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New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents

Green Building Law Update

Last week the American Institute of Architects released the 2017 edition of the A201 family of contract documents, including updated versions of the AIA’s documents developed for the design-bid-build delivery model. The previous version of the design-bid-build contract documents included a Sustainable Project version.

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Revit OpEd: Should I Use Revit for this Project?

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Should I Use Revit for this Project? A recent one I heard was, "The architect isnt using Revit, should we use Revit MEP for this project?". Is this our first project using Revit? -

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Revit MEP - Detail Callout Bias or Gotcha

Revit OpEd

Many of Revit m E p families use a nested annotation symbol to provide the standard graphics we are used to seeing in electrical documentation. As such I understand that this view type is intended as the last stop or end of the road with regard to drafting up a detail, for detailing not modeling with.

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Revit 2017 - Calculated Values in Tags

Revit OpEd

Since these can be used in schedules and tags, and it has to be done separately for each use, it probably makes sense to document all of the formulas we use so they are easily harvested for another project. Regardless it wouldn't hurt to have a Drafting View set aside with the text versions of all the formulas we use stored there.

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don't think: Do Revit: Inspiration from AU

Do

dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Familiar questions when working with Revit, right? Revit provides no good way to mark, or locate cameras, renderings or photos, right? Labels: 3D Cameras , Elevations , Families , Revit 2011. Wednesday, December 08, 2010.

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Revit 2017 - New Features and Enhancements

Revit OpEd

With little fanfare Revit 2017 is here, brandishing a slightly changed big R logo. In past years I've proposed a What's New in Revit session for RTC Australasia. As a part of the crew for the Revit Technology Conference ( RTC Events ) I also see class proposals for a great many people who really want to say what's on their mind.

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Civil Engineering Software | List of Civil Engineering Software | List of Engineering Software

CivilJungle

This software can help in drafting & documenting, designing, visualizing & analyzing & so on. Software Required for Drafting or Drawing. Revit Structure. Software Required for Drafting or Drawing: The types of Software Required for Drafting or Drawing are as follows. #1a. Revit Structure-.