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Exploiting the virtues of metal fabric in rooftop design

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Photos courtesy GKD Metal Fabrics. However, designing exterior architectural features can be challenging, as natural elements such as wind, rain, and snow test even the most durable materials. Manufacturers can provide a wide array of weave patterns, alloys, and color coatings to dramatically change the appearance using metal fabric.

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CAD Shack: Revit Parameters - AUGIWorld Article

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Revit Parameters - AUGIWorld Article. I have an article in the current issue of AUGIWorld. Check out page 20 for how you can assign MEP scheduled parameters to items placed in the architectural model. We have already been asked by one of our consultants to use their MEP content in our Architectural model. Site Meter.

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The Cambridge Central Mosque

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Domes are significant in Islamic culture and symbolize heaven and earth, making them a common addition to sacred architecture. ” The walls of the mosque contain a message formed by bricks in square Kufic calligraphy writing – a style of Arabic script traditionally used for transcribing the Quran and for architectural decoration. .”

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CAD Shack: MEP Annotation Symbols vs. 3D Architectural Families

CAD Shack

MEP Annotation Symbols vs. 3D Architectural Families. Have you ever plotted and found something like the image below where an architectural object is some how thinking it is more important the your MEP object? Put those pesky architectural objects in there place quickly by making them transparent in Visibility Graphics.

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CAD Shack: Working With Architectural Title Blocks

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Working With Architectural Title Blocks. This may be cheating, but check out this post I just did for Club Revit on dealing with architectural title blocks and their shared parameters. Articles in the Attic. Articles in the Attic. Site Meter. Autodesk Fabrication 2013 at Autodesk University 2013. at 7:14 AM.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Building with.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. The Open Architecture Network. I think I’m going to very much enjoy cruising through your full site.

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More Fun Bamboo Architecture

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17-metre trusses were fabricated on-site and lifted into position with a crane to create a sports hall for Thailand’s Panyaden International School on the outskirts of Chiang Mai. These could be expanded in every direction, allowing architecture to grow with its inhabitants.