Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 27, 2022

I believe that this scholarship has given me a huge step into the computer drafting and design field. I hope to bring new ideas and processes into the engineering field. I spent almost a month gathering information and creating different potential plans before I started designing.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

In the world of federal government contract disputes, a great deal of time is frequently spent drafting a request for equitable adjustment (REA) or a claim under the Contract Disputes Act. While it is always a good idea to out-prepare your opponent, winning involves more than superior preparation.

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CivilJungle

AUGUST 5, 2022

How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step? You should know the right process to draw a house plan before you start drawing a plan on paper. Drawing a house plan takes much more effort and patience than doing other things. Basics: Before preparing a perfect plan to draw some decisions need to be taken.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JULY 31, 2015

I’ve tried both and prefer a third: Contracts, which do not entertain, do not convey information or ideas, and do not try to persuade. Using some of Siviglia’s tips in Courses on Drafting Contracts , 12 Scribes J. ” In the world of commercial real estate and construction contracts, Siviglia hit the nail on the head.

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The Korte Company

AUGUST 12, 2020

When it comes to providing value on a project, Dennis Calvert has long since learned the worth of letting the best ideas win the day. . The work was labor-intensive at the time—everything was hand-drawn on drafting boards—and everyone still wore white shirts and ties. There was value in bringing those ideas into the project early.”.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Notably, in this industry, few businesses plan correctly and even fewer successfully implement and modify plans based on updated information and clear analysis. With some of the rate-determining steps not completed, we cannot move forward with other planned projects. So we don’t go anywhere.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 22, 2006

Stepped Foundation Plans. We often have split level projects and weve had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for use in a foundation plan. Go to your foundation floor plan and type VG. David, Great idea and will prove to be most useful.when I get it working properly.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 14, 2016

It is this kind of belief in the power of new ideas that drives Paul Allen’s commitment to solving some of the world’s greatest challenges,” said Barbara Bennett, President and COO of Paul G. Furthermore, AWS will collaborate with USDOT on efforts to engage the startup community, and bring their ideas to the finalists.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Surveys and Site Plans. Now lets say youve developed your site plan (with linked survey) and you want to export the data (including survey) back to DWG format. The survey needs to be a part of the Revit model or Revit wont consider it when exporting your site plan to DWG. Marathon Drafting. Surveys and Site Plans.

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Pro Builder

JULY 26, 2021

Be honest with yourself: Can you describe your startups as a finely honed process with all plans, specification, selections, options, colors, and sales collateral materials complete before construction of the first model begins? Yes, it’s time to get your plans, specifications, and schedule on a portal, if you haven’t already.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 1, 2021

I have heard on a few occasions in my career when I am on a job site, and I point out a mistake (however minor it may be) only to have the contractor tell me: “Nobody will ever notice that … except you or another architect” and I patently disagree with this idea. 4 Three Dimensional Visualization jump to 39:50.

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CivilJungle

JUNE 13, 2020

How to Draw House Plan Step By Step. In this article, we are discussing how to plan house, any illiterate people planning house easy so we are planning how to draw house plan step by step. A setback is defined as the open space in-between the compound wall & the wall of the house, which is being planned for.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 1, 2009

The only solution is to place images in a drafting view (or legend view) first. Rescaling the image can also be easier from a drafting view once scale is established. Marathon Drafting. then place the view on your sheet. If the view itself is outside of the scope of the titleblock Revit will plot the sheet fine. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

DECEMBER 5, 2006

One of the things Ive learned about Revit that some beginners may not know is that scheduling combined with 2D & 3D representation makes communicating an idea much easier. For instance you can combine custom room schedules with color fill plans (drafting. Marathon Drafting. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Green Revit.

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CK Power

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Budgets should include enough padding to handle slight cost changes, and our experienced experts know how to cover cost increases and figure it into the plans. Our engineers meet with the client and walk them through the final specs, displaying the plans to help describe each phase of the project and any changes to the original specs.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 21, 2006

Using Revits 2D Drafting tools: Because beginners are not completely familiar with all of Revits tools and because they are often faced with a deadline, beginners will likely rely on detail lines and filled regions to piece together plans, sections, and elevations for their first few projects. Marathon Drafting. BIMtroublemaker.

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Safety Services Company

JULY 24, 2013

IIPPs aren’t a new idea; most companies already have a program in place designed to reduce or eliminate worksite health and safety hazards. This standard, however, will make it a requirement as well as set guidelines for what must be included in the program.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 11, 2006

Interior elevation tags from the first floor plan were mysteriously showing up on the second floor plan. Thats because if the top of the crop region for an interior elevation view intersects the primary range (bottom clip plane) of the floor plan above, then the interior elevation symbol will show in the floor plan above.

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Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 21, 2006

While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. and select your floor plan callout from the list of views. Marathon Drafting. Instant Section Box. Scott Brown posted this on Zoogdesign ages ago but I thought it was pretty useful so Ill post it. Go to any 3D view. Go to View. To Other View. David Duarte. at 12:22 AM.

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Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Edward Borg of Precision Drafting LLC has a dedicated FTP site for sharing cool Revit Project Templates and Families. I’ve tried using split regions to show these areas in plan and internal elevations as well as adding another wall or floor of tiles. Marathon Drafting. Thursday, October 26, 2006. Revit Template Sharing.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2009

and you might notice that Revit has a new slope annotation that works in plan and elevation view. Marathon Drafting. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes. Go to Annotate. Spot Slope.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Sasol North America plans to invest up to $21 billion on a gas-to-liquid and ethylene cracker/derivatives unit in Lake Charles, one of the largest foreign investment projects in American history. One way local leaders are preparing for the “boom economy” is through short- and long-range planning.

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Revit Beginners

JUNE 24, 2010

A placeholder is a family that has just enough geometry to illustrate the component in your plans, elevations, and sections. Marathon Drafting. Question: So what do I do with highly complex and custom families that will likely change from week to week? Answer: Build a placeholder family. David Duarte. at 4:26 PM. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

JUNE 19, 2006

Youll notice you can select a Floor Plan or Detail View callout. Select Detail View and draw a callout in plan view. Now place a building section in plan view that intersects the callout region. Marathon Drafting. Select the callout and goto its properties. Change it to "Intersecting views." BIMtroublemaker. Green Revit.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

You might notice that when you move the endpoint of a gridline in plan A it moves in plan B as well. Marathon Drafting. Surveys and Site Plans. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Friday, September 29, 2006. 2D vs 3D Datum.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 23, 2006

If you want to estimate the total cost of the project per square foot then setup an Area Plan scheme and Area schedule: 1. Marathon Drafting. Revit's Drafting Machine. There are 3 ways weve found to estimate the cost of a project in Revit. Goto Settings. Room and Area Settings. Area Schemes. Cost Estimating. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

JUNE 7, 2006

Draw a wall in plan view. Select the wall in plan view. This tool works in Plan, Section, and RCP views. Marathon Drafting. Do you want a niche cut out of your wall for a soap dish or other amenity? Goto Tools. Edit Cut Profile. While in edit mode a blue arrow controls which side you want to keep. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2007

Here is a list of some of the new and perhaps less obvious features in Revit Architecture 2008: Plan Regions are now always visible and easier to find. The element graphics of Section Boxes, Plan Regions, Crop Regions, Titleblocks, and Schedules can now be overridden once placed. Marathon Drafting. Monday, April 16, 2007.

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PSMJ Resources

JANUARY 12, 2012

Any drafting work done in-house is completed by contract draftsmen rather than permanent staff. Construction Marketing Ideas. 8 tips for Better Strategic Planning in 2012. Most projects are completed in association with a local architect. What we read. AEC Insight. Mel Lesters E-Quip Blog. Ford Harding blog. Scarlett Consulting.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

Lets say you have an office standard for how doors and windows should appear in plan view and you want to incorporate this or any other standard as part of your door and window templates. Marathon Drafting. Surveys and Site Plans. Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Family Templates. Here are a few things you should know: 1.

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Revit Beginners

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Go to a floor plan view and add four new elevations looking in all directions. Marathon Drafting. This is where having radar comes in handy. If I just imported a project and I cant seem to locate the imported model the first thing I do is setup my radar. Uncheck Crop View and Far Clip Active parameters. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform.

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CAD Shack

JANUARY 9, 2007

In the end producing coordinated CDs spending more time on design and less on drafting is the real benefit to MEP firms. Now plan out the purchases (Hardware and Software), the required content creation. Currently you probably need hundreds of families created and you may have no idea how Revit plots. Scheduling, Phasing.).

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

Goto Drafting. Marathon Drafting. Surveys and Site Plans. Detail Component and import your DWG into your new Detail Component. Place a masking region behind your imported text (as shown). Load this Detail Component into your project. Repeating Detail. Properties. and give your repeating detail a name (phone line as an example).

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 20, 2009

Go to a floor plan view and hit the light bulb to reveal the two new coordinate system icons (the survey point triangle and the project base point circle). Marathon Drafting. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Monday, April 20, 2009. Revit 24/7.

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Revit OpEd

AUGUST 12, 2011

Might seem a little picky but you can't put an empty drafting view on a sheet. If you had the idea that you could block out a few sheets with placeholder drafting views in your template, sorry.not if they are empty. What if you remove everything from the drafting view after you put it on the sheet? Good idea!

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Revit Beginners

JANUARY 12, 2007

Check for Plan Regions if in a floor plan view. Marathon Drafting. Try changing the detail level of the view. Are all your worksets opened? (it it may be hiding in a closed workset). Check View Range in View Properties (VP). The object may have been moved to a new elevation. Set your view to wireframe. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 21, 2006

If you go to View Properties youll notice that for orientation you only have a choice between Project North and True North, but what if you need to work in plan views that are orthagonal to each building? Just setup duplicate floor plan views for each building and turn on your crop regions. Marathon Drafting. BIMtroublemaker.

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