creative Solutions and Musings by Carl Gibson
Archive for year 2011
Revit TotD – 12.13.2011 | Quick Shortcut Share
Dec 13th
Protip #… oh I forget. Change your keyboard shortcuts for the folowing: Select All Instances: In Entire View – SSA Select All Instances: Visible in View – SA Cause let’s face it, every time you hit “SA” you meant to select everything in that view! More to come, even if it is small things like this. I…
Revit Interface Class outline
Nov 2nd
So I’m teaching a quick class on the Revit Interface in my office and I thought I would post the class outline in case anyone wanted a reference guide or something to use as a start for a similar training class at their office. Enjoy and feel free to comment! If you use it, please…
RevitCity chat… INSIDE OF REVIT!
Oct 19th
Um.. again.. kinda. This one is much less user friendly because of the authentication protocol that has to happen on RevitCity.com’s side. However, it IS possible! Here’s how! If you haven’t already, go read this post and read the first 4 steps to create the module (or the whole post if you want a chat…
RevitTotD Chat.. INSIDE OF REVIT!
Oct 19th
Well, kinda. It uses a webInterface which is basically a .net wrapper for Internet Explorer. This bit of code was made by joseguia over at RevitForum.org and I am eternally thankful for it! Here’s a quick tutorial on how to set it up. The advantage of this is that it is actually a Revit window,…
Revit TotD – 5.12.2011 | Immediate, Extended and RHSC Families 2.1
May 12th
Second Installment of the Family Creation series!
Embedded DWF Test
May 11th
Just to have some fun Edit: apparently this does not work in WordPress… Editedit: but does outside of Wrodpress: http://revittotd.com/revit/DWFEmbed.html (note: safari/webkit does not appear to work.) Editeditedit: also does not work in chrome.. some multi platform tool THIS is turning out to be… Layouts: 3D: Rumor has it you have to click and hit…
RevitTotD – 5.4.2011 | Making families are FUN! 1.1
May 4th
Oh come on.. I’m talking about REVIT families. *Storytime* In an interview for a job as a Revit lead at an architectural firm, I was asked: “What do you think your greatest strengths and weaknesses are in what you are applying for?” Me: “Definitely making families, I am very comfortable making families…” I look up…
RevitTotD – 4.7.2011 | 2012 – Ghosting and OTHER COOL SH__!
Apr 7th
2012 Feature Review – More cool features from 2012!
RevitTotD – 4.7.2011 | REVIT 2012!!! Create Parts Demo
Apr 7th
So it’s finally being downloaded by everyone on the face of planet BIM, which means I can officially, without legal issues, post these videos! The following are some videos demonstrating the new shininess the folks in the labs have given us this time around! This is a really cool tool called Create Parts! Yes, that’s…
