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It allows a Civil 3D user to define the shared coordinate system to be passed on to a Revit project. Note that it uses a file formatted as ACCSXML (Autodesk Consulting Coordinate System eXtensible Markup Language). Check it out, might help your next project? I just set up Shared Coordinates on a project the regular way.
A great deal of research has been done one why projects fail. Instead, most of the performance variations are caused by the system, of which those people are but a part. People can’t perform better than the system allows W. People can’t perform better than the system allows W.
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23).
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23).
Originally posted here August 2009 and still true with Revit 2013. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Should I Use Revit for this Project? ► 2009. ► July 2009. (20).
Should I Use Revit for this Project? the architect isnt using Revit, the engineers arent using Revit, we dont really need 3D for this project, this project doesnt have the margin, this project is fast track, this project isnt big enough, this project is too big". Is this our first project using Revit? -
IsReference settings break down like this: Not a Reference - ignored by Revit in the project environment, still useful in a family to create "the bones". Weak Reference - Seen in Project by dimensions, align tool, Revit favors Strong over Weak Strong Reference - Seen in project by dimensions, align tool and Revit sees these first.
For Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit Structure, and Autodesk Revit MEP, you can find the update in the Data & Downloads > Updates section of each product page: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 UR1. Autodesk Revit Structure 2013 UR1. Improves stability when opening projects from previous versions of Revit.
Using two points in the family and using "chain" in the projects provides more flexibility. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16).
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It is the formal repackaging of the Autodesk Labs Project Spark. Sure, there were projects or design considerations that the missing features would prove frustrating but a single seat of full Revit would probably have covered it, collaboration with outside parties that is. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming.
Layers) for the host wall in a project. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23). ► July 2009.
There should never be any identical usernames working on a workset project. When nobody else is working on the project you can open a central file and pretend to be the ill mannered users that havent relinquished elements properly. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. ► 2009. ► December 2009.
Starting Projects - Two Pieces of Advice. Project Coordination - Early Days. CAD Surveys and your Revit Project. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. ► 2009.
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Kiwi Codes - Project Browser for 2013. Revit Level Elevations Project and Shared. Project Browser Interferes with Plotting and Expor.
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. Said another way the project is correct (the project version of the family). Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming.
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Kiwi Codes - Project Browser for 2013. Revit Level Elevations Project and Shared. Project Browser Interferes with Plotting and Expor.
Dont define materials in families, define material parameters instead (or possibly sub-categories) as much as possible so materials can be assigned in a project, where they really matter. Dont include parameters in families that dont change geometry, instead put them in project templates and apply them to the categories they affect.
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23).
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Then again I could just select multiple views in the project browser and apply them. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Should I Use Revit for this Project? ► 2009.
Id never tried to move either the Survey or Project Base Point symbols "up" before so it took me by surprise that it could be done. Labels: Project Base Point , Survey Point , Troubleshooting. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. ► 2009.
Posts from 2009. 2009) The Order of Parameters - Revisited. 2009) Titleblock Parameters. 2009) Which Group? 2009) Revit Family Style Guide. 2009) Titleblock Parameters. 2009) Dept. 2009) Back to Basics: Mark and Type Mark. 2009) Dept. 2009) Revit Family Style Guide. 2009) Dept.
How tangible or detectable that performance gain really is will depend greatly on the scope of your project. This means each project should have its own workset structure based on its own conditions. There may be some worksets that many projects have in common, but it isnt the same thing as a Layer standard. Wing South.
In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Ive always stressed that people should start a project without being concerned about site alignment immediately. A recent post at RevitForum.org underscores that bias when it asked if the two project orientation tools seem to work differently? Thursday, September 06, 2012.
As such, communication is essential to the success of your projects; the lack thereof can lead to delays, errors, and increased costs. This is where Building Information Modeling (BIM) comes into play, and BIM managers are the ones tasked with connecting teams and improving coordination between them.
In the project environment we cant change the position of elements by selecting a dimension string first and then editing the value. In the project we keep stressing that we must select the element and then edit the dimensions. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16).
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23).
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23).
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23).
Working with a client the last couple evenings I found a quirky condition with a column family that has a nested detail component to manage masking the way they like. Well Ive manage to break it, thats something I suppose. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity.
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Should I Use Revit for this Project? ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23). ► October 2009.
Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Kiwi Codes - Project Browser for 2013. Revit Level Elevations Project and Shared. Project Browser Interferes with Plotting and Expor.
Revits "system" parameters like Width and Height for some components (like Doors or Windows) just work automatically. Rather than continuing to lament the situation this post is intended to provide one solution to getting "foreign" content to work within your existing project(s) and template(s). ► 2009. ► May 2009.
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. It's a little easier to manage than reveals. Managing all the reveals could be a coordination nightmare.
It can be seen from within a project but not scheduled or tagged unless it is a built in parameter like those listed under the Identity group (and provided for us by Autodesk). Consider that a Project Parameter is part of a project and applied to categories of families so that it can be scheduled, but NOT tagged. ► 2009.
The concept of View Discipline appeared with Revit Structure. It was meant to make it simple to alter the appearance of our model to be more in sync with what a structural engineer wants to see. Apart from the automatic graphically biased changes they make, they really just help us segregate views in the project browser.
Same for the right click option over the Sheet category in the project browser. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). As you were.
For example it could happen because the projects server is down, a router is malfunctioning, your network cable was unplugged by the cleaning crew and so on. When you open a Revit project, that has had worksets enabled, Revit "talks" with the central file. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Working at Risk.
I can have a relatively small project site survey but far from origin and end up with Revit using Auto - Center to Center to place it. Move the files into position keeping them all near the Revit project file origin. For the snapping issue, i import my cad in a 2d drafting element family, make no modification, push it in the project.
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