To give a quick summary of recap photo (photogrammetry software) you can take photos of an object (up to 1000) from many different angles (the more the better), upload them to recap photo and the software will stitch them together…
Man and Machine Blog
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In this blog I will show you how you can very easily create 3D Sections in Revit. What is a 3D section? Exactly what it says, it’s a section but it is in 3D. The below image is an example…
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In this blog I will show you how to easily get your template list back on your home screen, should it disappear for any reason. On the Revit home screen, we have four templates available to us for starting a…
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This is going to be a quick step by step on how to register scans within Recap. I will talk about some of the issues I have had and how to overcome them. Recap will automatically register scans by looking…
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In this article I will explain how to use phases within Revit. We are all familiar with 1D, 2D and 3D, but 4D adds time into Revit allowing you to plan different phases of your project. For example, you can…
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Have you ever wondered why seemingly random associations happen within Revit between your geometry and reference planes depending on their proximity? When Geometry is placed near to a reference plane there are some automatic associations that Revit creates. This can…
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Using the Enscape plugin for Revit, I will show you how you can quickly produce high quality renders. Enscape is a 3D immersive plugin for Revit which allows you to visualise your Revit project live and it has a Virtual…
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Do you want to know how to copy project standards from one Revit project to another? Project standards include system families, line weights and print settings to name a few, and once set up in an existing project can be…
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In a simpler world, a design would come in one configuration – one geometry, one set of components, one paintjob – but alas, that is not the world we live in. A single design could encapsulate a plethora of configurations,…
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As of the 2018 release, Autodesk 3ds Max no longer ships with the NVIDIA Mental Ray Renderer. Whilst this has proved difficult for some users and caused some controversy, there is a positive side to this decision. With the acquisition…
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One of the most underrated programs produced by Autodesk is also one of its most useful: the awesome Autodesk Desktop App (ADA). Simply put, the ADA is Autodesk’s equivalent of the Apple’s ‘App Store’ or Android’s ‘Google Play Store’. While…
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Autodesk Revit settings can be customised and rolled out to a large number of machines using a revit.ini file. Full details of how this can be achieved, and the settings supported by this can be found on the Autodesk Knowledge…
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Did you know that you can create a schedule of your Revit views? This is useful if you want to double check the settings of your views or if you want to update a setting on multiple views easily without…
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Before I start I’d like to say that Revit is no way designed to replace fabrication software that is specifically designed to create detailed shop drawings. The way I’m portraying its use in this blog is to convey a situation…
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Did you know that within Revit you can create a splash screen or specified view to be displayed when a project is opened? Also if you want to speed up the opening of projects, creating a splash screen can save…
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Have you ever wondered how to flatten your AutoCAD drawings? Even though you may be working in 2D, AutoCAD is a 3D application with an X, Y and Z axis. Sometimes you may unwittingly place something with a Z value…
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For many months we have been waiting to hear when BIM Track will get better integration with Solibri Model Checker. As of last week, that wait is finally over as BIM Track have released their native Solibri Model Checker plugin…
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Autodesk have recently released a number of security fixes for Autodesk Revit versions 2017, 2018, and 2019. These important updates address potential security issues and are seen as required and critical installations, which without installation could affect the ability for…
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I’m sure you all know of a little product called Fusion 360. I’m sure you are also aware that Fusion 360 comes in 3 different flavours, namely: Fusion for hobbyists, Educators and start-ups (Free of Charge) Fusion 360 Standard (£294…
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Autodesk has released Vault 2019.1 Update for Vault Basic, Workgroup, and Professional 2019 editions. Vault users are looking for faster, more efficient ways to work with vaulted data from inside their CAD system. Vault 2019.1 includes productivity enhancements for Inventor…
