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Building over a building: A radical project from the archives

The Korte Company

On every visit, the factory’s managers complained about the state of the structure: It was flimsy. According to Ralph, throughout the early- to mid-1980s, top brass in Dublin kept refusing local managers’ requests to renovate or replace the facility. Its roof leaked. Too much snow and the whole place would cave in.

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CAD Shack: Add Structural Steel with Revit MEP

CAD Shack

This week I needed to create some structure from the structural engineers AutoCAD plans since they were not using Revit. The way I got around the above mentioned error was to open a structural model I received from a different engineer on a different job. BIM Board of Omaha. BIM Manager. Newer Post.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

The concept of View Discipline appeared with Revit Structure. It was meant to make it simple to alter the appearance of our model to be more in sync with what a structural engineer wants to see. Coordination - Same as Architectural but provides for segregation from it for easier management of views. Shared Coordinates.

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