Dream Link: Revit to 3DsMAX

Ever dream of linking Revit to 3DMAX? It's here!!! Well once released...



From the non-sequitur files: "He who rejects change is the architect of decay" -Harold Wilson. Hmmm Architects of Entropy... Perhaps I'm going to use that...

-See R Liucci's (now old ;-)) posting Found Here for a few more 'trans-formative' quotes.

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REvit 2011 What's New For You

I debated 2 things for this posting:

1) Posting the Revit 2011 What's New Features myself
2) Titling this blog post: REvit 2011 What's Good For You

Here are the winners:
1) See the links below!!!
2) See the title...


Now for the links to goodness!!!
http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2010/03/whats-new-in-revt-architecture-2011.html

http://redbolts.com/blog/post/2009/05/07/Revit-2011-the-most-significant-release-EVER.aspx

http://designerati.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/new-features-in-revit-architecture-2011-bring-refinement/

http://designerati.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/more-details-on-revit-2011/

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/autodesk-launches-2011-design-software-products-with-enhanced-3d-features-2010-03-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp

http://offers.autodesk.com/10/aecsem/index.php/lp/index/171692/170603?gclid=CO7YvZTe1qACFQYoawodgCoKtQ

http://whatrevitwants.blogspot.com/2010/03/autodesk-product-upgrade-download-page.html

That should be a good start!!!

Cheers, -J

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Central File Transfer Processes

Whether transferring to others or even working from home (see the BONUS!!! section) Central files need extra attention paid when dealing with them: Below is a document I wrote to help... Yes you can print, view fullscreen, etc!!!
File Transfer Whitepaper

Cheers,
-J

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Oh Yes He Did!!! Can You Say Revit and Rhino on your IPhone???

Click the image, as usual!!!

Take that dumb-phone users!!!
I was sitting in on the New York Revit Users Group meeting today (isn't technology great...I never left LA)... and there was one item especially interesting: (This would be the time to click the picture above)... Its an IPhone App to view Revit & Rhino models... I heard talk of this at AU this past December (from other people) and it seems they were beaten to the punch!!!

Ian Keough from Buro Happold Consulting presented this at the fore-mentioned NYC-RUG. Thanks to our worldwide community and technology we can share ideas in a truly global way!; thanks for inviting me James!!!

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The Man-Cave Killer... I can Hardly Wait!!!

OMFG: BIM will be (more) fun when we all get one of these!!!

I am usually willing to go on and on about a given subject but for this I will simply give you the headline and the link. Until I see one of these in (virtual) person I will hold the gushing (which will be extraordinary, I think!!!)...

Virtual looks and feels almost real

Photo: Shawwn Rocco - srocco@news observer.com

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Hey POV RAY Boy: Still Funny After All These Years

This is funny Blender Boy... No need to say much more. My favorite line may be: We'll be OK we're on contract...

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Save(As): your Family Size

Click the Image for more from NASA today.

First things first: If you want to make Families (in Revit) do not forget to remove all unnecessary items from every Family File created; Purge, etc. before publishing to the World, Office or Project.

No Groups!!! (This works well in Human Families too... we are all individuals ;-))... OK, onto the rest...

While bouncing around AUGI (yeah I know) I found a discussion string recalling Family File sizes and ways to reduce them. RIGHT HERE!!! there are several good tips and the usual differing viewpoints.

One thing for sure: there are ways to keep the Family Sizes to where they want/need to be for any file (and that's as small as possible). Andekan has a good blog post so HERE IS THEIR LINK too.

So, Content Team; do we need to go through all of our new libraries and do this? I hope we have a tool for that!!!

BTW: the link with the "Eagle" photograph above? Well, did that have any unnecessary weight? Plus I like the image.

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