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JANUARY 23, 2012

Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. When you select the Type of Parameter Revit will open the Select Category dialog. Labels: Families , How To , Revit , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Revit 2012 Family Standards. A few years back he summarized his experience with Revit families in a book that applied to 2010 content. Labels: Neat-O , Rant , Revit. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

AUGI Revit MEP Wish List Voting. Please go to the AUGI Revit MEP Wish List and vote for your top 10. Labels: Autodesk News , Polls , Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit MEP. (88).

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JUNE 20, 2012

Central States Revit Workshop 2012 - Registration is Open. The Central States Revit Workshop is a Revit convention that takes place smack in the heart of. Sponsored by CSI Nebraska and RUGON - Revit User Group of Nebraska , it is scheduled for Friday, September 21 st and Saturday, September. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Custom Sheet Sizes in Revit. Since Revit wants to use the Windows drivers, you need to be a bit more creative to add the custom sheet sizes you might need. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit MEP. (88).

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

Revit Family Book. I have had this book on Revit families written by Shawn Zirbes for months and recently had hours to burn on a plane. I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the mechanics and management of Revit families. Click this link to purchase Revit 2010 Family Standards and Best Practices.

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JULY 30, 2011

Revit MEP Lasso Leader. If you are an Revit MEP user, a constant source of frustration is that Revit MEP does not have lasso for a leader head. Revit currently does not allow changes or additions to the standard leader heads, but a user in my office named Mitch came up with an idea that is just crazy enough to work.

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APRIL 11, 2011

Revit MEP 2012 is Available for Download. Labels: Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems. Revit MEP. (88).

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Revit Family Tool is Now Free. CAD Technology Center has recently made it Revit Family Tools free. According to their web page "The Revit Family Tools allow for easy Revit file management. Labels: Families , Neat-O , Resources , Revit. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Revit Upgrade Plugin Available from Autodesk Labs. This month, enjoy a Revit Upgrade plug-in. This month, enjoy a Revit Upgrade plug-in. Labels: Families , How To , Neat-O , Resources , Revit , Tricks and Tips. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. Revit MEP. (88).

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JANUARY 17, 2011

New Blog Awesome Article - Using Revit MEP to Calculate Flows For Sizing Duct and Pipe. His latest post is on Using Revit MEP to Calculate Flows For Sizing Duct and Pipe. Labels: How To , Resources , Revit MEP. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Track Revit MEP Versions. What ever the reasons, we have Revit projects in 3 different versions going on right now. One thing we have done to help is to subdivide our local file folder into version years and change the default path in each version of Revit MEP to put local files under the correct year. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Revit MEP Content. I have put a list of links for on my sidebar of Revit MEP content that you may or may not want to down load and use. Labels: BIM , Families , Revit MEP. Cooper B-line has their own Revit files for Cabletrays and Eaton has electrical components on their website. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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JULY 21, 2011

Creating Revit Type Catalogs for Families. Revit reconizes this as a heading for family type which will start below it. Labels: Families , Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit MEP. (88).

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JUNE 17, 2010

Revit MEP Alternatives to AutoCAD Procedures. My dad says its the best thing he has ever read concerning Revit MEP alternatives to AutoCAD procedures. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit MEP. (88).

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APRIL 19, 2011

Register Revit MEP 2012 and Get a New LIC file. Labels: Fixes , How To , Resources , Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. Revit MEP. (88).

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Project Browser Gone in Revit. Labels: Fixes , How To , Revit , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. Revit MEP. (88).

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Top 10 Reasons You Cant See an Element in Revit. Labels: Fixes , How To , Resources , Revit , Revit MEP , Revit Systems , Tricks and Tips. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit MEP. (88).

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JANUARY 29, 2010

AUGIs Revit MEP Wishlist. Revit MEP Wishlist. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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APRIL 16, 2010

Revit MEP 2011. Labels: Autodesk News , Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP. (88).

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JULY 26, 2010

Revit Parameters - AUGIWorld Article. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems. Revit MEP. (88). Revit Systems. (10).

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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. Take a look around and youll find that Revit model data is being exported to other applications for many uses.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Revit MEP Pinning Pipe. Labels: Fixes , How To , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

Add Structural Steel with Revit MEP. Not all Revit is equal. You know this if you have tried adding a ceiling grid with Revit Structure, duct with Revit Architecture, or structural steel with Revit MEP. Labels: Families , Fixes , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit MEP. (88).

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Titus Adds Terminal Units to their Revit Content. Labels: Families , Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Autodesks Revit MEP Tips and Tricks Page. Autodesk has posted a few beauties on their Revit MEP Tips and Tricks page. Labels: Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Revit MEP How to Create a Lighting Fixture Schedule. Revit MEP offers many advantages compared to two dimensional CAD programs. A big advantage is the ability to quantify Revit objects in schedules. Out of the box, a user need only understand the scheduling function in Revit to start leveraging that data inherent in the model.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Revit MEP Elements Deleted after Linked Arch is Updated. Labels: Fixes , How To , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. I have not tested Revit MEP 2011 to see if things have changed, but I will let you know. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

East Coast CAD has had Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP software for years, but it added MEP Fabrication Version 1.0 for AutoCAD Revit MEP 2011 on November 30th. The heat is on and the excuses should be over for prefabrication of duct on jobs that are being completed in Revit MEP products. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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JULY 11, 2012

Labels: BIM , Neat-O , Rant , Resources , Revit. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems. Revit MEP. (88). Revit OpEd.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

Labels: Rant , Revit , Revit MEP. What Revit Wants: Another dimension beyond XYZ? I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

If you cant get enough of that Green-Revit-Synergy type stuff, you should check out the Rapid Energy Modeling Report PDF they have posted on their web site. Labels: Autodesk News , Green , Rant , Revit. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Anyone who has ever cropped a view in Revit has gotten used to the "rolling doughnut" in Windows 7, or the hourglass, or what ever tells you that your computer is thinking about the crop region. Revit will not allow 0". Labels: How To , Neat-O , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit MEP. (88).

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APRIL 2, 2012

Skip to page 33 to get the low down on some elegant Revit MEP tips and tricks to try with the data in your model. Oh yeah, there are a lot of other great articles in there as well like Jay Zallans " The Ultimate Revit Hand: Every Revit Tip, Trick, Technique & Workaround (known & unknown) ". Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

When connecting 2 pipes, Revit MEP is leaving a gap between the fitting and the pipe. Labels: Families , Fixes , How To , Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

In 2012 things work great, but in older versions f or what ever reason Revits Spell Check function only checks what is in the current view. Here is a tip on how you can spell check MOST, if not ALL, of an old Revit project. Labels: Neat-O , Revit. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks.

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MARCH 26, 2012

Revit seems to list the dimension for the visible side of the duct in the view first. Labels: Revit MEP. That apparently is "normal" I've had many engineers worry that Revit didn't do this. So in this case Revit is attempting to be consistent with the engineers that prefer this. Revit MEP. (88).

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