BIM 360’s “Last Updated” and “Updated By” columns are not reliable. Why though? The “Last Updated” date is modified whenever the file undergoes actions such as publishing, renaming, moving, copying (the pasted file reflects the date of pasting), or when Read more
Your print settings may automatically switch to “Create separate files…” forcing you reselect “Combine… into a single file”. This is an annoying user experience, and is still an issue in Revit 2024. This issue happens in the print dialogue box Read more
All of Autodesk’s OOTB Revit Library content are available online for download. In versions Revit 2023 and later, after clicking “Load Family”, a file conveniently points to the Autodesk website where the content can be found online, and it also Read more
Dynamo is rather sensitive to the version you are using. This makes it difficult to stay organized sometimes. At times you may find your script unusable because it was accidentally saved in a later version of Dynamo making it irrecoverable Read more
Here: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Dynamo\Dynamo Revit\backup\ Copy and paste the above link into your Windows Explorer. Each Dynamo script has one backup that is created and overwritten whenever a file is saved. Dynamo makes an automatic backup every 1 min your script is Read more
This post may seem unnecessary. But unfortunately, it’s necessary. Floor plans should be created using the “Floor Plan” function in Revit. This is the standard modeling practice in the industry. Floor Plans allow for Rooms to be place on these Read more
Autodesk is moving to a new platform called Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), which is the latest version of BIM360. You may have noticed this difference yourself if you were added to a project recently and the look of the entire Read more
The title speaks for itself. But it wouldn’t justify without a story. It’s 2022, and I was working with a Revit office that confidently stated they don’t use Revit schedules because schedules have caused major issues between engineers and project Read more
It has been long rumored that odd-year versions of Revit (ie. 2017, 2019, 2021, etc.) are more unstable than even-year versions. This is due to the history of new features being introduced in odd years and flushed out before they Read more
Use this script to delete Viewport types in the model. These are also known as your “View Titles” on Sheets. Arguably, they should be named as “View Titles” to correctly describe how they are used on a Sheet, though that Read more