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Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners

We currently have 4 Revit projects under construction, but not all of our projects made it through the CD phase. To add to the complexity, the as-built drawings we had on file were not accurate to the true construction of the existing structure because the original architect had improvised the design during construction.

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Revit Beginners: Phases & Worksets

Revit Beginners

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. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Chief Architect. And most views have phase and phase filter parameters. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners: SpecifiCAD beta for Revit 9.1 released

Revit Beginners

Utilizing the Revit API SpecifiCAD will add the URL and DESCRIPTION of any product on the McGraw Hill Construction Sweets Network website to the Identity Data of any family you choose. This data can then be exported to 3rd party Spec Writing Software. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Chief Architect.

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Revit Beginners: The Data Manager

Revit Beginners

In our office Data Managers are starting to inspect models for proper construction. In our office Data Managers are starting to inspect models for proper construction." What criteria are you using to establish what constitutes proper construction, in-house or info from the new BIM standards that are being developed. at 8:42 PM.

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Revit Beginners: Applications

Revit Beginners

Models from different consultants (who use software other than Revit to model) can be combined for analysis and clash detection. Impression – This is very new software from Autodesk that will take DWGs exported from Revit and render illustrations in a hand-drawn style. Success Estimator – This software from U.S.

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Revit Beginners: Evolution News

Revit Beginners

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Chief Architect. Here is a short list of uses for which Revit model data is being exported. Youll find links to a few of the applications on my blog but there are getting to be too many options to keep up with. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Knowing CAD.

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Revit Beginners: Remodels in Revit. the untold story

Revit Beginners

Anyone who has developed a custom remodel residential project can tell you its not as simple, clean, or intuitive as a custom new construction residential project. You could create a new phase between Existing and New Construction called "Existing To Remain." New construction is much easier. Marathon Drafting. Game Apps.