
Thoughts on Autodesk software... Revit, 3ds Max, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, Navisworks and the architecture industry.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Revit Levels – Made Live

Friday, November 26, 2010
Revit Levels – Dead vs. Live

For Levels, we can create levels with floor plan views. Or we can create levels that do not have floor plans associated with them. These are usually used when you want to constrain or lock elements to the “dead” level, but do not need the floor plan. This could be a B.O. Steel level, or some other level for coordination. Live levels are shown with blue datum, while dead levels are shown as black datums.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Revit – Measuring

Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Revit

- Type "SM" to place doors at the midpoint of wall segments.
- Click on the "space bar" to flip the swing direction before final placement.
- After placement, use the flip arrows to adjust the direction and swing. See image to the right.
These same tips work for windows as well.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Navigating in Revit
When finding your way around a Revit project, it is important to do it efficiently, so you are not stuck in a corner or zoomed far out of your project. For quick zooming, hold down the Shift key with your middle mouse button. For panning, hold down the middle mouse button. If you like keyboard shortcuts, here are a few helpful ones:
ZR Zoom Region
ZO Zoom Out
ZA Zoom All
ZS Zoom Sheet
ZP Previous Pan/Zoom
ZR Zoom Region
ZO Zoom Out
ZA Zoom All
ZS Zoom Sheet
ZP Previous Pan/Zoom
Monday, November 8, 2010
TREX - Trim Extend
TREX - Trim Extend. In AutoCAD Express Tools, there was added a command named TREX. Commandline: TREX... Pick to trim or Shift+Pick to extend [Project/Edge/Undo]:
It was a combination of Trim and Extend by holding down the Shift key. That functionality is now part of base AutoCAD. Now you dont need Express Tools to have this option. Its included. Either in Trim or Extend you can use the Shift key to toggle between the two commands. I suggest using the "Select All" option for cutting edge at the beginning to give you the most functionality.
It was a combination of Trim and Extend by holding down the Shift key. That functionality is now part of base AutoCAD. Now you dont need Express Tools to have this option. Its included. Either in Trim or Extend you can use the Shift key to toggle between the two commands. I suggest using the "Select All" option for cutting edge at the beginning to give you the most functionality.
BATTMAN

Attributes of the selected block are displayed in the attribute list. By default, Tag, Prompt, Default, Mode, and Annotative attribute properties are displayed in the attribute list. You can specify which attribute properties you want displayed in the list by choosing Settings.
For each selected block, a description below the attribute list identifies the number of its instances in the current drawing and in the current layout.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Inventor - Tutorials

Inventor - Getting Started

Autodesk Inventor

Link to Autodesk's Inventor: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=13717655
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