Revit
Revit is relational, but shy about relationships?
A new AI based tool based on 'the building graph'?
Autodesk Design Review is dead, long live Autodesk Design Review!
Like a forgotten child, Autodesk Design Review (ADR) has been ignored since it was updated to the 2013 version (so really 2012). It was so forgotten the installer offered by Autodesk until today came complete with a security flaw that required an immediate additional ‘hotfix’ upon first use of the
DWF and Design Review debate is Alive in the Lab
Scott recently posted about the new A360 Integrated Viewer which can view many native design file formats. It is integral in many of the A360 portals but is also available as a separate on-line viewer: * Just open https://360.autodesk.com/viewer * Drag your file into the viewer to
From DWF to PDF with transparency
While Design Web Format (DWF) is better for drawings, and models, you sometimes still do need to make PDFs. If you already have the DWF the simplest way to do this is ‘print’ to PDF from the DWF file. Many machines already have PDF writers, installed by other software, but
Design Review Uninstall/Install Issues due to C++?
Beyond the Paper, DWF Blog, has the solution to a problem which caught me out recently. During a machine update I attempted to remove Autodesk Design Review 2011 prior to installing Building Design Suite 2012 and got a C++ related fail message from the uninstaller. The details & suggested fixes
Why doesn’t Revit have a model browser?
Sometimes you can look at something for, literally, years without seeing the obvious. While using a 3D DWF (during a phone conversation) I gazed at the List, Thumbnail, Markups and Model panel and wondered, why doesn’t Revit have this? Why does a Building Information Model application only offer a
So Revit 2011 really does need Internet Explorer 7+…
Do you have a 32 bit Revit 2011 deployment which works fine until a machine where it fails with nothing more than this it the log; Time ~ Logon ~ Machine ~ Message 0:00:00 ~ robin1 ~ Deployment Started 0:01:00 ~ robin1 ~ Deployment Finished You could waste a lot of time investigating
DWF
Autodesk Design Review 2010 and MindManager, the ribbons nest!
A recent email regarding MindManager + Autodesk Design Review (ADR) had me looking for this post on my blog only to find I'd never published it! Some time ago Last year I posted how MindManager can...
DWF
Autodesk Design Review 2010 - I'm loving this Ribbon
Although there are new features, which I'll cover in future posts, for me the major change in Autodesk Design Review 2010 (ADR) is the new User Interface. I hope I don't offend those who made the prev...
3ds Max
Autodesk 2010 releases shipping, the little boxes and electrons are on the move!
The Autodesk website has had its out of season "Happy New Year make-over" for 2010. Many of the 2010 products are shipping including several* that matter to me: AutoCAD , AutoCAD Architecture , Autode...
DWF
DWF Viewers not working with Internet Explorer 7 on your intranet
I'm not sure if this will apply to other Intranets, or future Autodesk Design Review versions but, for what it's worth, it fixed a problem I had on ours. On my machine the browser would launch a blank...
CAD and BIM General
Autodesk's secret free design application!
OK, it isn't that secret but Autodesk Design Review is free and can be used for more than "Review". Here's a couple of real world scenarios; Can we fit "X" in there? Say you want try options...