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2013

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Multi Unit Residential Project documentation in Revit

Recent post by Jay Holland demonstrates the methodology they adopted to create the Revit model for a multilevel residential project. As it had lots of repeatable elements, its interesting to hear how …

2013-05-28 · Luke Johnson
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Converting Grasshopper model to actual Revit elements

I have many times posted about the work of Jon Mirtschin / Geometry Gym (here for example). Along similar lines, check out this project:http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/grasshopper-to-native-…

2013-05-28 · Luke Johnson
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The BIM Maturity Model

See, if you put another word between BIM and Model, no-one will speak of animal cruelty… If you are ever looking for a diagram of the maturity model: Image via http://revitstickynotes.blogspot.com.au/…

2013-05-28 · Luke Johnson
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Natspec and NZ BIM

Glenn Jowett posted some insight into BIM standards development in New Zealand:Natspec have been commissioned to author the NZ BIM Handbook The aim is to create a guide that will clarify BIM (on a nat…

2013-05-28 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Journal Cleaner updated for 2014 (download)

via Email:It seems that the Revit Journal Cleaner 2013 stopped working as soon as Revit 2014 was installed a the computer.I update the Revit Journal Cleaner to now support 2014 (and lower).Download li…

2013-05-27 · Luke Johnson
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Ramp surface Model Pattern in Plan Views – workarounds

Here are some ideas: Use a Filter with a Drafting Pattern and match the Hatch Scale to the View Scale. Link: Model pattern not visible on ramps in plan views? Use Floors with slope arrows instead (to …

2013-05-26 · Luke Johnson
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The "sooner you get on board" with Revit, the better

A very interesting Case Study written by Doug Andresen (principal architect at Andresen Architecture, Inc) was posted to AUGI last week. He describes how his firm transitioned from AutoCAD to Revit. H…

2013-05-22 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2014 – a post not by David Light

Rather than get lost in the flood of Revit 2014 information, I thought I would wait until closer to the time that most people will actually start installing and using it. The post below is just a coll…

2013-05-22 · Luke Johnson