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Monday, January 12, 2009

Using Green Building Studio with Revit

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Using Green Build With Revit Whitepaper by Autodesk


This document helps you get started with Autodesk® Green
Building Studio® web service and presents the fundamental
concepts of the product, including:
  • Defining Autodesk Green Building Studio
  • Why you should use Green Building Studio
  • Common pitfalls, and making the most of Green Building Studio energy analysis
  • How Green Building Studio works
  • Registration and installation
  • How to perform some common tasks in the product
  • Energy results and what they mean

Revit Interoperability with AutoCAD - By Autodesk

Autodesk® Revit® is a complete architectural design and documentation solution, supporting all phases of design and all architectural drawings and schedules required for a building project. From massing and conceptual studies through the most detailed construction drawings and schedules, Autodesk Revit has tools for delivering productivity, coordination, and quality to the building team.

Autodesk Revit can be used alone or in conjunction with AutoCAD®. This guide will help those who are familiar with AutoCAD to understand how Autodesk Revit works, introducing some of the main features and concepts of Autodesk Revit and comparing them with similar features of AutoCAD.

This guide also demonstrates how you can use Autodesk Revit with AutoCAD to manage a project and its deliverables. You'll learn how to integrate existing AutoCAD projects with Autodesk Revit to produce construction documents. The process relies on the export compatibility of Autodesk Revit and the external referencing capabilities of AutoCAD.

Autodesk Revit provides DWG compatibility using the Autodesk ObjectDBX™ toolkit, and works with AutoCAD to ensure clear communication of design data among project teams.

Revit Interoperability With AutoCAD Whitepaper - By Autodesk

Integrated Project Delivery

Within the building industry there is a growing interest in integrated project delivery (IPD) and the role building information modeling (BIM) can play in promoting integration among building professionals and improving design outcomes.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a process built on behaviors and contractual relations that enables early collaboration between owners, architects, engineers, construction managers, fabricators, and end operators. The IPD process is greatly enhanced through the technology-based process of building information modeling (BIM).

To learn more about IPD, here are some additional resources. You will be hearing more and more about this technique.

Autodesk IPD Whitepaper

Autodesk IPD Website

IPD & BIM Blog

Laura Handler said:
There isn't just growing interest in IPD; it is actually in practice today. In fact, Autodesk has taken the lead by utilizing IPD (tr-party contracts) on 2 projects: an office in San Francisco, and the new Revit HQ in Waltham, MA (designed by KlingStubbins and built by Tocci Building Companies..I couldn't help but plug 'our' project with Autodesk!).

Scott Brisk said:
Yes, there are a number of projects in our area using IPD as well. I think people are going to want to find out more information about it as we start to see more of it.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Create ANY Pipe System in Revit MEP

Martin Schmidt created a video demonstrating how to create ANY pipe system in Revit MEP - that is, you can name a pipe system whatever you want (O2, NO, N, G, Wilma, etc...), and use View FIlters to show/hide as desired.

Great video Martin. Thanks for sharing.

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Monday, December 29, 2008

Ed's Independent Voice Resource



Ed's Independent Voice isn't a blog, but a newsletter. It does not contain training or support, but of high level overviews of various new software packages, new technologies, and where the industry is going. Check out past newsletter issues here.