This info is a bit dated, but the question came up this week, and I had to scratch my head a bit to remember the technicalities behind it to explain. In the Revit 2017 release, we added a Temperature Difference parameter type,…
Tips, tricks & tutorials
PCF and Assemblies In a prior post, we showed how to output pipe fabrication parts to a PCF file. If you are using Assemblies in Revit to generate assembly views, and want to output a PCF of that assembly, you will find…
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Revit 2018.0 has the ability to generate Piping Component Files (PCF) files from fabrication level of detail piping models using a simple macro. PCF files are used in the piping industry to automate a variety of process, such as stress analysis, generation…
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Autodesk® Structural Precast Extension for Revit® is a BIM-centric offering for modeling and detailing precast elements that improves productivity and precision for engineers, detailers and fabricators working on typical building projects in the precast industry. As an app for Revit, Structural Precast…
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Architecture firms Hennebery Eddy and Fentress used Revit collaboration to improve passenger experience at Portland International Airport. We’ve all been there: shouldering a computer bag and wrestling a carry-on in a throng of passengers at an airport gate. It feels like everyone’s…
Architecture
Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Data (IoT), Code, Cloud, Civil Engineering. Which one doesn’t belong? They all belong and a couple more—BIM, BEM, Automation, Parametric Modeling. Our world is fast becoming a place where everything that can be coded will be coded. The physics…
Construction