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Tales from the Helpdesk Crypt – Backgrounds that disappear in sketch mode

Department of Unintended Consequences Sometimes we get issues that are gives us pause about how certain functionality can throw a curve at users.  A little while ago a Revit project came our way with something we hadn’t seen before. An plan view in sketch mode had the background elements of walls, doors and annotation elements, [...]

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Rotating a Section Annotation

Snaps are great in Revit and assist us with aligning many objects, but sometimes get in the way or inadvertently cause us to make an error.  Let’s say for this example we have placed a Section Annotation (Building or Wall) and didn’t quite make it perpendicular to the wall we want to section.  If the [...]

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Autodesk Project Varsari Technology Preview

Autodesk Project Vasari – Importing Site Images. Want to see something really easy? Take a look at Project Vasari. Besides looking just like a Revit toolset, it works as a conceptual site studies tool too. In addition, it imports results into Revit. First off, as anything else related to BIM, you need to set the location. [...]

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Renumbering Rooms in Revit – Coming soon from the Autodesk Labs

New Autodesk Labs Plug-in for Room Renumbering is a must watch for when it comes out in March!

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Where’s my AutoCAD Classic? It only has Architecture… HELP!

In this Blog I wanted to answer a frequently asked question… this one comes from Laura, she asked: Where’s my AutoCAD Classic? It only has Architecture… HELP! Hi Laura, Yes! You are right; it only comes with Architecture Workspace.  But there is a trick, since AutoCAD Architecture (ACA) is built on top of AutoCAD (ACAD); [...]

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