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Revit OpEd: RTCUSA - Cannon Contest - I Heart BIM

Revit OpEd

RTCUSA - Cannon Contest - I Heart BIM. The entries have to submit 100 words about why they love BIM. I Love BIM" awwww. Its a heart modeled in Revit. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Friday, March 30, 2012. Okay, have to post an echo.

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3D Printing in Construction: Growth, Benefits, and Challenges

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With 3D printers now capable of printing building walls and processing cement, the technology could help reshape construction as we know it. Some other popular additive technologies include selective laser sintering (SLS), fused deposition modeling (FDM) and direct metal deposition (DMD). Construction took just 17 days.

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OMNICLASS vs. UNICLASS / UNICLASS2 – BIM Ontology

Building Information Management

This means that the Table can’t properly serve design-build and design-build-operate procurement (which, in the latter case, typically requires the contractor to be involved from the very beginning of the project, as part of a consortium). Tables outside OmniClass must be used for other object classes.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Planes and Wall Closure

Revit OpEd

Control Wall’s Material Return. A door or window family has the ability to control the return of materials (i.e. The exterior and interior materials can be controlled separately. These adjustments change the 3D model, not just the 2D plan-view. A single door family is controlling the various conditions shown below.

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A Giant That Is (Still) Creeping Through the Construction Industry: Digitization

Building Radar

In any case, this is certain: Digitization on the building site and in the offices for planning and administration must and will progress faster. With the latest information and communication technologies, business processes and business models have become more efficient or even completely new ones are developed.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Building planning: digital for optimized workflow 2. IoT: building with wireless intelligence 5. BIM: Solving problems proactively and reducing costs 7. Take-off: during planning, controlling and commercialization – with drones 10. Mega-trend in the construction industry: the 3D-printed building 11.

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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.