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Bluebeam Tip: Line Styles in all Shapes and Sizes

Carol Hagen

In our previous post, Complementing CAD , the architect had dotted lines to display the path of travel. Custom line styles can be created using dashes, text, spaces, dots and vector graphics literally providing you with the option to create any shape or size. So what if you need something more elaborate?

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The lifecycle of a detail – BIM and butterflies

DebunkTheBIM

Designs evolve, grids get moved, storey levels get changed – entire floors added or deleted etc., But, it is still a pretty good example of how any part of a building must to go through its development, no matter what approach you choose, from a traditional Design-Tender-Construct, fast track to D&B.

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Revit Beginners: Often Overlooked By Beginners (Part 2)

Revit Beginners

When a wall is selected you might notice two blue dots at either end of the wall. Grab this blue dot and stretch the wall to any length you want. You might also notice that when you change the location line of a wall this blue dot will relocate, reflecting your newly chosen location line. National CAD Standards.

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Revit OpEd: Five Minutes with a Toposurface

Revit OpEd

I created a video to describe what happens when Revit contours dont quite match up with the underlying cad file contours that were used to generate a toposurface. The first part of the video explains that the Site Settings usually dont match the contour interval settings of the cad source file. Changing these settings is often enough.

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Revit OpEd: Who is the Owner

Revit OpEd

Answer: The same thing they wanted from CAD. Well be designing their house." She lists a bunch of people that the software and design industry may overlook too often, or at least focus on others too often, in their quest to satisfy this "owner" person. Contact Me: steve at aecadvantage dot com. Nice job Melanie!

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Behind the Build: Interview with Matthew Keck, BIM Manager at Metromont 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Tell me a little bit about Metroment and what you specialize in Metromont specializes in producing precast concrete products designed, engineered, and produced here in Greenville, SC and surrounding areas. We are not a DOT company; we don’t do bridges, we don’t do highways. Let’s dive in.

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Revit OpEd: Shared Coordinate Post Summary

Revit OpEd

CAD Surveys and your Revit Project. Building Design Suite Installation Readme. Contact Me: steve at aecadvantage dot com. Starting Projects - Two Pieces of Advice. Project Coordination - Early Days. Acquire Coordinates Confirm. Reset Shared Coordinates. Location Location Location. Shared Coordinates and Copy Monitor.

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