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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…

Today is the last day to finish your Autodesk Building Performance Analysis Course and earn the certificate before the entire course gets retired. If you are currently enrolled in the course, you’ll have time until December 15th, 2017 to finish it. Any non-completed courses will be…

This tip shows how to present Navisworks model in a merry-go-round style. Open Navisworks menu (the "N" application button) > Options: In options menu, open "Interface" > "Display" sublist and select "Navigation Bar" item. Make sure the "Use classic Constrained Orbit (Turntable)" option is checked,…

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…

Navisworks 2018.2.1 update (available via the Autodesk Desktop App) comes with the following list of bug fixes and improvements:

Enhancements • LMV users will now see a clear error message when the Navisworks extractor fails • In Recap, a viewpoint is saved at the origin of each scan • Navisworks now supports the ability to outline cross-sections

Fixes IFC Loader • Imported IFC files now include classification data so that it can be used to create search sets • Model hierarchy is now preserved when using the Revit_IFC loader, to help find information more efficiently • Resolved an issue where Revit AddIns for IFC Loader cannot work if Navisworks 2018 is uninstalled, then reinstalled • Resolved an issue where Navisworks 2018 crashes when an IFC file with reinforced bars is imported

Navisworks interface is somewhat overwhelmed with features and buttons. That's why some really useful things like sorting become overlooked for years. So here is how you can make your Navis tree look cleaner: Open an *.NWF file with unsorted selection tree, select the 'Standard' option…

Now that the fall has come, it's time to check out an updated Revit roadmap, which highlights the future of Revit. There's a lot of cool stuff in there, so go ahead and see this article at Autodesk blogs

Lately I've been working on some Revit railing enhancements. This is still work in progress, but some of the Dynamo nodes are already available online in my updated Zhukoven.com (rev.2017.8.17) package. Below you can see available railing Dynamo nodes (please note that currently all of…