Name: Abhishek

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Hidden Features of Revit 2009

In previous years, I've really enjoyed ferretting out those "hidden" features or behaviors of Revit in each new release...This year, I've been poking and prodding - but I've only managed to turn up one thing which I would call a "Hidden Feature".Revit URL SupportI noticed as you mouse over files in the new Startup Screen, in the bottom left corner you see not the filename - but a URL:This made me think - does this mean that Revit supports URLs for files now? That might be interesting...So I tried it - Using "File + Open", I typed in a URL of a Revit File I posted on a website, i.e.:http://jennmason.com/RevitTest.rvtAnd sure enough - Revit automatically downloaded the file and opened it.Where did it put it locally? It currently is put in your %TEMP% folder (a previous build was putting it in "My Documents" - I'm not sure of my preference).What does this all mean? I'm not entirely sure, but as models proliferate over the web (or content - my presumption is that you can load a family this way as well) - that Revit being able to open any URL (HTTP, FILE, FTP, etc) - presents some interesting future opportuntities....Another interesting quirk - I notice that when you mouse-over the "New" button, it gives you a URL of:file:///X:/NewProject.startand the Open option gives you file:///X:/OpenProject.start.I haven't delved into what's going on here... Is this some kind of HTML application that we're actually in? What happens if you actually have an X: drive?Anyway - this hidden feature seems to inspire as many questions as answers... Have you discovered any "hidden features"? Drop a comment here and let people know!-Matt

I got this features when blogging "CAD Application Development" blog of Matt. I took reference from the blog. Please go to the blog Directly following the link
http://cadappdev.blogspot.com/2008/03/revit-2009-hidden-feature.html
Thanks
Abhishek Roy
http://www.pinnaclecad.com

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