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What’s New in Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 for Structural Engineers

BIM & Beam

There are new features and enhancements in Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 dedicated especially to structural engineers. Improved rebar modeling : When reinforcing concrete elements, you can now place rebar in any 2D view. Snaps such as nearest, endpoint, and midpoints are available when defining structural elements along model lines.

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Learn What’s New in Revit 2019 for Structural Engineers and Detailers

BIM & Beam

Building on Autodesk’s strategy to make Revit a robust model authoring tool for designing and detailing, the Revit 2019 release includes a number of new features that increase modeling versatility, accuracy, and productivity for engineers and detailers. We’re excited to share these features with you—take a look!

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Civil Engineering Software | List of Civil Engineering Software | List of Engineering Software

CivilJungle

List of Civil Engineering Software: This software are substantially beneficial in Construction projects. Software Required for 3d Modeling of Structure/Architecture. Utilized in most structural design consultancies and firms. #1b. Software Required for Drafting or Drawing. Primavera P6. Microsoft Project (MS Project).

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Revit 2016 R2 - Positioning by Auto - Project Base Point to Project Base Point

Revit OpEd

This is an interesting development for reconciling the misalignment of models. This gives us the option of linking a RVT model according to the location of its Project Base Point (PBP) and aligning it with our own. I'm not sure we can rely on that if we can't count on them waiting for our model to use as a linked reference first?

Revit 40
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Construction: Ultra-high-performance concrete

Construction Specifier

Instead of referring to water-cement (w/c) ratios, these special blends refer to water-binder ratios (w/b), which are often less than 0.2. If we dwell only on the material side then we will keep filling joints with UHPC,” said Maher Tadros, founder of eConstruct USA LLC, a Nebraska-based structural engineering firm.

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The lifecycle of a detail – BIM and butterflies

DebunkTheBIM

So, with the help of these references, in theory at least, anything within a building could be located exactly within the space. For a successful project, these references get fixed as soon as it is possible, and are not moved. That wall will then (possibly by a structural engineer) chopped into pieces and the sizes determined.

BIM 60
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Specifier and manufacturer: A beautiful friendship

GCP Applied Technologies

Kim's the one I trust," Walter said, in reference to Shaw's extensive construction product knowledge and specification expertise, among other design and technical services she and her team provide. Her collaboration with Kim Shaw, project manager for GCP's Design Advantage , was an important one.