Thanks mate. I"ll have a play with those suggestions.

Thanks mate. I had completely disabled ABP while testing and still the ads were blocked. Maybe it was a cache thing.

Thanks mate. The "paste in place" worked.

@pbacot said:

@marcdurant said:

Hi Mike-

The Font window is available under "Window -> Show Fonts" in the menu bar. I always look for this command in the "Text" menu instead, which is wrong. Where were you looking for it? If we get enough complaints I might be able to move the command.

thanks,
Marc

Can you get it snap in the stack and collapse like the other windows?

This would be great!!!!

Aah, and D'oh. I wasn't. Thankyou. That's what I was doing wrong.

Thanks for keeping the discussion alive guys. Interesting.

As an update, I have forked out and got AutoCAD and Revit as a suite. Big bucks, but for a business that needs to work as seemlessly and efficiently as possible with other consultants that are using that combination, I think the cost will pay for itself over time.

@jbacus said:

Maybe it would help if you were to describe the data you want to exchange with Revit users.

Here's where I show how green I am regarding BIM.

I'm a structural engineer that started in an office that drafted on the drawing board. The office went to AutoCAD but the drafters I've found (even recently) just use ACAD to draw lines on an electronic drawing board. They don't seem to use some of (what I understand are available) the powerful features of ACAD to make their daily grind even more efficient and fast. eg Sheet Set Manager, Layer Managers etc.

While I'm an engineer, I also have an interest (and Graduate Diploma) in IT. If I were using software like ACAD all day long, I'd spend some time learning and implementing every feature in there to make my daily use more efficient. But the drafters don't seem to have the same drive, and the company I work in wasn't big enough to have the knowledge/time/money/resources to get the standards to that level. An excuse maybe, but what's done is done.

Now BIM and Revit are here and I've started my own company. From the ground up I want to use BIM mostly and ACAD only where the project would find it more applicable. I know a fraction of what BIM is capable of.

Most consultants we work with (I believe) are just using Revit as a drafting tool. Not many use all features, 4D etc. I think most are modelling in it for plans and sections to 1:100, maybe 1:50 or 1:20 type outlines, then drawing the rest in 2D.

I'm yet to decide how far I go with it. I'm meeting with a local Revit guru to assist setting up my new company standards and families, and I'll discuss with him a practical line to draw in the sand of what gets modelled.

Awesome! Thanks TIG. You're a legend.

That's it! Thanks mate. Knew there had to be a simple way.

Getting there...

When you make a new definition add geometry to it immediately.
Empty definitions/groups don't survive in code...

Try something like:

unless unit_block=def_list["unit_block"] unit_block=def_list.add("unit_block") ### add geometry to unit_block.entities ### add description to unit_block.description ### etc end ### now add instance, knowing the definition exists and has geometry

which might be clearer?
You don't need to add geometry to the component if it already exists !

Another tip - use
Timber.new(bPD,bPW,bPL)
not
Timber.new (bPD,bPW,bPL)
don't leaves a space in front of the arguments' ()

@notareal said:

Have you read trough http://www.kerkythea.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10866
Also you will need to have X-11 installed.

Thanks mate. Did the manual extraction and works fine. Seems it's the installer, not the app itself that's the problem.

sound advice

Thanks mate. Had seen that video. Sonder's work is very impressive and inspirational. Been admiring it for a while.

Thanks guys. Will have a play with each suggestion and see how I go. Much appreciated.

Just found the SoapSkinBubbleTool and it's a little different to stop toolbar opening every time.

In the plugins folder there's a folder called SoapSkinBubble, and in there is a file called SoapSkinBubbleMenu.rb. Edit that file and find the line:

sbToolbar.show

and change that to:

## start troypiggo edit # sbToolbar.show state = sbToolbar.get_last_state if (state == TB_VISIBLE) sbToolbar.restore end ## end troypiggo edit

@bmike said:

Overview of my process:

...

I often have multiple models referenced. The main structure / house / etc. Then I save that model and pull apart details, modeling only what I need to show. Reference these back into LO as needed.

-Mike

Thanks mate. That video explains it very well, even for a noob like me.

BTW I've seen some of your work in other sections of the forum here. Beautiful. Your drawings are works of art - balancing the technical and presentation is gorgeous.