Revit 2011 Graphic Issues and Questions

The Revit Clinic put together a nice little list of what I garuntee will be FAQ's:

Revit 2011 Graphics Q&A
I've compiled a list of some of the common questions \ answers on graphics related issues. I hope this helps organize this information in one place:

When launching Revit 2011 I receive a Some features may not be fully supported by the video card and driver on this computer message

See the following technical solution, Some features may not be fully supported by the video card and driver on this computer.


When using remote desktop to connect to my workstation why is hardware acceleration disabled?

Hardware Acceleration will be disabled for remote desktop clients. Software mode will instead be utilized. You should receive the following dialog at startup if launching Revit over a remote connection... Continue to the post for more Graphics Inquiries....

Download Revit 2011 NOW!

Autodesk finally updated their free trial download to Revit 2011!

Click here to register and download now!!

Alternative download location...

The Direct .exe download.

Then, head over to Greg's collection of links to make sure you have everyhting you need for Revit...


Given a 30 day trial, you will have plenty of time to update the license to your student license on May 5th...

GO GO GO!

Revit 2011 - Student Community Release?

I know I have not posted many original tutorials and editorials (like I usually do) and I apologize to all of you who look forward to them. Seeing as a lot of my readers are students I am sure you can all understand how busy I have been while taking 5 classes and Design Studio and working... Needless to say, I have barely had time to breathe. I promise as soon as I get some free time I will address some of your emails I have not addressed yet as well as posting some original tutorials. For today, I wanted to talk about the release of the Revit 2011 products.

The Student Community is usually the last place that the Revit products are released. Maybe, this year it will be very close to the actual release date. Anyone who has information on when the Student Community will get the 2011 versions please comment. I have asked my contacts at Autodesk and no one knows.

As for what you and I, the students, will do on April 16th... I just checked my schedule and April 29th appears to be my final jury review. The question is, should I finish my project in 2011? If the release is April 16th and I can have a 30 day free trial that will allow me to use the software, and save/print, until the middle of May. Finally, the Student version should be released by the end of the 30 day trial and I can simply activate...

Is it worth it? I think from a students perspective downloading and using 2011 right away is very much worth it. I am excited for the real time sun path manipulation (that will create some great images for my presentation board). Also, the new FBX link to 3DS Max could greatly increase those ridiculous render times (especially within the last hectic weeks).

What are you going to do on April 16th?

Tutorial - Grid Guide Revit 2011 (Revit Clinic)

A little tip/tutorial of the new grid line feature in Revit 2011 by The Revit Clinic:

• Click here to view the post.
  
• Click here to view a little video.
  

More, more, more! Revit 2011

Just some more videos and a full list of Revit Architecture, Structure, and MEP new features:

• Click here to view the full lists over at Revit Structure Learning Curve.

Great video below from Greg over at Revit3D.com

More Revit 2011 Info!!

The Revit blogosphere is going to be buzzing for the next few weeks about this release. David Light posted some great information along with pictures and videos:

Ribbon and UI

So let me start with the interface, as this has been a constantly debated, argued, discussed subject amongst many a Revit user on the AUGI forums. So these are the headliners for UI improvements.

• Contextual Tab display
• Contextual Tab display behaviour
• Modeless Properties Palette
• Modify Tab is both static and contextual
• Modify Tools improvements
• Quick Access Toolbar customization
• Resizable Dialogs
• Worksets and Design Options

The most obvious improvement and a complaint I personally had with 2010, was actually getting access to modification tools. 2011 allows rapid access to modification tools, no more clicking backwards and forwards between Ribbon tabs. When you select a tool and start to work with it, the modify tools are constantly at hand. The Ribbon also seems to be a lot faster and there is icon clarity with other Autodesk solutions. The other obvious change is the disappearance of the Type selector from the Ribbon. This is not going to be to everybody's taste; as it now resides in a modeless Properties Palette.

Continue to post for more information, pictures, and videos....

I have to say... This looks like it will be quite the release. It appears that wishlist items have finally been taken into consideration.... I cannot wait to use it!

I will also do my best to cater to my fellow students and finding out when the Autodesk Student Community will get the new releases...

Revit 2011 - New Features and Screenshots

It's that time of the year again... The new version of Revit is a couple weeks away (April 8th is the official release date) and Autodesk is allowing the bloggers to start blogging! Of course, my pal Greg at Revit3D.com has a great detailed post full of screen shots and descriptions:

Head over to Greg's blog and thank him for always being the first to post this kind of stuff.