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New Book - Delivering COBie Using Autodesk Revit

Revit OpEd

A team of authors led by Bill East (COBie inventor) has finished a book dedicated to COBie and Revit. Next, we describe the architectural and engineering design best-practices we adopted to help us capture COBie as part of our standard design process. His team consists of: Shawn O'Keeffe, Richard Kenna and Emma Hooper.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Plane IsReference Parameter

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. IsReference settings break down like this: Not a Reference - ignored by Revit in the project environment, still useful in a family to create "the bones". Revit OpEd Sub Pages.

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Rebar Projects in Revit

BIM & Beam

For example, SOFiSTiK, a German software development company provides a rebar detailing add-on to complement Autodesk Revit. The visual capability of Revit, coupled with the ability to design reinforced concrete in 3D, allows users to gain more insight into the design during the project than would otherwise have been the case.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - Repeat and Divide Subtlety

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Revit 2013 - Repeat and Divide Subtlety. Labels: Adaptive Components , Repeat and Divide , Revit 2013 , Troubleshooting. So finally we can make arrays in the conceptual design environment.

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Revit OpEd: Vasari Update

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Autodesk Vasari Beta 1 is a slimmed down version of Revit 2013 focusing on conceptual modeling and early analysis. Question, what features of Vasari are NOT already included in Revit?

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Revit OpEd: In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. In-Place families are necessary for some geometry, in particular the massing environment. Revit was (is) designed to allow us to adjust True North easily after the fact. Revit OpEd.

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Revit OpEd: Family Types Dialog - Lock Parameter

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. In the project environment we cant change the position of elements by selecting a dimension string first and then editing the value. Revit OpEd Sub Pages. Revit OpEd. OpEd Videos.

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