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 …
As we talked about in an earlier blog post, the BIM Interoperability Tools for Revit got a major update, and the Configurator got the biggest overhaul of all of them! The Model Checker Configurator is the software that you use to edit or create checkset files for Model Checker. Its function and purpose is still …
The Classification Manager for Revit is a free add-in that helps you add values to specific parameters in your Revit model elements. Out of the gate, the intent was to design an easy to use utility that lets you add multiple classifications to the same elements without having to overwrite the Assembly Code or Omniclass …
Classification Manager for Revit Updates and New Features Read More »
Did you recently make the switch from a Design Suite to an Industry Collection (like the AEC Collection) subscription but don’t have access to the new software because your contract hasn’t flipped yet? Why the wait? Although Autodesk allows clients to renew early and take advantage of current promotions, your contract date remains the same. …
Gain Advanced Access to Your Autodesk Software When You Switch to Subscription Read More »
We are huge fans of the BIM Interoperability Tools for Revit over here at CADD. We blog about them a lot and we even make files for them to share on our CADD Community. The original four tools: Classification Manager, Model Checker, Model Checker Configurator and COBie Extension for Revit have recently released a major update. …
BIM Interoperability Tools for Revit Major Update Read More »
Unlike the 2019.1 updates that introduced new features in July, August, and September, our October releases primarily focus on bug fixes. Of note is the AutoCAD for Mac updates we see this month. With the recent release of macOS Mojave, the AutoCAD for Mac updates addresses compatibility issues with the updated operating system. Also of …