I've been reading Peter Diamandis's great book, Abundance, and it's forcing me to stretch my brain more than I am used to. I am nowhere near smart enough to try to think about big world impacting issues like he outlines, so I thought I'd really noodle on Revit as a tool and try to figure … Continue reading What Revit Needs Now
Back at the old CADD Blog, I just wrapped a series of tips blog posts covering a hodge-podge of tips and tricks for Revit users that I (and many other) have collected over the years. I thought I'd like to collect them all here for easy clicking. Enjoy! 100 THINGS EVERY REVIT USER SHOULD KNOW … Continue reading The 100 Things Every Revit User Should Know
I get many opportunities to audit and review Revit project models. When I am approached by a company and asked people are invariably looking for that one thing that is slowing their model down. They want a smoking gun and I 100% understand. I like the quick fix, too. Unfortunately, it's usually not that simple. … Continue reading Revit Model Performance Is Not a Magic Bullet
This past November, I had the good fortune of presenting a session at Autodesk University 2017 with my office neighbor Donnie Gladfelter. Our session, Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins of Corporate Training Programs, was just tagged as one of the top rated sessions at AU this past year. First off of, I am really proud … Continue reading Autodesk University 2017 Top Sessions and Tips on Speaking
In the world of the Internet, I definitely waited too long for a BILT NA 2017 recap. Here's my summary: I went, I talked, I learned a lot, it was awesome. Seriously, it's a fantastic conference if you have any interest in technology and the design and construction of buildings. I am a nerd at … Continue reading BILT and Workset1
Autodesk University has introduced voting for its courses this year, and I have made a handful of submissions that I would love you to think about voting for. It's just like the Oscars! Sort of! You can get to the voting site here, and you can search for my proposals by their names below. It … Continue reading For Your Consideration…
Time to put a nice bow on this whole package. We did a full round trip of exporting data from Navisworks, adding some more data, and then bringing it back in to the Navisworks file. Here are some general grab bag thoughts and resources you can use. This is a really powerful addition to the … Continue reading Linking Excel Data Into Navisworks – Part 5 Wrapping Up
