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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

Lets Build

Construction professionals worldwide have used AutoCAD construction design software since the ‘80s for 2D and 3D drafting. Many in the industry consider AutoCAD to be the best construction drafting software to create blueprints for everything from residential homes to large-scale commercial projects.

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Essential BIM Terminology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Level 0 : Level 0 entails basically no collaboration, and only 2D CAD drafting is used. Level 1 : Level 1 BIM is a combination of 3D CAD and 2D for drafting. If you’re ready to see how Viewpoint software integrates with BIM, reach out to us anytime for a demo to find the solution to meet your needs.

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Revit Beginners: Remodels in Revit. the untold story

Revit Beginners

The way most Revit Beginners go about doing this is to split the wall, floor, roof, etc into two parts and demo the half they want to remove. So what do you do with partial demos? then demo the whole element in the "Existing to Remain" phase. then demo the whole element in the "Existing to Remain" phase. David Duarte.

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Revit Beginners: Open, Sesame

Revit Beginners

When you place an existing door or window in an existing wall and then demo the door or window in the new construction phase Revit automatically places an infill wall to replace the door or window. We frequently run into situations where we want to demo a door but leave the opening intact. Demo your door in the new construction phase.

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Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners

National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Marathon Drafting. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. The model is not clean enough to develop construction documents so we have passed along that task to another architect. I was introduced to Revit 4.5 Autodesk Seek.

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Revit Beginners: Applications

Revit Beginners

There is also a free demo version. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Marathon Drafting. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. BIMjet www.bimjet.com has a schedule connector that creates a bi-directional link between revit and MS project schedule.

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don't think: Do Revit: Inspiration from AU

Do

From Reference other View you can choose either drafting views (good for site/existing condition photos) or any view saved as a "rendering" (image) in the project. Of course, because its an elevation tag, it will carry the sheet/detail number references when you place your drafting or rendering view onto a sheet. Posted by.

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