Materials and lights in Revit 2011 FBX file not visible in 2010 applications

Materials and lights in Revit 2011 FBX file not visible in 2010 applications

Published date: 2010-Mar-24
ID: TS14633229
Applies to:
Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011
Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2011
Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2011
Issue

After you export an FBX file from Revit® 2011 products the materials, textures and lights are not visible if opened in a 2010 product.
Solution

Revit 2011 products use mental ray® Protein 2.0 appearances. Revit 2010 products use mental ray Protein 1.0 appearances. Materials, textures and lights will not be visible unless opened in a compatible 2011 product.

For example if the FBX file created from Revit 2011 is opened in Autodesk 3ds Max® 2010 the materials, textures and lights will not be visible. The FBX file would need to be opened in Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 to view the materials, textures and lights.

Keep people from changing desktop active desktop configuration NoActiveDesktopChanges

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\ Explorer\NoActiveDesktopChanges
The HKLM\...\NoActiveDesktopChanges registry key above determines
whether or not the users of the machine have the ability to change
their active desktop configuration. There are a large number of
trojans and malware that change that registry entry to "1" in order to
prevent users from removing the displayed content within the active
desktop. You can also set this to 1 to prevent users from changing
their wallpaper, for instance. It is not necessarily an indication
that you are compromised, but by default user are allowed to change
their active desktop settings. The Malwarebytes program flagged the
registry entry because it is more often than not an indication that
malware may be present. If you are comfortable with the appearance
and functioning of your Windows desktop, and don't plan on allowing
other users to change the desktop settings, then leave the registry
entry set to 1, otherwise set it to zero or allow Malwarebytes to do
it for you.

Disable Autoplay - Mouse flickers in some programs

Disable Autoplay
Some symptoms that autoplay is causing problems. Computer has unusual activity. Mouse flickers in some programs. Pull down menus drop and close or you can't pull them down.

click Start -> Run -> type "msconfig" -> click services tab. Uncheck Shell Hardware Detection.
OR
Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance-> Administrative Tools-> Services->ShellHardwareDetection & WIA
Right click to stop and right click again and change automatic to disable.

Adobe Photoshop Freezes Stops working

Adobe Photoshop Freezes.
Quit Photoshop.

Rename the prefs.psp file to pref.old. I will have different names in different versions of Photoshop.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Adobe Photoshop CS4 Settings\Adobe Photoshop X64 CS4 Prefs.psp

Start PhotoShop, a new psp file will be created.

Network or router problems not working

Network or router problems.
The first thing to try is:
Start-run
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
Check connection

Shut off router. If you have a cable box, find the reset button on the back and reset the modem.Turn on the modem and router.

How to remove Startup programs.

How to remove Startup programs.

click Start -> Run -> type "msconfig" -> go to startup tab and uncheck programs

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/08/22/how-to-remove-startup-programs.html

Start Menu
%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Registry Keys
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows

Run once registry keys
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Start, then Run, type Msconfig.exe, click OK, and select the Startup tab

click Start -> Run -> type "msconfig" -> go to startup tab and uncheck programs

My DVD player stopped working

My DVD player stopped working.
delete registry keys UpperFilters and LowerFilters.

Backup registry. Create a restore point, click on the start menu and select run. Type in regedit and press Enter. On the left hand side, you should see a bunch of folders. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class in the Registry Editor dialog box and select the {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key, which appears as a folder. There will be many similar folders by that name, so make sure you select the exact folder as you see listed above. You should see a bunch of registry keys in the folder which will be listed in the right hand window. The two that are of particular interest to us are the LowerFilters and UpperFilters keys. Select each of them one at a time and then select Edit > Delete and press Yes to confirm. DO NOT delete any other registry keys other than the UpperFilters and LowerFilters entries. Now close out of regedit and restart windows. With any luck, you should now be able to see your CD drives in windows once again.

Groups in Autocad

There are several methods for choosing a group, including selecting the group by name or selecting one of the members of the group.

You can select groups by name at the Select Objects prompt. If the PICKSTYLE system variable is set to 1 or 3 and you select any member of a selectable group, all group members that meet the selection criteria are selected. You can also turn group selection on and off by pressing CTRL+ H or SHIFT+CTRL+A.

Create Spreadsheets from inside AutoCAD Eattext

AutoCAD Eattext:

Open your file and run "Eattext". Follow instructions.
Create new file you get .dxe extension but keep going.

At the end you get an
Output data to external file .xls

You can use "Select objects in the current drawing"
You can "Combine identical rows"
Show count
Check duplicates

Is there a way to fill in text in acad

Setvar textfill to 1
Also for polylines, plines, solids, and hatches
Setvar fillmode 1
Is there a way to fill in text in acad. The text letters are big and each has an outline, but want the outline to be filled in
My Autocad text won't plot solid only outlines

DVD -R for Video DVD +R for data

Check to see which formats your DVD drive supports. A DVD-RW drive, for example, can't burn DVD+R/RW. Most newer optical drives are compatible with both, and can burn and read all formats. See if it can take DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W, and/or DVD-RAM.

Figure out how much data you need to store on your DVD. If it is less than 4.7GB, you will be fine with any format. If you need more, dual-layer DVD+R/W or DVD-R/Ws, as well as double-sided DVD-RAM discs, hold as much as 9.4GB.
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3

Decide if you need "plus," "minus/dash," or DVD-RAM formats. DVD-R/RW (dash or minus) are generally cheaper and more often compatible with DVD players, so they are better for video. DVD+R/RW (plus) are newer and are slightly more expensive; they burn and read faster, and are often better for data back-up. DVD-RAMs are often less compatible and are more expensive, but are best for backing up large amounts of data since they can be rewritten the most (see Step 4).
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4

Decide if, or how often, you would want to rewrite the contents of the DVD. R is a write-once format; once you burn it, the data is on there permanently. RW can be rewritten approximately 1,000 times. DVD-RAM can be rewritten around 100,000 times.

Read more: How to Select the Correct DVD Type (DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, etc.) | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4917444_type-dvdr-dvdrw-dvdram-etc.html#ixzz0yHr2e6bB