Revit and Drop Box is originally published on Revit OpEd In the context of Revit and Worksharing (central and local files) and using Drop Box. Suggestion #1 – Please don’tSuggestion #2 – If you ignore suggestion #1 please be careful and don’t get mad when things go badly. I wrote about an experiment using Drop [...]
Autodesk Octo-Copter Testing
Autodesk Octo-Copter Testing is originally published on Between the Lines As I mentioned in a recent post (Aerial Capture of 3D Geometry), I was hoping to attend a test flight of the remote controlled Octo-Copter that captured photos that were then used to automatically generate a 3D model using Autodesk 123D Catch. Last Thursday the [...]
Autodesk Octo-Copter Testing
Autodesk Octo-Copter Testing is originally published on Between the Lines As I mentioned in a recent post (Aerial Capture of 3D Geometry), I was hoping to attend a test flight of the remote controlled Octo-Copter that captured photos that were then used to automatically generate a 3D model using Autodesk 123D Catch. Last Thursday the [...]
This Week in Pictures
This Week in Pictures is originally published on Between the Lines I spent the last week in the San Francisco Bay area Autodesk offices. It is always great seeing colleagues of mine as well as the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Here is my quick visual story in pictures of this week captured with my [...]
This Week in Pictures
This Week in Pictures is originally published on Between the Lines I spent the last week in the San Francisco Bay area Autodesk offices. It is always great seeing colleagues of mine as well as the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Here is my quick visual story in pictures of this week captured with my [...]
On This Day in 1982 – The Design Industry Changed
On This Day in 1982 – The Design Industry Changed is originally published on Between the Lines Autodesk was created on this day January 30, 1982 and would bring Computer Aided Design (CAD) down from the expensive mainframe systems to the PC with a new product named AutoCAD. Since that time CAD has grown and [...]
On This Day in 1982 – The Design Industry Changed
On This Day in 1982 – The Design Industry Changed is originally published on Between the Lines Autodesk was created on this day January 30, 1982 and would bring Computer Aided Design (CAD) down from the expensive mainframe systems to the PC with a new product named AutoCAD. Since that time CAD has grown and [...]
Occupancy Data Application
Occupancy Data Application is originally published on Revit OpEd I’ve written about the workaround solution for documenting occupancy information in room tags in the past. I’ve even shared a sample project file based on the work I did for Scott Davis’ past firm WLC Architects in 2005 (before he joined Autodesk). Until the API came [...]
Tekla’s BIMsight 1.4 Released
Tekla’s BIMsight 1.4 Released is originally published on Revit OpEd I’ve not mentioned subsequent updates for this IFC based model viewer since my original post when it first became available. I received an email the other day letting me know that they released version 1.4. This release includes enhanced presentation tools and they are really [...]
Parameter Grouping
Parameter Grouping is originally published on Revit OpEd Consistency, CONSISTENCY, consistency… This post is the result of noticing that families that were using a specific group for some parameters were not showing up in the correct group once they were added to a project. When you create content the names you use for parameters is [...]