KarelCAD ~Video Tutorials

KarelCAD is an Australian Autodesk reseller who can be found at http://www.karelcad.com.au/

Here are their FREE Video Tutorials....... Enjoy

Linestyle Production
Producing Line styles in Revit Architecture 2010 through the KarelCAD ATC and Design Content

Keynote Production
Producing Keynotes in Revit Architecture 2010.

Wall Wrapping Production
Producing Wrapped walls within Revit 2010.

How to create sun studies in Revit
This training video shows how to create sunstudies using Autodesk Revit

Creating AVI's in Revit
Using Revit Software this video explains how to create Avi's in Autodesk Revit using walkthroughs and sunstudies

Learning Curve ~ Topo Surface

I have a site that has a storm relief sewer cutting across it at approximately 45 degrees.

The north east corner of the site is approximately 1.8m above the north-west and south east corners.

The water authority have granted building over on condition that we create a reduced loading zone over the sewer which we will provide using cordek cellcore. This seemed an ideal opportunity to jump into topo surfaces.

I linked an AutoCAD 2D drawing of the survey with the idea of tracing the spot levels and got stuck at the first hurdle. The following message popped up when I tried to place the first point

Open a 3D or site plan view? ~ “how is a site plan view different from a level view and how do I create one?”

I searched the help and could not find anything about how to create a site view and I looked in Visibility Graphics and could not find a tick box for Toposurface?I knew I must be missing something simple and it’s me but I could not see the wood for the trees

A tutorial On Revit Zone at called Topography: Creating a Basic Toposurface (Part 1 of 3)
Seems to suggest that " Your new Project File should contain default View called Site:-"

There is not a default view called "site" in the metric template supplied with RST2010 called Structural Analysis_DefaultGBRENU.rte ??????

I posted this question and a request for help on the AUGI forum, and again peer to peer support came up trumps, a user called Derek informed me.....

“Yes, you are correct. They are assuming you are in Revit Architecture. RAC templates all include a default view called site. The only different parameters for a "Site" plan view include things scale, Crop view, default view template settings...that's about it. Simple "Duplicate" your lowest level and name it site, then adjust the view settings....”

I answered Derek that I thought it was crazy why not include the "site" view in the Revit Structures Template as well as the Architecture Template!

I later found a posting on David Lights Revit web site called Site Plans in Revit Structure which explains how to create a Site Plan View

I don’t understand why a "site" view is not included in the Engineering templates but it’s sure one that may make it to our final template.

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Tips and Tricks ~ Toposurface

As I surf my way around the internet and find tips and tricks, articles, blog postings about Toposufaces in Revit that may be useful, I'm adding links to them here as a reference resource.

The Revit Kid ~ Video Tutorials
Studio Topo Tip - Part 1
Studio Topo Tip - Part 1A
Studio Topo Tip - Part 2
Studio Topo Tip - Part 3

Building Informed Models ~ Video Tutorials
Importing real topography from Google Earth: into Sketchup & or Revit

RevitZone ~ Tutorials
Topography: Changing the Section Cut Material (Part 1 of 2)
Topography: Changing the Section Cut Material (Part 2 of 2)
Topography: Creating a Basic Toposurface (Part 1 of 3)
Topography: Creating a Basic Toposurface (Part 2 of 3)
Topography: Creating a Basic Toposurface (Part 3 of 3)

Eric Wing ~ AUGI ~ Tutorial
Revit Architecture: Setting the Site, Part 1 - March 2008
Revit Architecture: Setting the Site, Part 2 - April 2008
Revit Architecture: Setting the Site, Part 3 - May 2008

Revit User Group Sydney ~ by john hainsworth 09 Jan 2007
Toposurface... err, but what about a rock'o'surface

Daryl Gregoire ~ Revit Rocks ~ Tutorial
Importing Topo points into REVIT

Building Informed Models ~ Video Tutorials

I came across this web site recently
http://bimvids.blogspot.com/

There are a number of Video Tutorials including:-

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Revit - Dormers
Revit 2010 series - in place sweeps
Egress path / Fire Safety Diagrams in Revit
Importing real topography from Google Earth: into Sketchup & or Revit
Solar Studies - 2 plans showing different times
Modifying levels and elevation values
Curtain wall with repeating patterns (no audio)
Creating new materials, using image file (no audio)
Edition a curtain panles shape (no audio)
Specify origin for export purposes
Orient a 3D view, cutting away

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Enjoy..........

Revit Stop ~ Revit Architecture Video Tutorials

Only $9 to view all Revit Stop Tutorials ~ Lesson are for Revit Architecture

But you can view the first 10 lessons of the 31 videos for FREE

Click on Logo to link

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1. Introduction

2. Fundamentals

3. Drawing Walls

4. Steering Wheel

5. Viewport Details

6. Wall structure

7. Custom Wall Styles

8. Custom Wall Finish

9. Floors

10. Interior Walls

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Tips and Tricks ~ Walls

As I surf my way around the internet and find tips and trick, articles, blog postings about walls in Revit that may be useful I'm adding links to them here as a reference resource.

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The Revit Clinic
10 Wall Tips ~Continuing the series of 10 quick tips , Click here for the tips for walls:

1. Embed a wall into curtain panel
2. Disallow Join
3. Unlock wall layers
4. Schedule a curtain wall infill as wall or curtain panel.
5. Enable multiprocessing for wall cleanups
6. Wall sweep other than horizontal or vertical
7. Break up a stacked wall
8. Access room bounding for stacked wall
9. Join geomertry on parallel walls
10. Wall Function

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Extending Walls - Wall Layers in Revit

Believe it or not, Revit will allow you to extend or contract selected wall layers above or below their base or top constraints!

This means that you can have one part of the wall assembly at a different height to the rest of the same wall. Let me demonstrate:



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Guidelines for wall thickness and materials in Revit

By Patrick Villella
Whats the Word on BIM
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So you’ve seen the endless possibilities for creating wall types that Revit allows and now you’re excited, right? In fact, Revit ships with many preloaded wall types for all sorts of walls – stud, metal stud, gyp, brick, block, and any combination of these materials. But now you have questions.



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Defining Wall Layers in Revit
Wall Structure/ Wall Assembly

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Brian Reneham ~ Revit Fix
Openings in Walls. - Revit 2010

It’s quite surprising the amount of different ways you can put an opening in a wall, and they all have slightly different properties in regard to how they behave and how surrounding elements behave. ~ Nice Tutorial



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David Light ~ Revit
My staggered wall is not cleaning up!!!!
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Refer to movie example for clarification.


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Avatech Solutions Revit Online Tech Tips

Here is a list of just the Revit Online Tech Tips from the Avatch Solutions web site.

To see all the Online Tech Tips for all the products they support use this link

Revit Structure

Revit Structure: An Introduction Posted: 9/6/2009

See how to start a project and the best way to use tools such as templates, menu bars, walls, levels, design bar, shortcut keys, and the project browser.
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Revit Structure: Structural Column Tags Posted: 5/2/2009

This tech tip shows the steps on how to create a 45 degree structural column tag and bring it into your Revit file.

Revit Structure 2008: Splitting Beams Posted: 28/03/2008

See how to split a beam and attach a column to the underside of the beam.

Revit Structure: Warped Slabs Posted: 24/10/2007

See how to create warped roofs and slabs.

Revit Structure: Curved Beams Posted: 27/9/2007

Explore the new curved beam feature in Revit Structure 2008. You will see examples of creating not only horizontal curved beams, but vertical curved beams as well. The creation of beam systems within the curved beam areas is also shown.

Autodesk Revit Structure: Mitered Steel Corners Posted: 19/9/2006

See how to create mitered steel corners utilizing the Reference Plane tool in Revit Structure 3.

Revit Structure: Beam Systems Posted: 17/8/2006

Take an introductory look into creating beam systems within Revit Structure 3. We will walk through the creation process, how to edit existing beam systems, and how these can be sloped including both the physical and analytical models


Revit Architecture

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Revit Architecture: Editing Masking Regions Posted: 14/5/2009

Learn how to apply masking regions to dimensions. You’ll also see how to edit families to get masking regions to appear in door tags and section bubbles.

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Revit Architecture: View Range Posted: 14/5/2009

Learn how to control the view range inside of views in this tech tip. See how to edit line styles and create plan regions

Revit Architecture: Schedule Keys Posted: 5/2/2009

Learn how schedule keys can help you work smarter and faster by allowing you to place preset information based on a key, automatically within a large number of fields on a schedule.

Revit Architecture 2008: Wall Sweeps Posted: 28/3/2008

This technical tip will compare and contrast wall sweeps defined as part of a wall family and a hosted wall sweep. Hosted wall sweeps provide additional functionality that are not available with wall family sweep elements.

Revit Architecture: Visibility Parameters Posted: 27/9/2007

See how to add a visibility parameter to an image in Revit.

Revit Architecture: AutoCAD to Revit Details Posted: 27/9/2007

Migrate your AutoCAD details into Revit Details to make them easier to modify in the future. You will see how to link in an AutoCAD detail, convert it to Revit linework, and then save the new information out as a Revit detail that can be easily reused in other Revit projects.


Revit MEP

AutoCAD MEP: Pipe Size Display Settings Posted: 28/3/2008

This technical tip will illustrate the impact of Pipe Size Display Settings in a Pipe System Definition on the Rise/Drop symbols used in the piping layouts

Revit MEP 2008: Duct Routing Posted: 8/2/2008

Work with duct routing option and how you can manually modify these options to better fit your environment.

Revit MEP: Wire Tick Marks Posted: 17/8/2007

Review the graphical configurations for wire tick marks in Revit MEP 2008, including styles, families, and the visibility parameters of wiring systems and elements.


Revit

Revit: Uncommon Features Posted: 17/6/2008

This tech tip takes a look into some of the features of Revit MEP, Architecture, and Structure that are not common to each other - and how we can sometimes make them work together anyway.

Revit: Blended Sweeps Posted: 17/6/2008

Revit Architecture, MEP, and Structure 2009 added in a new feature called Blended Sweeps. This tech tip will show you how this new feature works.

Revit: View templates Posted: 6/5/2008

Usable in Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, and Revit Structure, Joe takes you through an introduction to View Templates and how they can be used to manage and standardize View Properties in Revit.

Revit Systems: The 0,0 Coordinate Posted: 22/3/2007

A common misconception is that Revit does not use a coordinate system and the overall screen center to center is its only binding location. The coordinate system in Revit products are hidden in the background -- in this tip, track down the elusive 0,0 Cartesian point inside of Revit Systems

Autodesk Revit Systems: Moving Objects Across Worksets Posted: 14/12/2006

Send objects on their pilgrimage to new worksets inside of Revit Systems, fast and efficiently with this tip.

Autodesk Revit Building: Expanding your Rendering Posted: 31/10/2006

Utilize features to maximize your rendering's visual punch, with components and decals

Autodesk Revit Building: Adding Details to your Families Posted: 18/7/2006

An introductory look at how we can control the level of detail that is being viewed inside our families through visibility settings.

Revit Building : Schedule Keys 101 Posted: 18/1/2006

An introduction to creating and using a schedule key “style” within Revit Building to help automatically populate fields in your schedule, rather than manually entering these values line by line.

Revit: Adding Shadows with the new Advanced Modeling Graphics Feature Posted: 13/1/2005

Use the new Advanced Modeling Graphics feature in Revit to cast shadows and add a sense of texture to your building information model. Create presentation views by changing the location, angle and intensity of the Sun.

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Autodesk Revit Structure 2010 Update 1 is available!

Wai Chu Product Manager for Revit Structure has just posted details about Update 1 for Autodesk Revit Structure 2010 now being available at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=12856705.

Hop over to BIM and Beam for more information.

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Learning Curve ~ Piles and Ground Beams

After what feels like and is months of waiting, I finally have access to Revit 2010!

The company I work for have finally installed Revit 2010 on the network and booked formal training…… “yippee”

As soon as I discovered about the new ribbon and the change in user interface, I lost interest in playing with the trial version of Revit 2009 at home and wanted to wait until I could get my hands on 2010.

I knew I would be able to use a fully working copy. You can’t save your work with the trial version after 30 days, you can you can only go so far with learning on a trial version that can’t save what you have created.

After being set up with right to the subscription centre I harvested all the software and supporting material so our IT guy could install on the network as we have purchased four licences.

Not naming names but, the reseller who supplied our company sent 2009 boxes and we are still awaiting a boxed set of software for RST2010. In the mean time I have spoken to one of the older more established UK resellers that I’ve dealt with in the past who have very kindly sent me a trial box and software. You may have seen my posting about the getting started manual not being supplied in the box.

So the first thing I did was download the RST 2010 Tutorials (metric version) off the Autodesk web site

My objective is to play with Revit in advance of the course so that I can make sure I get answers to questions that have cropped up during my pre course play time and thus get the maximum out of the training.

In a discussion "Making the transition to REVIT" on the 2D and or 3D Top CAD Experts Group on Linked-In it’s been muted that Autodesk suggests the best way forward is

1. Self exploration in the program
2. Class room training
3. Establish standards/templates
4. Pilot Job (w/consultant if needed)
5. Refine standards/templates

Which I was very happy to see as this was the logical conclusion I had come too and is my approach to making the transition to Revit.

Looking at step 1. ~ It still begs the question “Why take the getting started manual out of the trial pack” ….. back to the plot…

I started working my way through the tutorials, but was itching to start modelling something real. I’m currently working on a few housing schemes and one is so none rectilinear that it begs attempting in Revit 2010. (there’s nothing like jumping in at the deep end)



I loaded the AutoCAD drawing and traced the layout, and made the piles short at the moment as normally in AutoCAD you would only show the tops and have a break (Ummm can this be done in Revit? note to self, must ask when on the training course)

I placed grid line along the centre of all the beams and turned off the bubbles both ends on those that I only wanted centre lines shown on.

For some reason there were occasions where intersections of grid line not at right angles to one another were not found when placing the columns (piles) (Check this when on the training course)
What I did not appreciate at the beginning was that the grid lines would not show because the elevation was not perpendicular to the grid lines, and I drew this layout a couple of times trying to find out what I was doing wrong, until my query was answered on AUGI forum (what a great resource for peer to peer support).

Next Learning Curve posting will deal with the problems I found with the shape of the beams on plan and walls and floors …..

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Concrete Beam Hidden Line Display Parameter

There is a neat posting over at the Bim and Beam blog about how to control hidden lines in Autodesk Revit Structure by setting a parameter called: Display in Hidden Views

Click on the picture on the left to link to the posting.....

Revit Structure 2010 Shortcuts Quick Reference

There are many predefined keyboard shortcuts for Revit Structure 2010 commands.

This lists the shortcuts by Ribbon Item

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I have printed out two copies, placed them back to back, then encapsulated them in plastic using a laminating machine to keep nearby as a Quick Reference Card.

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This is version 2 of the 2010 Shorcuts Quick Reference

UK Revit Register now a Group on Linked-In

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Click on the Linked-In logo to get to the UK Revit Register Group


The Group provides UK Revit Users with a Discussion Area or Forum, post News Items and the facility to advertise Jobs directly to Revit Users or Companies that use Revit.

You can subscribe to a weekly or daily email re activity on the group, or follow a discussion.




This resource will only be as good as the membership makes it.........

Don't Delay Join Today!

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Families Guide for Revit have finally arrived

Families Guide for Revit Structure 2010 have finally arrived

A guide that contains conceptual explanations, hands-on tutorials, and reference information to help you understand how to work with Revit Structure families.

Refer to the Readme for details and instructions.

English - Imperial

rst_families_guide_documents_i.zip (zip - 2516Kb)

rst_families_guide_datasets_i.zip (zip - 14868Kb)


Readme (txt - 4Kb)

English - Metric

rst_families_guide_documents_m.zip (zip - 2484Kb)

rst_families_guide_datasets_m.zip (zip - 14132Kb)

The Revit Families Guide is also available for Revit Architecture 2010 and Revit MEP 2010


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Getting Started with Revit Structure 2010

After what feels like and is months of waiting, Revit 2010 is here. The company I work for have finally installed Revit 2010 on the network and booked formal training, and I've bought a new PC for home that will run Revit.

As soon as I discovered about the ribbon and the change in user interface, I lost interest in playing with the trial version of Revit 2009 at home and wanted to wait until I could get my hands on 2010 plus be able to use a fully working copy. As you can't save with the trial version after 30 days, you can only go so far with learning on a trial version.

After being set up with rights to the subscription centre, I harvested all the software and supporting material so our IT guy could install on the network as we have purchased four licences.

Not naming anyone but, the companies chosen reseller sent 2009 boxes and we are still awaiting a boxed set of software for 2010 from them. In the mean time I have spoken to one of the older more established UK resellers who have very kindly sent me a 2010 trial box to my home address.




From the outside there is not a lot of difference between 2009 and 2010 the difference is what’s inside the box…..


In the 2009 Trial there is an A5 Read This First sheet and a Getting Started Manual that has a Steel Project reading from one end, turn the book over and upside down and you have a Concrete Project the other end of the book.

It was this book that I was after. Historically its’ always been available to download from the Autodesk web site (historical version are still there), But this time I could not find it on the web site for 2010.


When I opened up the 2010 box and looked inside there are now only two disks not three, as AutoCAD and Structural Detailing now being provided on a single disk but there was nothing else!

I telephone the reseller who had sent me the disk and asked had they forgotten to include the little manual and Read This First sheet, or had someone removed it before dispatch because this box is 20mm wide and has the grips to hold the missing manual.

After a little investigation they come back to me and informed me that as a cost reduction exercise Autodesk were no longer shipping the getting started manual with the trial disk!

Thinking that perhaps this individual was incorrect or misinformed, I contacted another UK reseller who has verified that it is no longer provided.

OK think I, it has to be on the CD, they are saving paper, trees and the environment and it will be in adobe format on the disk……nope not even the user manual appears to be there all you find are these:-
Autodesk, if you’re reading this, and I know you do visit the blog from time to time then this is a real backward step if you want people to have a go at flying Revit Structure, how on earth do you expect them to have a meaningful trial of the product by not including the little manual…. You are doing yourself no favours and Revit Structure and injustice.

Excitech Launches Structural Services Division

Excitech is pleased to announce the formation of its new Excitech Structural Solutions business unit which is focused on UK Structural Engineering. Nigel Rees has joined Excitech to head up this division and expand its presence in the Structural Engineering market. Nigel brings with him 9 years of technical experience of Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis (RSA) software (formerly known as Robot Millennium).

Commenting on the launch of the new division, Managing Director Adrian Atkinson said; “there has been a problem within the industry in providing even the most basic levels of support and training for the new Autodesk RSA software."

Atkinson continues by explaining that "This means that Excitech is in the unique position of being able to partner with its customers and help them realise the maximum value from their investment in the latest structural design and analysis solutions."

Read More here

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What's your suggested Min. Spec. for RST2010?

After many years of faithful service what was my high spec home laptop has died and needs to be replaced. Wanting to run Revit Structure at home I thought I would look at what the suggested minimum and recommended specifications for 32-bit machine to run Autodesk Revit Structure is:-

The Autodesk page at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=12538734

Gives a Minimum Systems Requirements for 32-bit Autodesk Revit Structure of:-

Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4 GHz processor or equivalent AMD® processor
3 GB RAM, 1 GB if no rendering is required

But gives a System Recommendation for 32-bit Autodesk Revit Structure of

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor or equivalent AMD processor
4 GB RAM recommended

OK so it seems they are suggesting a min spec to load it and a recommended spec to run it!

Excitech have a document on their web site that recommends CAD Workstation Specifications at http://www.excitech.co.uk/Autodesk_2010/revit_structure_2010/documents/recommended_workstation_specs_2010.pdf

Entry Level ~ Min 2.66GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with 3 GB RAM

Mid Range ~ Min 3.0GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with 4 GB RAM (with 3GB switch)

Power User ~ Min 3GHz Intel® Xeon processor with 8 GB RAM.

I would like to ask a couple of questions of people visiting this blog

1) What specifications of Revit workstation are you currently using?

2) Have you found that RST 2010 is running slower than 2009 and is this making consider upgrading the spec of your Revit workstations?

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Back to the Future with Families Guide

You may recall that on the 9th May I posted
Revit Structure Services and Support ~ Lack of Content informing you that Skill Builders & Families Guide had no content and I would let you know when something appears.
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Something has appeared on the Families Guide page.........
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A hyperlink to Release 2009 (Now you get the back to the Future headline ;0)











Click on the hyperlink and you get the screen on the left



Ummm looking at the bottom of the page it's talking about getting started with Revit Architecture and Revit Architecture User Guide.
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A quick scroll up to the top of the page and your now in the Revit Architecture Services and Support Page!!!!!
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And your in the Past!
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And there is still nothing in the Skill Builders area!
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Come on Autodesk get your act together.................
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e-Learning for Revit 2010 on Subscription soon!

Autodesk Business Center have just answered a question that I asked from the subscription centre.

The e-Learning for Revit 2010 will be available as follows :-

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Revit Architecture e-Learning is planned for end of June.

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Revit Structure and Revit MEP e-Learning launch is scheduled for early – mid July.

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Autodesk MyFeedback Portal and Forums Closing May 30th 2009

I've been participating on Autodesk MyFeedback over the last few years. It’s a method by which you can participate in the development and improving Autodesk products.

Autodesk have just sent an email to participants informing them that the current MyFeedback platform has grown way beyond its originally designed structure and they are looking to introduce a new Autodesk Feedback Community over the next few month.

They are also reorganizing the management of Autodesk betas. Beta projects will be managed individually on this new community by each of the four Autodesk Divisions.

They will be retiring MyFeedback on May 30th 2009, and will be moving future betas to our new Autodesk Feedback Community server.

The new Autodesk Feedback Community is located at http://beta.autodesk.com/ .

You can sign up at http://beta.autodesk.com/signup now.

So instead of complaining about what did not make it in the next version or bugs that are in the program, get on the inside and help find those problems and develop those features before the next version of the program is released!
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Autodesk Revit Structure Old Tutorials on Resource Center

Autodesk Revit Structure Resource Center has free tutorials ........ Yipeeeeee

Problem is most are Revit Structure 2008 ......... Boooo Boooo Hiss Hiss

Come on Autodesk, get them up to date and show off Revit using your new User Interface and 2010!

The site says:-

"Get the most out of Revit® Structure with these free tutorials. Each one contains valuable information but is only a few minutes long, so you can watch them as many times as you like.
View each tutorial online by clicking on its title."

But it would be nice to see the program flown using the new UI

Single Model for Both Structural Analysis and Documentation
Bidirectional Associativity Between Model and Views
Construction Documents
Structural Details
Import/Export in DWG/DXF/DGN/IFC and CIS/2 formats
Bidirectional Links with Analysis Packages
Multiple Materials
Structural Parametric Components
Multi-users Worksharing
Interoperability with Revit Architecture .

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Revit Structure Services and Support ~ Lack of Content

Skill BuildersAutodesk Revit Structure Skill Builders are advanced learning exercises that focus on accomplishing a specific task.

Families GuideA guide that contains conceptual explanations, tutorials, and reference information to help you understand how to work with Revit Structure families.

As you will see from my last few postings I’ve been poking around the Autodesk Revit Structure Services & Support area of the Autodesk web site for information to download.

Looking under the How–to–Articles Menu. I’ve found that although there is a nice description of what should be available there for downloading, there is nothing to be found under either Skill Builders or Families Guide!
Has someone forgotten to upload the information?

Does the information Exist?

Is it coming soon and if so when?

For previous versions of Revit Structure the Getting Started Concrete Project and Getting Started Steel project were also available for download. I have not been able to find these for 2010 anywhere either.

If anyone from Autodesk is looking (and I know you do, because it shows up on my sitemeter information) then please email me with some answers to my observations and questions.

Here is the link to the Autodesk Revit Structure Services & Support area
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=13113125&linkID=9243180

I will let you know when anything appears!

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Where to Download a Trial Version of RST 2010

Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2010—English


Click on the Image on the left to link to the page where you can download the new 2010 version of Autodesk® Revit® Structure as a standalone and as part of the AutoCAD® Revit® Structure Suite 2010 software.


It is available to registered users of Autodesk Revit Structure 2010 or AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 software, and is subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that appears during installation.
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It works for 30 days then can be used as a viewer.

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The file size is 1.8GB

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Click Here

To see the Whats New in Autodesk Revit Structure 2010 Video

Where to find the Autodesk Revit Structure 2010 Tutorials

Revit Structure Metric and Imperial Tutorials

These exercises step you through different topics using examples that illustrate product functionality.

Refer to the Readme for details and instructions.

Here is the link to the download page for the Tutorials

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=13093246&linkID=9243180

Where to find the Revit Structure 2010 User's Guide

When you download the Trial version of Revit Structure the User's Guide is not part of the download.


To get a copy of the Autodesk Revit Structure User’s Guide which describes concepts, and provides step-by-step procedures as well as quick reference information, click on the image of the User Guide on the left or use this link http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=13113118


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RST2010 Keyboard Shortcuts Development via Excel

David Harrington has posted an Excel spreadsheet he is using for development of RST 2010 Keyboard Shortcuts on the AUGI Forum at http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=969878#post969878

Many commands are repeated over and over as they exist on different ribbon menus. As such, developing a workable list is difficult since duplicate commands can easily get different key assignments as one moves about in a text file with over 1,400 lines.

I was in the process of trying to reformat the original shortcut reference sheet I made for 2008 and had got this far when I saw his posting on his blog.

[Project shortcuts]

Home tab ~ BM,WA,CL,SB,BR,BS,FT,CM,GP,LL,GR,RP

Insert tab ~ None

Annotate tab ~ DI,EL, DL,GP,TX,F7,TG

Modify tab ~ MD,MA,AL,TR,SL,OF,CP,RC,LW,SF,PT

Analyze tab ~ LD,AA,RAArchitect & Site tab ~ None

Collaborate tab ~ RL,RW,ERView tab ~ VP,VG,VV,TL,WC,WT

Manage tab ~ SU,UN

[Model family editor shortcuts]

Create tab ~ CM,GP,RP

Insert tab ~ None

Detail tab ~ GP,DI,TX,F7

Modify tab ~ MD,MA,AL,TR,SL,OF,GP,PT,SF

View tab ~ VP,VG,VV,TL,WC,WT

Manage tab ~ UN

Family Editor tab ~ None

[Annotation family editor shortcuts]

Create tab ~ LI,GP,DI,TX,F7

Insert tab ~ None

Modify tab ~ MD,MA,AL,TR,SL,OF,GP

etc. etc etc....

Some of the logic behind the initials has gone, especally for us UK users now a coping is a notch CP was CoPing now its Notching which has nothing to do with CP

RC was Remove Coping its now Notching Remove

SB was Structural SlaB but now it's Structural Floor ??????

There appear to be a few new shortcuts and a few that seem to have dropped of the map

There is more but I have only just started looking....