A New Project…and a Revit 2010 Did You Know?!
Hey All. I’ve been assigned to a new project at my full time job (at SOM) and the decision about which software platform to use was left up to me. Needless to say, I chose Revit. The thought of doing a phase of a project (any phase for that matter) in AutoCAD gives me a headache. Anyway, without getting into any of the specifics of the project, it’s several small buildings on a university campus with a courtyard that runs, more or less, from one end to the other. I mention this to you because as I’m using Revit, and more specifically Revit Architecture 2010 (64-bit), I thought I would pass on some things I pick up as I ago. The first one is pretty simple and some of you might already know about it:
- If you want to orbit around a 3D view in Revit, you hold down the Shift key, push the middle-mouse button and move your mouse around. This causes the view to move around without anything in particular at its center. Well, did you know that if you select an object first and then go through the orbiting process above, Revit will orbit using that selected object as its center?
Speaking of orbiting in Revit, it would be really nice if the 3D mice from a company called 3D Connexion would support Revit. Truth be told, I think I heard that Autodesk wouldn’t release the Revit code to make this possible. Don’t quote me on that, but if anyone knows for sure, please let me know.
August 14th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Congrats on the new project. Revit 2010-64 is an excellent vintage.
On th3 3d Connexion issue, I’ve spoken to the Revit Project Manager and 3D Connexion directly.
Below are my two blog posts and actions I’ve tried. I found out at AU last year that over 300 emails were sent to Autodesk and 3D Connexion demanding action.
Bottom line from what I understand, the ball is in Autodesk’s court to do what’s needed for the mouse driver. I was hoping that 2010 would have solved the issue, but still no dice. Last year, the answer was that due to budgeting and resources, the mouse driver wasn’t a priority.
Did you know, Revit is the only major Autodesk product that’s not supported. Even AutoCAD Architecture can use the Space Mouse. I spoke to someone very high up on the development chain for Revit two weeks ago and still nothing’s being done to resolve the issue.
I think it’s time for SOM to make noise about it. Scott, Autodesk will listen to you. They’d never want bad PR from such a large architectural firm. I’ll give you the names of exactly who you need to talk to to make it happen. You’re our only hope at this point.
~Gregory
http://bimboom.blogspot.com/2008/09/update-on-3dconnexion-space-navigator.html
http://bimboom.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-dont-know-whos-to-blame-for-this-but.html