Update on the KIP Printer Problem

Time travel has featured quite a lot in the last few post on this blog

The concept of Past Present and Future got into a mucking fuddle when for some unknown reason the company that supplies the beast to us upgraded her driver software beyond the point that she should be upgraded too.

Thus It transpires that the imminently available driver (The Future) for our KIP 3000 was actually already available (The Past)

There are two IT support companies between us and the manufacturer, so to find this out I went straight back to KIPUK the manufacturer and their Customer Support Manager Greg Jackson who was great. He even downloaded Revit 2012 and checked it all out.

If you look at or print the build sheet and your restore version on your KIP is greater than or equal to 7.0 xxx then you can utilise driver 3.165 or above but KIP are still waiting for Microsoft Certification of the current drivers. Which is why no one knows when they will come out of the Bermuda Triangle, that is Microsoft, and that is why the term imminently is being used!

If however you are below 7.0 then you cannot update the driver beyond 3.165. (Which is what some silly billy had done with our KIP) 

KIP may release additional drivers in the future which can be used across all restore versions.

Products which are able to utilise IPS restore version 6.5 and greater are KIP 3100, KIP 7100, KIP 7700, KIP 7900, KIP 9900.

Greg communicated with both IT companies between us and them, we tested the downgrade two Wednesdays ago and last Wednesday the servers were downgraded back to driver 3,165 and in the Present everything appears to now work OK.

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3D Rodents - Computer Gadgets and Stress Toys

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Here is a quick snap shot of my workstation or desk in the office.

There is something new on the desk that I really want to experiment with and blog about, and it isn't the Adipose who has just found that I have a new anti stress gadget to play with!

After some playing (Ummmm I mean serious review time and research) I will let you guys know how I get on with the 3D rodent! or to give it it's real name 3DConnexion SpaceExplorer USB.

I would like to thank 3Dconnexion UK  for providing me with the hardware.

David Light has also had a play, I mean serious research time, and has even produced a blog and video of his research time!

Here are some useful Quicklinks if you want to find out more.

3Dconnexion UK Autodesk Revit Supported Software
3Dconnexion Uk Videos
Read more and price in £ for the SpacePilot Pro
Read more and price in £ for the Space Explorer USB
Read more and price in £ for the Space Navigator for Notepads
Read more and price in £ for the SpaceNavigator
Purchase a 3Dconnexion device with Graphics Card from Excitech

Here is a video of the SpaceNavigator being used with Google Earth from YouTube


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Structural Model Analytical Enhancements in Revit Structure 2012

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Over on BIM and Beam they have blogged that over the next few weeks they will be providing some overviews and links to videos featuring the top new features and enhancements in the Revit Structure 2012 Products. 

Just like Autodesk to draw out the process of delivering the final product to the user base.

These Revit Structure 2012 videos are already live on YouTube, and show “What’s New” in 2012. Uploaded by AutodeskBuilding on 13th  April 2011.

The shortest video 0.46 minutes and the longest video 3.48 minutes and are also embeded on my posting of the 14th April right here on my blog!

So I will be updating the 14th April Posting with the feature descriptions as Autodesk publish them over the next few weeks.
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The 2012 Analytical Model and Upgraded Files: Analytical Surfaces for Walls, Floors, and Foundation Slabs

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This is a repost from Revit Clinic on the 12th April 2012 click here for the original posting

There are so many good posts this time of year that you end up thinking I saw something about that but where? Repeating or linking here on my blog is the easiest way for me to re-find these post again..... now you all thought I just did this for you and because I'm sad!

Revit Structure 2012 introduces Analytical Surfaces for Walls, Floors, and Foundation Slabs:

In a file that has been upgraded from a previous version of Revit, your surfaces will look like this:

To adjust these, you can do the following:

1. Open up the default 2012 template file, located at: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RST 2012\Templates\US Imperial\Structural Analysis-default.rte.
2. Set your upgraded file as the active model, and go to Manage > Transfer Project Standards.
3. Select the template project in the Copy from pulldown.
   
   From here you have a couple of options. You can select Materials and Object Styles from the template project to transfer to your upgraded file. With Materials, if you do not want to overwrite existing materials in the project, you can select New Only. With Object Styles you will have to choose Overwrite. If that is okay, then check both boxes, transfer them to your upgraded file, and disregard Steps 4-10.
   
   If you don't want to Overwrite Object Styles, then choose only Materials, and continue on to Steps 4-10.
4. With your upgraded project current, go to Manage > Object Styles, and switch to the Analytical Model Objects tab.
5. In the Analytical Floors row, click the '...' box in the Materials column.
6. Select the Analytical Floor Surface material. Adjust the Line Color to RGB 128-064-000.
7. In the Analytical Foundation Slabs row, click the '...' box in the Materials column.
8. Select the Analytical Slab Surface material. Adjust the Line Color to RGB 155-187-089.
9. In the Analytical Walls row, click the '...' box in the Materials column.
10. Select the Analytical Wall Surface material. Adjust the Line Color to RGB 000-200-200.