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Comment on Revit 2011 Renders with Unlimited Cores! by Steven

Steven — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:57:37 +0000

I’ve got a quad 8347 (1.9GHz) setup on server 08 R2 and revit 2011, and a known length render on a single quad at 2.93GHz (overclocked Q9450) from my personal experience it’s seeming that its still actually only using 4 cores, despite putting “100%” load on all 16, as the render was taking a SIGNIFICANTLY longer time to render- the render was at over 2 days, and hadn’t even hit the completion point where my 2.93GHz quad was at 21 hours

Comment on Revit 2011 Renders with Unlimited Cores! by Randi

Randi — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:37:15 +0000

James, which i7 are you using, and how does it work with items other than rendering? How much RAM do you have, and is it 2 channel or 3 channel RAM? I’m trying to decide which i7 to go with (since the i-Series is our only choice out there anymore). Thanks!

Comment on Don’t Take Away My Turntable – Navisworks 2011 by Rob W

Rob W — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:04:59 +0000

Hmmm, “I haven’t met anyone, yet, who does not welcome the face lift of Navisworks 2011 with open arms”.
I find this to be the complete opposite. I have visited well over 20 CAD Managers this year and not one of them are using the ribbon in both ACAD and Navis. The learning curve is long, the loss of screen realstate and more mouse clicks per task being the three biggest complaints I here. Personalty, as long as there are options or hacks, I will never use it.

BTW Nice Site,

Rob W

Comment on Keyboard Shortcuts in Revit 2011 by ruthellen

ruthellen — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:09:18 +0000

Not pushing my blog – you’ll see I’ve not been working on it for too long – sadly stuck in Autocad with current client!

However, I have had great response to a Revit shortcut spreadsheet I did for 2010. It doesn’t do anything – it’s just a list of default shortcuts. Maybe not as relevant now, but it did help me plan my custom shortcuts.

Thanks for all your good info!

Comment on Revit 2011 Renders with Unlimited Cores! by Iulian

Iulian — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:03:37 +0000

Revit should be able to use more than one core for 3d modeling (main purpose, no?), not for rendering. Autodesk is not able to do that yet. I wonder what they’re using time enhancing the rendering features.If you need rendering use 3d max.

Comment on Revit 2011 Renders with Unlimited Cores! by James Parsons-Moore

James Parsons-Moore — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:32:01 +0000

Hello,

I’m now running Revit Architecture 2011 using an Intel i7 processor.
When doing renders tho its is still very slow. its taken over 5 hours to do one imaage!
There is also only one render pic box on the screen! with the processor working at 25%!!

I’ve been looking over the internet and it seems a few people are having this problem! is there some type of switch setting or am i just expecting too much?

Thanks

Comment on Convert model lines to detail lines in Revit 2010 with Subscription Advantage Pack by AC

AC — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:24:46 +0000

Why is it that you can select multiple Detail lines with a fence but not Model lines. Can only select Model lines one at a time. Any suggestions?

Comment on Revit Implementation Series – Creating Keyplans for Titleblocks by Carl Kilgore

Carl Kilgore — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:21:18 +0000

Nice! Thanks David

Comment on Top New Features in Revit MEP 2011 – 1 of 3 by macunni2

macunni2 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:18:59 +0000

When are (2 of 3) and (3 of 3) going to be posted?
I would like to hear about all the new features and how they match up to other BIM software.

Comment on Top New Features in Revit MEP 2011 – 1 of 3 by admin

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:48:53 +0000

Hi Pippan,

Actually, Revit MEP 2011 does model oval ducts! This has been a long requested feature and we are really happy it made it into this release! Wait until you get a bit of a chance to use Revit MEP 2011. I think you’ll be very happy about the many improvements.