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 with the tool, it allows you to convert the current document, or to batch process families to convert them from metric to imperial.

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

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,

C4R (and BIM360) Cache Cleaner Tool

Alrighty, calm down! I know C4R is the old and BIM360 is what we mostly work with now, but it was a long time ago when I created this handy little tool.. and “BIM360 Cache Cleaner” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. You might remember a post I made a while back about

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,

Revit Bulk Unit Conversion Addin

One of the most downloaded files here at Revit.AU is the metric conversion journal script. Despite the obvious downsides of journal scripting, it works about 98.27% of the time. Based on feedback, the problems with the current journal conversion script are mostly due to user error, but occasionally even when the user followed the steps

From Dynamo to C# – All Elements of Category

I had a few comments in response to my post on using the API to clear out a

Is DWF Better than PDF?

If you ask anyone in the building services industry what they use to markup drawings, I can almost