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Bluebeam Revu Tip: Complementing CAD

Carol Hagen

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.

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5 Helpful Resources for Designing & Building with Engineered Wood

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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.

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The curse of the Messy CAD database.

DebunkTheBIM

Specifically: how your building data is managed, no matter if drawing, flat-model or 3D model based. I can just about bet on any office running on very low efficiency because of the state of the working files. Having a CAD manager does not ensure you are safe, neither is an IT department. Don’t be smug.

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CAD Shack: Revit MEP Lasso Leader

CAD Shack

Revit currently does not allow changes or additions to the standard leader heads, but a user in my office named Mitch came up with an idea that is just crazy enough to work. The idea is to draw a generic annotation shaped like a lasso and add a leader to it, but set the leader arrowhead to none. CAD Shack VIPs. RobiNZ CAD Blog.

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Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff

Carol Hagen

Even with the Microsoft Office 2010 release that gives you the ability to convert documents to PDF built-in, it’s lacking when it comes to collaboration for the AEC Industry. Realize this is just one secret to Bluebeam Revu and is built-in to every version Standard, CAD and eXtreme.

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CAD Shack: Default Duct Systems

CAD Shack

If you are coming to Revit MEP from AutoCAD or AutoCAD MEP, you may be very used to specifying a duct system when you draw duct. This system (which I also use in my office) does not however, assign the rise/ drop symbol to your duct. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer.

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PDF Editing, Sharepoint and ECM for the AEC Industry

Carol Hagen

Everyday PDFs are instrumental in the construction conversation to show mark ups on Microsoft Office documents, interactively draw on tablet PCs and then share these PDFs on Servers. Create PDFs from any CAD or Windows file.” PDF editing streamlines and helps clearly conveys changes, clarifications and improvements.