What Version of Revit Do I Have & How to Borrow a Network License...

That tiny, miniscule button in the upper right corner of Revit (and most other Autodesk products) will do 2 things for you that I commonly get asked about.

1. What version of Revit am I using & do I have a service pack (web update) installed?
2. How do I borrow a network license?

Item 1 - Checking what version of Revit you are running:

1. Click the highlighted button
2. Choose "About..."
3. Note the version shown (indicated by yellow rectangle) and whether or not there is a service pack installed - if a service pack/web update is installed, it will say something like Web Update 1 underneath the "Build" number

Item 2 - Checking out a Network License

1. Click the highlighted button
2. Choose "About..."
3. Click the "Product License Info..." button in the bottom right corner.
4. Click "Borrow License..."
5. Pick a date from the calendar and click the button "Borrow..."
6. Please note that even if the calendar window says to pick within the valid date range, the company you work for may limit this range to less than the range shown

Plugin Apps for Project Vasari!

I noticed today that an updated version of Dynamo for Vasari/Revit had been released.

Key new features from the wiki:
- User Interface - side panel to allow you to search and then drag and drop new nodes in to place
- User-created nodes – you can make 'sub-nodes' and then reference them elsewhere, these act like writing a reusable function in a programming language
- Python Scripting node – we have integrated a python scripting node
- Math, logic and other nodes – many new nodes added to support evaluation,  iteration and looping

When I was getting the above updates, I noticed one I hadn't seen!
Relationship Viewer!?!?!?
From the Wiki: "This add-in takes the user’s current selection and displays a diagram showing its relationship to the other elements in the document. You can use this add-in to visualize and better understand the relationships between objects in Project Vasari."

Sweet expansion of apps we are seeing here. Between Python and Dynamo, some sweet stuff is now possible.

Download page for Vasari and all supported apps:
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/vasari/overview/