Global Collaboration across Multiple Offices
Collaboration is the buzzword in the AEC community for 2013. Something relatively unique to the current era of technology is Architectural collaboration – more than one firm of Architects working on a…
Luke Johnson
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Some things that Marcello said
Some quotes from Making Breakthroughs in Revit: An Interview with Marcello Sgambelluri (the cow and elephant guy 🙂 “I realized … that Revit is much more than a program to be used to document buildings…
Rendering workflow – Revit to Max to Octane
From Jeffrey McGrew on RevitForum (I’ve underlined key parts): “While I respectfully disagree that rendering in Revit is a waste of time, for there are still times we do so, I totally agree with what …
Can BIM Can Be a Team Sport?
Or is it a professional, individual endeavor? Or both? Five quick quotes from different parts of the latest JBIM:When practiced correctly, BIM is meant to support collaboration across the facilities l…
Super Rail Path Edit Mode
Ok, first of all, this is probably a bug. But in some ways, it is quite cool. Do this: Make a Railing in Revit 2013 with either a Top Rail or a Hand Rail (see here) Tab select one of the Rails and ent…
The easiest way to become faster at Revit
I’ve been waiting for this! Keyboard shortcuts can make you ridiculously more productive in any CAD software, and that certainly includes Revit. Harry has made a little ‘tutor’ program that gives you …
BIM Standards for download
The sheer volume of different BIM standards can be confusing in itself – and that is without even considering the a) usefulness, b) applicability, c) practicality or d) up-to-date-ness of these differ…
RVT Origin Linking Tips
Posted by Mark Petrucci: Did you know there is another point called the Startup Location? Be default, the PBP and SP are located on top of the Startup Location. What is the Startup Location used for? …
Making a High Quality Panorama on Autodesk 360 Rendering
From Village BIM: via Google Translateofhttp://villagebim.typepad.com/villagebim/2013/02/autodesk-360-rendering-creer-un-panoramique-de-haute-qualite.html Also check out my previous post about these I…
Finetuning the Lighting on Interior Renderings – Autodesk 360 and Revit
Have you ever had trouble with controlling your illumination levels on your Interior Renderings? Perhaps the following guide from the autodesk.de site will assist you:Google Translateofhttp://www.auto…