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Drafting Views have an Origin Too

Revit OpEd

Drafting views look like a blank sheet of paper we can drop your pen and start sketching in. I routinely encounter projects that have very large drafting views, when you know where the origin is. I routinely encounter projects that have very large drafting views, when you know where the origin is.

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Drafting Views have an Origin

Revit OpEd

When we create a new drafting view we are presented with an empty view. We are free to begin our drafting exercise anywhere we see fit. If we import a simple CAD file that has some lines that define where the 0,0,0 origin is we''ll find out exactly where the origin is in the drafting view (use Auto-Origin to Origin).

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BIM LIBRARIES IN AUTODESK REVIT

Contractor Magazine

NOW AVAILABLE ARE BIM LIBRARIES IN AUTODESK REVIT for Aquatherm. Autodesk Revit allows users to design a building or structure and its components in 3D, annotate the model with 2D drafting elements, and access building information from the model's database. Aquatherm North America www.aquatherm.com/revit

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Revit Speed

CAD Shack

No matter how fast our machines get, I have yet to have someone say "Revit is too fast"! Well if you are looking for a lot of little ways to speed up Revit, here is a list of things to try. Purge the crap out of all your linked Revit files. Compact your Revit files once a week. Restart Revit every 4 hours.

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Revit 2016 - Rendering Engines

Revit OpEd

Revit 2016 has both Mental Ray and Autodesk Raytracer options available to us when we decide to render via our desktop (not using Cloud Rendering). Unfortunately it takes quite some time to plug in and unplug something so intrinsic to how Revit works. Raytracer’s Draft and Medium was much more consistent than for Mental Ray.

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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. Software Required for 3d Modeling of Structure/Architecture. Revit Structure. AutoCAD is a mercantile software & drafting software application, developed by Autodesk.

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Revit Beginners: Journal of Building Information Modeling

Revit Beginners

Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Journal of Building Information Modeling. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara.

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