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Revit Beginners: An ArchiCAD Blogger

Revit Beginners

An ArchiCAD Blogger. Miguel Krippahl of Portugal is an ArchiCAD user and blogger who wants to know where are the ArchiCAD blogs are so if you find one or want to start one drop him a line. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone. Other BIM Software. An ArchiCAD Blogger. Materials in Families. CAD Digest.

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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. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone. Other BIM Software.

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Revit Beginners: Materials in Families

Revit Beginners

Materials in Families. When building your families you might notice there are many ways to apply materials to your solids. Here are 4 ways to apply materials and some reasons for using each. go to its properties and specify a material for your solid form in the Material parameter under the Materials & Finishes group.

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Revit Beginners: Demons In Your Data?

Revit Beginners

Im not talking about software bugs that wont go away until youve installed a software update. Labels: Families , Materials , Parameters , Practice , Visibility. Hmm, luckily, I haven't stumbled into any of those demons yet, but then again, I did just barely start into this BIM software stuff. ArchiCAD vs Revit.

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Revit Beginners: Should I enable Hardware Acceleration?

Revit Beginners

Labels: Hardware , Materials , Rendering , Visibility. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone. Other BIM Software. Friday, April 16, 2010. Should I enable Hardware Acceleration? David Duarte. at 4:50 PM. 1 comment: Gustavo. Great blog! Useful for "expert-cad-managers-and-beginer-bim-managers" like me. Knowledge Base.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2009 Rendering

Revit Beginners

Labels: Materials , Patterns , Rendering. With the exception of the rake and ridge, my tiles are just a material. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone. Other BIM Software. I had to scale the roof tiles to 16 and the grass to 6". I also had to load some of our custom families to detail the elevations. David Duarte.

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Revit Beginners: Cost Estimating

Revit Beginners

If you want to estimate the total cost of the project by materials used then setup one of Revits new Material Takeoff Schedules: 1. Some materials are estimated in Cost Per Linear Foot, some in Cost Per Square Foot, some in Cost Per Cubic Yard so I would first setup new project parameters for each estimate (Cost PLF & Cost PSF).

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