Carol Hagen
AUGUST 21, 2014
While many Architectural, Engineering and Construction firms use Bluebeam Revu to convert CAD to PDF, there’s an often overlooked capability that is as plain as the nose on your face. “Nowadays, I draw in Bluebeam equal amounts to sketching or CAD.” It’s sketching and creating floorplan illustrations.
Construction Cost Estimating
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Plans are like a set of drawings or two-dimensional diagrams that are used to narrate a place or object or to communicate building or fabrication instructions which are drawn or printed on paper and can take the form of a digital file. So these design drawings can be categorized as: • Feasibility studies. Concept drawings.
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BD+C
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.
DebunkTheBIM
JULY 31, 2011
Can you relate to the sentence:" we'll give you CAD files so that SHOULD reduce your work by half"? It used to be present when flatCAD drawings were the norm. Savy CAD managers learned to deal with these issues and many company manuals had systems and processes in place. The ‘bylayer’ word still rings warning bells for me.
Pro Builder
JUNE 22, 2023
RELATED 2023 Housing Giants Report: Holding Back the Headwinds 2023 Housing Giants List: Ranking the Biggest U.S. Before we submit anything to the building department, we know how the house is going to be built,” says Donald Carpenter, VP of product development at Oakwood Homes , in Denver, which incorporated panelization 20 years ago.
Revit OpEd
DECEMBER 28, 2013
The survey may be an old hand drawn document provided as part of the deed or it could just be a printed drawing that nobody can find the file for. We''ve captured some bearing and distance information from my old survey drawing. While we wait for a new survey we can still start with what we have. Now we can use Rotate True North.
Revit Beginners
MARCH 23, 2007
HOKs CAD Standards describe a Data Leader as someone "responsible for the execution of the CAD strategy including, the use of BIM, the folder structure and file-naming strategy, use of templates, and documenting specific project procedures." And not just our models but also the drawings we are getting from consultants.
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