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Many firms struggle to fully keep their Revit models healthy. There are manual, and tedious workflows that can be error prone. Do you want to do a thorough health check of your model prior to sending it out? ... https://www.solidcad.ca/keeping-your-revit-model-healthy-by-utilizing-ctc-express-tools/ Design better Pipe Networks with CTC Software

While Pipe Networks are a great toolset in Civil 3D, they fall short as a true design tool. With CTC Software, we can edit pipe runs through a design-oriented, dynamic interface. We can swap multiple parts, both ... https://www.solidcad.ca/design-better-pipe-networks-with-ctc-software/ AutoCAD FLATTEN

AutoCAD has a command contained within the Express Tool named FLATTEN.  It is designed to remove any non-zero elevations from selected objects within a drawing.  It does an excellent job with this, but there ... https://www.solidcad.ca/autocad-flatten/ Revit Data Corruption

Let’s talk about data corruption in Revit. In this post I will look at these 4 points: File crashes before opening Crashes when opening a new view Looking for corrupt families Higher level investigation As ... https://www.solidcad.ca/revit-data-corruption/ ArcGIS and AutoCAD – Free Background for everyone using AutoCAD

Imagine a world where you could get high resolution background image maps to display and PRINT in AutoCAD. Esri and Autodesk are working closer than ever and this alliance benefits all CAD and GIS users. Esri ... https://www.solidcad.ca/arcgis-and-autocad-free-background-for-everyone-using-autocad/ Revit Family Creation: Family with Adjustable Built-in Label

Usually Tags are added separate from the Components we place, but in certain situations the “tag” needs to be part of the family. To push this further occasionally a request is made for flexibility in the ... https://www.solidcad.ca/revit-family-creation-family-with-adjustable-built-in-label/ Revisiting AutoCAD Basics: Shortcut Menu Hotkeys

Many of us use keyboard shorts and aliases to keep our eyes on the drawing area and keep our thoughts on our design. Searching for commands on the ribbon, especially if it’s buried in the pull-down portion, ... https://www.solidcad.ca/revisiting-autocad-basics-shortcut-menu-hotkeys/ Path of Travel tool – Revit 2020

Path of Travel tool is a new feature in Revit 2020 that determines the distance between two points on a floor plan. By selecting a start point and an end point, Revit automatically creates the path and calculates ... https://www.solidcad.ca/path-of-travel-tool-revit-2020/ BIM Project Suite – Free Valuable Tools for AEC

Down below are BIM Project’s Suites best FREE tools: (1) Quick Select Gives users the ability to build or filter selections of Revit objects by specific categories or parameter values. For more click here ... https://www.solidcad.ca/bim-project-suite-free-valuable-tools-for-aec/ Project Analytics with CTC Software

Need for data analytics is growing rapidly within the AEC industry. I have clients that tell me about the work, effort, time and most importantly money they have lost because they did not understand the reasons ... https://www.solidcad.ca/project-analytics-with-ctc-software/