Dept. of Subtle – Ceiling Types and RME is originally published on Revit OpEd I mentioned this item in a tweet the other day after I finished and scheduled it for posting. When an architect uses the Basic Ceiling > Generic type they are creating a situation for the Revit MEP user they may not [...]
Blog Updates
Blog Updates is originally published on Revit OpEd I don’t often mention new blogs (or new to me anyway) anymore. I developed a fear that the staccato posting of each new blog I find would get tiresome. Instead I just quietly add them to the list on the side. I revised the naming of the [...]
Training? Don’t Do THIS!
Training? Don’t Do THIS! is originally published on Revit OpEd Are you getting some training soon, are you planning for some soon? Let me offer my opinion? As a consultant/trainer one thing that really gets me down is when I find out that students who just went through training don’t actually start their project right [...]
Automatic Sketch Dimensions
Automatic Sketch Dimensions is originally published on Revit OpEd If you say, “What are those?” then this post is for you. Actually this video is for you. I’ve posted or mentioned them in other posts before too. You can watch the VIDEO HERE or listen and sort of watch below. To summarize, Automatic Sketch Dimensions [...]
Roof Example – Slope and Shape Editing
Roof Example – Slope and Shape Editing is originally published on Revit OpEd A post at AUGI asked about a roof condition that followed a curved wall. They wanted the roof to use a 1/12 pitch (1 inch rise per 12 inches of run for metric and slope in degrees folks). This is easy to [...]
Autodesk Week Off & ARES-1 Rocket Engine Test Here in Utah
Autodesk Week Off & ARES-1 Rocket Engine Test Here in Utah is originally published on Between the Lines Autodesk will be closed for a quarterly week of rest from August 31st to September 8th. While many of us deskers will be working from time to time out of pure enjoyment and habit, please understand our [...]
Autodesk Week Off & ARES-1 Rocket Engine Test Here in Utah
Autodesk Week Off & ARES-1 Rocket Engine Test Here in Utah is originally published on Between the Lines Autodesk will be closed for a quarterly week of rest from August 31st to September 8th. While many of us deskers will be working from time to time out of pure enjoyment and habit, please understand our [...]
Egress Path Update
Egress Path Update is originally published on Revit OpEd I don’t get as many requests for this as I used to because I’ve made it easier to just download them directly. I got a request today from a new user who wasn’t sure how to get the families and schedules into their project or template. [...]
Revit Structure – New Extension – Element Positioning
Revit Structure – New Extension – Element Positioning is originally published on Revit OpEd A recent post from BIM and Beam blog. This is an excerpt: …snip…Download the Extension from the Subscription Center under the “Revit Extensions for Autodesk Revit Structure 2010” link. Revit Structure has various tools to adding tags to your structural elements. [...]
Is it CAD or Revit?
Is it CAD or Revit? is originally published on Revit OpEd I received a sample drawing today. We were discussing detailing with Revit. While I was checking it out I thought of the cassette tape competition for our money back when Memorex was asking us “Is it Live or is it Memorex?” in their commercials. [...]