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How Do CAD Skills Assessments Help Drive Productivity?

Chris Hobbs

General

Knowledgesmart recently released some really interesting results taken from their Skills Assessments for the top 5 products released by Autodesk. They have broken them down by country, score (%), and time taken on the exam. The results also look at t... More

Revit to Excel link

Simon Dickinson

BIM

Graitec’s Advance PowerPack for Revit 2017 has a long list of additionally tools and functionality requested by users. One particular element that has been enhanced is the Revit to Excel link. Historically the only way to link Revit schedules to exce... More

Customising the Revit Ribbon

Pat Mullins

General BIM

Customising the Revit Ribbon Customise the Ribbon by changing its display and rearranging its Tabs and Panels. Set options for Ribbon display and behaviour, control placement of Palettes, configure the Quick Access Toolbar and learn how to reset the... More

Graitec Virtual Reality for the Structural, Manufacturing, Architecture and Retail Industries

James Wood

General CAD Services

GRAITEC VR Here at Graitec Professional Services we have been busy developing our Virtual Reality system. We now have the ability to teleport around entire buildings, pick items up, import models with a menu system, change surface colours and finish... More

Autodesk Fusion Connect delivers another piece of the FOMT puzzle

Michael Arnott

Mechanical General

With Autodesk Fusion Connect, Autodesk have taken yet another big step in delivering their vision of the Future of Making Things (FOMT) and an integrated Product Innovation Platform (PIP) to connect manufacturing with the Internet of Things (IoT). Th... More

What is FOMT and is your manufacturing business ready?

Michael Arnott

Mechanical

The Future of Making Things (FOMT) is disrupting the manufacturing industry like nothing has before and is a distinct paradigm shift to many established processes. But if your business takes the necessary steps to adjust it too could also ride the FO... More

Graitec Advance PowerPack for Autodesk Revit 2016

Dave Talbot

BIM

Graitec Advance PowerPack for Autodesk Revit 2016 GRAITEC is very excited to announce the launch of a brand new ‘Productivity Pack’ for Autodesk Revit - Advance PowerPack for Autodesk® Revit® 2016. Revit PowerPack is the new vertical application prov... More

To BIM or Not To BIM - That Is The Question

Dave Talbot

BIM

OK, I admit that it is not quite a grammatically correct title, but for an increasing number of businesses in the construction sector tendering for private or upcoming government capital projects, to BIM or not to BIM is a very pertinent and sensible... More

Revit LT And Revit Is Not Just For BIM Projects

Keith Deaney

BIM

Since its launch in September this year, Revit LT continues to confuse many existing and potential consumers of Revit technology, but early adopters and traditional 2D AutoCAD stalwarts are already reaping the benefits of the technology, which is of ... More

BIM For Manufacturing - An Emerging Market For Manufacturers

Steve Houlder

BIM

Do you manufacture products that go into Buildings? If so you need to think about how BIM for manufacturers could open up a potentially lucrative and emerging market sector for your business. In the construction marketplace the adoption of BIM metho... More

Revit Rooms and Spaces – Missing or not?

Simon Locke

Monday, 21 August 2017

BIM General

Revit Rooms and Spaces – Missing or not?

Rooms and Spaces are very similar items in Revit. Adding them to your project can give you some useful information and allow some flexibility in the design, albeit quite different. However, there's always the risk of accidentally deleting them if you haven't pinned these elements, which can be so frustrating! Incidentally, if you do happen to delete a room or a space you will get the below warning...

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Autodesk Revit Revit Tips AEC

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Advance Steel: Text Font Not Showing Correct Line Weight/Presentation After Migration

John Bennett

Friday, 18 August 2017

Advance Steel General

Advance Steel: Text Font Not Showing Correct Line Weight/Presentation After Migration

Issue: Labels appear to have very light line weight in drawing view During the migration process from 2016 to 2018, the Management tools profile from the 2016 version was transferred to the 2018 version. Wiithin these management tools is the Text Font Control for the default into the Drawing Style labelling. The Text Font Reference was transferred exactly as it was from 2016 to 2018. This is the ...

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Autodesk Advance Steel 2018. Advance Steel

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Revit And Complex Linetypes

Justin Taylor

Thursday, 17 August 2017

General BIM

Sometimes you just have to accept a work-around every now and then and that’s the case when it comes to complex linetype in Revit. It’s a question I always get asked by users migrating from AutoCAD, where both text and symbols can be incorporated into the linetype definition. For those of you who have created your own basic linetypes in Revit you will be familiar with the Line Pattern dialog box. ...

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Revit 2018 AEC Revit Tips Autodesk Revit

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BIM 360 Field Issues From The Beyond! Huh?

Grant Dott

Thursday, 17 August 2017

BIM General

BIM 360 Field Issues From The Beyond! Huh?

A couple of blogs ago, I discussed several ways in which Issues, in BIM 360 Field, could be created. There is however a way of creating an Issue by simply sending an email to the B3F project. Here’s how it works: Each B3F project has an email address that can be found by selecting the inbox (that’s the one with the bell) from the upper right of the GUI. Appearing underneath you will see the proje...

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BIM 360 Field BIM 360 AEC

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Revit Selection Options

Justin Taylor

Wednesday, 16 August 2017

BIM General

There are several ways to select multiple objects in Revit – See how many you know from the list below: 1. Click on the first object and then Ctrl+click on additional elements to add to the current selection. 2. Shift+click to remove an element. 3. Draw a Selection Box by placing the cursor on one side of the elements to be selected and dragging it diagonally to form a rectangular boundary. To se...

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BIM AEC Revit Tips Autodesk Revit

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Introducing FormIt 360

Simon Dickinson

Tuesday, 15 August 2017

BIM General

Do you think SketchUp is great and one of the best conceptual design tools out there? Such a shame the workflows between conceptual design and development of drawings are lacking. Step aside Sketchup and give way to Formit 360, Autodesk’s multi-device, multi-operating system, conceptual design platform. Whether you want to run it as a desktop app through a web browser or on your mobile device or t...

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BIM AEC Autodesk Revit Autodesk FormIt

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Fixing Shared Parameter File Gone Bad

Greg Benson-Shettle

Monday, 14 August 2017

BIM General

In a recent technical support call one of our clients was having a real scheduling issue where selected parameters reported information from some families but not others even though all families had the same available parameters! How could this be happening, he was tearing his hair out and up against a deadline. This problem was the result of badly used Shared Parameter files in the families that ...

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AEC Revit Tips Autodesk Revit

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Clash Detection - Re-locating Models In Navisworks

Alan Johnson

Friday, 11 August 2017

BIM General

Clash Detection - Re-locating Models In Navisworks

We know that Navisworks is a very powerful tool for collaboration, combining models and clash checking amongst other things, but for the clash checking to work correctly and accurately the appended models need to be in the same location. By this I mean origin location and rotation angle. If they are not in the exact same position, we need to be able to change the origin and/or ...

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Autodesk AEC BIM Navisworks

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Improving Building Performance Using Revit And Insight 360

Pat Mullins

Wednesday, 09 August 2017

General BIM

Improving Building Performance Using Revit And Insight 360

Why use Revit and Insight 360? This is the third in a series of blogs that explore Autodesk’s Energy Analysis Solutions. You can read the first part here: "Use Autodesk’s Cloud Rendering Service to Understand the Quality of Daylight Within a Space" and part two: "Quantitative Lighting Analysis with Autodesk Insight 360 - Daylighting Analysis for Revit Plugin." Sustainable design attempts to reduce...

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Autodesk Revit Revit Tips AEC

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How To Create A Spiral Wall With Reducing Height In Revit

Alan Johnson

Tuesday, 08 August 2017

BIM General

How To Create A Spiral Wall With Reducing Height In Revit

Have you ever wanted to create an object in Revit for which you cannot just utilise the standard tools, no matter how good these are? Occasionally, there will be elements of a design which will not fit the standard features of Autodesk Revit, thankfully, this flexible and powerful program enables you to create custom objects for your design. I recently had a request from a customer for guidance on...

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Revit Tips Autodesk Revit AEC

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How Do CAD Skills Assessments Help Drive Productivity?

Revit to Excel link

Customising the Revit Ribbon

Graitec Virtual Reality for the Structural, Manufacturing, Architecture and Retail Industries

Autodesk Fusion Connect delivers another piece of the FOMT puzzle

What is FOMT and is your manufacturing business ready?

Graitec Advance PowerPack for Autodesk Revit 2016

To BIM or Not To BIM - That Is The Question

Revit LT And Revit Is Not Just For BIM Projects

BIM For Manufacturing - An Emerging Market For Manufacturers

Revit Rooms and Spaces – Missing or not?

Advance Steel: Text Font Not Showing Correct Line Weight/Presentation After Migration

Revit And Complex Linetypes

BIM 360 Field Issues From The Beyond! Huh?

Revit Selection Options

Introducing FormIt 360

Fixing Shared Parameter File Gone Bad

Clash Detection - Re-locating Models In Navisworks

Improving Building Performance Using Revit And Insight 360

How To Create A Spiral Wall With Reducing Height In Revit

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