February, 2006

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Self Underling Tags

CAD Shack

It sure would be cool to create a tag that will do something that was so simple in AutoCAD… underline itself no matter how long it gets. Remember “%%u”? If you prefixed an attribute with it the resulting attribute’s underline would be only as long as the number of characters that made it up. Today I’m going to create a Pump Tag that is appropriately underlined whether it’s P-1 or P-2000.

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The Korte Company Adds Don McKee as Senior Estimator

The Korte Company

The Korte Company recently added Don McKee to its pre-construction team as a Senior Estimator. As a veteran in the construction industry, McKee has an extensive resume of experience for a number of firms in Dallas, Los Angeles and Phoenix.

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Unpin Em All

Revit OpEd

When you have a number of pinned objects you can unpin them one at a time using the little Push Pin icon that appears for the objects. The only trouble is clicking the pin only unpins the one you clicked. The others just get deselected. To unpin multiple objects you need to use the Modify ribbon/panel item Edit and choose Unpin. The default Revit keyboard shortcut for this is UP.

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Plan Regions

Revit Beginners

Do you have windows that don't show in plan view because they are too high above the cut plane? Do you have a fireplace opening that doesn't show because it's too far below the cut plane? Use the Plan Region Tool in your View Tool Palette. With this tool you can set a unique view range to include objects above or below the cutting plane that's set in the given view.

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Optimize Operational Processes With an Industry-Specific ERP

As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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constructionattorneyblog: Justice Roberts finds for architect

Construction Lawyer

constructionattorneyblog. Attorneys at Sabo & Zahn. Sabo & Zahn. Werner Sabo. Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular co

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Add or Modify Duct Sizes

CAD Shack

So, I have this client that does a lot of hospital work and they ran into something I had not noticed before. When adding rectangular duct they informed me that they could not insert duct larger than 96”x96”. Some jobs are so large, they require larger duct. They were glad to know there is a way to create larger sizes, and I thought there might be others that could benefit from knowing how to add to the available duct sizes.

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The Korte Company Invests In Local Children's Programming

The Korte Company

The Korte Company is helping keep local children’s programming on television by signing on as a sponsor for “Bob the Builder” on KLVX-TV. The financial support comes at an opportune time as the House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee cuts funding for public television (PBS) and children’s programs.

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Split Face and Paint Tools

Revit Beginners

Does your floor material transition from carpet to tile and you want to show the change in material in your floor plan view? Use the Split Face tool (SF). Select the face you want to split and sketch how you want the transition to occur. Now Finish Sketch and use the Paint tool (PT) to apply your patterns to the face.

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The Korte Company Partners With Midwest RTK Networks

The Korte Company

The Korte Company recently became a partner in the Midwest RTK Networks with the installation of a Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS). The networks incorporate Virtual Reference Station (VRS) technology and will include the largest cities in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana and southern Illinois. The Saint Louis RTK Network covers approximately 3,500 square miles, including eight Missouri and Illinois counties that comprise the St.

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The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

Choosing the right procurement software is a crucial step in ensuring third-party risk management, process governance, and bidding efficiency. With so many procurement solutions to choose from, it can be overwhelming without a frame of reference and a solid starting point. This free buyer’s guide will cover: Benefits of Procurement Software –– Why do you need it?

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Detail Groups

Revit Beginners

Revit Groups are like AutoCAD blocks. Draw a couple of lines and group the selection. Copy multiple instances of the group and then edit one of the grouped objects. You'll notice that the changes you made will propogate to all the other similar groups. Go to File. Save to Library. Save Group and Groups will be saved to RVG files. We use Detail Groups a number of ways.

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Filled Regions

Revit Beginners

We use filled regions in a number of ways. You'll notice right away that Revit's interior elevations look more like sections. We use a No Pattern Filled Region to crop the extents of our interior elevations. This comes in handy since crop regions can not yet be shaped the way a filled region can. Very often sub grade basements will show in elevation when no topography model is present.

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Area Calculations and Illustration

Revit Beginners

Lets say you need to calculate and illustrate areas that are existing and new for instance. Go to View. New. Area Plan and select the type of area (Gross or Rentable) and the level you want to apply the area calcs to. It will then ask you if you want to automatically create area boundary lines or if you would rather draw them yourself. Make a choice then go to Drafting.

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Changing Family Categories

Revit Beginners

Let's say you started to create a storefront (with door) using the door family template and now you want it to schedule as a window instead. While in the family editor go to Settings. Family Category and Parameters. and just switch to another compatible family. Now when you import your storefront it will schedule with all the other windows.

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Stop Making These Mistakes and Start Scaling Your Specialty Contractor Business

Anything that is built on a poor foundation will soon crumble from the ground up. This is literally the case in the construction stage of projects and it applies just the same during the pre-construction stage. This free eBook is your ultimate guide to scaling your business with customizable software as early as during the bidding stage.

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Rotate Model Patterns

Revit Beginners

Do you want to rotate a model pattern that you've applied to a surface? Place your mouse over any line of the pattern and TAB through until the line you want is highlighted. Then just use the rotate command. You can not rotate Drafting patterns by this method.

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Conical Roofs

Revit Beginners

We found this feature very useful. If you want a conical or octagonal roof select Roof By Footprint and draw a circle. Select the sketch and change its Number of Full Segments under Properties to 0 or 8. You can play around with the number of segments to see how it reacts.

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Custom Shortcut Keys

Revit Beginners

Shortcut keys like LW(linework), VH(Visibility Hide), VG(Visibility/Graphics Override) are configured in a file called KeyboardShortcuts.txt. You can find this file in Revit's program directory (C:Program FilesAutodesk Revit Building 8.

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The Character Map

Revit Beginners

You can find the following characters in Window's Character map (Start. Programs. Accessories. System Tools) and add them to your template for easy access: Degrees ° Diameter Ø Plus/Minus ± 1/4 stacked ¼ 1/2 stacked ½ 3/4 stacked ¾ 1/8 stacked ? 3/8 stacked ? 5/8 stacked ? 7/8 stacked ? Number ? Bullets ?.

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The Specialty Contractor's Guide to Job Cost Accounting

Supply chain challenges and rising material costs are forcing specialty contractors to pay more for what they need to complete each job. Following a simple set of principles, this easy-to-follow guide can help you manage job costs, ease the pains of accounting, and run a more profitable businesses. If you are a Specialty Contractor or Self-performing GC, you do not want to miss out on this essential guide!

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Custom Patterns

Revit Beginners

Want to create your own custom PAT files? You can try these third party softwares: AutoCAD Hatch Manager [link] HatchKit [link].

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More This Week

Revit Beginners

This week I'll be posting more of the many tips I've accumulated over the past 4 months of teaching Revit.

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