Dan Peticila

Dan Peticila is the Product Manager for Revit responsible for cast in place and precast concrete, as well as for multiple platform and steel investments. Having a structural engineering background, he previously worked for national and international design companies, filling various coordination and engineering roles for industrial, commercial, energy, water and residential projects. He holds a Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering from the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania.

  • Precast (R)Evolutions: Magnetti Building Transforms Precast Processes with Revit

    Magnetti Building cuts the time needed for precast projects design and construction by 20% and reduces the number of errors in fabrication and construction by 80%. It’s not often when companies update their processes. But, when they do, significant changes are planned with the goal of improving one or several success metrics. Processes are all…

    Customer Success

  • Parting the Land from the Sea – A Story of Reinforced Concrete & Revit 

    Sea trade has been one of the most important domains of commerce, dating back to 5,000 years ago, when the first major trade routes were set along the Arabian Sea. Back then, small wooden ships were used to carry goods. Fast-forwarding through history to present day, ships of over 400 m (1,300 ft.) navigate the…

    Structure

  • Revit 2023: Library-Based Connection Design Automation 

    Unlike any of my previous articles, I will start this one based on a personal story, from when I was working as a structural engineer. I used to design all types of structures, made of reinforced concrete, masonry, timber, but many of them made of steel. They were either medium-size office buildings or typical low-rise…

    Structure

  • Making the Switch – Stories of Efficient Rebar Detailing in Revit

    A few years ago, we started a series of blog posts highlighting the benefits of integrating the rebar detailing among the project stages that need to unfold in a BIM environment. We acknowledged since then that the reinforced concrete industry was lagging behind structural steel in terms of BIM adoption, and it is for this…

    Structure

  • Consumer Reports – Precast Automation in Revit

    Structural Precast Extension now comes out-of-the-box in Revit 2021. What are early-adopters saying?

    Customer Success

  • New Dynamo Features to Automate Connections Modeling with Design Input and Predefined Libraries

    With Autodesk University 2019 unfolding this week, it’s a perfect time to introduce new functionalities in Dynamo that will empower structural engineers to bring automation into their steel connection workflows. With the Revit 2020.2 point release, new Dynamo nodes and sample scripts bridge the gap between structural analysis and modelling phases, enabling standardization and faster…

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