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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. Content and Software Developers.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Tom Gay manages worldwide CAD and GIS services, site plan documentation and engineering document management services for The Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global). Led CAD selection and implementation projects transitioning FM Global from pencil/paper-pen/linen to electronic production. David Quigley , East Coast CAD/CAM. .

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Tom Gay manages worldwide CAD and GIS services, site plan documentation and engineering document management services for The Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global). Led CAD selection and implementation projects transitioning FM Global from pencil/paper-pen/linen to electronic production. David Quigley , East Coast CAD/CAM. .

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Revit OpEd: DWG Files and Funky Snapping

Revit OpEd

For example Ive tried to draw squares and cubes, even circles and spheres to test the extremes and predict the trigger of the error messages Ive written about before. This manifests itself in snap icons that appear to miss the element we are attempting to reference in the CAD file. Now i snap on the 2d element rather then cad.

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Revit and AutoCAD

Revit OpEd

The first response quite often was, "We''ve already got {insert your software here}, no thanks"! Which was then followed by "Oh gosh, you mean it doesn''t do "X" just like {insert your software here}? Such as, "We''ve got all these people who are {insert your software here} experts. The software doesn''t change to suit us.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

Pro Builder

The project proposes sustainable solutions for Detroit’s 48204 ZIP code • Led the initiative to transition from CAD to BIM construction documentation and introduced several technical innovations to streamline operations • Created a custom BIM content library with hundreds of host components and subcomponents. Scott Strayer, 37 .

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

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Defragment the hard drive using the Windows defragmentation utility or third party software on the workstation or server. Perform disk cleanup Windows disk cleanup utility or third party software on the workstation or server 3. Defragment hard drive using computer operating system or third party software 7. Laptop Workstations.