Did you know that you can create a schedule of your views in Revit? This is useful if you want to double check the settings of your views or if you want to update a setting on multiple views easily without having to go into every view. How to Create a Schedule of a View …
Did you know that within Revit you can create a splash screen or specified view to be displayed when a project is opened? Also if you want to speed up the opening of projects, creating a project splash screen can save Revit having to generate a 3D view when a project is opened. How to …
Have you ever wondered how to flatten AutoCAD drawings? Even though you may be working in 2D, AutoCAD is a 3D application with an X, Y and Z axis. Sometimes you may unwittingly place something with a Z value (Height) and from a 2D top down view your drawing may look fine but it isn’t. …
In this blog I am going to give you a quick overview of the A360 Viewer by Autodesk. The A360 Viewer is a free web viewer provided by Autodesk that is capable of opening most Autodesk files and more including DWGs, RVTs , IPTs and IFCs. How to Access the A360 ViewerThe A360 Viewer is a …
In this post I will explain how to save to an earlier DWG file format in AutoCAD. Did you know that the DWG file format is owned by Autodesk and every few years Autodesk update the DWG format. When this happens any older AutoCADs will be unable to open the newer DWGs. But all is …
In this blog I will explain Revit design options and how they work. Design options allows you to create and manage multiple designs within the same project. By using design options within Revit you can create multiple options within the same space without them conflicting with each other. Design options can be anything from furniture …
In this blog I will show you how to upgrade your Autodesk software to 2019, this includes the likes of AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor etc. and although this guide is for the release of 2019, the steps are pretty much the same for any version. Every year around March Autodesk release their latest instalments of their …
AutoCAD® 2019 software includes many of the vertical, industry-specific toolsets found in separate versions of AutoCAD, alongside improved collaboration workflows across desktop, web and mobile; and all new features such as DWG™ compare. But where are all the toolsets? Recently I had a customer call to ask where the toolsets were and how they could find …