RobiNZ CAD Blog

Revit Subscription Advantage Packs coming soon

UPDATE 2009-10-22: The Advantage Packs are available now via your Autodesk Subscription login I just finished a web meeting previewing some upcoming Revit Advantage Packs for Revit Architecture, MEP and Structure Subscription Customers. There are a bunch of refinements and some significant new features; Refinements: Keyboard Shortcut Management UI – Edit, export, import View Cube Functions Enhanced Conditional Format In Schedules (from MEP) DWG Import/Export Refinement Text Formatting Shortcuts - CTRL+B, CTRL+I, CTRL+U Text Find & Replace Model/Detail Lines Convert API Improvements Some of the new functionality highlights include; Architecture Timber Framing module: Model Standards Review: Validate and repair Revit... Read more →

A surprising omission from the Revit Dictionary?

An out of the box Revit MEP 2010 install on a new machine and look what is missing? Read more →

Simon’s BIM BS…

I’m kind of embarrassed I hadn’t blogged about this before, so here ‘tis now. Simon is a local Revit Guru, who will be speaking at AU currently devoted to getting the Building Services world to stop drawing lines. This recent post on Revit 2010s network license timeout foibles is worth reading if you have encountered that problem. BIM BS (Building Services of course!) - bim-bs.blogspot.com Read more →

A blog free weekend, thanks to Revit MEP 2010 and a slow connection

I had a "computing light" weekend thanks to starting a Revit MEP 2010 install at 09:45 on Friday. It was on my own machine but I spent the day working on email and a presentation on another one. At ti... Read more →

New Zealand Autodesk Solutions Day 2009 (2010 Product Launch)

I'll be at the Auckland June 4th event, see you there! Here's the blurb: The Autodesk Solutions Day 2009 is aimed at professionals' involved in the design, construction and management of government and commercial projects within the Building, Civil, Geospatial and Manufacturing market place. This all day event will showcase the latest products, services and technology. They are happening in Christchurch late May, Auckland early June. Contact your New Zealand Autodesk reseller for details and to register! Read more →

Max and the Revits arrive, it's 2010 for real

Today's delivery completed my set of "Twenty Tens". The arrival of Max (last week) and the Revit Architecture/MEP Series (today) mean it's time to think about building new deployments. As that will al... Read more →

I LOVE "THE RIBBON", do you?

I'm going to be writing about some "recently ribboned" applications in the next few weeks, some better than others. Before that I have decided to set out how I feel about a variety of "already ribbone... Read more →

The Revit 2010 Ribbon Development Process

Kudos to the Revit Factory for sharing the process which went into a, much needed, overhaul of the Revit User Interface for 2010. Overall I think the ribbon is a huge step forward and working across s... Read more →

Inside the Revit Factory

Welcome to a new Autodesk blog about what, will probably be, the most talked about change in Revit 2010: Inside the Factory Welcome to Inside the Factory – a blog about designing the Revit user e... Read more →

What does a grey tick mean in a Revit MEP Schedule?

I found a strange behaviour in a Revit MEP* Space Schedule today. When I miss-clicked in the column "Occupiable", didn't hit the tick-box, subsequent edits showed a "grey out" state and the change was... Read more →