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Bluebeam Revu Tip: Complementing CAD

Carol Hagen

While many Architectural, Engineering and Construction firms use Bluebeam Revu to convert CAD to PDF, there’s an often overlooked capability that is as plain as the nose on your face. “Nowadays, I draw in Bluebeam equal amounts to sketching or CAD.” It’s sketching and creating floorplan illustrations.

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CAD & Construction – It’s Not Just for Designers Anymore

Jobsite with Procore

Things have changed, though, and more and more construction firms are making the move to simple 2D CAD systems. With CAD, they can reduce the number of RFIs they need to submit, check spatial relationships in real time, and do their own site layout and staging. I know what you’re thinking. It’s not for construction folks.

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Trade coordination: how to coordinate technical teams on site efficiently without BIM

Lets Build

Unlike blueprints and CAD, a BIM is intelligent, stores data, and features geometry, allowing for a collaborative experience. They have simplified office-site communications, supporting extensive data gathering for health inspectors, building inspectors, fire inspectors, and other regulatory professionals.

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Experimental bot transfers CAD plans onto construction sites

BD+C

Imagine a robot, something like a combination Roomba vac and magic marker, that could translate complex construction drawings onto the ground, leaving an error-free map for building crews to follow. Body Image: read more. Architects Contractors Designers Engineers Building Technology'

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Innovative Approaches to Industrial Construction Project Management

Construction Marketing

Incorporate the Latest Project Management Software Computer-animated design (CAD) technology revolutionized design when it was introduced decades ago. Use prefabrication processes to reduce transportation costs and limit the amount of time spent at the construction site. But it is not the only type of software to use in 2023.

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CAD Shack: Overriding Dimensions in Revit

CAD Shack

CAD Shack VIPs. Site Meter. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Knowing What You Dont Know About CAD. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Popular Posts.

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Importing CAD Files and By Shared Coordinates

Revit OpEd

Keeping in mind that doing so doesn''t establish a shared coordinate relationship between the CAD file and the project. Once shared coordinates are defined based on our first file we can import other site files using the positioning option: by Shared Coordinates. We can repeat this as many times as we have site related files to use.

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