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LEED is the Tool to Restrict Water Use in This Town

Green Building Law Update

With the Town water system running out of water, the Town created a Groundwater Conservation District “encouraging environmentally sensitive and sustainable ‘green’ design and construction methods, minimizing impervious surface, maximizing groundwater recharge and protecting the aquifer.”

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don't think: Do Revit: Fun little things you find.

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I never knew (until today) that you cant use the line work tool on objects that are contained in a design option. Of course the simple way to deal with this is to make the design option editable, but its still bit odd to me given that the linework tool is effectively a graphic override in the view youre working in. ► 2009. (38).

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

Which at first blush might appear to not necessarily a bad thing, given that the IgCC, first published in 2009, has only been adopted, in whole, but mostly in part, in maybe 17 jurisdictions, out of the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the U.S., so there was room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC.

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Revit Beginners: The Revit Experiment II

Revit Beginners

Using Revits 2D Drafting tools: Because beginners are not completely familiar with all of Revits tools and because they are often faced with a deadline, beginners will likely rely on detail lines and filled regions to piece together plans, sections, and elevations for their first few projects. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting.

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Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners

Wednesday, August 19, 2009. The task was to demolish a 1980s addition, restoring the building to its original design, and then adding our own additions. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting. USG Design Studio. Design Reform Videos. Subscribe To.

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Revit Beginners: Utility Lines Workaround

Revit Beginners

This workaround involves drawing a repeating detail line (with imported text) on top of a simple detail line. Goto Drafting. Now draw a detail line in any view of your project. Draw your repeating detail over your new detail line as though tracing the detail line. We design traditional, high-end residential work.

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Revit Beginners: Sort by Submittal Package

Revit Beginners

Quite often we need to organize our plots for different submittal package sets (Schematic Design Presentation, Land Use Permit, Plan Check, Construction Admin, etc). We decided that we also wanted to be able to sort the sheets in our project browser (and our drawing lists) by Submittal Package. and check the category Drawing Sheets.

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