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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. Getting that visual indication makes a huge difference in being able to differentiate supply, return, exhaust, and cold, cold water recirc, and vent. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog.

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Insert using Auto-Center to Center

Revit OpEd

When elements in the imported/linked file are very far from the file''s origin then Revit''s ability (of all CAD software by the way) to accurately display and describe information begins to suffer. The Revit development team is a bit more fussy about this than how other software confronts us with this concern.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Justin Lipsey, VDC Technical Leader, SSOE

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Tell us a little bit about SSOE and what you specialize in. Walk us through your career and what led you to becoming VDC Technical Leader. We also want to better visualize that kind of information in a palatable way for our users. . Then empower them through the use of data to visualize the end goal. .

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Where will BIM / Efficient Life-cycle Management Supported by Digital Technology Be in Five Years

Building Information Management

We need to stop talking less about “the model” and more about “the data” “One participant noted a recent US comparative diagram mapping CAD adoption in the 1980s and recent BIM adoption.

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BIM and the Estimator

Cassell Construction Estimating

Because you need to own the drawings to have sufficient access to the CAD objects, or be on a truly team-oriented project that shares its resources openly among all project players. Sage Timberline requires a third-party interface, such as Innovaya’s Visual Estimating to import the data. Why Design-Build?

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The “I” in BIM, OMNICLASS, and the Criticality of Getting it RIGHT…. Now!

Building Information Management

Yet, the capability is NOT present at this time. Here’s a short list of what is holding us back. Progress towards compiling new abbreviations to submit to the United States National CAD Standard® consensus process. Construction Specification Institute is the key authoring authority on project. BIG DATA = BIM.

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The Faster Path to Accurate Reinforcement

BIM & Beam

Engineering firm Melia Smith & Jones uses SOFiSTiK software for 3D rebar modelling in Autodesk Revit. Most engineers still produce classic 2D reinforcement drawings using programs such as AutoCAD ® combined with CADS RC.

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