creative Solutions and Musings by Carl Gibson
Archive for February, 2010
Revit TotD – 2.24.10 | Render Texture Alignment
Feb 24th
If had a nickel for every time someone asked me why Revit can’t render lights in the proper place on a tiles ceiling, I’d… well I’d be sitting back and writing these instead of writing these between work hours. Now, if I had a nickel for every time the person that asked me that told…
Revit TotD – 2.22.10 | Save the trees, use DWF Markups!
Feb 22nd
With the environmentalists on the rise again, it’s more important than ever for us architects to try to save as many resources as possible. We all know how much of a paper hog an average size architecture firm is, much less the large ones! Here is a process that I push in all offices that…
Revit TotD – 2.19.10 | Dimension Formulas
Feb 19th
Gonna finish up the week with a very easy tip, yet very powerful for those complicated designs that use all those mathematical formulas and what not… Hopefully, by this point, you know that you can simply enter a length to determine a wall or line length, or really anywhere you can input a dimension. Simply…
Revit TotD – 2.17.10 | Through the Linking Glass, part2
Feb 17th
What’s this? I’m keeping my word? Two tips in one week?! Well, don’t let it fool you. I cheated. I wrote these 2 days ago So let us continue on and wrap up this little lesson on linked model visibility. First I want to thank my Buddy Gerry Hogsed for letting me use his…
Revit TotD – 2.15.10 | Through the Linking Glass, part1
Feb 15th
I’m slowly but surely trying to recover from moving and settling into a new job. I’m having to force myself to sit down and make time for RevitTotD, but I’m glad I do it every time that I do! This week, I’m going to have 3 tips… that’s all there is to it! Baby steps,…
#Revit – IRC Chat
Feb 2nd
OK, with many thanks to Mr. Qabulin we are able to chat once again. You can use either your own IRC client such as mIRC, Colloquy (for you mac users) or MirandaIM to access the chat. Or you can still use Mibbit just like before. The new address is as follows: Server: gibsonhh.info Port: 6669…
