFC Import” has extra options compared to the native Revit IFC importer. “Link IFC” merges IFC models into the current Revit project as a non-editable reference. “Export…
Read MoreFarewell to the Revit 2019 Extensions
Bad news for everyone who has been waiting for the next Revit 2019 Extensions release. Autodesk recently published the following statement concerning the fate of Revit Extensions: As of April 20, 2018, Autodesk will not deliver Revit® Extensions for Autodesk® Revit® 2019. Instead, customers using the timber and reinforcement modeling extensions can easily migrate to…
Read MoreRevit roadmap update – September 2018
Autodesk has just published an update for the public Revit roadmap. The updated document contains both new features that have already been implemented in the latest 2019.1 release, and plans for the future development. We’ve add some major projects to our roadmap for this update. We’ve decided that is time to start working on improvements…
Read MoreRhino inside Revit is live on GitHub
It’s been a month since I wrote about the work-in-progress McNeel’s technology called “Rhino Inside”: Will Rhino 7 run inside Revit? And now it is live on GitHub! The Rhino Inside technology allows Rhino and Grasshopper to be embedded within other products, including Revit and AutoCAD. This repository contains all the sample developer code for…
Read MoreRevit RFO Benchmark v3.2 now supports Revit 2019
Revit RFO Benchmark is the free Microsoft PowerShell-based benchmark that analyzes Revit performance. The benchmark has recently been updated to version 3.2, which supports Revit 2019 and comes with the following list of enhancements: The Squiggly Lines graphics test has been removed from the Full_Standard set. A new Graphics_Comparison set compares standard graphics views, squiggled…
Read MoreWhat’s better than clash detection? Live clash detection!
We’ve been doing iterative clash detection in out projects for years. This is an old-fashioned and time-consuming process, which consists of repetitive manual or semi-automatic tasks: Convert each discipline model into the Navisworks / Solibri file formats. Update project federated model. Run multiple clash tests. Publish results. Introduce results to the design team. Next hour/day/week/month…
Read MoreConductor Revit & Rhino add-in becomes free and open source, bringing Trello boards inside your models
Conductor is a Revit and Rhino add-in that integrates Trello task management with your models. This add-in has originally been released as paid application (I’ve already mentioned it in my post last year) by Nathan Miller from provingground, and now it’s available for free. Conductor uses Trello API to move your tasks between Revit (Rhino)…
Read MoreRenaming Revit materials with Dynamo
Imagine that you have to rename a lot of materials inside your Revit model. You could spend ridiculous amount of time, renaming all of the stuff manually. The other option would be to write a relatively simple Dynamo script that will handle this task for you. And here it is – simple yet powerful Dynamo…
Read MoreRevit RFO benchmark fails with journal error on localized Revit installs
Revit Forum’s RFO benchmark is a super handy (and possibly the only one) tool to measure Revit performance on different machines. The most recent version is 3.1 and it can be downloaded after logging in to the RevitForum (RFO benchmark v3.1). This tool is based on the Windows PowerShell script which uses Revit journal files…
Read MoreRevit 2017.2.3 update is now available
This update contains an update to the FBX SDK and provides a number of security improvements related to processing FBX, DAE, 3DS, and DXF format files. It also brings a number of bug fixes, which could be found at the release notes page. For Revit 2017.2.3 update instructions visit readme page. Update is available to…
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