August 24th, 2011

License Unavailable Error - Resolved

By Mark Fox

Ever had this error?

Revit Current License Status

“Revit Current License Status.
License unavailable. A license is required to run Autodesk Revit Structure 2012 on this computer.”

License unavailable. A license is required to run Autodesk Revit Structure 2012 on this computer.”

A bit of history as to how I came to receive this message. I opened up Revit for the first time, and it hung on the splash screen. I had to do a hard reset to breathe life back into my trusty machine.

Well, there isn’t a lot of documentation regarding this error on the big ol’ internet. I had a quick look and gave up, thought I’d hassle our reseller instead. I’m glad I did. Within approx 30 seconds I got a reply to my email. Seems the local license file was corrupt. It was suggested closing all my Autodesk applications and moving/deleting ‘c:\ProgramData\FlexNET\’ would resolve the problem. It did, happy days!

It has since come to light that the cause of it hanging was related to the network connection. My boss threw his coffee all over Mr. Network Hub who sits next to my desk the other day, it transpires Mr. Network Hub didn’t much appreciate it. Anyway, that was causing spasmodic network connection which resulted in a crash mid-opening of Revit, hence the corrupt local license file.

I run Revit Structure 2012 on Windows 7 64-Bit. I don’t know if the location of the ‘FlexNET’ folder would be different for the numerous versions of windows that are around (XP, Vista, 32/64-bit), so if it isn’t where I suggested above, you may need to do some searching.

Are you bored now? Well go and do some work!

Happy Reviting!

February 4th, 2011

Sloped Roof Framing - Oh Behave!

By Mark Fox

How do you model sloped roof framing? Its not as straight forward as you might think!

There appears to be a number of different approaches to modelling sloped structural framing. Here I thought we’d take a look at the two best options to suit most situations.

I would strongly recommend playing around with your options for modelling sloped structural framing. I don’t believe there is a one method suits all approach to this topic. Your approach will be largely dictated by the level of complexity of the roof. If I had to give one golden nugget of advice regarding modelling sloped structural framing (or anything else for that matter), it would be THINK BEFORE YOU MODEL.

This is what we want to finish with…

Firstly I assume you have modelled your …CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

January 7th, 2011

Vertical Bracing Plan Representation not Showing

By Mark Fox

Ever had the plan representation of your vertical bracing not show up?… I have…

It seems when I created a custom structural framing family for some vertical bracing I overlooked one simple setting that meant it didn’t adopt the project settings for plan representation. Heres how to sort it out.

Below is a Prezi.com presentation showing the steps required to resolve the issue. Start the plugin by clicking the play button in the middle at the bottom. I would recommend viewing it full screen (Hover over the more button in the bottom right hand corner, then click the full screen option) and clicking through the presentation with the Right Arrow (—>) at the bottom of the plugin (you can also click the Left Arrow (<—) if you want to go back a stage). Let me know if you like/dislike the Prezi.com presentation so I can make an informed decision as to whether or not to use it in the future.

Vertical Bracing – Plan Representation on Prezi

Simple step-by-step

For those who didn’t like the Prezi.com presentation here is the step by step method.
1. Open up the offending family in the family editor.
2. Click on Home>Properties>Family Category and Parameters from the ribbon.
3. Under the ‘Family Parameters’ section of the dialogue, change the value of the ‘Symbolic Representation’ parameter to ‘From Project Settings’.
4.Save you family, reload it back into your project, and your offending vertical bracing should now show in plan view as per your project settings.

I couldn’t find this info anywhere on the internet so I hope you guys find this useful.

Happy Reviting!

November 30th, 2010

Total volumes in schedules...

By Mark Fox

Revit seems to think total volumes aren’t important. I disagree… here’s how to get your totals.

It turns out trying to do a quick takeoff of foundation material volumes (or any other material volumes) isn’t as cut ‘n’ dry as I first thought. For some reason Revit won’t total the material volume column? “How stupid!” I hear you cry, but don’t panic I’ve found a solution.

You go about creating your material takeoff schedule in the normal way. …CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

September 3rd, 2010

Wall foundations that don't stop where you want them to?

By Mark Fox

Having problems with wall foundations (strip footings) extending beyond where they are needed?

Where the footing extends beyond a pile cap or pad foundation? I made it my mission to find out how to resolve this situation (It turns out this was on a par with finding a fart in a Jacuzzi).

So here is the problem graphically:

My first approach was to trawl the internet. I didn’t find the answer following a good 10 minutes of looking, and being massively impatient I gave up. Although I did manage to find a couple of useful tidbits on the Revit Clinic, thanks to Revit Clinic as I may not have come up with a solution without them. …CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

License Unavailable Error - Resolved

Ever had this error?

Sloped Roof Framing - Oh Behave!

How do you model sloped roof framing? Its not as straight forward as you might think!

There appears to be a number of different approaches to modelling sloped structural framing. Here I thought we’d take a look at the two best options to suit most situations.

Vertical Bracing Plan Representation not Showing

Ever had the plan representation of your vertical bracing not show up?… I have…

It seems when I created a custom structural framing family for some vertical bracing I overlooked one simple setting that meant it didn’t adopt the project settings for plan representation. Heres how to sort it out.

Simple step-by-step

Total volumes in schedules...

Revit seems to think total volumes aren’t important. I disagree… here’s how to get your totals.

It turns out trying to do a quick takeoff of foundation material volumes (or any other material volumes) isn’t as cut ‘n’ dry as I first thought. For some reason Revit won’t total the material volume column? “How stupid!” I hear you cry, but don’t panic I’ve found a solution.

Wall foundations that don't stop where you want them to?

Having problems with wall foundations (strip footings) extending beyond where they are needed?

Where the footing extends beyond a pile cap or pad foundation? I made it my mission to find out how to resolve this situation (It turns out this was on a par with finding a fart in a Jacuzzi).

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