Kristen's Techtips!

Here's a couple of techtips from Kristen Blume, our Revit/Architectural Desktop/AutoCAD specialist and all-around cool AE.

Architectural Desktop 2007
Where is my….?

If you’ve just installed ADT 2007, you may be missing your Viz Render link and your Express tools. With this version of ADT it’s best to do a “custom” install. This would allow you to include these two items in your installation. Don’t worry you haven’t totally missed the boat if you’ve already completed your install.

To fix your installation:
1. Place the original media in your drive.
2. Go to Add and Remove programs under your Control Panel
3. Select ADT 2007 and hit Change
4. Select Add and Remove Features
5. Select Viz Render and choose “Will be installed on local hard drive”

Expand out Program files and choose Express tools and choose “Will be installed on local hard drive”. Try this one out!



Revit Building
Getting ‘real’ colors in 3D views.

You might fight with getting accurate colors out of 3d shaded views. One way to get closer to ‘real’ is to modify your sun and shadow settings.

1) Turn on shadows and set the sun to 95%
2) Set the shadows to 0
3) Also try changing your sun profile so that the sun in directly overhead.

Have some fun in the sun!

Got Sketchup?

Now you can link Sketchup files into Revit. Don’t forget that you can dress up your 3d images with components such as trees and cars downloaded from the Sketchup website.

You can also download a free copy of Sketchup from http://sketchup.google.com/ - there's a lite version for free and the full version is $495 - and you can download both from this website.

Have a happy CAD Day - from Kristen!