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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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DebunkTheBIM: The Abu Dhabi Municipality is asking for CAD files.

DebunkTheBIM

The Abu Dhabi Municipality is asking for CAD files from applicants of building permits. Doggedly sticking to the theory that the only way BIM can be successfully implemented is by going ‘cold-turkey’ on CAD did not help my prospects of lasting in the said position, of the BIM-software-vendor-consultancy, but that is another story.

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Make It Resilient 2024 Student Contest Encourages New Ways to Build for Extreme Environments

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In traveling to Phoenix-based construction technology firm Nox Innovations, he explores firsthand how builders are constructing for extreme environments here and gleaning lessons about resilience that could be extended beyond planet Earth.

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CAD Shack: AEI-Ashrae Expo - Call for Speakers

CAD Shack

CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Knowing What You Dont Know About CAD. For more information go to [link]. Todd Shackelford. at 8:28 AM. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Popular Posts. Revit MEP Family Tutorial.

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Bluebeam Tip: Line Styles in all Shapes and Sizes

Carol Hagen

In our previous post, Complementing CAD , the architect had dotted lines to display the path of travel. So what if you need something more elaborate? Bluebeam Revu has many line styles but did you know you can create your own?

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Imported or Linked DWG Appearance as Generic Model Broken in 2017

Revit OpEd

Hmm, I decided I'd create a component Generic Model family instead and use Import CAD. This way I could replace the source CAD file if necessary.and just reload the family later.if I thought for a moment, "Am I just imagining that I could do that? I swear Revit used to do this?!?" Also thinking, ".maybe joy.busted.

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AEC Architects/Engineers: What IS your MRT?

DebunkTheBIM

I wonder if the same person gets to change his travel arrangements on line these days or would stroll down to a travel agent who hand-fills out a form and posts it to the airline company to request an amended date for the traveller? In the current AEC markets there is no place for sluggish, lethargic players.