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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

Lets Build

Construction design software is a necessity in today’s digital landscape, giving industry professionals an easier way to create blueprints and drawings of new designs. However, the construction design software market is overflowing with options—what works for one company might not be ideal for yours.

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How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step

CivilJungle

How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step? You should know the right process to draw a house plan before you start drawing a plan on paper. So before you start bringing out the design of your desired home you should read it carefully. Drawing a house plan takes much more effort and patience than doing other things.

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Revit Beginners: Sort by Submittal Package

Revit Beginners

Quite often we need to organize our plots for different submittal package sets (Schematic Design Presentation, Land Use Permit, Plan Check, Construction Admin, etc). We decided that we also wanted to be able to sort the sheets in our project browser (and our drawing lists) by Submittal Package. and check the category Drawing Sheets.

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Revit Beginners: In-place Cavity Walls

Revit Beginners

We used to complain that CAD drawings looked horrible and now that concept has nearly been forgotten. Many residential Architects out there will find this very useful. When, at first, we relied heavily on Revit's wall cleanup capabilities our contractors thought we were stupid cause we couldn't draw. Great work around.

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Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners

The task was to demolish a 1980s addition, restoring the building to its original design, and then adding our own additions. 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: Utility Lines Workaround

Revit Beginners

This workaround involves drawing a repeating detail line (with imported text) on top of a simple detail line. Now draw a detail line in any view of your project. Draw your repeating detail over your new detail line as though tracing the detail line. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform.

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Revit Beginners: Instant Section Box

Revit Beginners

While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform. Google Sketchup. USG Design Studio. Design Reform Videos. Design Build Inst (oct). Saturday, October 21, 2006. Instant Section Box. Go to any 3D view. Go to View. To Other View.

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