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

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We are not a DOT company; we don’t do bridges, we don’t do highways. I continued grading until 2015, then went to school for drafting and design, where I was introduced to Autodesk products and BIM. BIM Managers have evolved from the old-school CAD manager. So I picked that up and used it post-graduation.

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Revit OpEd: DWG Files and Funky Snapping

Revit OpEd

The other issue is when the data in the CAD file is small enough in extents but really far away from the files origin, according to the WCS which is all Revit really pays any attention to. This manifests itself in snap icons that appear to miss the element we are attempting to reference in the CAD file. View my complete profile.

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Revit Beginners: Cleaning wall intersections

Revit Beginners

Youll see a blue dot indicating the end point of the wall. Right click on this dot, do a "disallow join," then back to "allow join" and the intersection may heal. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Marathon Drafting. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM.

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Revit OpEd: Should I Use Revit for this Project?

Revit OpEd

We will still be able to compare our model against 2D documentation by importing various 2D CAD views into the model. Is it measured according to the technical drafting staff, the project engineer or manager, the firm, the project or the owner? Contact Me: steve at aecadvantage dot com. Nice insight Steve. Simple template.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

This equipment is typically found in computer rooms, but may also be found in special purpose rooms such as CAD rooms or laboratories. EPA/DOT approved refrigerant storage tanks. EPA/DOT approved refrigerant storage tanks. EPA/DOT approved refrigerant storage tanks. EPA/DOT approved refrigerant storage tanks.