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Revit Beginners: Stepped Foundation Plans

Revit Beginners

Stepped Foundation Plans. We often have split level projects and weve had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for use in a foundation plan. Go to your foundation floor plan and type VG. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Find Consultants. Saturday, July 22, 2006. that is until Revit 9.0

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Revit Beginners: Surveys and Site Plans

Revit Beginners

Surveys and Site Plans. Now lets say youve developed your site plan (with linked survey) and you want to export the data (including survey) back to DWG format. The survey needs to be a part of the Revit model or Revit wont consider it when exporting your site plan to DWG. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Find Consultants.

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BIM Objects, Data, and Information – More than a 3D Pretty Picture – Soooo Much More!

Building Information Management

Following a period of industry consultation, Uniclass 2 is now being finalized for publication during 2013. The NBS National BIM Library contains a number of objects that connect at a ‘product’ level (e.g. hand driers, baths, individual doorsets) while others work at a ‘system’ level (e.g.

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Revit Beginners: Instant Section Box

Revit Beginners

While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. and select your floor plan callout from the list of views. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Find Consultants. An ArchiCAD Blogger. Instant Section Box. Scott Brown posted this on Zoogdesign ages ago but I thought it was pretty useful so Ill post it. Go to any 3D view.

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Revit Beginners: When is a Family Parametric?

Revit Beginners

A placeholder is a family that has just enough geometry to illustrate the component in your plans, elevations, and sections. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Find Consultants. Question: So what do I do with highly complex and custom families that will likely change from week to week? Answer: Build a placeholder family. David Duarte.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes

Revit Beginners

and you might notice that Revit has a new slope annotation that works in plan and elevation view. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Find Consultants. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes. Spot Slope.

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

DebunkTheBIM

I get regular updates through my FB page on how the big event of The Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling (HKIBIM) planned for the 13 th of December is shaping up. I had my first training in Revit in 2004 and get around it OK. My biggest problem is not that Revit is a ‘dog of a software’. Although, it is.