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October 2009

Doors and Scheduling To Room From Room

Doors and Scheduling To Room From Room

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Revit OpEd

Revit door schedules can include a parameter for From Room and To Room. The way a door determines which is which depends on how you place the door. The door is To a room when the swing is defined into that room initially. When [...]

Don’t Double Click that Big Letter A

Don’t Double Click that Big Letter A

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Between the Lines

Have you ever double clicked on the Application Menu icon in the upper left expecting the menu  to rollout, only to see the application close?
This is more common now that the application menu icon is a little bigger “Big Red A” [...]

Project Cooper – Give it a New Name

Project Cooper – Give it a New Name

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Between the Lines

Project Cooper is not the final name just a project name while the product is still in development phases. What do you think it should be called?  Help us give Project Cooper a permanent name!  Take this short, multiple-choice survey.  Should [...]

Don’t Double Click that Big Letter A

Don’t Double Click that Big Letter A

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Between the Lines

Have you ever double clicked on the Application Menu icon in the upper left expecting the menu  to rollout, only to see the application close?
This is more common now that the application menu icon is a little bigger “Big Red A” [...]

Project Cooper – Give it a New Name

Project Cooper – Give it a New Name

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Between the Lines

Project Cooper is not the final name just a project name while the product is still in development phases. What do you think it should be called?  Help us give Project Cooper a permanent name!  Take this short, multiple-choice survey.  Should [...]

Model Review – Check for Mirror Casework and Furniture

Model Review – Check for Mirror Casework and Furniture

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Revit OpEd

This post is dedicated to a practical example of using the new tool for Revit called Model Review. This tool is part of the Subscription Advantage Pack that became available recently. As it happens this tool was acquired by Autodesk from Avatech [...]

Autodesk University Virtual – Four Free Premier Passes

Autodesk University Virtual – Four Free Premier Passes

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Revit OpEd

I have four complimentary Premier Passes to AU Virtual 2009. They are a $99 value if you want to attend and nobody from your company is attending in person. Autodesk is giving a complimentary pass or two to each attendee of the real [...]

Dept. of Bugs – RAC – Structural Settings Missing

Dept. of Bugs – RAC – Structural Settings Missing

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Revit OpEd

It appears that the new Subscription Advantage Pack has hidden the Structural Settings dialog. Prior to the update it was located on the Structure Panel on the Home ribbon tab. The update adds a new Ribbon tab called Structure, but no access [...]

Dept. of Subtle – Editing Tools Improvement – Update Feature

Dept. of Subtle – Editing Tools Improvement – Update Feature

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Revit OpEd

Harlan Brumm mentioned this as part of his video on the Subscription Advantage Pack (SPA). David Light also mentioned it and posted a link to Harlan’s video to make sure it isn’t missed. In an effort to “one-up” those guys with [...]

Dept. of Bugs – Entering Data in Schedules

Dept. of Bugs – Entering Data in Schedules

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Revit OpEd

The new subscription advantage pack unfortunately brought with it a bit of pain for those entering data into schedules. When you advanced from one field to another using the Up/Dn arrow keys or the Enter key Revit no longer assumes you will overwrite [...]