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What's New in the Graitec PowerPack for Advance Steel 2021

The Graitec Powerpack 2021 for Advance Steel has now been released, the Powerpack is Graitec’s extension to Advance Steel which gives users more modelling tools, connections, templates, sections and data, this blog will run through what’s new in the ...

Common Challenges Faced With Complying to Employer Information Requirements (EIR)

The Employer Information Requirements (EIR) is designed to be included in the tender documents for the procurement of both a design team and the constructor. It is an important element to a BIM project, as they are used to set out clearly to the bidd...

What’s New in Autodesk Revit 2021

Revit 2021 is here, so what's new in Revit 2021, Autodesk have listened to its users and introduced enhanced tools and features to improve the Revit offering with improved tools from global Platform changes to specific tool across the industry sector...

Revit 2020 - Installing the Steel Connections Package for Dynamo

by John Bennett

Thursday, 18 April 2019

BIM

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Steel Connections in Revit via the new Dynamo plugin for 2020. There is an option to create steel connections via the new package provided by Autodesk for Revit 2020, they have a nice blog explaining ...

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How To Save And Load Your Navisworks Workspace

by Alan Johnson

Wednesday, 17 April 2019

General BIM

You know the feeling when you open your software and all the docked windows are gone, and tools added to the Quick Access tool bar are missing too. Well in Autodesk Navisworks there's no need to...

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Autodesk Navisworks Tips

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Using The Navisworks Appearance Profiler

by Alan Johnson

Friday, 12 April 2019

General BIM

A fairly underused tool in Navisworks is the Appearance Profiler, which allows you to set up custom appearance profiles based on sets (search and selection) and property values and use them to colour ...

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Autodesk Navisworks Tips

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A Guide To Revit 'Or' Condition View Filters

by Simon Locke

Monday, 08 April 2019

General BIM

View filters in Revit have always been a very powerful and useful feature with a multitude of uses. Since the 2019 version, Autodesk have improved them even further with the introduction of ‘Or’ condi...

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Revit tips

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Don't Install AutoCAD 2020. Read this first...

by Ian Robinson

Thursday, 04 April 2019

General CAD Services

It’s here… AutoCAD 2020 and this blog is going to tell you a few of the new things , but first we need to address the big news of last year’s release, just in case you missed it. I’ve been travelling ...

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Autocad tips

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How To Use Enhanced MEP Fabrication Parts In Revit

by Simon Locke

Monday, 01 April 2019

General BIM

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Since the introduction of the fabrication tools into Autodesk Revit 2016, they have been steadily developed over the years and the 2019.2 update for Revit is no exception. In this article we will look...

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Revit tips

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Optimise Graphics Performance In Advance Steel To Navigate Large Models Effectively

by Aleck Giles

Monday, 25 February 2019

General Advance Steel

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One of the perceived weaknesses of Advance Steel is how it handles large models. While there is always room for improvement, there are things a user can do to make things work much more effectively. M...

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Autodesk Advance Steel Tips

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BIM Compliant Document Management for Architects and Engineers

by Gary Edwards

Thursday, 21 February 2019

General BIM

No matter if you already have a good basic understanding of the current suite of 1192 documents and ISO 19650, or you are just starting to investigate the standard, you will probably have some outstan...

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Document Management for Architects Document Management for Engineers

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Zoom In To Schedules In Revit 2019.2

by Alan Johnson

Thursday, 21 February 2019

General BIM

One of the new features of Autodesk Revit 2019.2 is the ability to zoom in to schedules. This means thatyou will now be able to use familiar keyboard shortcuts to zoom in and more easily read small fo...

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Revit tips

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How To Paint The Top Of A Wall In Revit

by Pat Mullins

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

General BIM

In the 2019.1 version of Autodesk Revit there is an expansion for the ‘Paint’ tools functionality. Now we can apply and modify a material on the top face of a wall as well as its side...

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Revit tips

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What's New in the Graitec PowerPack for Advance Steel 2021

Common Challenges Faced With Complying to Employer Information Requirements (EIR)

What’s New in Autodesk Revit 2021

Revit 2020 - Installing the Steel Connections Package for Dynamo

How To Save And Load Your Navisworks Workspace

Using The Navisworks Appearance Profiler

A Guide To Revit 'Or' Condition View Filters

Don't Install AutoCAD 2020. Read this first...

How To Use Enhanced MEP Fabrication Parts In Revit

Optimise Graphics Performance In Advance Steel To Navigate Large Models Effectively

BIM Compliant Document Management for Architects and Engineers

Zoom In To Schedules In Revit 2019.2

How To Paint The Top Of A Wall In Revit

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