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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Luke Carothers A Land in Transition Egypt as a place is no stranger to the change that marches hand-in-hand with the progress of time. The legacy of time and change can still be felt throughout Cairo’s built environment. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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Michael G. Smith Writes about the Value of Cob

Natural Building

After completing a degree in Environmental Engineering, I had spent two years in Costa Rican rainforest, volunteering for a sustainable forest management project. Twenty-seven years later, I still believe in the power of mud to change the world. I attended my first natural building workshop in Oregon in 1993.

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Revit OpEd: Which Overwrite is Right

Revit OpEd

The first button is effectively acknowledging the changed family but preserving values that we may have entered or altered in the project, they may be different from the original family. Ive seen confusion with this result in uncomfortable changes. This kind of change should have been done with the "first choice". Egress Paths.

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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. Note the two “wall closure” parameters (shown below) need to be “locked” so they stay positive (in the correct direction) when the host wall thickness changes. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Shared Coordinates.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

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). When Mechanical is assigned Revit changes the nature of what plan and reflected plan mean. Electrical - Same as Mechanical.

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Revit OpEd: Due Diligence

Revit OpEd

The problems are with autodesk's management of the software and of the paying client base, who are always secondary to the shareholders. How many revit 2013 changes (I can't call them all improvements) address AUGI wishlist items? I think we're just at the beginning of massive change in the industry. The soluton?

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Revit OpEd: Measure Between Two References

Revit OpEd

In addition, I can use the grips of the mass to adjust the perimeter if I need to and the floor area dynamically changes. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Revit MEP Electrical Calculations. Revit Consultant - Revit Training, Revit Implementation and Navisworks I started using Revit at work in 2002.