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10 Principles of Architecture | What Is Architecture | Why Need Design Principles in Architecture

CivilJungle

The contrast of texture is a method that draws attention to a particular point or place of a design by the texture. Visual weight is the property that gives elements in a design an ability to draw attention. Whereas if an element has a high visual weight that means that this element has the probability of drawing eyes towards it.

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DebunkTheBIM: The entertainment value of BIM

DebunkTheBIM

Our special talents are thankfully appreciated across the engineering offices too – I often watch with delight how engineers in their thirties (unable to print PDFs on their own) mock my multi-lingual trickster-modellers behind their backs. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Archicad at its best).

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

Building Information Management

Traditionally, a value that was represented on a drawing may not correctly corresponded with the value within the specification simply due to a ‘typo’ An example being where a ’60 minute fire door’ has been recorded on the drawing but has been recorded as ’90 minutes fire rating’ within the specification.

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Revit Beginners: Instant Section Box

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit.

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Revit Beginners: The Data Manager

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. audits the drawings to ensure conformance with the standards and a logical organization of the CAD work." ArchiCAD vs Revit. at 8:42 PM.

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Revit Beginners: Sort by Submittal Package

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. We decided that we also wanted to be able to sort the sheets in our project browser (and our drawing lists) by Submittal Package. Drawing List.

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Revit Beginners: Utility Lines Workaround

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. This workaround involves drawing a repeating detail line (with imported text) on top of a simple detail line. ArchiCAD vs Revit.

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