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From Beyond the Paper Judging from the amount of email we receive requesting the ability to view DWF files on your mobile devices, we think you'll be interested in learning about an iPad® app called McDwiff , by third-party developer Austin Silver Software. Using the  Autodesk Freewheel  Web service, which requires an Internet connection, McDwiff enables you to open, view, convert, and print 2D and 3D DWF files on your iPad. (Of particular interest to some may be the app's Dropbox integration.) For more information about the app, visit the McDwiff  website. And if you try the app, be sure to leave a comment here to let us know how viewing DWF files on your iPad works for you. McDwiff (and the Autodesk Freewheel Web service). Just another way Autodesk enables our customers to go beyond the paper!

From the Revit Clinic Here are 3 quick tips when installing Revit Server 2012; you can view the entire upgrade process from our previous post here   if needed: 1.  Don’t Install from the RevitServer.msi The standard Revit 2012 installer contains the Revit Server 2012 installer under Install Tools & Utilities .  This is the required method to properly install Revit Server 2012. This main installer also uses a second .msi , which is stored on the media under x64\Tools\RevitServer\RevitServer.msi. Under no circumstances should Revit Server 2012 be installed simply by launching the RevitServer.msi.  If you do so the installation will not complete successfully and will be missing necessary configuration components. 2.  To Configure Folders Click the Down Arrow To configure the folder paths, click the triangle under Revit Server to expand the list: This is also where you would toggle between a Local server and Central server. 3.  To Continue After Configuration Collapse the List You m

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Rumor Mongering - Vasari Technology Previ... : "A little birdie told me that we might be seeing another release of Vasari in the not too distant future. Hopefully the birdie isn't a canary..."

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Echo - Four Causes for Revit 2012 Angst : "From this morning's post at The Revit Clinic , worth a repost!! 1. WSCommCntr3.exe Process For 2012 products, the Autodesk InfoCenter la..."

What Revit Wants: Create selection for future use - Revit Structure ... : "Unfortunately, the Selection panel on the Manage tab is not enabled in Revit Architecture 2012! It would certainly be nice to have this fe..."

My friend over at www.revitit.com posted some interesting pics. Without BIM… A collection of architectural mistakes

Revit OpEd: Revit Technology Conference - Australasia - iTunes... : "I suppose the word is getting out when a blogger ( Revit3D ) that is attending the Revit conference in the USA (RTCUSA) manages to let peop..."

Journal of Building Information Modeling | Whole Building Design Guide

A Cautionary Digital Tale of Virtual Design and Construction | ENR: Engineering News Record | McGraw-Hill Construction

Revit Journeyman: A New App for the iPad : "Well it was new about 2 weeks ago when I meant to first post this. Autodesk has released an app for Buzzsaw that we can use on our iPads an..."

Revit OpEd: Revit Conferences Draw Near : "Are you attending one, the other, or both conferences this year? Planning to attend but haven't registered yet? Time is 'running out'! R..."

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Subtle - Click in Empty Space : "A quick video to demonstrate to concepts that are so foreign to the other applications we use at work. The first is to finish a dimension ..."

Revit OpEd: Revit Technology Conference - USA 2012 - City Poll... : "We haven't finished the first RTC in the USA yet but we are already considering where the next one should go. The poll you'll see at the to..."

Revit OpEd: Importing DWG and Exporting to DWG : "Here's a few things that have come up lately regarding importing dwg data: Revit imports from Model Space unless there is nothing in Model ..."

Revit OpEd: Navisworks Exporter Utility : "Need to Export from Revit to Navisworks? Don't own Navisworks though? You can download the Exporter you need for free, well free in $..."

This post is from the BIM Troublemaker that one of my co-workers shared with me. Family Abuse - Curtain Panel By Patterns Edition I cut my teeth in this BIM thing using Architectural Desktop (ADT).  I loved that program a lot.  I still have a real fondess for it, but that's a moot point for this column.  At my first AU conference, i saw a presentation about using RAIL objects to model any type of repetitive, linear element.  I loved the concept and quickly started playing around.  But all that is old news now... I struggled for a while trying to figure out how i could use the same " RAIL " logic of modeling repeating linear elements in Revit.  It seemed to me that the rail tool in Revit is a bit more rigid in what type of objects it accepts....maybe i am not looking close enough...and then one day POW! It hit me like a bolt from the blue.  CURTAIN PANEL PATTERNS could be the way! First thing I did to test out this theory was to create a reference line CURVE

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Echo - Printing Problems with Revit 2012 : "Alan posted this tonight, ' Printer and Plotter Bugs with Revit 2012 '. He's having issues with their KIP plotter and he reports that anothe..."

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Subtle - Text Output to DWG : "With 2012 we can now map Revit fonts to fonts in AutoCAD. I can export Arial to Romans for example. I got a request to check something ou..."

Revit OpEd: Revit Server - Heading Off Road : "If you are curious about Revit Server and using less server like hardware/software, David just posted the results of his experience doing e..."

Another great post from Revitit.com There’s multiple way to do that, one is the free text Generator from the extensions that can be downloaded from the subscription site. See the video here

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Subtle - V/Gs or V/G? : "Maybe this is something that only freaks out someone trying to write about something. Is it Visibility/Graphics or Visibility/Graphic? I'..."

Revit OpEd: Trolling the Past - Model Text Family : "A couple years ago (try nearly seven!!), in June 2004 I responded to a thread at AUGI regarding some model text and it being used on a sign..."