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The blueprint for Picture Book Documenting

DebunkTheBIM

Made us think carefully as we set out the drawing sheets. ‘Is These days the art of laying drawings out has all by gone. I rarely see conscious effort behind drawings with the aim to help comprehension. I wrote a bit on the subject when I floated my ‘picture book documenting concept’*, more on it again, soon.

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DebunkTheBIM: How well can you tell? (?If the drawings in front-of.

DebunkTheBIM

How well can you tell? (…If the drawings in front-of you have been produced via 2D or 3D methods?). I’m often asked: have the documents been coordinated? The moment you are exposed to drawings (hard or soft copies) you become extremely vulnerable to them. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G.

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RTCUSA 2011 - Speaker Ranking

Revit OpEd

Techniques for Designing and Documenting Panelized Wall Systems in Revit). Steven Shell (Revit Graphic Tips, Tricks and Techniques to Help Make Your Drawings Look and Communicate Better). Brian Mackey (LAB: Nesting Families). Thomas Weir (LAB: BIM for Wood Structures). Robert Manna (Panelize This! Scott Davis (Whats New in Revit 2012).

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

These did not show up on the drawings. So, I took some photos, wrote an RFI attached the photos to the document and sent it to the architect noting its urgent status. Do you have a process for organizing, storing and attaching all supporting documentation for an issue? December 2011. November 2011. October 2011.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Drawings have been used by designers for centuries to communicate ideas to the construction trades. Until recently, those drawings were produced by hand, but in the last 25 years or so, computers have become the primary tool people use to produce construction documents. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Sometimes, as you know, project documents can devote an entire plan sheet or spec section to a list of abbreviations and acronyms. A lot of this communication revolves around the project documentation. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011.

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DebunkTheBIM: You need to be smarter to document buildings in.

DebunkTheBIM

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Wednesday, November 30, 2011. You need to be smarter to document buildings in 2D than in 3D. ▼ 2011. at 7:08 AM. Email This BlogThis!