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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - Content Folders

Revit OpEd

The opening families are still assigned to the category Generic Model. Revit MEP users are used to all the electrical content being located under a single folder and then broken down by usage. Now well find Electrical and Lighting and these are further broken down by Architectural and MEP. Builds and Updates. Older Post.

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Revit OpEd: Due Diligence

Revit OpEd

I was musing about a recent conversation where one guys position was that BIM is hype, unnecessary and worse really just being foisted upon our profession in a scheme to get more money from "us". It seems to me this notion of using Revit (BIM) and "us" isnt all that different. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Planes and Wall Closure

Revit OpEd

These adjustments change the 3D model, not just the 2D plan-view. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information. Electrical Panel Load Calculations.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

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. When MEP (Systems as it was called then) appeared a year later they extended the concept to Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing lumped in with Mechanical till release 2013).

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

These divisions, while relevant to the architectural model, are ruining the possibilities of creating gbXML files without extensive work on the part of the engineer to remove the room separation lines, and then repair the damage done to the room names and numbers. Joe - in the examples he offered it isn't "poor" modeling.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

Improves section creation within a project with linked model. Improves stability when enabling “Show Analytical Model Categories in this View” when the Warning dialog is open. Improves creation consistency with Physical Wall when coping an Analytical Model Wall. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc.

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Revit OpEd: How Many Worksets Do I Need?

Revit OpEd

The whole model is still there, just not visible, thatll provide some relief for performance sake. Recently I was working with a team, their building is a million square feet overall, and opening the whole file took considerably longer than selectively focusing on a single sectors workset. Building Shell or Envelope. Wing South.