Each year, April rolls around and the technology consultants at CADD get very excited. Yes, it’s spring, and yes the pollen is kicking our allergies into overdrive, BUT it’s also time for new Autodesk software releases! We love diving into the new features and peeling out the short list of what we think will impact …
Five Reasons Why Architects Should Upgrade to Revit 2020 Read More »
Welcome to Part 2 of our Schedule Series! I’m going to start with how the schedule looks because I often use graphics to help me with a variety of things. I utilize shading to differentiate different types of parameters. Shading Color is a powerful tool within schedules. It can be used to differentiate between different …
If you’ve worked in Revit long enough, you know that inserting AutoCAD DWG files into a Revit project can really muck up your model. Most people avoid it or even ban it in their office. That is a great practice when working in Revit projects, as you can link DWG files and not have to …
Being in the design software consulting industry means we get a great opportunity to find out about new cutting edge technology, but more importantly, we get to evaluate that technology and help our clients decide if it’s the right fit for them. We have a lot of talks with firms and often ask them if …
Revit Forge API Has Launched – What in the World Does That Even Mean? Read More »
Learn where your computer stores Autodesk license server information, and from LICPATH.lic to environment variables, the many ways to manage it on workstations throughout your organization.
The very first Revit DC user group meeting for 2019 welcomed dozens of users across the DC metro area for three excellent presentations Tuesday evening. Additionally, the live broadcast to YouTube brought the meeting to Revit users across the country. Regardless of how users participated, attendees benefited from the exchange of ideas, methods, and practices …
Each of the user groups sponsored by CADD Microsystems shares a common goal. To provide a forum for Revit users to share ideas, methods, and practices in a relaxed environment. Through that lens, RevitRVA welcomed two great presenters to the stage last Thursday. Those presenters were Dana De Filippi of SmithGroup in Washington DC, and …
Did you miss my presentation at BILTna in St. Louis this past August? Well, have no fear! In this 10-part blog series I will recap that presentation, adding in some additional information that I’ve learned since then. Glad to have you here! I LOVE SCHEDULES!! I love collecting data together, sorting it, filtering it, and …
Revit Schedule Series – Part 1 – Overview of Schedule Types Read More »
Revit 2019.2 just dropped this past week, and while yes, the zooming in and out of schedules is really really great, I find myself very excited about the additional functionality added for BIM 360 users. Revit Files In BIM 360 – Just Plain Files and Design Collaboration Previously, you had two ways to put your …
A First Look at BIM 360 Cloud Models Inside Revit 2019.2 Read More »
We hope your 2019 is off to an incredible start. In our last post, we kicked off our year in review series by exploring our most popular AutoCAD and Civil 3D blogs posts in 2018. Continuing our look back at 2018, today we’re having a look at our most popular Revit posts in 2018. The …