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2013 Building Information Modeling (BIM) Structural Systems 
Revit OpEd
MAY 10, 2012
BIM Coordinator for Civil 3D and Revit. You can read more information HERE. 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). Builds and Updates.
Building Information Management
JUNE 5, 2014
What is BIM? A multi-dimensional tool, Building Information Modelling (BIM) involves generating a visual model of the building which also manages data about it, at the design stage, throughout the construction phase and during its working life. NBS National BIM Report 2013. Introduction.
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Building Information Management
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
2013 National BIM Standard today! Building Information Modeling Model Management. BIM allows all stakeholders to have access to the same information at the same time through interoperability between technology platforms. BIM Implementation. BIM Life-Cycle Views. Attribute.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 4, 2012
Kitchen Equipment - RW Smith BIM Booklet. The company recently finished up their BIM Services booklet hosted by Issuu. I can see why, polished presentation as well as high quality modeling work. Labels: BIM , content , Contractor , Plugs , Vendor. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Revit OpEd.
Revit OpEd
JULY 20, 2012
Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available. Update Release 1 is now available for Revit 2013 products. Just a reminder - with the introduction of Autodesk Revit 2013, make sure you are installing the correct update for your product! Autodesk Revit Structure 2013 UR1. Autodesk Revit MEP 2013 UR1.
Building Information Management
JUNE 6, 2013
BIM objects are much more than just graphical representations. Using them as placeholder to connect to a wider source of information provides for a powerful and rich source of information. . All BIM objects have properties, and most also have geometries (although some do not, for example a paint finish).
Revit OpEd
APRIL 12, 2012
Revit Extensions for Revit 2013 Posted. The Revit Clinic mentioned today that these extensions have been posted for the latest version of Revit 2013. Globe Link for Autodesk Revit 2013. Batch Print for Autodesk Revit 2013. Worksharing Monitor for Autodesk Revit 2013. Autodesk Revit Model Review 2013.
Revit OpEd
MARCH 30, 2012
RTCUSA - Cannon Contest - I Heart BIM. The entries have to submit 100 words about why they love BIM. I Love BIM" awwww. Its a heart modeled in Revit. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Friday, March 30, 2012. Okay, have to post an echo.
Civil + Structural Engineer
JUNE 10, 2024
With her educational background and personal focus on structural engineering, she accepted a position with RJN Group Inc., a civil engineering firm focused on sanitary sewer systems, as a stop-gap measure until she could find a career more suited to her structural engineering ambition.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Discrepancies in construction delivery methods and contracts lead to the failure of BIM, or many/most facility renovation, repair projects. The business strategy leading to the integration of previously disparate competencies, business processes, technologies, and teams is the primary goal of a BIM execution plan.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 13, 2012
Revit 2013 Downloads - Please Hold. People trying to download 2013 products are overwhelming the resources at Autodesk. of Off Topic , downloads , Revit 2013. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 3, 2012
Revit 2013 - Content Folders. The opening families are still assigned to the category Generic Model. Labels: content , News , Revit 2013. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013. Tuesday, April 03, 2012.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 24, 2012
Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013.
Building Information Management
APRIL 18, 2013
(source: OmniClass Development Committee Status Report – April 16, 2013). Table 14 review has begun with comparison of form-based aspects of other classification systems, including those used as references in the prior work on Table 14. These OmniClass Status Reports will be issued every few months through this review cycle.
Revit OpEd
MAY 14, 2012
Originally posted here August 2009 and still true with Revit 2013. I think they left it in there to make it easy to spot terrible modellers who do not actually create their own ceiling or model correctly. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 4, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Revit OpEd
MAY 9, 2012
When Revit Systems was released in 2006, the essence of Autodesks marketing commentary was, "this is new software so it probably doesnt make sense to tackle a project with it unless the architecture team is using Revit too." There wasnt a Revit Structure or MEP when Revit was introduced. Builds and Updates. Site Information.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 14, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 11, 2012
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. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 6, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Revit OpEd
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
It seems unlikely to me that Revit LT will truly serve any notion of BIM other than " lonely BIM ". Then again it isnt uncommon to hear people working in the market LT is focused on saying something like, "BIM doesnt matter to what we do." Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information.
Revit OpEd
SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
It is an awesome way to resolve little matters when people are all out of the model. For 2013: [link] The procedure that Steve is describing has become more prevalent in 2012 and beyond due to tagging through linked models. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. at 8:00 AM.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 10, 2012
Model Groups = Finish and Cancel. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013. Older Post.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 3, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 11, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 18, 2012
The whole model is still there, just not visible, thatll provide some relief for performance sake. Recently I was working with a team, their building is a million square feet overall, and opening the whole file took considerably longer than selectively focusing on a single sectors workset. Building Shell or Envelope.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 9, 2012
I included the following tips and advice (edited a little in this version) in a door tutorial I wrote for my Autodesk University 2005 lab called "Autodesk Revit Building Family Editor: From the Beginning". Make a system type parameter into an instance parameter, select dimension with a label in view, check instance parameter in option bar.
Revit OpEd
JULY 27, 2012
I was musing about a recent conversation where one guys position was that BIM is hype, unnecessary and worse really just being foisted upon our profession in a scheme to get more money from "us". It seems to me this notion of using Revit (BIM) and "us" isnt all that different. Friday, July 27, 2012. Due Diligence. 3:42 PM.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 25, 2012
Rooms and areas can be deleted in model views like floor plans and ceiling plans. Revit warns us that they have been deleted from the model but they are still listed in schedules. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 5, 2012
The first book is Mastering Autodesk Revit Structure 2010 (Wiley/Sybex). That could mean structural engineers are too smart for it, or just werent interested in a book, or that the authors, editors and publisher didnt do a good enough job marketing it, or that it just wasnt very good. I dont see a 2013 version for "No Experience."
Revit OpEd
JULY 19, 2012
Daniel Stine wrote to let me know that his new Interior Design book is now available for 2013. These adjustments change the 3D model, not just the 2D plan-view. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Thursday, July 19, 2012. I could post it here.
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Revit OpEd
APRIL 16, 2012
Labels: Beams , Columns , Revit Structure , Tips. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 23, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Extranet Evolution
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Some Glider backstory I first met Glider founder and CEO Nick Hutchinson in January 2013 when I went to the London offices of Dome Consulting to hear more about its technology arm, which had developed a couple of SaaS based products to support document collaboration and defect management (see Dome Connect and iSnag , January 2013).
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 26, 2012
This information has been sitting in my inbox for a week now. Autodesk Vasari Beta 1 is a slimmed down version of Revit 2013 focusing on conceptual modeling and early analysis. The new Beta 1 is file-format compatible with Revit 2013 and also contains all the features from previous versions of Project Vasari. Revit OpEd.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 19, 2012
System families have a Function setting. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 20, 2012
I'm certain I've been able to do this with 2012, not sure I've tested it in 2013. Mostly related: You'd think it would be useful to be able to compare the Survey Point in a Link to the Survey Point in the parent model, no? Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information.
Revit OpEd
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
In this image the massing has been created aligned with the "site" but weve realized that it would be easier to document if Project North were aligned along one building edge. As I wrote in my reply there, RTN is sleight of hand while RPN is really altering the entire model and related views to change orientation. Builds and Updates.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 24, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 13, 2012
The fact that they modeled them to the extent of showing the inner diameter was my first "oh no." Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information. Older Post.
Revit OpEd
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
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. Plumbing - (new to 2013) Same as mechanical. Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 12, 2012
Builds and Updates. Blog Listing - BIM and Misc. Site Information. Copyright Information. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesks own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information.
Revit OpEd
JUNE 14, 2012
The warning tells us that this situation may affect the graphic depiction of information on screen. With Revit 2013 theyve added an option in the Import dialog that says "Correct lines that are slightly off axis". Part of the solution to the funky snapping is resolved with 2013, dont check this option. Builds and Updates.
72 Revit OpEd
APRIL 2, 2012
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