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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

Lets Build

While it doesn’t have all of the features of the other options on this list, it’s a great choice for those just starting out with 3D modeling who don’t have the resources to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars upfront. SketchUp: Best simple construction design software. The answer will always be SketchUp.

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Civil Engineering Software | List of Civil Engineering Software | List of Engineering Software

CivilJungle

Software Required for 3d Modeling of Structure/Architecture. SketchUp, hitherto Google Sketchup, is a 3D modeling program for a good range of drawing applications like architectural, interior design, architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film, and computer game design. #1c. Primavera P6. Autodesk 3ds Max.

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Revit Beginners: Journal of Building Information Modeling

Revit Beginners

Journal of Building Information Modeling. Read what some of the industry experts have to say about BIM in the relatively new Journal of Building Information Modeling. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. CAD Block Exchange. Google Sketchup. CAD Beyond. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM.

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Trimble introduced Trimble Connect to simplify the design, construction and building operation processes

Construction Cost Estimating

Trimble Connect contains synchronized information for each one across the DBO continuum, making the process easy for integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM), 3D and 2D models through the Web, making the coordination better amongst isolated offices and teams, and minimizing costs for software and training.

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DebunkTheBIM: From Zero to Hero in 18 months!

DebunkTheBIM

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Thursday, August 30, 2012. Another day, when a CAD Manager has seized the power. See, I’m weary of CAD Managers getting into BIM.

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Revit Beginners: Editable Worksets and Workset Ownership

Revit Beginners

Lets say you have a project with worksets enabled and the whole model is on Workset 1 by default. No one else is going to be able to edit ANY modeled elements that are on that workset. or do a save to central and relenquish user-created worksets so other users can work on the model too. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest.

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Revit Beginners: Phases & Worksets

Revit Beginners

Always Be Phase Aware In every project file your modeled components have a phase created and a phase demolished parameter whether you like it or not. If you place a model component in a view that is set to the New Construction phase (under View Properties), that component automatically gets placed in the New Construction phase.

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