Revit 2019 – Slow performance when selecting the File Tab

A very quick tip for a very annoying issue. Sometimes, when you delete or move Revit models the recent files list still looks for these missing references. This has an impact when you click the File Tab (can take minutes!) to open.

A quick fix is to delete these file paths from the Revit.ini file. The Revit ini file can be found the following folder (replace your user name shown in red):

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2019

Open the Revit.ini file in notepad and remove the recent files (shown with the Red box). Click the Save command and the Revit.ini file will be updated.

Restart Revit and the slow File Tab should be much quicker!

LawrenceH

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Advance Steel 2019 and Dynamo 2.0.2

A couple of releases back a set of Dynamo nodes were created to allow the connection between Dynamo and Advance Steel. A recent release sees this plug in upgraded for use with Dynamo 2.0.2.

The tools certainly look promising but could really do with a little more development. At present you can create members, add plates and custom properties which allows for the advanced modelling of members but limited control over connections and Advance Steel Properties.

The Dynamo for Advance Steel can be located on the Add-ins Ribbon as shown below.

Once Dynamo is running you will find the Advance Steel nodes shown below.

Steel members are created by providing a list of members start and end points and then a vector to describe the Section Orientation. Bear in mind that all Advance Steel members can be generated with the Beam tools. It would have been nice to be able to change the Model Role for each set of members as this would have increased the efficiency when creating larger frames with beams, braces, columns etc.

Most of the Dynamo Nodes are easy to understand but the defining the section to use can be a little tricky. The first stage is to locate the Advance Steel Profiles database. The quickest method is to launch the Advance Steel Management Tools and then open the installed databases. Filter this for the Profile Master Tables.

You will need to copy the TypeNameText of the section type that you require and Paste this into a Dynamo Code block or a String. Search the relevant table and then locate the SectionName required.

The TypeNameText and SectionName are then concatenated with a special code #@§@# which is used to separate the two strings. Your Code Block will look like the image shown below.

I tested the Advance Steel Dynamo nodes by creating the following space truss using the LunchBox tools.

The few nodes provided definitely show promise and with a little more development could really be useful. Of course, another option is to create the frame using Dynamo and Autodesk Revit and then export this into Advance Steel.

LawrenceH