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Former Cook County Hospital in Chicago gets new chapter

CCR Magazine

Despite being so highly regarded and well known, the hospital’s future remained undecided—even in 2006, when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. But thanks to ultra-strong efforts by Preservation Chicago and Landmarks Illinois, the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ plan to demolish the historic hospital was overturned.

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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). Daryl used plan views as his example of how the help documentation isnt accurate. Plan views are not the best view type to see the truth in the help claims.

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Revit OpEd: Wishlist - Families and Hide at Scales Coarser Than

Revit OpEd

It makes it easier to keep certain sections (details/wall sections) and elevations (interior) off of overall floor plan views for example. Related to this is the notion that there are representations that wed like to control for floor plan orientation and offer a different appear for the reflected ceiling plan (RCP) version.

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Revit OpEd: RTC has a Blog Now!

Revit OpEd

I begged and pleaded with Bo to get it up and running before the planned website update work that is under way so we can use it to keep people in the loop right on the conference site itself. Site Information. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information. ► 2006.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - View Types

Revit OpEd

It is now possible to create new view types for all views except for area plans and sheet. This means you can create your own versions of floor plans according to discipline or perhaps design phase. We have actually been able to do this with Area plans for some time, in a way. Site Information. Post a Comment.

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Revit OpEd: Detail Level Ignored with Unlocked Wall Layers

Revit OpEd

Interestingly, in Ceiling Plan views only, when we take advantage of this we lose the ability to show just two lines with Detail Level: Coarse. Seems to work fine in plan views though. Could it be that the wall is not being cut in the ceiling plan view and the multiple lines are actually projection lines? Site Information.

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Revit OpEd: Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules

Revit OpEd

Rooms and areas can be deleted in model views like floor plans and ceiling plans. Site Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Search This Blog and Others Listed on this site. ► 2006. Egress Paths.