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Tips and Tricks for using Autodesk Advance Steel from AU2016 (Part II)
In my last post I summarized some of the Advance Steel tips for modeling that I covered during my class at Autodesk University last fall. This post picks up where that one left off and describes the software features Advance Steel has for helping you create and manage documentation more effectively. Here we go! 1.…
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Stepped Reinforced Concrete Foundations in Revit
In the Revit content you can find a reach pallet of Structural Families preinstalled. In the Metric UK Library you can find the Structural Foundations folder which contains the number of different foundation types: a pad footing, a strip footing, a pile cap etc. Recently my colleague asked me: “OK Tomek, I have all these…
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Rebar Shape Images in Revit
Scheduling is the operation of listing the location, mark, type and size, number off, length and bending details of each bar or sheet of fabric. When dealing with bars the completed lists are called “bar schedules”. The bars should be grouped together for each structural unit, e.g. beam, column, etc. In a building, the bars…
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5 great features in Structural Analysis for Revit
Structural Analysis for Revit provides cloud-based structural analysis to structural engineers as a part of the BIM process. With Structural Analysis for Revit, engineers and designers can extend design models from Revit to the cloud for structural analysis. Results can then be visualized and explored within Revit and disruptions to a designer or engineer’s workflow…
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How to Deal with Rebar Detailing Visibility in Revit
In order to better present, review and document all our rebar detail designs in Revit we want to have them displayed as solid objects and visible in concrete formwork in shaded views. This requires that the rebars are visible in view as solid and unobscured by the concrete form. But this takes a lot of…
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The First-Ever Public Revit Roadmap
At Autodesk, we know that feedback from you is what makes our products better. Not only do we want to hear your thoughts about what we’ve released and shipped so far, we also want your feedback on our plans. While we’ve always tried to share our product roadmaps, it’s not necessarily been easy information to…
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