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Revit Beginners: Revit 2009 Rendering

Revit Beginners

Revit 2009 Rendering. Here is me doodling with Revits new rendering engine in 2009. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. Friday, June 27, 2008. I had to scale the roof tiles to 16 and the grass to 6". Autodesk Seek.

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Revit Beginners: IFC/ODBC Software

Revit Beginners

IFC/ODBC Software. Im exploring Cost Estimating, Facilities Management, Specification Writers, and Material Takeoff softwares that utilize IFC and ODBC data that can be exported from Revit. Ive added links to some of these softwares on my blog. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. CAD Beyond.

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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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Revit OpEd: DWG Files and Funky Snapping

Revit OpEd

The other issue is when the data in the CAD file is small enough in extents but really far away from the files origin, according to the WCS which is all Revit really pays any attention to. This manifests itself in snap icons that appear to miss the element we are attempting to reference in the CAD file. Content and Software Developers.

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Revit OpEd: Who is the Owner

Revit OpEd

Answer: The same thing they wanted from CAD. She lists a bunch of people that the software and design industry may overlook too often, or at least focus on others too often, in their quest to satisfy this "owner" person. Content and Software Developers. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► May 2009.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Matthew Keck, BIM Manager at Metromont 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In 2009, we took a job that was supposed to take about nine months, and we ended up turning it into two years. Metromont was one of my customers when I was there with that company, and their CAD manager was retiring that year and I took the opportunity to replace them.I BIM Managers have evolved from the old-school CAD manager.

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Errors and Omissions

Revit OpEd

This is a repost from September 2009 based on having this conversation a couple times recently. These words are used to compare Revit with other software and are often meant to highlight the strengths that Revit has. These words are used to compare Revit with other software and are often meant to highlight the strengths that Revit has.

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