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Sight Survey 2016 – A Completely 3d Coordinate Geometry Package For Surveyors

Construction Cost Estimating

The entire package is combined with the two dissimilar programs like COGO and CAD. The surveyors will find a cost-effective way to import field-to-finish and other survey data directly to the CAD application or vice versa. Besides, Sight Survey 2016 includes IntelliCAD® 7.2 and support for up to AutoCAD® 2014.

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The Future is Now

CAD Shack

Back in 2004, Lonnie Compton told me if I wanted to get ahead in the business, I should start learning Revit immediately. Mark Mendez from EvolveLAB has a great article in AUGIWorld this month on MEP Systems: Autodocumentation to Fabrication. When people ask me where BIM is going, articles like this is what I point to.

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Revit OpEd: Five Minutes with a Toposurface

Revit OpEd

I created a video to describe what happens when Revit contours dont quite match up with the underlying cad file contours that were used to generate a toposurface. The first part of the video explains that the Site Settings usually dont match the contour interval settings of the cad source file. ► 2004. (2). Revit "TIME".

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Isn’t someone missing here? (What is my problem with Autodesk?)

DebunkTheBIM

I had my first training in Revit in 2004 and get around it OK. They created the role of the ‘CAD manager’ and hooked them onto their products, or even more importantly the feeling of ‘power’ that these, up-to-that-point mostly average ex-draftsmen could now exercise over both their management and everyone below. Although, it is.

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Revit OpEd: Who is the Owner

Revit OpEd

Answer: The same thing they wanted from CAD. ► 2004. (2). ► December 2004. (1). ► November 2004. (1). Monday, September 24, 2012. Who is the Owner. Melanie wrote a nice post earlier today. She asked: Question: What does an owner want from BIM? Which she says begs another question: Who is the Owner?

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Revit OpEd: Shared Coordinate Post Summary

Revit OpEd

CAD Surveys and your Revit Project. ► 2004. (2). ► December 2004. (1). ► November 2004. (1). Starting Projects - Two Pieces of Advice. Project Coordination - Early Days. Acquire Coordinates Confirm. Reset Shared Coordinates. Location Location Location. Shared Coordinates and Copy Monitor. Revit "TIME".

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Revit OpEd: RTCAUS Wrapped for Another Year

Revit OpEd

Ralph Grabowski attended the conference this year and wrote several articles about the event on his blog " World CAD Access ". ► 2004. (2). ► December 2004. (1). ► November 2004. (1). There was the internet service provider playing havoc with my "mello" but for the most part it really went swimmingly!

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