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How to get coordinates of View, then use them for placing other Views in Dynamo
Revit lookup trick for Dynamo
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Using Autodesk Viewer for a Revit Project
Explore using Autodesk Viewer for Revit files
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Getting Revit Background Building Massing From InfraWorks
In InfraWorks Click Model Builder Give address and zoom/pan to area of interest BIM 360 folders??? I don’t know if this is required. But I selected one. Create Wait… When you get the email notification, Double-click the new project’s…
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Updating Origin of Meshes with MeshLab
A customer had trouble importing some meshes to Revit with my Mesh Import app. The problem was that the origins of those meshes were far from their centers. I fixed them with Meshlab. I got the method to fix them…
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How to Publish a Pano Tour with Enscape Renderings
There are two easy ways of making rendered pano tours out of Revit. One is to use Autodesk’s cloud rendering service. That method is explained my my post at https://revthat.com/how-to-make-a-pano-tour-from-revit . Another way is to use Enscape. Enscape is a real-time game…
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Preparing Meshes for Import to Revit as DirectShape
This article answers the most common problem customers have when using my Mesh Import from OBJ files app. That app makes Revit elements that are called DirectShape from meshes. A DirectShape may only be made via Revit’s API or other…
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Search for Dynamo Nodes from a Website
For the Beyond AEC Hackathon, I made a WordPress site with a post for each Dynamo node I had installed on my PC. It only has nodes from my packages’ DYF folder, currently. The idea is that it is hard-to-find…
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How to Make a Seamless Revit Rendering Texture from a Photo
Take a picture Crop picture. In this case, I chose a 1 x 1 ratio. (I like to use FastStone Image Viewer.) Save in a folder In this example we will start with “Dirt – Dark Brown” OOTB (non-advanced asset…
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Working With Revit 2019 Advanced Materials
The Revit renderer got an upgrade in version 2019. There are a bunch of new appearance parameters available. The 2008-2018 Materials are now called “Legacy Appearance Assets” in Revit jargon. Let’s Try To Figure This Out Make a scene, starting…
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Free(ish) Software For the AEC Professional
Here is some software that I like to use on any computer I am using: Bulk Crap Uninstaller Batch uninstall Windows apps — even on a new install. If I’m not using OneDrive, Candy Crush, Xbox, etc. I don’t really want them…
