CAD Shack

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

There are times when AutoCAD files are required to be added to Revit project files. There two ways to incorporate AutoCAD DWG files into Revit. Inserted DWG files remain static and don’t change in Revit when they are updated in AutoCAD. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems. AutoCAD MEP Links. CAD Shack VIPs.

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BIM & Beam

APRIL 14, 2016

Built on the familiar AutoCAD platform, Advance Steel helps provide engineering and detailing professionals the tools needed to model the details necessary for their structures. For example, the Advance Steel 2017 object enabler gives you the opportunity to open any Advance Steel 2D drawings in plain AutoCAD 2017 or AutoCAD LT 2017.

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Pro Builder

JULY 14, 2021

Brock began his career in housing more than 30 years ago, drawing at a drafting table before graduating to AutoCAD and eventually becoming hooked on 3D modeling—a journey that led him to advocate for bringing as much technology as possible into the industry. “I Tech Tools for Builders: Mobile Apps. The Path to 3D Modeling.

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DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

I’ve learned AutoCAD on DOS, in 3D with no mouse in the early 1990s. I owned professional licences of AutoCAD, Revit, Studio Max for many years. 3/ information management tool providers (unlike in manual drafting days) got given an unprecedented opening to influence a globally active industry. I’ve met many, worked with some.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 10, 2022

I am our lead UAV pilot, creating orthomosaics, for our drafting team to use in AutoCAD to draw roof and pavement plans. By reducing drafting time creating roof and pavement plans, we can focus on those high-value tasks that deliver greater value to our clients. . Now, I wear multiple hats.

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DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

even with AutoCAD included!) If there were any Allplan users within the ‘others’ (quite probable) adding their number to the previous two (following the same logic) would bring them significantly above the Autodesk bunch.

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CAD Shack

MAY 12, 2011

I need to keep reminding myself to never stop exploring and trying new things or I may find out that I am hand drafting and the whole world went to the cloud. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems. AutoCAD MEP Links. AutoCAD MEP Updates and Service Packs. AutoCAD MEP Discussion Group. AutoCAD MEP Webcasts.

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CAD Shack

JANUARY 1, 2012

Revit MEP supports oval duct, but the symbol in tags my firm has used since hand drafting is the Greek letter PHI. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems. AutoCAD MEP Links. AutoCAD MEP Updates and Service Packs. AutoCAD MEP Discussion Group. AutoCAD MEP Webcasts. AUGIs AutoCAD MEP Tip of the Month.

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Constructonomics

JANUARY 31, 2010

AutoDesk also provides the software AutoCAD which has long been the most widely used computer aided drafting program for the AEC industry. Craig also provides a podcast of an interview he did with Chris Ruffo, the senior industry marketing manager for design visualization at Autodesk’s Media and Entertainment Division.

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CAD Shack

JULY 10, 2006

I am currently studying the options for a MEP firm that has been using AutoCAD for the last 15 years. Their AutoCAD has been highly customized. They want AutoCAD. We have been using AutoCAD to draft. AutoCAD is best for drafting. AutoCAD is best for drafting. They want a Revit Systems.

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Do

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

I've recently been forced to work on an Autocad project out of neccessity (lack of staff). I have to say that after spending 12 hours attempting to somehow remeber what I'm doing in Autocad, it just plain sucks. We should've stuck with pen & paper until a tool like Revit or Archicad or Tri-Forma came along.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 17, 2006

The repeating Detail Tool will draft detail components along a line you define at spacing you define. Go to Drafting. If you want to add text to your repeating detail you'll have to first import AutoCAD text into your detail component. Repeating Detail. Here you can add new Repeating Details to your project.

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CAD Shack

DECEMBER 20, 2005

Why should I walk away from a proven product like AutoCAD, when I have so much invested in it? I can export ABS objects to AutoCAD choosing to flatten them to 2D AutoCAD entities or convert them to be read by an appropriate object enabler. What’s so great about Autodesk Building Systems? I can plot to DWF and 3D DWF.

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Revit Beginners

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

Revit Groups are like AutoCAD blocks. Draft your typical detail in a Drafting View and group the selection. With a dedicated Detail Project file you can copy and paste drafting views from one project to another. Draw a couple of lines and group the selection. Go to File. Save to Library. Go to File. Save to Library.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 22, 2006

Translating standard details from AutoCAD to Revit: Now, you can import DWGs into Revit and not do anything else to them. You can also scan details and import them as images but we completely translated our details from PowerCADD to AutoCAD to Revit by way of DWG files so we could improve on their graphic quality once they were imported.

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Construction Cost Estimating

AUGUST 10, 2015

AutoCAD 360 : As it is a drawing and drafting app, it facilitates the users to view, edit and allocate drawings out of mobile devices, desktops and the Internet. Architect’s Formulator : This app contains over 400 formulas useful for electrical, carpentry and plumbing calculations.

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Revit Beginners

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Dotsoft has ported their AutoCad excel software to Revit. Marathon Drafting. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Friday, December 19, 2008. XL2CAD for Revit. Place excel spreadsheets into Revit via linked DXF files. David Duarte. at 5:05 PM.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

In AutoCAD you can add text to linetypes but youll notice that in Revit you cant. Type out the text you want in AutoCAD (at a height of say 6") and save as a DWG. Goto Drafting. Marathon Drafting. Monday, September 11, 2006. Utility Lines Workaround. unless you use this workaround. Repeating Detail. Properties.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 16, 2006

The office eventually moved on to PCs and we used AutoCAD for a short time. In one year Ive learned what I had to to develop working drawings, weve managed to build up some Revit content, weve organized our templates, and we are successfully developing our details and other drafting standards transfered from PowerCADD to AutoCAD to Revit.

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CAD Shack

APRIL 27, 2006

Digital Drafting Whether you liked AutoCAD, MicroStation, or whatever. (I We still drafted, but with digital lines. Instead of digital lines, new entities called objects were introduced on the AutoCAD platform that contained specific properties to the object type. I was a big fan of Mac Architron.) Digital lines.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

J B Zallan of Los Angeles is a Revit, Architectural Desktop, AutoCAD consultant and Autodesk Approved Instructor whos sharing his thoughts at CAD vs BIM. Marathon Drafting. Troy Gates of Costa Mesa is an Application Engineer for L.A. CAD with a new blog called Revit Coaster. I look forward to reading his future posts. BIMtroublemaker.

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Do

JUNE 1, 2006

I know Autocad has special key strokes for some commonly used special characters. Some CAD programs make it easy to insert special characters like ° or ±. With Revit you have to take a few extra steps to get special chacaters into Revit text (unless of course you want memorize many complex keycodes).

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 8, 2009

The ribbon makes the learning easier and in a form that can be related to by the users that come from the autocad side. Marathon Drafting. From a beginner that has been using Autodesk products for many years. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Revit 24/7.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In high school, I was interested in drafting and blueprints. Not in a bad way, just that as time evolves, I think executives and companies are going to have a better understanding of what it takes to do the detailing, drafting, modeling, and all the other BIM-related steps to complete a project. That was on January 10, 1999.

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CK Power

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Clients team with us for a spec review to analyze generator sizing, refine budget considerations, access AutoCAD files and review construction documents so everything is correct and no money goes to waste. This avoids potential addendums, which must be written by a knowledgeable engineer and take a lot of time and money to produce.

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Do

JULY 26, 2011

We have Autocad, we have Sketch-Up, we have Revit, and all the various permutations thereof. What am I interested in? The first thing is I dont think the next big innovation will really be in what we might call the traditional "CAD (Computer Aided Design)" space.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 10, 2010

A common thing for beginners, is to go right to the trim tool in search of a fillet option (because they are likely more familiar with AutoCAD). Marathon Drafting. How do I fillet two walls (or lines). Well in Revit the fillet tool is located elsewhere. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 11, 2006

Hi David, Ive compiled (and still adding) a detailed list of all Revit and AutoCAD resources (tutorials, downloads, blogs, forums, articles and more) and thought Id share these resources with you - that you could post to your blog or share with others. Marathon Drafting. David Duarte. at 5:48 PM. Labels: Visibility. 1 comment: George.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 3, 2010

Though it may still sound too heavy, we got some help from laser scanning equipment , autocads and even BIM to cure some problems. Marathon Drafting. Yet, now that there are several technologies available on the market, it seems that it's just the budget, time and our creativity that hinders us. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 27, 2011

Revit only recognizes the World Coordinate System (WCS) Revit doesn't "see" AutoCAD points, doesn't snap to them, you'll see them but can't "use" them. Revit doesn't "see" or even show AutoCAD Xline or Ray elements. Save details as single cad files not composite "sheets" of details.

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CAD Shack

JANUARY 9, 2007

In the end producing coordinated CDs spending more time on design and less on drafting is the real benefit to MEP firms. AutoCAD is record albums and ABS is CDs. Marketing that you have or use Revit Systems can get you in trouble if your client believe you have or can do something you can't (plumbing). How Fast Can I get up to Speed?

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CAD Shack

JULY 27, 2006

Drafting speed will increase Engineering tools available Improved accuracy in scheduling New level of standardization - layers, styles, dwg management Direct interoperability with ADT Near automatic background clean up with ADT drawings. Here's an example.

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CAD Shack

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

No matter what software you are using, they fall into three general categories: digital drafting, object oriented and parametric. Digital Drafting (AutoCAD) Digital representation of classic hand drawn documents. Revit Systems imports and exports to AutoCAD, MicroStation and Sketch Up formats directly.

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Revit OpEd

MAY 9, 2012

Is it measured according to the technical drafting staff, the project engineer or manager, the firm, the project or the owner? For the last 5 years or so whenever I've come across this question I have always shown the benefits of doing the project in Revit over doing it in Autocad. Nice insight Steve. Post a Comment. Newer Post.

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Revit Beginners

JUNE 27, 2006

When you have a large project and you want multiple users editing a project at the same time you have to impliment Worksets because Revit typically keeps all project data in a single project file unlike Autocad where we typically separate the project into multiple files. Marathon Drafting. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels.

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Construction Cost Estimating

AUGUST 23, 2010

Design Master Electrical 7 This free electrical estimating software is considered as an incorporated electrical building design and drafting program for AutoCAD. Then wipe out the fuse part of the picture and include your own device according to your choice.

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