Revit OpEd: Finishing Text

Revit OpEd: Finishing Text: I read a post at AUGI tonight that mentioned using the Modify button on the ribbon to finish typing or editing text. The intended technique...

Repost: Beyond Design: Invitation to beta test Navisworks Ivanov

From Beyond Design

Invitation to our beta program for Navisworks Ivanov

We'd like to invite our Navisworks users to our Ivanov beta program. This is great chance to get early access to our next software release, understand how the new features can benefit your workflows and provide us with input, feedback and suggestions for improvement. If you are interested in participation then please sign up using the link below with a valid work email address (i.e. not Gmail, Yahoo etc.) and complete a short survey.
All feedback and software downloads will be handled through the Autodesk Feedback Community website. The Navisworks Ivanov Beta Team will closely monitor this beta community for questions and reported problems. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and is essential in helping us to make a better product.
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Sign me up now to the Navisworks Ivanov Beta program!

Revit OpEd: Change a Level Association for a Room

Revit OpEd: Change a Level Association for a Room: I read a wish at AUGI asking to be able to change the associated level of a room via the Properties Palette. My initial reaction was, "...

MEP-BIM-Guru: Equipment Maintenance Clearance

MEP-BIM-Guru: Equipment Maintenance Clearance:   Here is a quick how-to and a few lessons learned when adding a maintenance clearance to equipment families. Sometimes these are missing f...

Revit Rendering vs Autodesk Revit Cloud Rendering - iRevit Repost

Craig Barbieri over at IRevit has a very interesting blog post about the differences between cloud rendering and rendering using local hardware.

Revit OpEd: Level Matching in Schedules

Revit OpEd: Level Matching in Schedules: If you've used the Level parameter in a door or room schedule to sort and group them you may have also been surprised when you attempt t...

Get Your Render On with The Rendering Image Contest!

From Revit Clinic

Do you love rendering?
Do you enjoy adding textures, shadows and reflections to create a stunning image?
Do you pull out all the creative stops when it comes to showcasing designs?
Then take part in the Rendering Image Contest!
Whether you’re a student, rendering artist, designer or small business professional - here’s your chance to show us your talent and do what you love doing from now until November 15^th, 2013. You could be one of the lucky three to feature exclusively in our Autodesk® 360 newsletter worldwide and receive fantastic prizes like an iPad, a $500 gift card and much more!
So what are you waiting for? Get your render on and follow these instructions:

• Create a still image rendering of anything you like: a building model, residential interior or object design.
• Visit Rendering in Autodesk® 360 and sign in to your Autodesk® 360 account.
• Upload your design from Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Autodesk® Revit® or Autodesk® Fusion 360.
• The final render must be done in Autodesk® 360 to qualify.
• Upload up to 5 images at once to enter here: http://autode.sk/render_3

Hurry! You could be the lucky owner of a cool Autodesk T-shirt if you’re among the first 50 entries.
Good luck!

Future of Construction?

​While at the BIMForum in Denver, I have seen some pretty amazing uses of prefab and modularization - though I am tired of the health care examples.

What really stuck me as interesting is the use of pre-fab for parking garages and stadium that can be dis-assemblemed. Yeah, taken apart and moved. Click here to check out the video.

Participate in the Autodesk SketchBook Pro Beta and More

From Between the Lines

We are rapidly approaching the big pre-release alpha and beta season for Autodesk. There are already a couple Autodesk products in testing now and you can sign up to participate by registering at http://beta.autodesk.com. By joining almost 70,000 Autodesk customer that participate in hundreds of pre-release feedback projects every year you will improve the quality of the products and you become a vital extended member of the product teams and help us shape the direction of the products you use, or future products and solutions you may need. 

The Autodesk SketchBook Pro team has a beta in progress and you apply and can get more details from the ONLINE APPLICATION

Repost: BIM & Beam: Using Structural Analysis for Autodesk Revit to more quickly test your design concept

From BIM & BEAM

If you are an Autodesk Subscription customer with a seat of either the Premium or Ultimate edition of Building Design Suite, Plant Design Suite, or Infrastructure Design Suite, or a seat of Revit Structure, you get the benefit of using the Structural Analysis for Revit cloud service.

Structural Analysis for Revit uses the power of Autodesk 360 to conduct the computationally-heavy task of structural analysis directly from your Revit software but without locking out your system while it processes. The service consumes two cloud credits each time you use it. In case you are still learning about Autodesk’s cloud credits, each seat of Subscription on one of the software packages outlined above gets 100 cloud credits per year and if you run out of allocated cloud credits they are available for purchase for 100USD for 100. You can find out more about cloud credits and metered usage here.

The service is powered by the industry leading Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis engine, giving you access to leading edge structural solvers, without the need to purchase and learn complex analysis software.  Structural Analysis for Revit is purpose built for engineers and architects looking to gain more insight to the structures they are designing and how they will respond to loading conditions.

This feature is a great way to test your designs early and often and iterate based on the results.

You can use these videos to learn how to get started with the service:
Preparing and submitting a model for Structural Analysis for Revit
Download and interpreting Structural Analysis for Revit results

Roombook Extension for Autodesk Revit 2014