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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. Using simple, low-tech techniques that anyone can learn, clay soil can be turned into walls, floors and plasters with only the addition of sand and straw.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Planes and Wall Closure

Revit OpEd

Reference Planes and Wall Closure. Control Wall’s Material Return. Layers) for the host wall in a project. 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. Revit OpEd.

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UMI Stone Partners With Vicostone Quartz to Become Exclusive Supplier

CCR Magazine

These options accommodate a wide range of projects with minimal seaming and waste. A cut-to-size program will also be available for larger commercial projects like multifamily housing and hospitality. Versatile Sizing : All Vicostone designs will be available in 65-inch by 130-inch jumbo slabs and half slabs in standard 3 cm thickness.

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Revit OpEd: Detail Level Ignored with Unlocked Wall Layers

Revit OpEd

Detail Level Ignored with Unlocked Wall Layers. We can unlock a layer or layers in a wall to allow "pulling" them up or down separately from the rest of a wall. of Subtle , Detail Level , Walls. Could it be that the wall is not being cut in the ceiling plan view and the multiple lines are actually projection lines?

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

Improves stability when opening projects from previous versions of Revit. Improves performance of opening and closing sketch mode in projects with many families. Improves stability when drag and drop a DWG file into a Revit project. Improves stability when selecting a new host for an element within an In-place Wall.

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Revit OpEd: Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models

Revit OpEd

Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. When we have architecture and structure in separate Revit models we end up with somewhat clumsy graphics in wall sections. The wall continues past the floor as if it isnt there. Labels: Collaboration , Floors , Linked Files , Walls. It's a little easier to manage than reveals.

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Two Week Natural Building Intensive

Natural Building

Most of each day will be spent practicing a wide range of hands-on natural building systems, some ancient and time-tested, others experimental. He wrote “The Cobber’s Companion” in 1996 and co-authored “The Hand-Sculpted House” (published by Chelsea Green, 2002) and “The Art of Natural Building (2nd edition, New Society, 2015).”