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Many engineers do not realize the power of Revit and prefer to trust the process of designs they have been using for years, such as Excel, manual calculations or their company templates. In fact, they have implemented ... https://www.solidcad.ca/energy-analysis-realize-the-greatest-benefit-of-bim/ The 3 Main Types of Panel Schedule Templates in Revit

Panel schedules are an essential part of any electrical design and provide a level of coordination that ensures accurate design and documentation. Panel schedules can be created before or after circuits are connected ... https://www.solidcad.ca/the-3-main-types-of-panel-schedule-templates-in-revit/ Are we beyond BIM?

If everybody is so proficient with the change to a BIM process, then why aren’t building projects embracing it more widely? Why aren’t those firms who have embraced it finding the efficiencies that it promises? ... https://www.solidcad.ca/are-we-beyond-bim/ BIM 360 Design – the next gen of Collaboration for Revit

As of April 9, 2018, Collaboration for Revit is available as BIM 360 Design – Autodesk’s next-generation cloud work-sharing, data management, and design collaboration product. This is part of several changes ... https://www.solidcad.ca/bim-360-design-the-next-gen-of-collaboration-for-revit/ Revit Family Guide – Master Revit Families in 10 Steps

A Family is a group of objects that form a building component such as a door, a wall, a window or a chair. All families are associated to a specific category and contain a set of properties (parameters) and a ... https://www.solidcad.ca/revit-family-guide-master-revit-families-in-10-steps/ New in Revit 2019 – MEP Engineers improvements to primary/secondary hydraulic

Revit 2019 has arrived, and with it comes a number of great new features and enhancements for different uses. • BIM 360 Design is the re-branded C4R • Open Dialog Enhancement to show version of the Revit ... https://www.solidcad.ca/new-in-revit-2019-mep-engineers-improvements-to-primarysecondary-hydraulic/ Implementation and BIM

What is this thing we have been calling BIM “implementation” for so many years? As a professional who has been working in and around the move to Building Information Modeling for over 15 years, I am appalled ... https://www.solidcad.ca/implementation-and-bim/ 4 New Features Architects should know Revit 2019.2

Autodesk’s release of 2019.2 included some interesting features that Architects should be aware of.  There were a couple minor improvements to the program itself, but it seems like a larger effort is being ... https://www.solidcad.ca/4-new-features-architects-should-know-revit-2019-2/ CUI command in AutoCAD

In this post I will show you how to Customize User Interface and how CUI command allows to customize drawing environment to suit your needs. The Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor in AutoCAD provides a wide ... https://www.solidcad.ca/cui-command-in-autocad/ So you think your Revit model is corrupt

 I am going to talk about file corruption in Revit. To keep things brief I will be doing a few separate posts on this topic. Today I will touch on 4 points: Initial Investigation First steps to resolution Common ... https://www.solidcad.ca/so-you-think-your-revit-model-is-corrupt/