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CAD Shack: Revit MEP How to Create a Lighting Fixture Schedule

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Revit MEP How to Create a Lighting Fixture Schedule. Revit MEP offers many advantages compared to two dimensional CAD programs. A big advantage is the ability to quantify Revit objects in schedules. Out of the box, a user need only understand the scheduling function in Revit to start leveraging that data inherent in the model.

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CAD Shack: Overriding Dimensions in Revit

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Pick "US Unit Separator (Segment separator)". CAD Shack VIPs. Revit MEP How to Create a Lighting Fixture Schedule. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Knowing What You Dont Know About CAD. Right click in the text field. Select "Insert Unicode control character". Revit MEP.

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CAD Shack: Update to my CAD Work Content Browser Post

CAD Shack

Update to my CAD Work Content Browser Post. I recently posted about the CAD Works Content Browser , see that article by clicking here. I got some great feed back from the folks at CAD works. Below is an excerpt from an email I received from Joel Karr a BIM Software Architect at CAD Works. Hey CAD Works, are you listening?

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CAD Shack: December AUGIWorld features Industry Insights

CAD Shack

Bryan Thompson offers his solution for getting us beyond just talking about a paperless office and actually realizing it. CAD Shack VIPs. Revit MEP How to Create a Lighting Fixture Schedule. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Knowing What You Dont Know About CAD.

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CAD Shack: Filtering Out Colored Duct for Architects

CAD Shack

In Revit MEP 2012 the use of systems for duct and pipe gives color to those entities. Nice for us. They have been getting around previous methods of us color coding things, but the use of systems might catch a few off guard. CAD Shack VIPs. Revit MEP How to Create a Lighting Fixture Schedule. Popular Posts.

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Autodesk Build Brings Multi-Currency to Cost Management 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Imagine you are a USA based General Contractor who purchased material steel from Canada for $55K CAD due to steel shortages in the US. With Multi-Currency in Cost Management turned on, in the supplier’s contract you can easily view the schedule of values in both currencies. .

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CAD Shack: BIMBO

CAD Shack

Some weeks back I was planning on having lunch with a CAD/BIM manager from a competing firm HDR. I spent quite a bit of time at his firm consulting, and we still like to get together to discuss CAD and BIM issues. I write this post because it is really working for us and it might prove to be a great thing for you as well.

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