Thursday, May 31, 2012

Automatic Rename Revit pdfs with revision information

hi, it is tedious to rename revit pdfs and add revisions as a suffix to company requirement. I just discovered automation tools called, Sikuli, jython(a script language), and itext java package for reading pdfs. It only took me half day to create the program to fetch drawing numbers and revision info then rename  the correspongding pdfs. the language is close to simple English and can run on vairious machines with out intallation. do a search and you can find them. and they are all free. Check the video below see how it works.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

revit 2011 direct import into Unity3D through FBX Tutorial

now it is possible to use game engine for realistic 3d walkthrough

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Advanced Revit Family Tutorial - stretchable stair numbers

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a stretchable stair number using advanced family techniques, such as locking, label, parameter passing, family in family, formula, parameters, etc.

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Friday, June 10, 2011

How to RUN Revit 2012 on Macbook

You will need:
1. Parallels virtual machine for mac
2. Win xp
3. Intel based mac at least 4g memory

Install Parallels virtual machine. Install win xp with in it and update to latest service pack. After that you can start install revit. It will take a while to install ".net' platform and revit itself. as revit 2012 doesn't come will templates. use that from revit 2011. Turn off 3d hardware acceleration in Revit for stable performance.

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Revit macro VSTA Tutorial 02

You will need some c sharp 'c#' knowledge from now on. Buy an entry level book or learn it from internet. You just need to understand some basic object orient programming theory and c# syntax to continue. But even you don't know any thing about programming, you still can understand most of the things in the video. It is quite straight forward. In this tutorial you will learn how to make a macro start working and run the user interface created in the previous tutorial.

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