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Need help with hatch definition

julie.206712 — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:29:59 GMT

Hi everyone. Can anyone help find what's wrong with the following hatch definition? I'm trying to resurrect it from some Acad 2008 .pat files for use in the office. When I try to use the hatch, the preview in the hatch dialog box is there, but after finishing the hatch command, AutoCAD says:

Bad pattern definition file:
Missing parameter on line 712.
?

Here is the hatch definition:

*TURF, Dense blade grass
80.537677792, .55,.5, .9863939238,.1643989873, .9,-11.26551516
99.462322208, .25,0, .9863939238,-.1643989873, .9,-11.26551516
82.874983651, 1.6,.5, .99227787671,.1240347346, .9,-15.2135264966
97.125016349, 1.2,0, .99227787671,-.1240347346, .9,-15.2135264966
90, .38,.2, 1,-.5, 1.1,-.4, .9,-.3, .8,-.3

Undying gratitude to the person who helps find the problem!

--Julie

Slab to band beam - Join Linework Inconsistency!!!

stephen_cadserve301944 — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:16:40 GMT

Does anyone have any suggestions on best practice for modelling and joining suspended slabs and beams because the way I am doing it results in constantly having to go back over joins .
Even though they are joining (and are the same material) they DO NOT ALWAYS APPEAR IN PLAN AS HIDDEN LINES!!! The problems seem to start when i have beam connections not at 90 degrees (often) and have to use the oppening by face tool to massage the connection between beams. I get one interface correct only to find a join to slab elsewhere has reverted to solid lines!! arrrgghh. deleting and redrawing / rejoining slabs sometimes works but Im sure there must be a better way? maybe?:(

My workflow at the moment is to place the band beams (framing members) and then infill the spaces between with the slab thickness as required (using the pick tool on the beam edge). Maybe this is the problem?

There are a number of new users in my office who are very reluctant to persist with the software as this single issue is proving very inefficient as we spend a great deal of project time battling this.

Hellllpppp!!!

Strange viewport problem?!

jespublic340698 — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:26:07 GMT

I have been using CAD for about 15 or more years now, and have never run in to this. When my mate and I add a certain number of viewports, some of the viewports disappear, as well as other objects such as the titleblock. There is no rhyme or reason. If we deactivate (turn off) all ove the VP's, all of the geometry comes back. :?: Has anyone ever encountered anything like this?

Callout coordination

jespublic340698 — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:22:34 GMT

In REVIT, all of the callouts and tags are 'smart'. If I drag a view to a sheet, it updates the callout, tagging it to that sheet. My office uses ACA, but mostly in a 2D fashion. Is there a way to use titles, tags, sheet names and callouts is a smart manner, so that the tags and such update themselves? We are using the project navigator. So I would think that there would be a way to do this.

thanks!

2010 Other things to do with User parameter names?

fisherc21999574 — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:40:17 GMT

Is there anyway to use a constraint parameter or user parameter value to populate a field like a drawing property can? I do not see a way to link or select a user parameter or constraint parameter to a drawing field, but feel that there must be a way? Has anyone experimented with this?

certaines données numérique du fichier étaient hors plage...

philouie- — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:19:11 GMT

Salam,

Sans doute comme vous tous, j'utilise beaucoup le dwg en import dans mes modèles.
Et je me retrouve bien souvent, alors que le fichier à l'air propre, avec ce message qui apparait "certaines données numériques etc..."

J'ai décidé d'éradiquer le problème et de partir à la recherche des entités parasites.

A toute fin utile et parce que l'expérience de l'un peut servir aux autres voici ce que j'ai trouvé :

A la base le fichier est propre, centré sur le point zéro, quand on fait un zoom tout, tout calque actif, il s'affiche normalement plein écran.

Cas 1 : le fichier, bien qu'en 2D, contient une polyligne dont les Z sont à 10 E99. plus loin que la lune . le remède : flatten.lsp . le lisp qui applatit les dwg. d'autres moyens existent.

Cas 2 : plus pernicieux. Il s'agit d'une polyligne qui a été tracée au moyen d'arcs de cercle, j'imagine pour suivre une courbe en sous cul. Le problème vient que certains segments sont de quasi lignes droites. le centre de l'arc est situé alors aux Amériques. le remède : en décomposant la polyligne, les arcs créés, -mais je n'ai pas cherché à comprendre, ne semble plus définis par leur centre et le fichier passe sans problème.

Cas 3. Carrément vicieux, quasi indétectable (2 heures de recherches) et en tout cas incompréhensible : il s'agit d'un type de ligne du nom de CONTINU qui ne passe pas. Comme il n'était affecté qu'à des calques, il a suffit de leur attribuer un autre style et de purger le CONTINU. Bizarre bizarre.

2012 Filled areas disappeared

ee22 — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:10:47 GMT

The standard block "ClosedFilled" shows correctly in the block dialogue window; but
1. the fill disapears when the leader is drawn. A perfectly filled arrow head leader pasted from another drawing looses the filled as soon as it lands.
2. The matchlines shade is gone
3. The arrow heads from the external reference are empty eventhough in the original drawing they are filled.
How do I fix this drawing? It is a plan/profile sheet built with all the tools 3d 2012 provides. It is finished, except for that "litte" detail. Please, help. Thanks

Rotating door tags

jenrom723637 — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:46:57 GMT

Is there a way to allow the door tags to rotate to any angle rather than just be horizontal or vertical?

2012 Sprinkler Symbol not showing when placed on sloped ceiling?

armando175999 — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:41:30 GMT

I know this has been posted before but couldn't find it running a search. When placing a sprinkler on a sloped ceiling or roof, my sprinkler symbol does not show up at all. How can I add an angle parameter to the nested sprinkler symbol so that it will show correctly in plan view? I'm guessing I can apply this same logic to lights or any other families placed on a sloped surface. I don't want to use a floater or straighten out my actual geometry using planes so that the symbol shows. I need to show these how they need to be installed. Thanks!

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Mouse Wheel Zoom Factor AutoCAD 2013

dherbstr — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:30:05 GMT

In previous versions of AutoCAD my zoom factor when zooming in (using the mouse wheel) was different from the factor when zooming out (also using the wheel). For example, if I scroll the wheel forward one click, the view zooms, then when I scroll the wheel backward one click, the view zooms but I see more of the drawing than I did before the zoom in. In AutoCAD 2013 these zoom factors/percentages are the same.

Anyone know of a way to change the zoom-in factor separate from the zoom-out factor?

Altering Storefront Door

bwilliams133 — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:24:09 GMT

I've used Revit off and on for a couple of years and am now the only person in my firm with Revit experience. Here's where I'm stuck. I need a single storefront door. The library comes with a double, but not a single. (It seems that every architect would need this and I think it should be included, but I digress!) I've spent all morning looking up answers and solutions and have nothing. So I am sending out these questions.

1. I am taking the double door that comes with Revit and trying to convert it to a single. I can almost get it, but in the original, there is a "Center (Left/Right)" reference plane that's preventing me from getting my single door width. (I have created a width parameter in the family using the original outside reference planes). I just want to delete this center reference plane, but it won't let me. I've already changed it to "not a reference" and that doesn't make a difference. I tried to do this a couple of weeks ago with another family and gave up...why can't you delete existing reference planes? I've discovered that one of the most efficient ways to create a family is to alter an existing one but that won't work if I get stuck with these planes.

2. Instead of trying to create this...does anyone know where I can get a good single door for storefront? There weren't any on autodesk seek that worked.

Thanks for your help.

align not picking

andrewj575211 — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:19:35 GMT

I am having an issue with the align tool. I hit the button, and hover over the object I want to select and cannot get it selected (even with tab). I can select all kinds of planes from the linked rvt... I can select the duct if I move to a less congested area... Any ideas? Am I missing something (likely)?

Thanks!

2012 Dynamic Block Assistance

Darren Allen — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:09:52 GMT

I crealted the attached Block which allows for MText. I have been attempting to get both the arrow and the annotation to move indepedently of each other without success. I can get one to move around but the other continues to move the location of the entire block. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I have apparently maxed out my limit of files I can upload. I cannot upload my file. I have looked to remove/delete files from past uploads but see no clear option or direction to do so. Please advise so I can share my dynamic block mentioned above.

DXF Code 60 for Visibility

stusic — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:55:21 GMT

Hey All,

I'm trying to omit objects that are on a frozen layer from my selection set. I thought using DXF Code (60 . 0) would do the trick, but it doesn't work. How can I easily omit objects on off or frozen layers?

Code:

(setq sel

            (ssget "_X"

                (list

           '(60 . 0)

           '(0 . "INSERT")

           ;'(2 . "Balloon*")

                   '(66 . 1)

            (cons 2 (strcat "`*U*," blk))

                    (cons 410 (getvar 'CTAB))

                )

            )

          )

Thanks a heap :)

Escutcheon plate doesn't move

thomas.denney836893 — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:50:36 GMT

I'm new to families in revit and have done some reading. I am working of ADA hand bars for a bathroom. I have a problem with the pulls that when I load them and try to adjust the escutcheon plate doesn't move with the pipe when I go to adjust it. I have included the family. Also I'd like to be able to have the bar rotate on the wall so I don't have to load two seperate families for the bars. Any assistance on that would be helpful too!

ADA-Grabbar-Vertical.rfa

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2012 AecRibbonTool - ACA 2012

jgray — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:22:45 GMT

I copied the "Door Schedule" COmmand in the tool pallete and renamed it to "S+A Door Schedule". Then in it's properties i changed the style of door schedule it was calling. If at the command line i use AecRibbonTool; S+A Door Schedule; it loads everything fine. But when i add this to a panel in the ribbon is says it cannon find the tool. What's happening here??

Thanks all...

PS. FOr those wondering how it was added i've tried it many ways. Right now i'm using a custom CUIx files loaded into my current workaspace that has only my custom commans in it and the ribbon tab and panel.

Type it all in, works fine.....
Put it on the ribbon.... No Good... :(

Robot Structural Analysis Tutorial

POLYTEK — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:15:40 GMT

Hey,

Are there some tutorials for RSA? I'm starting to work with this program and i never worked with a Analysis program before. So it has to start very simple with a beam or a slab.

Thanks!!

Werner.

2012 2013: Associative Dimensions?

baram547876 — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:12 GMT

Hi

I hope someone can help

I am using 13 LT,
dimensioning in paper space (which I hate),
all new dimensions are set to be associative,
DIMASSOC is set to 2

I put all the dimensions on and they are fine, close the drawing down and when I re-open it they are all no longer associated, I have re-associated, saved and closed and when re-open the drg they are no longer associated

I hope someone can shed some light on this for me, as it is greatly annoying

Thanks

Beam line Thickness

kathey1 — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:34:18 GMT

Can anyone tell me why my beam line weights unbelievably thick ? I’ve tried everything from visibility graphics to object styles and still the beam line weights is huge.
The only thing I can do is override graphics but I don’t want to do that for every beam. Some kind of settings must be wrong within the template.

Has anyone experienced this before ?

Thanks

Cloison Vitrée

rothmans — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:07:46 GMT

Bonjour, je cherche pour un projet un modele de cloison vitrée d'epaisseur 10 cm avec huisserie alu pour separation de bureau. Merci pour votre solution. Bonne journée.

Editing A Model

MikeRobinson — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:07:14 GMT

Hi,
I am using ACAD 2012. I have created two cubes which interlock.
I have subtracted one from the other to leave a cube shape in the larger of the two cubes.
I now want to Delete where the cube which was subtracted from the larger cube, which I could do by pressing ctrl+selection of cube required.
This would highlight the cube and allow me to delete it, thus returning the original larger cube to its original state. It appears now that by pressing ctrl, I cannot select the smaller cube.
I therefore cannot obtain my original cube.

Any Ideas why this should happen?

Mike.

Training book?

tra1133 — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:09:11 GMT

Ok, since it appears that Paul Aubin has switched his focus from ACA to Revit Architecture (unless he just hasn't gotten around to the '12 version yet), can anyone recommend a decent instructional book to self teach ACA 12? I just went back to work and my new firm is moving from ACA 2008 to ACA 2012 (via ACA 11) and while I know some of the updates that came in after 08 (my previous firm used 09), I know there are some changes. Any suggestions?

2011 All Files Left Opened After Sheet Set Manager Printing.

omorah — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:55:30 GMT

I am not sure if I should post this on the PRINTING or GENERAL AUTOCAD forum!

However, after printing a Sheet Set project, all the printed files are left opened in AutoCAD.
However, the issue of leaving printed files opened is aggravating since I need to open the
Sheet Set, batch print and done with the set.

Is there a variable to turn ON/OFF so after sending a bunch of files to the printer,
they will all close automatically for me. I believe should be a variable for this. I cannot find it on the CAD sites.

Thanks.

2012 Snaps won't turn off for some xref polylines

jeff.77718 — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:42:44 GMT

I've got a siteplan with a xref'd topo that has numerous polylines in it. I need to draw some linework without snapping to any nodes or points in the drawing. I've turned off the snaps (F3), but Acad still snaps to the vertices and endpoints of some of the xref polylines, but not all. I've also switched off all of the osnap modes, no luck. As I come close to these polylines, a blue autosnap marker appears at the closest node. And this only happens on some of the xref polylines, and does not happen in the original xref. Any help out there?

Export annotation lines to vector format?

ctc — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:23:46 GMT

Does anyone know how I export annotation lines drawn in Revit to a vector-based file format? I know somebody with a CMC type machine who wants to use my design to fabricate an object

Revit 2013 - стрелки направления лестницы

render_maya750708 — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:40:46 GMT

Возможно ли в Revit 2013 создавать самому стиль стрелки направления движения по лестнице/пандусу исходя из требований СПДС?

tutorials dwg files

elsabrosoweb — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:36:08 GMT

hi can someone tell me how to get online the dwg files to use in the map 3d 2011 tutorial
thanks

Revit 2012 won't play nice with ACAD 2013 files

stu1037 — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:34:23 GMT

We are having horrible problems loading/reloading our DWG links into Revit. The DWG issues are from any file opened in ACAD 2013, whether saved to 2013 or 2010. I'm working with Autodesk on a solution, but time is running out on our next deadline - and we're dead in the water!

Whenever we try to load our DWG, we get a few errors:

1. Some ACIS objects could not be imported. To import them, use AutoCAD to convert them into polymesh objects and reimport.

2. Some elements were lost during import. ActiveX and some proprietary components cannot be imported. Try exploding the file in AutoCAD, or setting PROXYGRAPHICS to 1.

3. Link detected no valid elements in the file's Model space. Do you want to link from Paper space?

4. Linked file ......dwg could not be located. It will be displayed as it was when this project was last saved.

Anybody see this before and find a solution?

Oh, and I'm just using plain, vanilla ACAD. I'm not getting any other files from anyone else. I'm a foodservice consultant getting RVT from architect and engineers, but no CAD but our own. We've tried EXPORTTOACAD, the PROXYGRAPHICS thing, and we've only gotten it to work with old files that weren't violated by ACAD 2013.

Any ideas? Thank you!

AUTOCAD STRUCTURAL DETALLING -PLANT 3D-

jose.j — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:38:58 GMT

Hola, hola,

alguien tiene informacion, o sabe de algunsitio en la red
donde pueda conseguir info sobre este programa, viene
en la suite de plant 3d. y necesito iniciarme en el.

GRACIAS

2012 Map3D Novice-looking for good resources and help with .mdb files

mermercad — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:38:08 GMT

I'm trying to learn about and understand all of the different import file options. The only one I really know is SHP file. I don't even know what FDO is? Can anyone recommend a good resource tool to learn more about the data connect feature of Map? Also, whenever I try to import a microsoft access database file, it tells me "Failed to Create Data Source File". I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if it there was something wrong with the installation. I'm so lost. Please help! Thanks so much!

Ribbon and Schedules

jgray — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:34:29 GMT

In ACA 2012 , on the Annotate Ribbon Panel there are option to place schedules and tags. If i pick on the door schedule button it adds a door schedule. I want to be able to customize what schedule table it actual pulls. Where in the CUI for that button on that panel does it state the style name for the schedule being added. In essence i could add that door schedule button 3 times and have each one pull 1 of 3 different dor schedules. I just can't for the life of me find where it's calling out the style name. This would hold true for everything, tags, tables, and so on. I'm familiar with the CUI editor and XML editing and haven't found it anywhere. HELP PLEASE!!! :)

Thank you in advanced,
John Gray

Can I use Sheet Sets with a mix of Acad 2010 and 2012 users?

patrick.mclaughlin941616 — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:19:33 GMT

We are about to start a shared project with 3 other companies. We are going to use Buzzsaw and Buzzsaw Sync. This will allow us to share one sheet set. I know the file formats of 2010 and 2012 are the same, but are there any known issues accessing and modifying the SSM from the two different versions? Some users have 2012 and some have 2010.

Thank you in advance for your help!

2012 Changing Interior Elevation Line Styles

akeller374560 — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:03:35 GMT

Greetings!

The line style settings for "view previous" are just what I want - door leaf swings are dashed, line weights pop, just generally a "yes!" kind of visual. HOWEVER. The project I am working on is in 3 phases. Elevations I need are from phase 2. So in order to make it *look* like I want, I've had to set it to phase 3, view previous. The problem that has arisen is that now my elevation markers are in the sheets for phase 3, when I really want them displayed in phase 2.
So my question is... do I:
1) Draw fake elevation markers in Phase 2 (ew. sounds like a bad idea)
2) Change the line styles for "view previous and new" settings (How would I even do this? Haven't found a thread that gives me any useful info yet)
3) Other ideas - help me, AUGI members... you're my only hope.

Thanks!
-Amélie

Detail Component/Keynote Database Migration utility

dimgeoch — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:06:45 GMT

I am trying to merge old, customized, Detail Components Database with new one, supplied with ACA 2013. Here what help file says: If you have modified one of the default detail component databases supplied with a previous release of AutoCAD Architecture, and you want to migrate your modifications to the corresponding database in the current release, you can do so using the Detail Component/Keynote Database Migration utility.
But I can not find how to run the utility, previously one could run it from Start-Autodesk-ACA XXXX, but I can't find it there. Any ideas? Thanks

Notre agence....

Benoit D — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:49:21 GMT

Salut !
Voilà le début de la façade sur rue de l'agence...
Y a encore du taf... mais je posterai l'évolution au fur et à mesure....
Facade_Agence.jpg

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Réseau de poutres paramétriques (sur pan de toiture)

pcamliti — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:21:05 GMT

Bonjour,

Je souhaiterai réaliser un réseau de poutres mais appliquer un paramètre de division automatique sur la longueur d'une toiture... Pouvez vous m'aider ?
En gros comment paramétrer les poutres de manières à ce qu'elles soient divisées en espaces réguliers sur un pan de toiture, afin de créer un réseau de chevrons ou poutres ?

Dans l'attente de vos réponses

Merci

Problem with Visibility override in 2012

Liamnacuac — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:42:04 GMT

I created a slab and changed my visibility/Graphic overrrides to a grey color. When I print this slab, only about half of it will print. I checked my visibility depth, and I have several feet below the item in which to see. What should I be checking?

how to download libraries?

smitha.ae443641 — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:40:30 GMT

hi ,

i am new to revit mep ... can you please tell how to download the libraries.

2013: une petite question

fernand.jaillant — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:13:08 GMT

Bonjour à tous,

Je viens d'installer la version 2013, et dans les styles visuels je vois lancer de rayons;
il y a t-il moyen de paramétrer ceci pour un rendu plus fin ?

pb d'affichage 3d et en coupe d'une porte-fenêtre et d'un sol

da_fi@orange.fr — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:28:04 GMT

bonjour à tous,
nouveau utilisateur de revit, je me pose une question concernant la jonction d'un sol avec une porte-fenêtre.
mon sol est composé d'une dalle béton avec une chape.
en utilisant la commande "attacher la géométrie" , la jonction sol-mur est correct.
c'est quand j'intègre ma porte-fenêtre que je constaste que ma chape se voie de l'extérieur en coupe ou en 3D.
Y a t-il une méthode pour corriger ce pb ou faut-il dessiner tout simplement 2 sols (1 sol, dalle béton et 1 sol chape).
Merci d'avance pour la personne qui pourra me renseigner.

How to convert a cloud points to a solid?

tiagojk11486128 — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:46:24 GMT

Hi Autocad experts, i need your help...
I have a XYZ cloud points in txt format. These points are describing the two surfaces of a 3D lens and both are asymmetrical. I would like import these points to Autocad, to make two surfaces and extrude one to another to create a solid. So, I would like suggestions about how to make this task. The file attached show what I've done so far. Thanks a lot!

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NAVISWORKS - NOT SHOWING ANY CAD-DUCT PIPEWORK

keith987897 — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:47:24 GMT

Hey,

I have drawn all my pipework in Autocad 2011 with CAD-Duct, works perfectly inc. small viewer in AutoCAD picks up pipework without fail.

Load the DWG into Navisworks....

Now all I an see is objects that i've extruded myself and that's not in the CAD-Duct library.
Is this just a Object Enabler that is missing? I thought to myself though if I can see the pipework in AutoCAD then it must be a different problem.

Some advise would be greatly appreciated :lol:
Thanks,
Keith.

2013: Autodesk 360 alternative for workspace sync.

ccowgill — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:43:01 GMT

I know there are issues with the TOS for the 360 service. Does anyone know what files would be necessary to create a manual sync? I'm thinking I can write a batch file that uses xcopy and some ftp protocol to sync my files to my ftp then back down between offices.
Perhaps this may not have been the best forum to put this message, but I figured it was worth a shot.

need good car and tree families for 2d architectural drawings

archigrafix — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:51:57 GMT

Is there a possibility to scale imported DWGs though a variable have trees in different sizes?

Отображение мебели в разрезах

x-y — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:29:01 GMT

Здравствуйте. Помогите пожалуйста разобраться.
Создал параметрический компьютерный столик на основе семейства "мебель". При вставке в проект в разрезах объекта не отображаются линии сечения.
В параметрах настройки отображения мебели столбец "разрезы" вообще не активен-как его включить?
1.- Как заставить показывать конструктив мебели в разрезах?
2.- Временно решил проблему сменой категории семейства на "Типовая модель"-но хочется что бы мебель оставалась мебелью))

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Un petit délire...

Didier Hoffman — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:12:31 GMT

Allez, je partage ceci : un petit délire de modélisation en Revit, et un petit passage en 3DS max...

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2012 Contour Creation Problem

hasan_kygsz106395 — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:10:16 GMT

I'm trying to create 1m interval contours between the 5m contours. I showed the result on the simple sketch. what is the problem? how can i get more accurate results?

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2012 2013 Inventor Files - 'insert file failed' when trying to read in Publisher

74bonnie — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:57:09 GMT

Is this a known issue?

Files created in 2012 are fine but any assemblies from Inventor 2013 will not load into Inventor Publisher 2012.

I've deleted all the content centre items to ensure this isn't the cause, but I still get the 'insert file failed' message.

Any ideas?

Bi-Fold doors. Parametrics for opening and closing 3d panels by percentage?

simonlukejenkins723264 — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:44:07 GMT

Hello everyone. I have a question about opening and closing parametric bi-fold doors so that the 3d panels are operable for views. I want to be able to open and close the 3d panels via percentage. I have placed the bi-fold door family within a curtain wall system as the curtain wall panel (Will this be an issue?) The door I am currently using has 4 door panels.
Ideally I would like to create the option to fold the door panels 2+2 or 4+0, with percentage opening between closed and 100% open.
Would be so grateful if someone could help me. There are no tutorials posted on the web currently that cover this.

Thanks
Slejj.

2012 How to purge un-wanted linetype in AutoCAD MEP 2012?

junkezhang — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:29:36 GMT

I have a CAD file that deleted everything except one line, "-purge, audit, purge, regen....", but the file size is still big. I checked the linetype that they have a lot of linetypes that I did not use before.
How to purge the un-wanted linetypes, and make this file smaller?
I can't attached big cad file.

Insertion d'un second batiment revit

nico.973815418 — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:20:53 GMT

Bonjour,
Je me présente ; je suis Nico, étudiant en urbanisme et entrain de réaliser un visuel d'un aménagement d'une parcelle de 13000m². Je voudrais y implanter 6 batiments, c'est pour cela que j'utilise revit, car il propose de très beau visuel.
J'ai un petit problème, lorsque j'ai fini la réalisation de mon batiment 1, j'ai crée un volume 2 pour le batiment 2 que j'ai disposer à 7m du batiment 1 (batiment caré de 20m de coté). Je ne comprend pas pourquoi lorsque je vais dans ma vue en plan du 1er niveau, je ne vois pas le sol de mon 2èmé batiment... Mais lorsque je vais dans le plan des niveaux 3, 4 et 5 la je vois le sol de mon sol.
Pouvez vous m'aider svp ? J'aimerai avoir pouvoir redefinir des nouveaux plans de niveaux (ou avoir un seul grand plan).
Merci d'avance.

Converting existing blocks with attributes to a new dynamic block

sovby254640 — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:05:36 GMT

I want to convert existing lighting blocks with attributes to a new dynamic block. I created a few visibility states but when i insert the block I can't move the attribute text around. I'm hoping that I don't have to redefine the attributes within the block editor to make this work. What is the best way to deal with existing blocks with attributes? I was going to post the files but i am having trouble uploading them

2012 Rooms not enclosed, colors not showing

damon.sidel — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:05:28 GMT

I'm using rooms to create colored plans. Working in our parking areas, I'm having trouble with them. Sometimes they are enclosed, sometimes not. They are being very finicky. Even when they are enclosed, sometimes the color is not showing only in particular areas. Any suggestions? I've been randomly placing room separation lines hoping to isolate the problem, but will little success.

Tool Palettes & Tool Palette Group Names

sovby254640 — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:46:41 GMT

I have created multiple tool palettes that i load depending on whether im working on a rcp plan or a toilet room plan, etc. On the right hand side it says Tool Palettes - All Palettes. Does anyone know how to rename that to say rcp,civil, etc? If I right click on the right side of the tool palette & select rename it renames all tool palettes to whatever I type in. I thought it might be tool palette groups but I am not sure. I can't seem to set one to be current. The selection is grayed out

Hidden lines

POLYTEK — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:39:33 GMT

Hey,

I want to show the stairs behind the elevator shaft by hidden lines. In the pictures you can see where the 'hidden stair' is( i selected him). The other picture is the normal view.

12-05-2012 12-28-20.png 12-05-2012 12-28-01.png

THANKS IN ADVANCE,
PS: i work with revit 2013

Werner

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Composite columns

nsrinivas_wings677612 — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:37:45 GMT

Dear Structural Engineers,

Can any one advise me about analysis and design of composite columns in framed structure buildings. Does Robot or Rivet has this option.

Suggestion ...please...

Srinivas

Exporting Revit File to STEP (.stp) format

mujeeeb — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:44:40 GMT

I am looking for a solution to export my revit model to a STEP file (.stp)

Max 2013 direct Revit Link - very long reload times

angelo — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:55:12 GMT

Anyone using the new workflow yet? Seems like the load times when accessing the Revit model is crazy long - a good 2-3 minutes the first time around and just about the same for each reload after that - not really workable at this point... Revit file is a central model of about 95MB.

Angelo

Views to Multiple Monitors

zanzibarbob7 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:33:54 GMT

I wanted to post this on the Wish List but can't select a product (Revit) to continue with my request so I hope that this will get forwarded.

The reason I am submitting this is because the the original post has been closed and labeled as "Granted." Not true! That is not the case and the issue still persists. The issue is to be able to drag views onto another monitor. Not just dialog boxes, which can be, but views, like you can in Photoshop. Not having to stretch your work environment to two monitors but to independently drag the views out of a work space that resides on a single monitor. Again, Photoshop has has this for years AND it has been requested here for years.

I work with multiple monitors (4) and would like to have my primary view in front of me with reference views on other monitors so that I don't have to keep jockeying views around like cards in Three Card Monty. It seems that if Photoshop can do it, Revit can. After this is done, work on Site Tools.

Revit 2012 - Try to recover rvt file from Journal Files

chicocanha933022 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:12:36 GMT

Hi everyone...i'm in panic..
My revit crashed, and the last saved rvt file was at 4:20PM, and it crashed at 6:30PM...
The journal file is between 2:00PM and 6:30PM...
Is there a way to recover all the project process that i did between 4:20Pm and 6:30PM with the journal file?
i've tried to move journal file into revit desktop icon, but it only show the process until 4:20PM...and then shows a message: "The journal file could not be run to completion"

Any solution??? Please it´s very important the lost data...

Thank you

Revit file will not save to network - "failed to save document" and "file not saved"

dglasgow — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:52:08 GMT

When trying to save a revit 2012 file back to the network as a new central file, file saves to full size, then gives error "failed to save document" and then "file not saved". When this happens, other network users report slow network speed.

Testing, We were not able to save to another open permissions folder on the same server.

Testing, we were able to save to central locally on the c:\ drive. Also, we were able to save to a new central on another physically different server share.

Also, same thing happens from another local pc using a different login user.

We tried auditing the file as well as purging with no change. We have tried with 3 different large revit files (150MB to 180MB) from different projects and get the same result.

We tested a new blank central file, and it DID work. We also tested an existing 18MB revit file and it worked.

We ARE able to manually copy the file onto the server with windows explorer, but just not able to save it as a new central file onto the server.

The server is a windows 2003 file server. The clients are windows 7 64-bit. The file server has 36GB of free space out of a 173GB drive. I am currently running a defrag on the drive as we were suspicious of this, but so far, nothing has changed.

****

Update: I deleted another 50+GB of data from the file server. This created 91GB of free space on a 173GB drive. After this, I was able to save the central file to the network. The central file was 170MB, so why did I need more than 90GB of free space to be successful?

There wasn’t any issue of high latency. Doing network traces during the issue showed very low latency. Also, just so there is no confusion, all of this was local to a single branch office with the servers all located in the same branch as the clients, so there was no WAN interaction during this problem.

Regular file transfer throughput for file copy in windows explorer was exceptionally fast compared with the save file to network as central.

The windows temp folders (of both the server and the client stations tested during this problem) were all emptied after the first report of the problem, as we considered that possibility, so that was not an issue.

I am really interested in hearing the potential for a fragmented server network disk as a potential cause. I wonder if this could have been the cause and what the revit save as option is doing differently that would have this error versus a normal windows copy?

Has anyone seen this type of behavior?

Callout boundary

diesellam — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:24:45 GMT

Is there a way to tweak the boundary of callout bubble?

For example, if my wall section is cropped in to a L shape that includes the footing. Can the callout boundary looking like an L shape as well instead of a big wide rectangle?

Thanks in advance.

-mapexport losing my selection "0 object(s) of 0 selected, exported in 0 sec(s)."

Pwned555402908 — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:12:24 GMT

Hi, when I select some polygons and try to use -mapexport from the command line manually and programmatically it gives me "0 object(s) of 0 selected, exported in 0 sec(s).".

This is what I try to run programmatically (and the same thing from the command line)

docum.SendCommand("-mapexport" + vbCr + "shp" + vbCr + inFile + vbCr)

If isOverW Then
docum.SendCommand("O" + vbCr)
End If
docum.SendCommand("Y" + vbCr + "X:\Legends\Test.epf"+ ".epf" + vbCr + "S" + vbCr)
docum.SendCommand("P" + vbCr + "M" + vbCr + "last" + vbCr + vbCr + "*" + vbCr + "*" + vbCr + "N" + vbCr)
docum.SendCommand("P" + vbCr)

It is not an issue with my profile because I can use it with Map->Tools->Export->Shape. It seems like when I try to run the command the selections are lost and I'm not sure why.

I also get a problem when I try to select polygons and then go to Map->Tools->Export->Shape where they are lost there as well. However, if I select them again, import the same profile I am trying to use above and run it, it exports to a shape file correctly.

I have AutoCAD Map3D 2011 set to allow selections before command and it works for other commands

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Mechanical equipment/plumbing accessories won't mask model lines

mattw — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:22:03 GMT

We're trying a new "experiment" in-house with model lines and a multi-phase project. We've created a level 100' above the building where we've drawn some model lines. We then duplicated the model line level and assigned various phase settings to them. We then changed the phase settings of some of the model lines and placed mechanical equpiment/plumbing accessories on the lines to indicate valves, etc...

What we're trying to do is create riser diagrams based on the phasing of the project. Everything looks great on screen... the equipment and accessories are masking the model lines but when the sheets are plotted, they appear as if wireframe mode is turned on (I verified that it is NOT turned on). A manually-created masking region and annotation will mask the model lines though. However, annotation is not a viable option because of the simple fact that you can't assign phases to it. :(

Any thoughts on what could be the problem and what the solution might be?

Thanks in advance!
Matt

To tag

diesellam — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:57:29 GMT

I know the curtain wall is considered as a wall, not window.

So what's the best way to tag each panel of the curtain wall?

I did some research. Some suggested to create a customized tag that looks like window tag and it will tag each panel of the curtain wall.

Is it the best solution? If so, how do you customize it?

Thanks in advance.

Problem with VLIDE

mikehaff — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:59:48 GMT

Sometimes when working in VLIDE my cursor changes to what looks like a set of parenthesis with a scale on the bottom and right side. What causes that and how do I get out of it?

2012 La Secciones Transversales no toman la superficie en los taludes

lopzzio123779 — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:38:57 GMT

Buenas amigos;
tengo un problema con el proyecto, resulta que no se si es el corredor o no pero en parte de la longitud del eje, NO SE ME PRODUCEN secciones transversales, los taludes no se proyectan hacia la superficie, pero es solo en un tramo de resto en todo el proyecto se producen de manera ordinaria y correcta que podrá suceder con el programa en ese punto (es en una curva circular donde los cortes sobreponen unos a otros).
Gracias

Insert a line feed in Mtext

mikehaff — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:40:32 GMT

I am trying to add a line feed to MTEXT.

The existing mtext looks like this: 10000

I want the resulting text to look like this: 10000
OEL CD

If I look at existing mtext that already has two lines the assoc 1 list is (1 . "10000\\POELCD").
However building the string in lisp with the "\\P" does nothing.

How can I accomplish this? I have been all over the web and found nothing that helps.

2012 Exporting schedule problem - all lines doubled

blumarble — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:16:20 GMT

I'm trying to export the Index of Drawings schedule. Every time, the first 10-12 lines are fine, then every line after that is repeated so that I get (e.g.):

A-101 Floor Plan
A-101 Floor Plan
A-102 Next Floor
A-102 Next Floor
A-103 ...
A-103 ...

I've tried various settings in the export options with always the same results. Has anyone else seen this? Is there a solution?
Thanks.

2012 Find/Replace command for Dimension Text

WYSIWYG-BIM — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:07:15 GMT

We always add text to our dimension strings in section for specific types of measurments, e.g. 14'-9" and below it reads MOD. DIM. Now the company standards have upgraded to change a a bunch of dimension text e.g. UNIT MOD. DIM. I have 200 instances of this dim text to change. Anyone know how i can make it a global change? The Find/Replace command doesn't apply to dim text apparently. :(

Also any way to copy dims from view to view all the way up a section when the section is on two different sheets (differnent views)? The geometry is exactly the same (same family).

Note: In RAC2013 I can program the API to add text field from a list so if the text changes i can go in and modify my field globally but this doesn't work in RAC2012 to my knowlege.

2012 Assembly Schedule - structural opening

thom.chesshyre597061 — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:04:13 GMT

Hi,

I'm new here. Apologies if this has been asked before - I'm sure it has as it seems to be a fundamental thing.

What I need to do:

I have a building with strip windows made up of individual frames. I need to be able to schedule the following:
1. Window number
2. 'Group' (or opening) number
3. Window dimensions
4. Group (or opening) dimensions (structural opening)

I have modelled this situation by using individual windows as families, grouped together into an assembly. So far, I have worked out how to get a schedule showing window number, window dimensions and assembly number, but it seems like there is no way of extracting the overall structural opening.

Can anyone think of a neat way of doing this?

My only idea, which seems clunky and counter-intuitive, would be to create a 'dummy' window type which consists of just an opening with width/height as instance parameters, which can then be locked to the outer edges of the windows, and then scheduled separately. However, apart from being weird, this would have the added disadvantage that the constituent window frames would not 'know' which opening they were part of.

I can see that the other way to achieve this would be to go back to square one and re-model all the openings as curtain walls with windows as panels, although for obvious reasons I am loathed to do this (not least because we have to freeze structural openings on our model in 2 days time!)

Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

Thom

2012 Adjustable Box to be placed on sheets

jamie_winkler — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:04 GMT

I have created a generic annotation family for a parametric box that can be placed onto sheets as a border for things like schedules, drafting views, legends, and general sheet text. I have not figured out how to make it stretch with grips (like viewport title lines), so I have to measure the size of item I'm trying to surround and then type in width/height parameters via the properties box. Does anybody know a way to make an adjustable rectangle? The attachment shows my title box family in Blue.TitleBoxFamilyInBlue.pdf

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General Notes Text Boxes

kmarquis — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:44:13 GMT

We do large sheets of text in our sets and with the known issue of the fussy text editor has anyone used key schedules as a general notes tool? Seems like it would be much easier to control the spacing and justification with the columns in a schedule.

I tested this out...It looks awesome and very easy to control. I'm sure this isn't new to anyone though.

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2013: Bug dans les coupes?

dume.susini — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:32:35 GMT

Bonjour à tous (toutes)

Dans Revit 2013, impossible de changer ni l'échelle ni la définition du tracé : pas de "grossier, moyen, élevé" et bloqué sur 1/100.
Est-ce chez moi seulement ou est-ce un bug?

Sinon, biens les escaliers, bien le moteur de rendu, beark l'impossibilité d'enregistrer sous 2012 (du coup il me faut garder 2012 et travailler en fonction de ce que mes donneurs d'ordre ont comme matos :-/

Cordialement

2010 Areax10 - Lisp

nechasg — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:41:25 GMT

Hay alguna función en Autocad 2010 similar a la antigua areax10 (lisp)?

Need Jumpover Lisp for Electrical Drawings

mikehaff — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:35:29 GMT

I am working on electrical ladder and one-line drawings. On the drawings, where two wires cross but don't connect, the standard is to have a semicircle jump over on of the lines. Years ago I had a lisp routine that worked great. You would select the vertical line, then select all of the horizontal lines that jump over it. I would place all of the semicircles and appropriately trim the lines.

Does anyone have anything like that or something close that I could modify?

Rotate with Component Tags

ttiefenbach — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:04:23 GMT

Has anyone found the list of tag families that allow you to use the "Rotate with Component" option? It seems like every time I want to use it, I can't.

3D PIPE NETWORK

robert.248186 — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:24:21 GMT

I TRIED TO EXPORT A PIPE NETWORK TO CAD, BUT ONLY THE 2D SYMBOLS WERE CONVERTED THE 3D PIPES AND STRUCTURES WERE NOT. ANY SUGGESTIONS? LANDXML? 3DMAX?

2012 Scale Issues

lesleys — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:06:50 GMT

Can anyone give me some help please?
I have a drawing from our customer (I think created in autocad 2010) In model space the drawing is drawn at 1:1 as I would expect. The text heights are what I would expect to see in papaerspace at a scale of 1:100 ie 4.0, 2.5 etc. I have checked to see if the text styles are annotative & as far as I can see they are not. Also when I go to paperspace to set the viewport scale to get a reasonable view I need to set it at 1:4 where I would expect it to be at least at 1:100. This is a large University campus & when I check the measurement of the grid the distance between is 1000 which is correct.
Units are set to unitless.
Any help appreciated

2012 MV Parametric Part

drafting1 — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:34:03 GMT

Anyone know how to add an electrical connector to a MV parametric part in Content Builder.
I created the part as Electrical Switchgear but the connectors show up as 10" rectangles. (Looks
like a duct connector)???
Content builder is driving me insane! :O

Please help.

Thanks,

Mike

Can't Join Elements ????

kathey1 — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:42:05 GMT

(please see attachment)

Can anyone tell me why I Can't join the Pilecap with footing? it is driving me mad. It will join the elements in most places but doesn’t in other.

Thanks

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Wall construction question

phuang481808 — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:33:07 GMT

Hi,

I am still new for Revit, and I have a question about wall construction here.

I basically have this kind of wall condition through the building, the stone veneer height may different in some places.(as attached jpg image shows)

Now I can think of 3 ways of doing this:

1. use basic wall, add a finish layer then adjust top extension distance in property. Add stone cap by wall sweeper.

2. draw two walls, one for the wall itself and one for stone veneer. Add stone cap by wall sweeper.

3. use stacked wall, so I can also included stone cap in wall, but a little hard to modify because I have to go into many layers.

I am kind wondering what is the better way to construct this in Revit? Or there is a better way to do this?

Thank you so much.

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Civil 3D Structure table to list both rectangle and round?

okonforti.91529 — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:24:19 GMT

Is there a way to be able to list both rectangular structures with their dimensions (L x W) and round structures with their radii in the same column?
If you can list in a parcel table both arcs and lines and based on the object, display either the delta of the arc or the bearing of the line then why not with round and rect. structures? - at least, that is my assumption...

Any work around will be appreciated.
Thank you.

Best practices- Model components

cbalestreri — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:58:05 GMT

I think I have made a newbie error. I modeled a dock seal in place in my project, and then copied around to the appropriate doors. Now when I look in my project browser under generic models, each dock seal has it's own family (38 of them). Was it the wrong way to do this? I figured instead of creating a family and loading it in, creating it in place would be better.

Revit 2013 ASHRAE (5.00.00)

phil.pleiss — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:45:39 GMT

Has anyone found the location of the tables for these? They are not in the same location as 2012.

Also, when I click on a duct fitting the ASHRAE Table column is blank in the instance properties.

How to clean uninstall RSA2012?

dr4g0nf1y — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:30:39 GMT

Hi,
I've been succesfully using Revit Structure 2011 + Robot 2011 for a while, but decided to try Robot 2012. After I installed RSA2012 and tried Integration with robot extension in Revit, it tried to send the model to the new version of Robot (2012) and of course it ended with an error. After that I uninstalled RSA2012, but I still can't send model to Robot, it ends up with a "unknown run-time error". Obviously the uninstall of Robot 2012 wasn't clean and there's a file or registry key indicating that it's still there somewhere, but how do I find it?
Thanks for your help

2012 CAD for MAC keeps creating read only drawings.

Melissa.Gill641991 — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:49:30 GMT

Hope someone can help with this here is the scenario:

User 1 comes in opens file X and does some work, saves and closes out.
User 2 comes in, opens up file X and gets a "this file is read only" message. User 2 does work and must do a "save as" to save any changes made to file X. User 1 opens the drawing again and now receives the "this file is read only" message. Every user including the original user receives the "this file is read only" message and must use save as to save any changes. It's a work around, but its not ideal.

This is persistent across multiple users, multiple files, and multiple offices all on CAD for MAC.

Any thoughts?

2012 Custom scales: making them part of the default list

Danoposada320107 — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:40:08 GMT

I was wondering if there's a way to add a custom scale to the default list in Revit/RMEP 2012?

Many of the commercial scales used in our country are not part of the default list. We need a more efficient way to handle this, as changing scales manually can become time consuming and is prone to mistakes.

Thanks.

Tips for Manufacturer Starting Commercial Roof Insulation Revit Development

paul930149 — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:26:15 GMT

Can any one recommend how to get started with a commercial building manufacturer client of ours wanting BIM files? Need concrete step on how to do this. Any help much appreciated. I may be interested in hiring someone to actually develop these files, but I've heard there is a lot of garbage out there. So in order to avoid GIGO I want to understand the process first.

-Paul

2012 Scheduling a nested family

andyhoman1550505 — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:51:28 GMT

Hope I can explain my quandary.
I've created several new structural framing families: some wall sections, pieces of wall connections and loaded them back into a modular house .rvt. I then created a new structural col. family call metal stud.rfa and loaded that family into the structural framing families and then all back into my .rvt.
All looks correct when I open my .rvt but having problems scheduling the metal studs. I can get a quanity for the structural framing pieces but not the metal studs.
If I load the metal studs directly from the structural column tab, I am able to get a type and count schedule for my metal studs.
I realize I am making some very basic errors and need some very basic help. I'm the guy with a little bit of knowledge who has dug himself a very deep hole.
Thanks to anyone who can throw me a rope,
Andy

Revit 2013 to Navis Manage 2012

tracyt — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:36:29 GMT

After a bit of research it looks like there will not be a plug-in for navis in revit 2013, but revit does have a better clash detection built-in and that navis 2013 will open revit files.

But my question is I would like to continue to use navis manage 2012, is there a way to export revit 2013 to navis manage 2012?
Also is the switchback function still available between revit and navis? If so where is it located? I didn't see much on the subscription center.

Thanks for your help.

Heating and Cooling Analysis question

mariam.said84939581 — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:29:37 GMT

Hi Everyone ,

I am new to Revit MEP 2013 and my supervisor has asked me to perform Heating and Cooling Analysis on our project , so I read the tutorial , I created spaces and did the zones , and set the offset height for spaces by creating sections on each space of the zones to get an accurate volume value.

Now when I do the analysis and the report shows up , some of the zones give me a " zero " Value for windows , walls , and roofs ....the wall of that area is an exterior "curtain wall" .. and about the roof I don't know why it is a "Zero Value" because I am sure that I assigned the right height .

I wish if anyone can help me with this issue because I repeated the calculations many times on that particular zones but it is still the same result.
Thank you,

Mariam

2012 can I recreate a .ctb file for a .dwg that no longer has one?

dlilborn — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:23:02 GMT

I am building templates for a fellow who would like to work in a CAD environment like his old office. He saved .dwgs from that office, and so I have the layers he is used to using. But he never saved the .ctb files to go with them.
Is there any way I can build a .ctb file from the .dwg? The dwg shows lineweights bylayer (default) and plot styles bycolor, so I can't simply test each layer for lineweight. Do I have anyplace to go with this?
thank you
Donna

2011 Block geometry disappearing

mountpelepele — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:07:43 GMT

OK, I have a couple of users with a bizarre problem. We're using AutoCAD 2011 with a custom add-on package, Shipworks. Lets us put in shipbuilding specific geometry, and the like. The problem we're having is that some blocks on drawings are now showing up empty. The block is still there, it's not in the purge list, the drawing thinks it's being used. When you use block editor, there is no longer any geometry in the block. The drawings MAY have been opened in AutoCAD Mechanical at some point (sorry, can't convince them that if they don't need MEchanical, don't open it!). Has anyone ever seen anything like this going on?

Section view 'rotated' - NewPlane?

Bryan Thatcher — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:27:45 GMT

I have a routine that gets a point from the screen and places text in that location. In plan views and detail views it works fine. But in section views I need to create a SketchPlane and set it in the view first. When I place the text, it always comes in rotated 90 degrees to the left.

I've tried creating the plane that the sketchplane is created from both with NewPlane(normal, origin) and NewPlane(xVec, yVec, origin). Origin is always (0,0,0) and normal, xVec and yVec are from the view properties ViewDirection, RightDirection and UpDirection respectively.

Am I doing something wrong creating the plane or the sketchplane? Is there another view property that's available without a sketchplane currently set that I could use to create the plane and sketchplane? I'm thinking I could work around it with some XYZ math. Any thoughts or ideas?

Code:

Plane x_plane = uiApp.Application.Create.NewPlane(viewRight, viewUp, orgin);          //this

Plane x_plane = uiApp.Application.Create.NewPlane(viewDirection, orgin);        //or this

SketchPlane x_sketchplane = doc.Create.NewSketchPlane(x_plane);



RevitView curView = uiDoc.ActiveView;

curView.SketchPlane = x_sketchplane;

R2013 - 'Only for your eyes' :-)

jeanpaul.remacle — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:23:48 GMT

Juste pour partager ma grande satisfaction quand Noël passe au moi de mai.
:-)
Reçu ce matin.

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Légende intégrant des vues en coupe

ghassen_o — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:56:27 GMT

Bonjour,
est il possible de faire figurer une vue en coupe (détail ou non) d'une famille (porte, fenêtre, ...) à intégrer au niveau d'une légende.
A part les 3 vues possibles (avant arrière et plan) je suis bloqué au niveau de la représentation.

L'exemple type, c'est de représenter le détail d'un PF et de son appui intégré (fourni en Kit de chez l'industriel).
Etant donné que ça ne relate que du PF, je me dis alors qu'il y a un travail à faire au niveau de la famille et/ou de sa légende.
Faire passer une coupe de projet pour représenter le détail propre au PF me paraît un peu détourné.

Éclairez ma lanterne vos expériences svp.

why do i get NOT RESPONDING when switching to model space?

cadman33619 — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:37:25 GMT

for a while now...every time i switch to model space...autocad gives me the NOT RESPONDING problem. i get the spinning icon and it seems to last forever. seriously...i can go get coffee and come back and its still thinking. i've cleared temp files in autocad. what could be causing this?

thanks

2012 Location on a surface

damon.sidel — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:27:25 GMT

Is there a way to report the (u,v) location on a surface? I'd like to tell a pattern-based component to adjust based on its position on the surface. Here's a simple example: Given a rectangular pattern, change the height of a rectangular panel as U and V increase. Any thoughts? I'd like to do it in Revit, but if I can't, I'll have to resort to a script in Rhino or Grasshopper.

2012 Double Coding Line work

Jdraper276160 — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:46:58 GMT

I am trying to double code line work. I brought in a .csv file and I had a few double codes that did not connect. My code was EOG2 ST ENT, for Edge of Gravel, also starting an entrance. The line work will not connect from my previous Edge of Gravel shot to this one. Any reason why?

Wind Farm hardstanding grading, soooo slow

MartinC3D — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:49 GMT

Hi guys. I am working on a wind farm, it isnt particularly big, it has 14 Turbines. I am having a problem with the grading on the hardstands, its taking so long to make amendments, or add gradings. I have all 14 surfaces on the same drawing. Should I have a seperate DWG for each hardstand and use data shortcuts for each? I just thought that would be overkill, but starting to think that would have been a better way of working. (I actually have a seperate data shortcut for each hardstandsurface). Just a pain flicking between DWG's. But probably quicker doing that than waiting for the computer to process doing it the way I have done. Wondering what others have done with wid farm hardstandings?

Regards
Martin

Rounding question in Revit 2013 also in a schedule.

caddman13 — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:26:20 GMT

I am working on getting occupancy loads. I can get the schedule to round to the nearest whole number as long as it follows the rule 1.1 =1 and 1.6 = 2. But the code says anything over 1.00 is to round up to the next higher number so 1.1 = 2 and so on.

Here is the struggle I have been having. I can get the .3 and .7 to round to 1 but I can get anything like 1.1 to round up to 2 or the 22.23 to round to 23. The formula I have in the calculated value is as follows:

if(round(Area / Occupancy Load Factor) / 1 ^ 2 < 1, 1, (Area / Occupancy Load Factor) / 1 ^ 2)

This works great on rounding to 1 and using the 1.1 =1 method.

What would I need to add to or modify to get the formula above to round the .33 to 1 and the 1.1's and the 22.23 to round up to the next highest number?

I am very rusty at IF statements and need some guidance.

Thank you for the help.

Le "e-Learning" dans les entreprises françaises?

CGM — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:25:31 GMT

Bonjour,
Je viens d'apprendre, à l'instant, une mauvaise nouvelle concernant l'apprentissage chez Autodesk.

Quote:

e-learning tutorials will no longer be available from Subscription Center or from within Autodesk products by end of May 2012. Please complete any lessons that you have initiated. The Subscription Center Learning page is still available and will be refreshed as new resources as applicable.

Et en français ça donne quoi?

Quote:

Les dictatiels "e-learning" ne seront plus disponibles au Centre d'abonnement ni parmi des "Produits d'Autodesk" à partir du fin du mois de mai 2012. Veuillez terminer toutes les leçons que vous avez en cours. La page l'apprentissage Subscription Center (centre d'abonnement) est tourjours disponible et sera régénérée en tant que nouvelles ressources au fur et à mesure.

Pour être honnête, ce qui me déçoit dans tout ceci, c'est que cela me semble à contre-courant du marché. :(

Quote:

A savoir :
La pratique du eLearning s’impose doucement, dans la durée, sans trop bouleverser la formation classique.
La crise n’a certe pas accéléré sa croissance (celle du"e-Learning") autant que certains l’auraient souhaité.

:?:Qu'est ce que vous en pensez de ces nouvelles? Bonne ou mauvaise? Ou bien cela vous laisse totalement indifférent(e)?

2012 Linked file lineweight override

kafka — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:15:49 GMT

Ok...getting upset

I have a linked file and tried to override lineweight of some ducts by either host view override and custom view settings of the linked files...It seems I am not able to use the lineweight settings of my hosting file. Revit is using the lineweight settings inside the linked file! That's odd to me! Is this a known glitch or am I setting something wrong??? I also tried in the new 2013 and behavious is the same. I have my own settings and it would be redicolous to change linked files lineweigght settings from consultants everytime!!!!

2012 Symbolic Lines & extrusion extents

adrian524293 — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:58:26 GMT

Hi, long time reader (well, 6 months or so), first time poster.

I've been trusted with the task of getting our office up to speed with revit & am in the process of getting steel framing to display the way we would like it too. I created some visibility instance parameters to display symbolic end plates to the beams in coarse mode. These symbolic lines are nominally 200mm long.
The problem I can't solve, is if we have a member that is smaller than 200mm, revit decides that the top of the beam is now the symbolic line for the end plate, regardless of whether it is visible or not. This only becomes a problem when the z-justification is set to top or bottom.
I've tried making the lines model instead of symbolic. No luck.
The lines themselves are weak references, but 'not a reference' doesn't work either.

Any ideas?
Cheers

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how to track software usage

loudfreak17265661 — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:36:53 GMT

Hi,

We have many autocad users all over the country. Is there a way to track autocad usage in different timezones and get reports on number of hours the license is used and the date it was used?

thanks,
john m.

2004 AutoCAD ADT 2004 will not let me change objects linetype scale (but it would last week)

wishfishxp — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:12:03 GMT

I am unable to change a line's linetype scale in the properties menu. I click on the lt scale where it says 1.0000000 and retype .3 or whatever and it just goes back to 1.00000 and the hidden or dashed lines do not change. I changed object ltscales like this last week on the same file but now it does not work. Please help.

Mass Properties in BOM

ed983618 — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:34:49 GMT

I am using Mechanical Desktop 2005. When I go to “Assembly”, “Analyst”, “Mass Properties”, and add a material to my parts: When I click “Calculate” on the “Results” tab, the “Mass” is correct. However, when I insert my BOM on to my title block in Layout, the “Mass” column always shows “1.000”. It never shows what is shone “Results” under “Assembly Mass Properties”. Is this an error in the program, or is there a variable I need to change? Thank you for your replies!!!!

Faded objects change colors when panning

mvsawyer — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:55:41 GMT

Using AC08, fade control set to 50. Anything on a locked layer will change colors when I pan. Anyone else experience this? Is it an Autocad issue or perhaps a video card issue? Thanks, Michael

Adding Color To Mass

TerribleTim — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:44:45 GMT

Hey guys,
I'm sure there is a simple answer to this but I just can't find it. I have a concept model we created that has quite a bit going on. It has a few different masses in it and I need each mass to be a different color. Let me describe how I created the masses -

I went to the "Massing & Site" ribbon, chose "In-Place Mass", drew the shape, picked the shape outline and chose "Create Form".

So what I now have is the following - Mass 1 (a parking garage), Mass 2 (a covered walkway), Mass 3 (a hotel). One other note, my PM wants to show the different phases in separate views so I have a couple of them set up using "Phasing". It gets a bit conplex, but isn't really that hard to follow. I want to somehow show these masses each in a different color but can't figure out how to add color to them. How do I go about getting them to display in something other than the stupid "Revit Grey"?

Also, when I render the view, it all comes out grey. Is there a way to get the previous phase stuff to render normally? If I set the view to that phase it looks great, but when I set it to a later phase it greys everything else out. I need it to render all of it, not grey out part of it.

Light Fixtures Duplicating Themselves

sjsl — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:38:16 GMT

We have 1400 light fixtures and when we reopened the next day we had babies! No one was in the workset file and the warings/errrors box comes up and it won't let us in the model unless we fix the 1400 errors! WFT! Any ideas would be greastly appreciated

Is there a way to edit the bullet and tab settings in the MTEXT Editor?

cara.nash — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:55:01 GMT

Is there a way to edit the bullet and tab settings in the MTEXT Editor?

For example, when I am using number or letter bullets, I apply the bullet and then when I hit tab, I get that same bullet with a number after it. I want to be able to control this and set it to a different value. (Examples below) Also, it would be nice to be able to control the preset indent spacing / tab spacing, as well. I guess I am looking for more functionality that is similar to Word. We currently have instances where we need to copy from Word into AutoCAD and seem to spend more time editting it than I feel we should have to. I have figured out some tricks to save some time and can apply bullets manually, but would like to preset feature this if possible. I will be creating a template in Word that matches what is desired but it would be so nice to have this flexibilty.

Current:
1. INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2. INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2.1. HIT TAB TO GET TO THIS LEVEL, INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2.2. INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2.2.1 HIT TAB TO GET TO THIS LEVEL, INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2.2.2 INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2.2.2.1 HIT TAB TO GET TO THIS LEVEL, INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2.2.2.2 INPUT TEXT, ENTER

Desired:
1. INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2. INPUT TEXT, ENTER
A. HIT TAB TO GET TO THIS LEVEL, INPUT TEXT, ENTER
B. INPUT TEXT, ENTER
1) HIT TAB TO GET TO THIS LEVEL, INPUT TEXT, ENTER
2) INPUT TEXT, ENTER
a. HIT TAB TO GET TO THIS LEVEL, INPUT TEXT, ENTER
b. INPUT TEXT, ENTER

Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!

workset vs linked revit file

diesellam — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:54:10 GMT

OK, the typical worksets are: interior, exterior, core for small projects (from what I've learned in the tutorial.)

But how is this setup better than creating 3 separate revit file: 1 is for interior, 1 is for exterior, 1 is core; then you have one file to link all of these 3 files together at once.

I just don't see any obvious benefits doing the workset way. Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

How do you rollout updated software?

caddman13 — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:32:44 GMT

I have heard many things from consultants but I just had one say that upgrading a Revit project from 2012 to 2013 will not take full advantage of the new updates in 2013. How can that be? I have seen Revit change some tag names in the past with (upgrade) on the end of the tag name. Other than that I have been able to use all the new features the new software had. Not 100% on the Structural and MEP side though.

Also does everyone build from scratch their Revit templates at each release? I did this once and what a nightmare to get everything ready for production use. The upgrades I have done for other updates worked just great.

Just wondering if I am missing something in the upgrade new release world we live in.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Moving Project

snowocean — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:19:27 GMT

I am working on a project that ties to an existing structure. The project was done in (2) models existing and new construction. Somehow the existing model got moved and no longer is in the correct location when linking files Origin to Origin. Is there anyway to fix this? I have tried moving the origin point in the existing model, but when re-linking it is located in the same incorrect place.

Plot Styles missing

todd.80290 — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:16:08 GMT

C3D 2010. I have a drawing that came from another company. When I go into page setup manager and try and set the plot style my company styles are not there. If I go to the plot style manager all the styles are there. I am really confused! Any ideas would be great.
Thanks.
Todd

Problem with drawing a Part on my bridge design

Melika_Ihelas — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:10:50 GMT

I have designed a bridge and built a model
464455_2631688251128_1823067528_1561976_1389314821_o.jpg

i had no problem drawing the base, towers, and the center arch.

Capture1.JPG Capture2.JPG Capture3.JPG

but what i did struggle with was drawing the cables. I need each end of the cable to be on an angle towards the other end which is also on an angle. No cables will be vertical. I have tried building an angle bracket part for the top end, but each bracket has to be at a unique angle for each cable. so i actually have two problems. one is how to built the cylinder/cable. One is how to build the brackets that will retain them.

i cant use a cylinder because the the two circles at the ends will be flat, and i want them to be on an angle.
i cant use sweep because it just does not work on an assembly
i cant use loft because the circles are not facing each other.

so i'm asking if you have a method that works and is not complicated. I'm a beginner with Inventor.

i could not attach the files with this Message, so here are the links to the parts and assembly

Bridge Base http://www.mediafire.com/?wac616rq3c54dbc

Bridge Arch http://www.mediafire.com/?6big5klozjghiu2

Bridge Tower http://www.mediafire.com/?unjy126he6tdl44

Bridge assembly http://www.mediafire.com/?qmt9snxydc7zrwk

thankyou.

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Elevation Tag - OH SO CLOSE

bowlingbrad — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:21:29 GMT

I have a modified elevation tag that works just fine if the dividing line between the Number and Sheet is horizontal. Any other rotation auto-rotates that line. All I need is that line to be horizontal at any rotation and I will be a happy camper.
See the image for the error.
Thanks in advance!

ElevationTag.jpg

I've tried a line in the pointer and/or the mark body family. I've tried a piece of text with all underscores. Currently I have two white semicircle filled regions. Nothing stays put.

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!GP-Elevation Mark Body_Circle.rfa (196.0 KB)

Historic Preservation in Revit

BDR_Architect — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:15:16 GMT

Has anyone out there used Revit for Historic Preservation? Do you typically model the detailing on ornate facades or to you draw it on the elevations? I realize it's pretty easy to do moldings and custom windows but what about the other things?

if you have images, please share if you don't mind.

Thanks

C3D 2011 to C3D 2010 conversion

todd.80290 — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:09:24 GMT

I use DWG Trueview 2013 to convert a file from 2011 to 2010. When I open the converted file I'm getting the following attached message.
I need to have the Civil 3D commands working, any ideas???
Thanks,
Todd

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3RD Person Collision

Revit for Breakfast — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:56:19 GMT

The problem with 3rd person is that I cant enter any rooms. Other than Hiding all the doors in the view, is it possible to make an object non succeptible to the collision function?

Sounds like a wishlist item.

Change symbol size

rachel115519 — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:19:06 GMT

Is there a way to change the size of a symbol that has been inserted? Without changing the scale of the drawing?

How can I divide this curve line evenly?

mike99 — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:52 GMT

I got a surface like this,it contains 3 arc which connected one by one, and then , how to divide it evenly,just like the 3rd image that created from a spline?
Thanks a lot!!

crazy, can't upload the image

Ribbon issues

p.collins — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:11:55 GMT

I have added some items to the Add-Ins ribbon using VB.Net

In RAC 2011 the text displayed when you hover over the button displays correctly including the text in bold giving the button text (.ItemText)

In RAC 2012 using the same code the bold text part of the tooltip is missing.

Has anyone else come across this and have you found a fix?

Ribbon.jpg

Paul Collins

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2011 Problème d'affichage des familles

mad_world_669370744 — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:25:43 GMT

Bonjour,
Je viens solliciter votre aide pour un problème de vue 3D. En effet, lorsque je place une caméra à l'intérieur de mon projet, la vue qui en résulte n'affiche que les murs, les vitrages, les fenêtres. Aucun des objets placés (mobilier et luminaires) n'est visible.
Est-ce que quelqu'un aurait une idée sur l'origine de ce soucis et sur sa résolution?
Merci d'avance!!

Hide Values in Window Schedule

barireid225141 — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:42 GMT

I am working on a Window schedule atm - the window families are fairly complex (three different cill options, options for surrounds and lintel etc etc)
I am trying to get the window schedule to read correctly for the options, we have lintels controlled in the model with a yes/no parameter which works fine - the issue is with the schedule, not all windows have the decorative lintel so the yes/no parameter is in the schedule along with the dimensions of the lintel - however the dimensions show for all windows even when there is no lintel - I've had a play with some IF conditions but it doesn't seem to like that approach, any suggestions?

what i was trying was IF(LINTEL, LintelX, 0) where LINTEL is the yes/no and LintelX is the length dimension
I've thought about blacking the cell out with the schedule formatting but it's going to eat a lot of ink!

2012 Lines on my 3D model.

CADdrafter.net — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:09:34 GMT

Hi!

I have been doing 3D modeling with AutoCAD since 1991. For the life of me, I can not remember how to turn off the tessellation lines when I do the 3DOrbit command viewing the image as Realistic.

I've added an image (I hope I added it correctly) so you can see what I am talking about. The lines are not there when I render it, but are at the 3DOrbit stage.
Can anyone remind me what that command is??

Thanks a bunch!!!

Best Regards,
Mike K.

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aide sur montage photo avec revit 2013

ivielor759759 — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:37:56 GMT

Bonjour

je rencontre actuellement un petit souci

je veux faire un montage photo de mon projet avec insertion de la photo du terrain en arrière plan

mais lorsque je veux imprimer ce montage la photo et complétement décalé ou zoomer

quelqu'un aurait il la solution ou un autre méthode

merci

Revit 2013 - Vue 3D et controle caméra

titouke — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:58:07 GMT

Bonjour à tous,

j'ai farfouillé les post sur Revit 2013, mais rien sur le contrôle caméra qui a été modifié.(malgré toutes les bonnes nouveautés)

prenez une vue 3D

avec revit 2012, vous sélectionnez le cadre, vous bougez la cible du point de vue.
vous déselectionnez, vous bougez la caméra

avec 2013, que vous selectionniez ou non, vous n'avez l'option que de bouger la caméra
ce qui est relativement ennuyeux pour affiner les points de vue sans repasser en vue en plan..

des solutions?
je n'ai rien lu de tel dans les notes de release

Creating a new revision

shinnasuka116949 — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:13:22 GMT

Hey guys,

I'm new to auto lisp script and I was wondering if anyone could help me out? I'm trying to create a script that finds the last revision number from a cad file "C:\directory\project number\drawing number-rev1.dwg" and rev it up to the next number and does a save as. I'm not sure how to start one.

Thanks for any help!

Working with Subcontractor - AutoCAD 2012 and LT2006?

StDoodle — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:12:22 GMT

First, I apologize if this isn't the best sub-sub-forum; I'm a bit overwhelmed by the organizational structure here. ;)

Second, a little intro: I do CAD work (surprise!) for a small cast stone & precast concrete manufacturer. When I say "small," I mean there are four of us in the office. Not four drafters: four office employees! I've been in this specific sub-field for about five years now, and have slowly developed a fairly comprehensive and vast set of standards, from blocks and templates to plot styles and layers and... I'm sure everyone here gets the picture. Though I don't always have as much time as I'd like to stay on the "cutting edge" with new features, I've come to rely pretty heavily on dynamic blocks, annotative scaling, and the sheet set manager. For a while now, this has felt like a Good Thing™ overall, saving time and repetition. And repetition.

Here's where my problem begins; lately, I've been swamped. With a one-person drafting department, there isn't much room for shuffling work around when things get really far behind, so we're bringing in some help. While I've worked with this individual before and have utmost confidence in his drafting abilities, he's going to be using his own copy of AutoCAD (had to twist work's metaphorical arm to get a recent, non-light version to use myself; currently using AutoCAD 2012, but on subscription, just lacking time to move to 2013), and he has AutoCAD 2006 LT. I've been trying to research exactly which features were present in that version, but haven't had much luck. But I'm absolutely sure sheet sets are out, about 90% sure dynamic blocks are out, and fairly sure annotative scaling is out.

So my questions are in regards to how well I can expect my standards to "save back" to the version he'll be using, and how far I'll need to go to get it to work. Will I need to use E-transmit / Archive on a drawing that has dimensions with every annotative scale I can imagine being needed, and dynamic blocks inserted in every conceivable state, in order for him to have what he needs? How well with this even work? Am I better off re-doing the "vital" stuff from scratch, with a lack of the aforementioned features in mind?

My apologies for the ginormous amount of questions here, but I've never been on this end of the version-gap before, and would appreciate any advice you guys & gals could offer. Thanks!

PDF Stamp

schizar272632 — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:03:52 GMT

Hi everyone,

I need a field or piece of rtext that will list any pdf's that are in a drawing, does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Defining line length in a generic annotation family

psuba344467 — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:02:29 GMT

I have been trying to make a fake section cut for the times when I want to show devices on a wall as a typical. I have the head and the tail of the section cut coming out correctly with no problem. However, I want to be able to put a connecting line between them that I can stretch to be as long or short as need be for the application.

The problem is that Revit only lets me define the distance between 2 parallel lines, but not the distance between the 2 ends of a single line. I really hate drawing a square then making 3 out of the 4 sides invisible to accomplish this. So, does anyone know how to do this in a cleaner way? It have been messing with this on and off today and yesterday without finding anything online or via trial and error.

2012 An odd little error with internal parameter states being changed when I play with external grip edits.

identity4 — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:06:09 GMT

Got a fun little problem here that has been bugging me this week. I have been building some dynamic blocks for Mechanical Drafters to use as they draw ducts and pipes, and have been "torture testing" what I have built so far (loading them into sample drawings with different duct conditions to see how they perform). What I have started to notice is that as I am making the dynamic blocks bigger and smaller and rotating and stretching, somehow the internal parameters of the blocks would become altered (I drew them in the block to begin at a specific size). Any of the modifications I make to the outside of a dynamic block using the grip edits should not have any effect on how the geometry looks INSIDE the block, but sometimes this very thing is happening! I would open the block back up in the block editor and the geometry has been stretched somehow, and all the parameters have different states. I sat down with the other CAD guru in the office and went through my torture test one step at a time, and could not reproduce the error for him (go figure).

Anybody want to play around with the block, torture test it, and maybe see where I might be going wrong? I have attached one of the blocks I am building and a nice test file with some sample ducts in it. They were built in ACAD 2012.

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TakeOff - Rnd to Rnd V2.dwg (84.3 KB)
ACAD Mech Blocks (Test File).dwg (181.2 KB)

Horizontal Sections?

bwilliams133 — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:01:40 GMT

It's been a while since I've worked in Revit and was never an expert, and I am now the only person in my new office who has any Revit experience. I'm coming up blank on this...how can you create a horizontal section? For example, if I want to section through a door jamb in a plan view, how do I do that? Do I need to use the "plan view" tool? I vaguely remember doing this somehow in the past but am now lost. Any help?

Thanks.

Is there a way to trim a vertical alignment at a vertical curve?

adam.zampino477239 — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:50:47 GMT

I have a roadway alignment that traverses over a bridge. The profile ties in nicely on either side of the bridge, with a vertical curve over the bridge.

The client would like the roadway profile to tie into existing shortly after crossing the limits of the bridge. On paper, I can easily just trim the vertical curve, say 10 feet beyond the limits of the bridge, and then insert an angle point on each side of the bridge that allows vertical a tangent on each side to tie in shortly thereafter.

Essentially you would have the existing grade, an angle point, a tangent, an angle point at the PVC, the vertical curve, an angle point at the PVT, a tangent, an angle point, and the existing grade. Above the vertical curve would be the PVI for the crest curve.

The vertical curve would likely be asymmetrical after being altered, but the original design of the curve is symmetrical. Also, if possible, I would like to retain definition of the original symmetrical vertical curve, to allow future roadway work to tie in smoothly.

Is there a way to accomplish this using Civil3D? I was able to do this sort of thing using LDD without any issues.

Thank you to whoever can help shed some light on this.

DWG referenced into NWF not showing piping correctly

greg.unger898622 — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:30:02 GMT

I am using Navisworks Manage 2012 and I have a NWF file showing an extensive structure and I referenced in my working drawing (DWG), but my piping is showing up single line in the NWF in Navis.

It is all 3d (drawn in MEP 2011) in the DWG.

I looked into display manager in MEP, but I think all that needs to be checked is on.

Could the issue be with Navis? How would I fix this?

Thanks in advance!

2012 Dynamic Blocks and Calculations

WScottAllenPE — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:52:35 GMT

I am trying to have a line drawn at a length that is to be calculated from other components of the dynamic block.

That is, the length of Line A = (Value of Action Parameter B)^2*(Attribute A - Attribute B)/(Value of Action Parameter B/8).

From what I could find, I should be able to go into Parameters Manager and type into the Expressions column the formula. However, I cannot get C3D to recognize the Action Parameters or Attribute as valid variables in an expression. I can add User Parameters and reference those, but not those I need. I get an error "A dependent expression cannot be evaluated. The syntax is incorrect or a variable is not defined."

See the image. Any help?
Dynamic Block.JPG

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Boeing 737-300 air plane drawings

gio_2 — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:38:58 GMT

Good afternoon all,

Does any one have or can point me on the right direction to obtain the drawings for a Boeing 737-300 plane? I really appreciate any assistance.

Thank you very much.

2011 Can I dimension beyond cropped view?

tedg — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:37:16 GMT

I have an overall foundation plan view with (2) sub-views, cropped with matchlines.
(the building is too big to put on one sheet, we needed to divide it into two zones)

I want to dimension beyond the cropped view, even if it's a dummy dimension (I'd rather not though).
You know, an overall dimension of the building with double arrows at the break line end, etc.

Does anyone know how I can do this?
If I create a dimension in the overall view, it doesn't show up in either sub-view, and I can't dimension beyond my cropped views.

Thanks for any ideas.

REVIT Structure 2011

2012 wrap text in room tags

jenrom723637 — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:31:51 GMT

Can you make a 'duplicate type' room tag that wraps text instead of making a separate new family? If so, how?

2012 Dimension - Change Witness line style

essochay — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:20:04 GMT

is it possible to change the witness line style?
Please see attached.
the Red Dashed line is simply a detail line laid over the witness line.
Can I change the actual witness lines to this line style?
Dimension hopeful.pdf

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Dimension hopeful.pdf (13.7 KB)

Convert layer names in (e) drawings to AEC cad standards but retain (e) viewport overrides

tara.122699 — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:51:40 GMT

Hi
We have a set of drawings that is complete except we need to convert the layer names to new standards the AEC Cad standards. Problem is with the xref and viewport overrides. The existing overrides need to be retained. Anyone know of a way to do that easily or even semi easily? Someone has had to have had this problem before.

Tara

2012 Revit 2012

Andres_Franco_Usme — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:59:44 GMT

Hola a todos, quiero saber si alguien me puede ayudar a resolver una pequeña duda, resulta que quiero rotar los viewports de revit, pero no se como hacerlo, ¿es posible?, ¿como se hace?, de antemano gracias por la ayuda y disculpen si la pregunta es muy basica.

2009 Multi riser Steps for entry

ljupadhyay — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:50:20 GMT

I have made seperate families for diff. risers for entry steps. I need a family which can be set for multy riser (Say 1 to 8 risers). Can it be done by array of ref planes or is there any other way to do this. Can any user help in this matter ?
A .rfa is attached 2009 version
LJU

Attached Files

Steps 3 risers w Base M09.rfa (188.0 KB)

2013 Clash Results Made Harder

jspartz — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:47:50 GMT

I love the ability to sort the columns in the results, but what about sorting the columns for the batches? And grouping batches into folders?

Anyway, within the results, there is now a drop-down for dimming, hiding, and no isolation. I was hoping 2013 would make toggling between them quicker like with a keyboard shortcut, but instead it has gotten longer by having to use a drop-down instead of a checkbox. I toggle between them on almost every clash.

Also, the groups that I'm done with don't want to STAY collapsed. Each time I make a group or change a group, all groups open up, and there's no collapse all button; you need to select all the clashes from top to bottom and then right-click and choose collapse but there's no point because once you leave that batch and come back, everything is expanded again.

One plus is that the select filter displays all clashes when nothing is selected, so I can leave it on and not have to toggle it off and on like in 2012.

Does anyone know of any shortcuts or workarounds to these?

2012 Split Gang Fitting Family - Revit MEP 2012

TwistedTLM4 — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:25:20 GMT

I've taken a stab at trying to create a parametric duct fitting family pictured below with limited success:

Split Gang Fitting.png

Parameter Info:
Duct 1 Width and Duct 1 Height would be manually entered based on what is required for the airflow.
Duct 2 Height and Duct 2 Height would be equal to Duct 1 Height.
Duct 2 Width would be manually enter, while Duct 3 Width would be equal to Duct 1 Width minus Duct 2 Width.

I will preface this with the fact the I started with the "Rectangular Elbow - Mitered - Single Thickness Vanes.rfa" from the Imperial library in Revit MEP 2012. I went through and added the extrusions, parameters and constraints in order to accomplish the above mentioned results. The fitting worked for the default dimensions that I entered in the family (Duct 1 = 24x12, Duct 2 = 12x12, Duct 3 = 12x12); however, when I load it into a project and modify the Duct 1 and Duct 2 dimensions, I get the results shown below:
Split Gang Fitting-Result.png
Any insight or suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Attached is the .rfa for anyone who wants to look at it.

Thanks,
Tony

Attached Images

Split Gang Fitting.png (35.1 KB)
Split Gang Fitting-Result.png (58.5 KB)

Attached Files

Split Gang Fitting.rfa (324.0 KB)

Flashing Text in DWF

iskydive_27 — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:06:46 GMT

Has anyone put flashing text into a dwf?

Text screen history

cadtag — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:35:51 GMT

IIRC the numer on lines stored in the buffer for the text screen used to be controllable, but I don't recall how that was set, nor do I see any setvars that seem to be relevant. Any ideas?

OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

ibrando — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:03:10 GMT

Hi,

We recently upgraded to a Mac Mini Server running OSX Lion SERVER 10.7.3

We use Revit MEP 2012 and 2013 on Windows 7 (32 and 64bit)

We can open .rvt files stored on the server, but when trying to save back to the server after editing the file Revit hangs and closes. Revit comes up as "Not Responding".

File permissions seem okay for the share drive. Other programs can open/save to the server in the same directory.

Anyone have any ideas? Would SMBUp be a solution? I've only seen discussions about SMBUp with regular lion, not lion server.

Cheers,
B.