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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

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Many in the industry consider AutoCAD to be the best construction drafting software to create blueprints for everything from residential homes to large-scale commercial projects. SketchUp: Best simple construction design software. The answer will always be SketchUp. CAD Pro: Best affordable construction design software.

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How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step

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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. Drawing a house plan takes much more effort and patience than doing other things. Basics: Before preparing a perfect plan to draw some decisions need to be taken.

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Revit Beginners: Stepped Foundation Plans

Revit Beginners

Stepped Foundation Plans. We often have split level projects and weve had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for use in a foundation plan. Go to your foundation floor plan and type VG. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Google Sketchup. came along.

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Revit Beginners: Surveys and Site Plans

Revit Beginners

Surveys and Site Plans. Now lets say youve developed your site plan (with linked survey) and you want to export the data (including survey) back to DWG format. The survey needs to be a part of the Revit model or Revit wont consider it when exporting your site plan to DWG. We design traditional, high-end residential work.

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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. Plans require additional cleanup, but this approach reduces the frequency and types of cleanups required, particularly obvious when you move on to elevations and sections.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes

Revit Beginners

and you might notice that Revit has a new slope annotation that works in plan and elevation view. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Google Sketchup. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Spot Slope.

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Revit Beginners: When is a Family Parametric?

Revit Beginners

A placeholder is a family that has just enough geometry to illustrate the component in your plans, elevations, and sections. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Google Sketchup. Question: So what do I do with highly complex and custom families that will likely change from week to week? David Duarte. at 4:26 PM.

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