February 6, 2012

16 Autodesk applications that you can get for free

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Do you know that there’re several Autodesk applications we can get for free? Get these free applications to view, conceptual design, share, and productivity!

Revit Architecture 2012: interface enhancements

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What’s new in Revit Architecture 2012? In this post, we cover enhanced features in Revit interface. We’ll post some more posts that cover the new features.

New Autodesk certified hardware list

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Autodesk now launch new certification list for hardware. Check this out before you bought a new workstation!

AutoCAD and Revit 2012 are here!

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The truth is all Autodesk products for 2012 version are ready in the near future. But as we here are talking about AutoCAD and Revit (for Autodesk product) then I will focus on these two. If you follow some other CAD bloggers on Twitter, then you must see how excited they are and your timeline [...]

Using Custom Label in Revit Sheets

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Need to add custom information as label in Revit sheet? Learn how to do it here.

Disabling F1 Key

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Are you getting frustrated because you often hit F1 key accidentally? AutoCAD users love Esc, and often press F1 by accident. See how the fix, from using paper clip to key remap.

Using shared parameters for Revit schedule

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We have discussed how we can report single door width from a double door family using custom field. However, the technique using conditional IF may not suitable for many condition. Many times the condition is not met in our project. The better technique is using shared parameter in Revit family, then report it in schedule. [...]

Revit Schedule: Using conditional IF in custom field

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Have you ever examined Revit door schedule, and the door width field? If you see the double door family, you will see that the reported schedule is not the actual door width, but it is the total opening width. In this case, I want to report the actual door width. And the total opening width. [...]