Revit Server - Managing from a Mobile Device

At work, we have been using Revit Server since Revit 2011 and it has worked out rather well. We have multiple offices scattered across the US and the majority of our projects utilize staff from multiple offices. Revit Server has made that worksharing process much less painless.

The major drawback though for staff that manage the BIM projects is that Revit Server can require more management than your standard worksharing Central file setup. This management is done thru the Revit Server Administrator webpage. The way Autodesk has created the Revit Server Administrator webpage, you can't use it on mobile devices like the iPad.

Rob Howarth has written a method that allows you to access the Revit Server Administrator console via HTML and Javascript which can be used on mobile devices. For more information click here.

BIM Wash

I can across this blog posting from the BIM Thinkspace blog about BIM Wash.

Episode 16: Understanding BIM Wash

BIM Wash^[1] is a term describing the inflated – and sometimes deceptive – claim of using or delivering Building Information Modelling products or services. An organization which commits BIM Wash is typically engaged in promoting its unwarranted claims of BIM capability through its staff, website, project submissions and/or marketing material. Like Green Wash before it, BIM Wash is on the rise in markets with value attributed to BIM tools and workflows, and where clients are increasingly requiring models to be part of project submittals.

Some of the BIM Wash (BIMwash, as a newly coined single term) activity can be attributed to the confusion surrounding the BIM term itself; unintentional and even harmless to a degree. Other activities, however, are more intentionally deceptive. This is certainly true for the many attempts to sell BIM services which have not been developed yet, or fall far short of clients’ expectations.
BIMwash is not only problematic for clients who engage service providers (architects, engineers, contractors,…) falsely posing as BIM experts, it is also problematic for the service providers themselves. By muddying the waters, BIMwashers can cause significant grief to those who have invested a lot of time, money and effort in developing their true BIM capabilities and in honing their BIM deliverables.

Why is the truth so funny.

Revit Add-ons - Revit String Search

Search Revit project elements and their parameter values for a given string.

Survey - Help Us Improve The Interoperability of Autodesk Products

From our friends at Autodesk.

If you are interested in helping Autodesk create a better workflow between Autodesk Products, please take this short survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NLBM883. 

Your input will help us create a more fluid workflow between design solutions. Ask yourself the question below – if you said yes then we would like your feedback.

• If Revit is your primary design tool have you ever had to include AutoCAD drawings or produce AutoCAD drawings as a deliverable? 
• If AutoCAD (includes all DWG-based products) is your primary design tool have you ever worked with others on a project that might include some Revit information?
• Have you ever worked with others on a project that might include model from software other that Revit?

Thank you!

Jeff Agla

Senior Product Manager, PSEB Verticals

Platform Solutions & Emerging

Richard W. Taylor

Revit Platform Feature Product Manager

Architecture/Engineering/Construction - BIM Product Line Group

Minmin Yang

Senior User Experience Designer

User Research

AEC Industry Group

Revit OpEd: 3D Connexion AU Contest

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Revit Structure Survey

Autodesk is conducting some user research to improve Autodesk Revit Structure.  The goal is to understand your needs and your workflow better.  Specifically, we are focusing on building elements that you might represent in concrete formwork drawings for cast-in-place monolithic construction.

This survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. The link to the online survey is:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RevitStructureJoinGeometry

The information from this survey will be used only by the Revit product team. Your involvement helps make our products better fit your needs.  Please complete the survey by the end of Monday, October 1, 2011.

Thank you,
David Aurelio
david.aurelio@autodesk.com
Autodesk User Researcher

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