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Revit OpEd: Egress Path Options

Revit OpEd

In 2006 I demonstrated (at Autodesk University) the then new line based family type by explaining how we could use it to document egress path requirements also known as exiting plans. Defining the requirements for documenting exiting are naturally going to affect the success of any solution we try to provide. Egress Path Options.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

Daryl wrote on Monday that the concept of View Discipline isnt documented well. Software documentation tends to be a bit dry, too often a very literal, "Un-checking this turns the feature off". Daryl used plan views as his example of how the help documentation isnt accurate. They wont with Architecture. View Discipline.

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

These divisions, while relevant to the architectural model, are ruining the possibilities of creating gbXML files without extensive work on the part of the engineer to remove the room separation lines, and then repair the damage done to the room names and numbers. Book - Introducing Revit Architecture. Not ideal either. My 2 cents.

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Revit OpEd: Should I Use Revit for this Project?

Revit OpEd

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." We will still be able to compare our model against 2D documentation by importing various 2D CAD views into the model.

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Revit OpEd: Building Design Suite Installation Readme

Revit OpEd

If you are preparing for installing the 2013 Revit products via the Building Design Suites then you might want to start with the System Requirements PDF documents for each version. Book - Introducing Revit Architecture. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. Contact Me: steve at aecadvantage dot com.

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Revit OpEd: Revit MEP Electrical Calculations

Revit OpEd

There has been data, in help documentation, to support the results but not quite as deeply as the last three posts combined. Book - Introducing Revit Architecture. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. Contact Me: steve at aecadvantage dot com. Check them out! Revit OpEd Sub Pages. Revit OpEd.

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Revit OpEd: Who is the Owner

Revit OpEd

So, I promised to write a blog post to clarify for the designers who may not have any idea how many people use their documents. Book - Introducing Revit Architecture. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. Contact Me: steve at aecadvantage dot com. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Revit OpEd.

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