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Once again, Autodesk have provided a subscription only mid-year release.  For the full review, refer to Redstack's blog site , where it was first posted.

This release has many small improvements and one major feature that changes the way Scan To BIM is used for piping with the addition of an “easy button” like feature called Auto-Find Pipes. This feature when used will scan the entire point cloud or a selected area and look for pipes then create matching pipe runs using native Revit geometry .  A video playlist of some of the items in 2015.1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRxAXG3D8Lk&list=PLGzJTXx9gbj-bLDzD9N8DpjnvCl-qMqBl&index=2 A few more items in this release to make note of: Help File is now web based, we can edit and update for all users at any time (ie add a more detailed example)   More Tutorials, added via the app but pulling from our youtube playlist for STB 2015. Tweak to Deviation, smaller numbers and Grid Deviation now supports placing numbers in the grid view (center of each grid) as shown in the video above. The Adjust Pipe feature has now been moved from the Create Pulldown Menu t...

News this week - the beloved AUGI Forums has had a long awaited  upgrade of the forum software to vBulletin 4.1.11  and its looking pretty slick but don't take my word for it - go Visit the AUGI Forums Whilst this version of software has many new features, at this time, AUGI are only implementing the ones we already have active. Others will be implemented as they are tested and they become Board approved. I can tell you though, that there is a new mobile skin for the site that is implemented automatically if you browse to the website using a supported mobile device.  :) I hope your experience with this upgrade goes as smooth as possible, as mine did... Late last week, the March edition of AUGIWorld was released. This edition featured Tips, Tricks & Techniques including some great Jay Z's Revit Tips n' Tricks and Mark Kiker's Mac Apps

RUGSA would like to invite you to the upcoming RUGSA meeting.  Details on the meeting are below. And thankyou to everyone who completed the survey. The responses are very valuable and will inform the format and content of future meetings. As always it’s also been great to see a lot of interest in the BLOG, remember you can follow us on  facebook  and  twitter  for more up to date announcements on local REVIT issues Next RUGSA Meeting: Date: Wednesday the 7 th  of September Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm Venue: AIA, 100 Finders St, Adelaide RSVP:  revitugsa@gmail.com Agenda: Content, Content, Content. Building Content Sharing Content Getting Content This meeting will address all your questions about REVIT Families. Watch presentations from actual users on how they have dealt with the dilemmas associated with REVIT Families Plus bring your questions and issues for discussion with your peers Hope to see you there.

I 'm slowly getting back into blogging after our glorious holiday in Canada & Alaska…  During a recent Revit Fundamentals Training course, I'd like to remind all that IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit 2012 are now available on their website and in their client portal - a facility for  IMAGINiT’s Autodesk Subscription and Support clients. IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit 2012 supports only Revit 2012 products however they do also offer versions for Revit 2010 and Revit 2011.  New for 2012 include… ViewSetup  Cover all the levels, phases and types of views you want with information presented to you in the ViewSetup utility in a grid, you can easily generate dozens to hundreds of new views with ease.  DWFPlus  Create DWF files with more BIM information - whether augmenting parameter data in 2D and 3D, adding hyperlinks, or creating new viewpoints to highlight content, DWFPlus will make your DWFs into the deliverables you expect from Revit.  Tran...

W oo Hoo, as commented earlier  I can now report that the  Project Vasari technology preview Is Now Available You can download Project Vasari via Autodesk Labs here Project Vasari is a design tool with analysis capabilities available via the cloud. Project Vasari is compatible with Revit in that files created by Project Vasari can be opened using Revit 2011, and Revit files can be opened by Project Vasari. There are some limitations in that, as a conceptual modeler, Project Vasari does not support some features (e.g., detailed model elements such as walls, windows, doors, etc.) The thinking is that you would start with Project Vasari and then continue with Revit 2011 to make more detailed models - not the other way around. In a nutshell… Project Vasari it's basically Revit for people who don't need all of Revit.  

From the virtual network of Building Designers Australia (BDA), a BDANT colleague alerted me to the fact that Breezway Lourve Windows now have Revit Content on their site… Breezway Altair™ Louvre Windows are the energy efficent solution to bringing natural light, fresh air and a sense of space into your sustainable building designs, and to now have Revit content that I can use - is a blessing indeed… Thanks guys  Similarly, Big Ass Fans now also have Revit And AutoCAD content on their website  Likewise you can find great Revit content here - A&L Windows Miele Products

To celebrate the completion of the year of the reformed R evit U sers G roup SA (RUGSA)  we'd like to extend an invitation to you all to the RUGSA Christmas function on 9th November 2010 - join us for a few drinks, some nibbles and a great chance to meet fellow REVIT users in SA. As part of the Christmas show there will be some fun competitions - see the website for full details. RSVP your attendance by 26th October to RUGSA

From information gleamed from the AUGI Forums and Twitter earlier today... The Update can be applied to all languages of Revit Architecture. Currently, only the English download page has the update, but the other language download pages will be available by the middle of next month. Until then users with other languages can download the update from the English page. Please note, the update release does not contain any new functionality. However, we are developing functionality enhancements that will be available to Subscription customers in the near future. All of the fixes that are in Updates 1 & 2 will be included in the functionality enhancement release, so if you need to update a large number of seats it may be best to wait until it is released unless there is a fix that you absolutly must have. Thanks Scott for the update

I've been a bit slow in catching up with the latest news news but this is definitely great news to hear that Autodesk has expanded its its support for us Mac users... Autodesk will now support use of AutoCAD software, AutoCAD LT software, Autodesk Inventor Professional software, Autodesk 3ds Max software, Autodesk 3ds Max Design software and the Autodesk Revit software platform for building information modeling (BIM) on Mac OS X via Parallels Desktop . Autodesk added official support for these products on the Mac via Boot Camp earlier this year.