Revit Bulk Unit Conversion Addin
Check out the updated version of the Revit Bulk Unit Conversion Addin and the story behind the update process on my new site digitalBBQ, and also on GitHub: Revit Unit Conversion Addin for Revit 2017-2021 (source code only) Revit Unit Conversion Addin for Revit 2022-2024 Revit Unit Conversion Addin for Revit 2022-2024 Installer →
digitalBBQ – A New Home & Fresh Start
Hey everyone! Big news: I’m moving my ramblings from revit.com.au to digitalbbq.au! This change is more than just →
Revit C4R/BIM360 Cache Cleaning Tool Update
A user reported a minor bug when selecting the 2021 file format option that the models were incorrectly →
Revit Batch Unit Converter Update
The Revit batch unit conversion tool has been updated to work with Revit 2021. For those not familiar →
BIM360 Docs – How to Download RVT instead of ZIP
Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you download model source files from BIM360, sometimes they’re a singular Revit model and sometimes they’re a bundled ZIP package containing the Revit links? Ever wondered why, or how to change this to get just the singular model? They’re generally pretty easy to spot in the BIM360 web →
Clear Cache in Desktop Connector 13.x
Top tip from a co-worker, the new Desktop Connector 13.x allows you to clear the Desktop Connector cache, →
Help! My BIM360 Desktop Connector Icon Has Disappeared!
Over the years I’ve experienced that Autodesk’s Desktop Connector can at times be a little finicky after updating. With the release of the new version 13.x things seem to be no different. The most common issue I’ve experienced when updating desktop connector is for the BIM360 icon to disappear from Windows Explorer. So if this →
C4R (and BIM360) Cache Cleaner Tool
Alrighty, calm down! I know C4R is the old and BIM360 is what we mostly work with now, →
Understanding the British Standard Object Naming Convention and Other Alternatives
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’d be aware that almost globally the British Standards are the benchmark for all things BIM. The international standard ISO19650 is based on the British BS and PAS1192 documents. Most naming conventions out there are based on BS 8451-1:2012. BS8451-1 covers naming and →
View References. Use them!
So even though in the BIM world we produce models, guaranteed every project that you’re currently working on →
Revit 2020.1 Prompts to uninstall when you want to install
This is one I have unfortunately come across too many times, you notice that you can’t access BIM360 →
Nested Annotation Symbols 101
Over the years, I’ve seen some interesting Revit content. One of the doozies though always seems to be →
The Drawing Status
The drawing status is maybe overlooked as something simple, but there are many different ways to approach it, some being more cumbersome to mange than others. Checkboxes First we have the instance based checkbox. It’s a great method if you have something like Ideate BIMLink available to you, or a well developed Dynamo graph, but →
From Dynamo to C# – Get and Set Parameters
I’m the kind of guy that uses Dynamo for practical things, an indispensable swiss army knife that I →
