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Effects of acoustical ceiling panel type: Vertical sound isolation

Construction Specifier

In buildings with ceilings, it is the combination of the floor and ceiling assembly that establishes the overall noise isolation performance between rooms. There is far less information and test data about the noise isolation performance of floor-ceiling assemblies compared to partitions. Requirements in building standards.

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Green Buildings Contribute To Our Well-Being

Natural Building

Another new, more high-tech way of integrating nature into a building’s design is through biomimicry, otherwise known as basing a system or structure off of biological processes. For example, large, floor-to-ceiling windows have the ability to let in sunlight, making a space feel warmer, especially at certain times of day.

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Revit OpEd: Dept. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling

Revit OpEd

of Echo - Dont use the Basic Ceiling. When an architect uses the Basic Ceiling-Generic type they are creating a situation for the Revit MEP user they may not be aware of. Face based content does not orient themselves to the correct side or face of this ceiling. Labels: Ceilings , Revit MEP , Tips , Troubleshooting.

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Revit OpEd: BIM Coordinator for Civil 3D and Revit

Revit OpEd

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). Missing Foreword for Introducing Revit 2010. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling. ► 2010.

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Revit OpEd: Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern

Revit OpEd

Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern. He wrote: "When you tab through to the ceiling grid while in the move command, look near the top (meaning Options Bar) at the "disjoin" check box. The next time you go to move the ceiling grid the box should be unchecked!". Labels: Ceilings , Dept. Missing Foreword for Introducing Revit 2010.

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Revit OpEd: YUZU Site Measuring

Revit OpEd

For readers that are already familiar with the Point Known PKNail site measuring system it appears to be similar, at least in concept. Missing Foreword for Introducing Revit 2010. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. ► 2010.

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Revit OpEd: Detail Level Ignored with Unlocked Wall Layers

Revit OpEd

To make this possible you need to edit the walls structure and select a layer to unlock, like this: 1 - Click Modify, 2 - Select the edge of a layer, 3 - Unlock the padlock. 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. ► 2010.