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

Revit OpEd

Monday, May 14, 2012. 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. This allows us to use a ceiling tag.

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Insulating commercial facilities against dangerous radon gas

Construction Specifier

A close-up of sound absorbing floor underlay. Specifying this type of sound isolation material in the floor-to-ceiling assembly offers architects and acoustic engineers an advantage when it comes to design and structural flexibility and guarantees residents complete serenity. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). mm (4 in.)

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Revit OpEd: Layer Function Setting

Revit OpEd

Thursday, April 19, 2012. System families have a Function setting. Thats true for Walls, Floor, Roofs and Ceilings. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. ▼ 2012. ► September 2012. (22). ► August 2012. (17). ► July 2012. (10). OpEd Videos.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

Wednesday, September 12, 2012. 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). So is it possible to show the ceiling grid and have the air terminal families show below the duct? Revit OpEd. Newer Post.

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Revit OpEd: Detail Level Ignored with Unlocked Wall Layers

Revit OpEd

Monday, June 11, 2012. 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. Could it be that the wall is not being cut in the ceiling plan view and the multiple lines are actually projection lines? ▼ 2012. ► July 2012.

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Reinventing Empty Buildings via Office-to-Lab Conversions

Civil + Structural Engineer

Unlike other real estate solutions, it’s engineered for efficiency with integrated, nonredundant building systems that can be owner-managed, providing a multitenant solution based on different lab needs. He’s been with the company since 2012. The design is flexible for both single or multitenant incubator spaces.

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

Revit OpEd

Saturday, March 31, 2012. It makes it easier to keep certain sections (details/wall sections) and elevations (interior) off of overall floor plan views for example. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. ▼ 2012. ► September 2012. (22). ► August 2012. (17). Revit OpEd.