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Autodesk Feature Codes

To help IT support and general users to decipher reams of product feature codes from their large scale installations, we present all the links directly  to Autodesk’s website here: 2013: FLEXnet® feature codes for Autodesk products 2012: FLEXnet® feature codes for Autodesk products 2011: FLEXnet® feature codes for Autodesk products 2010: FLEXnet® feature codes for Autodesk products  [...]

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How to Reference Multiple Detail Views from a Single Revit Callout

One of the great things about Revit is that annotation is linked to the objects it annotates, whether that is a component, view, etc. The Callout tool allows us to draw a boundary and directly reference the view, or detail, that this refers to. Sometimes, however, you might have more than one detail that is [...]

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Showing elements from a ceiling plan in a floor plan

From time to time it’s nice to see overhead items in a Revit floor plan. Dropped ceilings, soffits, light fixtures, etc. are all useful to see in plan view, especially when arranging furniture and such. Here’s a great and incredibly simple technique to show these items in plan using whatever line style you choose, while [...]

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Control visibility of masking region linework in Revit

While creating a custom office furniture family set for a client a while back, I had the need to control the appearance of boundary lines in a Revit masking region. On the surface, it seemed like something pretty easy to do. While in Sketch Mode for the masking region, you can select the boundary line [...]

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Multiple Column Text in Revit 2012

We’ve been waiting for it for years and it’s finally here! Well, sorta. Sorry, before I get your hopes up too high, let me tell you that the headline is a little misleading. There are many great new features and improvements in Revit Architecture 2012, but, sad to say, text manipulation and formatting still has [...]

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