Workset Rules to Live By -

Great list from: Daryl Gregoire at REVIT Rocks !

Thanks Daryl!

1. Create a new local file every day and over write the previous file.

2. Check out and borrow what you need for editing.

3. Save and sync and relinquish as often as possible or when you leave your desk.

4. Use Reload Latest to do a one way loading of other peoples changes (if nothing has changed it will tell you).

5. Don’t leave an open project hanging for any length of time (ie: on the phone, in a meeting, away for lunch etc).

6. Save, Sync and relinquish and close the local file at the end of the day.

7. If rule #6 is broken you shall be banished back to the AutoCAD world for EVER !.




Keep these in mind and save your BIM Coordinator a headache!

Revit 2013 Update Release 3

Good Reminder from Luke at What Revit wants

(updated mine last week, but have been so buried, I couldn't pass the word on....until then here is a good post from Luke )

Revit 2013 Update Release 3

Just in case you missed it, Update Release 3 is available for all 4 Revit flavours (links below).

Key fixes (as per documentation):

• Improves stability when using Hardware Acceleration, Graphics Mode.   
• Improves stability when opening projects which utilize Extensible Storage.
• Improves visual fidelity between canvas and printed output.   
• Improves visual fidelity of hidden lines, MEP pipe centerlines and haloed gaps when not using Hardware Acceleration, Graphics Mode.   
• Improves Structural family data integrity during upgrade of project.
• Improves data integrity when canceling Save As operation.
• Improves interaction between Revit Server 2013 and Riverbed compression.
• Enables users to browse Revit Server Networks when a bound workstation cannot contact the Domain Controller.  

 Dave Baldacchino informs us that this update includes the Hotfix that fixes some nasty non-WYSIWYG bugs (when printing in vector):
Anyway, I also checked that the recent Update 3 (for OneBox)incorporates this hotfix as well, so just skip it altogether and install Update 3 as fast as you can. There are separate downloads for the stand-alone packages.
via
http://do-u-revit.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get.html

Link for RVT (Onebox):
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21891257&linkID=21208796

Link for RAC:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21890399&linkID=9273944

Link for MEP:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21891036&linkID=21208796

Link for RST:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21890545&linkID=21208796

I guess the fact that we are receiving a significant update to 2013 after getting 2014 will be a further warning to some users to delay the 2014 rollout...