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Dude! Where’s my Nodes?

Dude! Where’s my Nodes? is originally published on Revit Spotted this one yesterday. In Vasari, if you divide a surface & select the divided surface with a view to changing the Surface Representation, there is no arrow to the Surface Representation options dialogue.This is Vasari…. see..no arrow? No dialogue…no Nodes… This is the same thing [...]

Rebuilding forms in Vasari or Revit 2012

Rebuilding forms in Vasari or Revit 2012 is originally published on Revit This issue came up yesterday, a reasonable straight request…”I have built this surface in “PRODUCT”…….. (insert Rhino or AutoCAD). Can I rebuild it in Vasari or Revit as a water tight closed object, so I can do that I do that create floors [...]

Point Cloud Feature Extraction

Point Cloud Feature Extraction is originally published on Revit OpEd When I first saw this show up in the Labs blog post it was called “Scan to Bim”. I wondered about the name conflict with the application already using that name, created by the folks at IMAGINiT. I thought at first maybe that Autodesk bought [...]

Vasari Talk Today

Vasari Talk Today is originally published on Revit OpEd Another installment of Vasari Talk will begin today at 11:30 AM (EST). If you want to learn more about panels and reporting parameters from Zach be sure to register and attend (it’s virtual). Since I’m mentioning Vasari, there are two new offerings at the “Labs” for [...]

More colour stairs ;-)

More colour stairs is originally published on Revit Like a lamb to the slaughter, I knew my stair post would get my ass kicked! So I would like to extend my thanks to all those that took the time to respond; as they say “there is more than one way to skin a cat”. So [...]

More colour stairs ;-)

More colour stairs is originally published on Revit Like a lamb to the slaughter, I knew my stair post would get my ass kicked! So I would like to extend my thanks to all those that took the time to respond; as they say “there is more than one way to skin a cat”. So [...]

Create a 3D Model of Your Head

Create a 3D Model of Your Head is originally published on Between the Lines I wanted to show how anyone can create a 3D model of themselves or a person they know using a digital camera, free Autodesk software, and a 3D printer. Here is an example of my two Autodesk colleagues Brian Mathews and [...]

Create a 3D Model of Your Head

Create a 3D Model of Your Head is originally published on Between the Lines I wanted to show how anyone can create a 3D model of themselves or a person they know using a digital camera, free Autodesk software, and a 3D printer. Here is an example of my two Autodesk colleagues Brian Mathews and [...]

Scheduling a Survey

Scheduling a Survey is originally published on Revit OpEd Please respond to the new survey regarding schedules for Revit if you have any notion that they could be better. David Conant wrote something that appeared on Inside the Factory today called, “Revit Schedules, A Love Hate Relationship”. He also wrote the following text at the [...]

Scan to BIM

Scan to BIM is originally published on Revit This sneaked it way up onto labs at the end of last week. This is a preview technology for Revit 2012….be sure to check it out…. http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/scan_to_bim/ “Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk® Revit® 2012 software is a free* technology preview that allows you to work with [...]