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Cintec in North America Announces their Cintec Anchoring System was used in helping Repair the Helmsley Building 230 Park Avenue, NYC

Civil + Structural Engineer

It was acquired (2007) for One Billion One Hundred and Fifty Million USD. At the top of the building some of the twenty-six east and south facing Terra-Cotta columns [ with the base starting at the 26th floor and extending past the 34th floor] had begun to show cracking and in some areas had began to shed large pieces of stone.

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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. This is more pronounced if the structural slab is in the structure model only. The wall continues past the floor as if it isnt there.

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Revit OpEd: Measure Between Two References

Revit OpEd

Not much of a catch but there is no equivalent floor in this case. If there was a floor there Id just check the properties of the floor. you could sketch your own a floor around the perimeter pretty quickly. For my money, Id probably favor a floor. The downside is that is uses the wall's centerline.

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Revit OpEd: Layer Function Setting

Revit OpEd

System families have a Function setting. Thats true for Walls, Floor, Roofs and Ceilings. I run into wall types quite often that have these wrong or inconsistently applied. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. ► 2007. (77).

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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: Finish and Cancel Inequity

Revit OpEd

He mentioned the inconsistency between the way some elements that are sketch based are finished and the way shape editing for floors and roofs finish. Floor, roof, stair or ramp Sketch Creation = Finish and Cancel. Floor or roof Shape Editing = Accidentally hitting the escape key and getting kicked out of it. ► 2007. (77).

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Revit OpEd: The Missing Door

Revit OpEd

That post is about Openings and this one is about curtain wall panel doors. When people first make a curtain wall that is supposed to get a door they quite naturally assume the door tool is the right place to start. Curtain walls are special and they are made up of curtain grids, panels and mullions. We dont use the Door tool.