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MatchRotation for Autodesk Revit

MatchRotation 1.3

Autodesk Revit Addin (Donwload from Autodesk URL)

I recently updated my MatchRotation Addin for Autodesk Revit to version 1.3. And I think it’s a good moment to post it at my site and keep this url where talk about it and perhaps add some beta or take users comments or suggestions This addin cost as little as 1.99$.

Description

This is a perfect complement for Autodesk® Revit® Align command, it will try to match Z rotation between almost any Revit Element.

It will help in all those cases where align doesn’t work, for example (but not only!):

– Rotate Section View or Elevation to align to Facades.
– Rotate ScopeBox or SectionBox to align to Wall or Grids.
– Rotate Annotations or Detail Items
– Rotate Plan View itself by selecting crop to align to a grid or any other element.

If you Shift+Click on target it will rotate perpendicular to target.

Also you can align to a linked model element.

General Usage Instructions

Simple use as pair wise mode: Select Element to rotate, then select Element to get Rotation. Press escape to stop matching.

Mass mode: Pre-select multiple Elements to Rotate, then select Element to get Rotation.

If Shift+Click on target it will rotate perpendicular (add extra 90Âş to rotation).

Additional button will let you choose target rotation in linked model.

Tips

To move MatchRotation to default Revit addin tab:

You just have to create, in same folder as DLL, an empty text archive called add-ins.txt.
If you are using Revit 2016 just create C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\MatchRotation.bundle\Contents\2016\add-ins.txt

Help

See a sample of use here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5SxIkCXs6M

Diario de un BIM Manager

Mi gran amigo, y mejor persona, David Barco ha publicado recientemente su libro “GuĂ­a para Implementar y Gestionar Proyectos BIM”, acertadamente subtitulado como “Diario de un BIM Manager”, en el que he tenido la suerte de poder poner mi pequeño grano de arena con el diseño de la imagen de portada.

Este libro es probablemente el mejor recurso en español que se puede encontrar hoy en día sobre el complejo, y a la vez altamente satisfactorio, mundo del BIM.

Y para demostrar que es en efecto complejo, la imagen fue compuesta de los acrónimos más utilizados cuando se habla de esta tecnología. Hay más de 500 diferentes!

Más información sobre este libro aquí:

http://www.costosperu.com/diario-de-un-bim-manager/producto/guia-para-implementar-y-gestionar-bim/

Trump on his Tweets

I was curious about what kind of words did Trump used in his polemical Tweets. With the help of http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/ I was able to collect about 30.000 Trump Tweets and Retweets, from 2009 to 2017.

I counted words and keep only these said two or more times (also removed some I found less relevant like “Trump”, “but”, “we” or “I”). I got more than 10.300 different words.

Then spread these words, with sizes based in repetition, over Trump portrait. It mean each word has a proportional size based in word repetition. He said 4182 word “Thanks”, 4135 word “Great”, and so on…

And here you have the result!. The man on his Tweets.

Another sample.

Be the owner of this illustration. Buy it at Opensea.com.

Tracy Chapman

Hace poco he vuelto a encontrarme con Tracy Chapman y su increíble “Fast Car”, una canción que me trae a la memoria muchos buenos momentos y recuerdos que curiosamente vienen como con nombre y apellidos.

Una canción que desde luego no ha envejecido tanto como yo y que suena tan intensa, o más, que en aquellos años de bolera y centro comercial.

Para los que no quieran olvidar…

Be the owner of this illustration. Buy it at Opensea.com.

Gad Eko

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One of best things of my crazy art is the opportunity to meet people all around the world. And sometimes those people becomes friends… and sometimes the gift of their friendship comes with big surprises.

This is the case of Gad Eko, a friend but also an incredible artist you have to know. Gad sent me a present that let me wordless, an illustration about me that reminds me how talented people are, and how much I still have to learn from them.

I believe Gad has a brilliant future and deserves a lot more attention so please check his flickr page where you will find some samples of his amazing art. You will not be disappointed!.

Thank you very much Gad. Thanks for spending on it the most valuable thing for an artist… your time.


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