Erik's Revit BLOG

View Templates aanmaken in Revit

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Een View Template aanmaken kan op verschillende manieren

Klik in de Project Browser op een View met de rechtermuisknop en kies voor Create View Template from View.
Klik in de View Ribbon op View Templates en vervolgens op Create View Template from Current View.
Geef de View Template een logische naam.

In het opkomende scherm staan nogmaals alle View-instellingen. Er kunnen nog waardes worden veranderd en onderdelen kunnen worden geëxclude door het vinkje uit te zetten onder de tabel Include. Wanneer dit vinkje wordt uitgezet, worden die eigenschappen niet meegenomen naar andere Views.

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Sometimes... you dont have to say anything... Feels great

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:21:00 +0000

Infrastructure Modeler conceptual design software is the next generation of LandXplorer Studio Professional software, designed to help civil engineering, transportation, and urban planning professionals create, evaluate, and communicate infrastructure proposals. Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler can help drive stakeholder buy-in and inform decision making with visually rich proposals for transportation, land, water, or energy infrastructure projects. And users can share proposed infrastructure models to give designers a head start.

Model existing infrastructure—Use 2D CAD, GIS, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and raster data.
Import detailed models—Incorporate detailed models from AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, AutoCAD® Map 3D, and other software.
Stylize infrastructure models—Depict the local environment more realistically. Work in 3D—Show proposed roads, water, and land features.
Overlay GIS data—Create 3D thematic maps to help inform decisions. Manage infrastructure proposals—
Create and manage multiple alternatives in a single model.
Communicate visually rich infrastructure proposals—Shift between design proposals and evaluate alternatives from any viewpoint, and capture rendered images or recorded videos.

FAQ (pdf - 370Kb)
Brochure (pdf - 5650Kb)
System Requirements (pdf - 124Kb)

Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012- Creating a Model
Use the CAD, GIS and design data you already own and manage as part of the planning and design process.

Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012 - Communicating using a Model
Being able to view a model interactively and change it on the fly can lead to the exploration of more ideas, and more confident decision - making.

Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012- Evaluating Conceptual Designs
Sketch and manage conceptual designs directly into your infrastructure model, potentially reducing the time frame required to generate and communicate project proposals from weeks or days, to hours.

Bron: Autodesk
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CEO Carl Bass 'Design and Creation Suites'

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Set in Autodesk's San Francisco Gallery, this 5 minute video features Autodesk CEO Carl Bass Design and Creation Suites to market of why Autodesk brought the Design and Creation Suites to market and the benefit to customers. http://www.autodesk.com/suites

Bron: Autodesk
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Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:53:00 +0000

Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2012 is a comprehensive BIM for infrastructure solution combining the tools needed to plan, design, build, and manage transportation, land, water, and energy infrastructure projects, offered as a single economical and convenient purchase. Watch this video to get an introduction to Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2012.

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Vault 2012 works with Sharepoint 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:38:00 +0000

Autodesk Vault 2012 software works with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 to facilitate access to design information across the enterprise. Autodesk’s data management software works with the Microsoft collaboration platform to simplify business intelligence, content management, search and sharing functions for intranet and Internet sites ― all while building a crucial connection between design teams and an extended business enterprise.

Vault works with SharePoint 2010 to help enterprises be more productive and profitable by facilitating sharing of and access to information throughout the lifecycle of any project,” said Çağlayan Arkan, General Manager, Worldwide Manufacturing & Resources Sector at Microsoft Corp. “Vault provides the world’s designers, architects, engineers, builders and manufacturers with a complete view of their information, while enabling access across the entire organization.”
On any design project, hundreds of people may be using dozens of specialized applications to create thousands of models and drawings. In addition to this design data, a significant amount of “nondesign” information surrounds most projects: contracts, bid documents, photographs, emails and more. Vault working with Microsoft provides an extended enterprise — including nondesign professionals — with the ability to share and manage engineering and design data through familiar Microsoft SharePoint 2010 workflows. The solution takes advantage of features and functionality provided in SharePoint 2010 and Autodesk Vault 2012, giving SharePoint 2010 users direct access to engineering and design data within Vault, including easy search and navigation, and the ability to view and print design data.

Additional benefits include:

SharePoint 2010 users now have direct access to Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Prototyping data within Vault and can incorporate it into existing enterprise data, tools and processes.

Autodesk Vault 2012 users now have the ability to take advantage of the latest social computing enhancements provided in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 through video conferencing, capturing discussions, voting mechanisms, mining expertise and business intelligence.

Federated searching enables users to do a single search to quickly aggregate results from both SharePoint and Vault applications, helping users increase productivity without changing the way they work.

Seamlessly allows technology from SharePoint 2010 and Autodesk Vault 2012 that runs on Microsoft Windows-based servers, utilizes Microsoft Web Services and SQL Server technology.

The collaboration between Microsoft and Autodesk extends beyond SharePoint 2010 to Microsoft Office 2010, including Microsoft Outlook 2010, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Excel 2010, enabling users to be more productive with their everyday tools. Colleagues, customers and partners can share content and information in a familiar environment, whether reading a DOC file or printing a DWG drawing. The solution is easy to deploy, enabling customers to get up and running immediately.

“More than ever, clear communication and easy access to accurate data are the keys to success for any business,” said Steven Bodnar, vice president of data management at Autodesk. “Competitive enterprises need to collaborate beyond their boundaries in order to strengthen their relationships and cooperation with their customers, partners and vendors. This is especially true for design and manufacturing organizations working with globally distributed teams.

Availability

Autodesk Vault Collaboration AEC, Autodesk Vault Collaboration and Autodesk Vault Professional 2012 for SharePoint 2010 is now available.

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Optimize your road alignments. Project Silverstar

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Project Silverstar for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 is a free* technology preview that provides cloud-based optimization for vertical road alignments. Project Silverstar uses a new numerical cloud algorithm that uses modern mathematical optimization techniques to find optimal for given horizontal alignments.

Points of Vertical Intersection (PVIs) are created automatically and the vertical and horizontal position of these PVIs are optimized with respect to total earthwork cost. The algorithm can handle multiple ground surface layers with different earthwork costs, and incorporates borrow and waste pits for different materials.

Only the Existing Ground (EG) centerline is needed for input. For greater accuracy of volume computations, centerline offsets can be submitted as well.

Results are sent back to the user and can be imported directly in to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 via ASCII files or LandXML.

LATEST UPDATE

Based on user feedback, the latest update includes the following corrections:

Offset values are now set for offset profiles if the profile name contains non-ANSI characters.
The default min-slope value is now set at 0.3%.
A tooltip is displayed if the min-slope value is greater than 2%.
The position of the About button is now correct while resizing the wizard.
Thanks to everyone for the feedback provided. Keep it coming.

AVAILABILITY

This is an English language utility that can be installed on any language version of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 (64-bit only). Once installed, the new utility can be accessed and launched from the AutoCAD Civil 3D Toolbox. Although the technology preview will operate until August 1, 2012, the data craeted during the technology preview will continue to be valid even after the technology preview no longer operates.

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Resetting the Autodesk Revit 2012 user interface

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:48:00 +0000

You would like to reset the Autodesk® Revit® 2012 user interface (i.e. the Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, and Project Browser) back to the out-of-the-box version and remove any customization that has been applied.

Download and run the following script on your computer:

Do It Yourself:

Warning! This script may delete a file on your computer. It also removes a Windows Registry key. Do not use it without consulting your system administrator first.

To reset the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar:

Rename or delete the UIState.dat file located in the Autodesk Revit 2011 folder (rename to anything of your choice, like UIState.old), which can be found in one of the following locations, depending on your operating system:

Windows XP
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit {Product Name} 2012
Windows Vista or Windows 7

%APPDATA%\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit {Product Name} 2012

To reset your Project Browser to the default location:

Using the Windows Registry editor, rename the following registry key to anything of your choice (Panels_backup for example):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit {Product Name} 2012\Components\Panels

Replace {Product Name} with Architecture, Structure, or MEP
Warning! Problems caused by improperly editing the Windows registry could render your computer operating system unusable. Microsoft provides a wealth of critical information that you need to know about the registry in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/support.
Use the Microsoft® Registry Editor only at your own risk and only after backing up the registry as well as the system.dat and user.dat files as outlined for your operating system in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and in the related solution, TS66513. Additional information about the registry is also contained in the Help topics in the Microsoft Registry Editor.

Bron: Autodesk
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Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:12:00 +0000

Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler 2012 software is a conceptual design tool that helps project engineers and planning professionals create, evaluate, and communicate convincing infrastructure project proposals for faster stakeholder approval and more confident decision making. With Infrastructure Modeler you can incorporate existing 2D CAD, GIS, BIM, and raster data to quickly create models that more realistically depict the local environment. You can more easily evaluate multiple design alternatives in the context of the existing environment by overlaying GIS data and using infrastructure sketching and proposal management tools. And you can communicate visually rich proposals of these alternatives with interactive navigations, rendered images, and recorded videos.

Conceptual Design for Infrastructure

Infrastructure Modeler conceptual design software helps project engineers, and GIS and planning professionals quickly create, evaluate, and communicate compelling infrastructure project proposals in the context of the existing natural and built environment. Use Infrastructure Modeler to drive faster stakeholder buy-in and more confident decision making with visually rich proposals of your next transportation, land, water, or energy project.

Create: Quickly Build Models of Existing Infrastructure

With Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler, you can streamline your conceptual design workflows by building 3D models of existing infrastructure from readily available GIS, Building Information Modeling (BIM), CAD, and raster data. Quickly transform 2D road centerlines, building footprints, or pipe centerlines into 3D models. Whether you are planning a city block, an entire region, or a new long-distance transportation corridor, Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler can help you with the task.

You can further enhance the accuracy of your infrastructure models by incorporating detailed designs of existing buildings and infrastructure from AutoCAD Civil 3D software, the Autodesk Revit family of products, and other modeling software.

Evaluate: Easily Develop and Compare Multiple Proposals

The most powerful capability of Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler is the ability to explore future infrastructure in the context of today’s environment.

Using simple yet powerful industry-specific sketching tools, you can rapidly lay out, model, and visualize proposed roads and land and water features in the context of existing conditions. You can even overlay GIS Data, such as property boundaries or protected forest lands, to help inform conceptual design decisions. Study transportation corridors with the easy-to-use road tool that automatically grades the terrain. Sketch roads, buildings, and land and water features for urban planning studies. Import water or energy system designs from GIS, CAD, and BIM software to facilitate utility master planning studies. Whatever conceptual design you can imagine, Infrastructure Modeler can help bring it to life.

With Infrastructure Modeler, you can evaluate multiple conceptual design alternatives with robust proposal management tools that enable you to quickly switch between alternatives to see their impact on the surrounding environment. Once the winning design alternative is selected, you can import data from Infrastructure Modeler into Civil 3D or AutoCAD

® Map 3D® software to continue with detailed design without having to start from scratch. This integrated approach reduces the need for redundant and costly rework, saving you time and money.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:04:00 +0000

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Export Utility for Navisworks NWC files

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:00 +0000

You don't own Navisworks and you need to deliver a NWC file? Use this export Utility....,

The distributable NWC file exporter enables project teams using Autodesk® Naviswork® software to generate whole-project models for simulation and analysis. Project team members can generate the optimized NWC file directly from their design applications. This capability is provided without necessitating a licensed seat of Autodesk Navisworks 2012 software on the same machine.

The NWC exporter works with a range of products, including the AutoCAD®-based and Revit®-based Autodesk products, as well as Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Bentley MicroStation®, and Graphisoft ArchiCAD® software. The NWC file format supports transfer of both object geometry and associated metadata from the design applications into Autodesk Navisworks 2012 software.

You can download the Exporter for free.

Bron; Autodesk
Erik@Reviteer.nl

Project Collaboration Software for BIM: BIM360

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:36:00 +0000

Get project teams up and running with Autodesk® 360 for BIM. Deploy collaboration and data management technology in just hours or days, and connect with extended, dispersed, and remote team members with project collaboration software.

Autodesk 360 for BIM helps you manage project data with other BIM applications including: Autodesk® Revit®, AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, Autodesk® Navisworks®, and Autodesk® Buzzsaw® software.

Watch Video Vignettes
Deployment—Enjoy faster, easier deployment than comparable data management solutions.
Collaboration—Work with extended, dispersed, and remote teams.
Data Management—Focus on the project, not the data.
Read this white paper to learn more about the Autodesk 360 for BIM.

Autodesk Buzzsaw
Get the entire project team, including those outside your company’s firewall, linked up and collaborating as soon as a project is kicked off. With Autodesk Buzzsaw project collaboration software-as-a-service, they can access what they need, when and where they need it, improving cross-disciplinary collaboration. Learn More

Autodesk Vault Collaboration for AEC
A proven, scalable data management solution, Autodesk® Vault Collaboration AEC software helps architecture, engineering, and construction teams manage and track digital models. Quick setup and deployment means new project teams can begin collaborating in a matter of days.

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noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:01:00 +0000

See how bicycles, bridges, and a brand new science academy were designed, visualized, and simulated with the help of Autodesk technologies. By fully experiencing and enhancing their projects before they are built, design teams are creating manufacturing products and architectural projects that are more efficient, economical, and sustainable than ever before.

Bron: Autodesk

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Real-time 3D story-building technology for architectural visualization

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Experience real-time 3D story-building technology designed specifically for architectural visualization and presentation. With game-engine technology and intuitive navigation techniques, Project Newport helps architects show their designs in context, rapidly explore design options, and create vivid and immersive 3D presentations in which customers and building owners can actively participate. Project Newport brings architectural designs to life by expressing design intent, understandably and in context, at every stage of a project.

No prior knowledge of 3D visualization, animation, or rendering is needed to learn Project Newport quickly. Every architect can create great-looking, easy-to-use presentations. Spend more time designing and less time revising. Avoid costly mistakes by communicating building information modeling (BIM) data in context. Bring together elements from multiple Autodesk applications. Add realistic, real-time sun and sky. Explore and share design options with camera animations and walkthroughs in either stylized or photorealistic views.

Maintain the fidelity of the data in your Autodesk® Revit® Architecture and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software ecosystem with integrated Autodesk® FBX®, ProMaterials™, and mental ray® technologies. Quickly import geometry, materials, animation, and object metadata from Revit Architecture and 3ds Max Design into Newport, and export scenes into 3ds Max Design for advanced visualization.

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BIM and the Cloud

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000

We have heard a lot about Cloud Computing and SaaS (Software as a Service), but what about moving our high performance graphics workstations to the cloud? This article describes how Little Diversified

Check it out, it provides enough depth to help to get a good sense of how it all works.

Architectural Consulting, located in Charlotte NC, built a private cloud that included their high performance graphics workstations (HPGW). A private cloud differs from the public cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services or Google by the fact that the cloud computing infrastructure and resources are controlled by the individual business that deploys it.

In general, most of the current discussion around cloud computing has been dealing with the servers (or back-end systems). Only recently have businesses begun to put their desktops and workstations into the cloud. Little’s cloud is the first AEC workstation cloud in production and is on track to reduce our workstation and laptop hardware expense by 67% ($2M) over the next 10 years.

Bleustreak
Autodesk Project Bluestreak is a project team centric cloud-based collaboration solution that helps AEC project teams collaborate informally and coordinate their work efficiently. Bluestreak simplifies AEC project team communication by consolidating the information silos used alongside design, analysis, and information management applications.

Bluestreak is the first collaboration solution to integrate informal project team communication and automated notifications from AEC applications, starting with Revit. By combining team communication tools with Revit worksharing notices and one-click file access in a compact desktop app, Bluestreak consolidates multiple tools for BIM processes, making team modeling more efficient.

Bron: AEC Bites & Autodesk
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Structure Generator for Revit

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:39:00 +0000

Project Structure Generator for Revit Structure and Architecture a technology preview that provides a connection between massing models and objects created during conceptual design and structural elements such as beams, column, walls, plates. With Project Structure Generator, structural engineers and architects, from the earliest stages, can very quickly create and visualize a physical and analytical model of a structure based on the massing model.

What does Project Structure Generator do?

Project Structure Generator for Autodesk Revit Structure and Autodesk Revit Architecture is a technology preview that provides a connection between massing models and objects created during conceptual design. Project Structural Generator enables structural engineers and architects to:

Automatically create and visualize a physical model of the structure with mass objects
Generate variants of the physical and analytical model with structural systems based on the massing model.
Predict volume and weight of materials used.
Extend model to Revit Structure or Revit Architecture.
Extend massing model to structural analysis with Project Storm a cloud based technology preview on Autodesk Labs that allows static analysis to be performed or to Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional software

For more information see Scott's blog: clic here.

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Roombook Extension for Revit Architecture 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:06:00 +0000

See also: Roombook Extension for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012

Last week the Roombook Extension for Revit Architecture 2011 was released to the Subscription Center. This was previously only available for German customers (applicable for their VOB measurement standard) and has now been updated for an international audience. The description from Subs Center:

"The Roombook Extension helps calculate the surface area of walls, floors and ceiling elements, room circumferences and the total number of furnishing elements within a project. In addition to the automated detection of room areas and surfaces, this extension helps users configure these elements manually to local requirements, as well as achieve more accurate model take-offs. Quantified results can be exported to Microsoft® Excel® software and Autodesk® Quantity Takeoff (QTO) software."

In essence this extension allows you to quantify materials beyond what is possible in the core Revit product, for example applying height reductions for specific materials and manually applying materials to sub-areas.

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NavisWorks: Interference Detection

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:13:00 +0000

Everyone likes to believe what they’ve designed is perfect, yet why then are there so many change requests submitted once a project is under construction? One reason is that although individual component parts may be perfect and error free in isolation, when they come together in a collaborative environment, the issues are all too common.
Let’s face it, buildings are complex! It’s no wonder we have conflicts between disciplines. Autodesk Navisworks enables you to combine the various disciplines, from disparate sources, into a single model environment. Clash Detective can then be used to identify any potential conflicts between the disciplines, givingyou the opportunity to resolve these while the project remains in the digital stage. The potential savings in time and money are obvious. (Click View tab ➤ Workspace panel ➤ Windows drop-down ➤ Clash Detective.)

The best advice for defining clash tests is to search for clashes where you would expect to find them. Let Clash Dective help you, not replace you. If you try searching the entire model for everything that touches something else, you will be inundated with false positives items that are meant to touch. If, however, you define clash tests based on your real-world experiences of where things go wrong, and don’t fit on site, then Autodesk Navisworks can help you find and resolve these quickly.

Mouse over the Clash Detective window and pin it open.
The Select tab is where we define our clash test. There is a Left and a Right side, both containing an identical copy of the Selection Tree.
Under the Left and a Right sides, you will see the tabs Standard, Compact, and so on. Scroll these to the right and select the Sets tab (for both Left and Right).

In the Left tree, select Supply Air System.
In the Right tree, select Structural Framing Steel.
The Run Type should be set to Hard, looking for physical intersections between items on the left and items on the right.
In the Clash Detective window, click Start to perform the clash test.
Five clashes should be found. Now let’s review these results
Go to the Results tab and click Clash 4.

You will be automatically zoomed into the clash area, however, you may not have a clear view or you may have objects (like the ceiling) obscuring your view. Use the Orbit tool to move around the clashing objects to find a preferred viewpoint. In the Display group, select the Dim Other option to gray out all other objects.

Bron: Autodesk
Erik@Reviteer.nl

Copy/Monitor Best Practices

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:54:00 +0000

Performance:
Use Copy/Monitor to monitor changes to the smallest number of elements required to coordinate efforts across teams. Overuse of Copy/Monitor without thoughtful planning can result in performance degradation.
File names:
After you link a model to the current project and establish relationships between elements for monitoring, do not change file names for the linked model or the current project. If you do, the monitoring relationships cannot be maintained.
Grids:
Do not associate grids with a scope box until after you have copied the grids from a linked model to the host project. You cannot view scope boxes that are defined in a linked model.
Columns:
When using Copy/Monitor to copy columns from an architectural model to a structural model, use the Split Columns by Levels option. For example, if the architect adds columns that span levels 1 - 4, the engineer can split the columns at each level. This design avoids problems with the analytical model. See Specifying Options for Copy/Monitor and Copy/Monitor Parameters for Columns.

Walls:
To ensure that you copy all walls in the model, use a selection box and a filter in a plan view, or use a 3D orthographic view.
Floors:
Use Copy/Monitor to copy a floor from an architectural model to a structural model. To make it a structural floor, edit the floor’s properties in Revit Structure to specify its Structural parameter. See Modifying Instance Properties.
Shape-edited floors:
If you use Copy/Monitor to copy a shape-edited floor (or slab), the copied element is flat. Use the Slope Arrow tool to slope slabs when possible, or use a separate slab in each building model. See Sloped Surfaces.
Spaces:
If you link an architectural model to an MEP model, use the architectural model to place spaces in the MEP model. After linking the architectural model, open a view in Revit MEP and select the linked model.
Click Modify / RVT Links / tabElement Properties panel / Type Properties. In the Type Properties dialog, select Room Bounding. You can then reference elements in the linked model when creating spaces. See Room Boundaries in Linked Models.

Bron: Autodesk
Erik@Reviteer.nl

View range in Revit

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:24:00 +0000

View range of underlay
You want to know how the view range (primary range and view depth) of an underlay is determined.

A cut plane is not used to determine the view range of an underlay. Instead, any object that overlaps the underlay range is displayed in its entirety. For example, if you set Level 1 as the underlay, the resulting underlay range extends from Level 1 to Level 2. In general, an underlay does not replicate the contents of any other view

View range Slab

You set the view range so that it cuts above a floor or slab in a plan view, but the floor or slab was still visible.

A floor or slab will be visible in a plan view if it is partially above the view depth, or if it is within 4 feet (approximately 1.21 meters) of the bottom clip.

To prevent the floor or slab from being visible in plan view, you need to adjust the bottom clip so that it is more than 4 feet above the floor or slab and set the view depth so that it does not include any part of the floor or slab. Follow these steps:

In plan view, click View menu / View Properties.
Click the Edit button for the View Range parameter.
Enter a value for both the Bottom Offset, under Primary Range, and the Level Offset, under View Depth, that is more than 4 feet from the floor or slab

Bron; Autodesk

Erik@Reviteer.nl

Troubleshooting Revit Worksharing

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:59:00 +0000

Learn how to reproduce, troubleshooting and understand what data is needed to help customers with worksharing problems in Revit products. Understand the best practices for Worksharing and how they can benefit users.

Bron: Autodesk
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Setting Up and Managing Worksets

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:45:00 +0000

When you enable worksharing, several default worksets are created (two default user-created worksets, and worksets for the families that are loaded in the project, project standards, and project views). For more information, see Default Worksets.
The Worksets dialog provides the following information:

Active workset designates the workset to which new elements are added. The active workset can be a workset that is editable by you or one that is owned by another team member. You can add elements to worksets you do not own.

The active workset name also displays on the Collaborate tab > Worksets panel and the status bar.

Gray Inactive Workset Graphics. Displays all elements in the drawing area that are not part of the active workset as gray. This has no effect on printing.
Name. Indicates the name of the workset. You can rename all user-created worksets.
Editable. Indicates the editable status of a workset. You cannot change editable status until you synchronize with central.
Owner. Indicates the owner of the workset. If the Editable status of the workset is Yes, or you change the Editable status of the workset to Yes, then you are the owner of the workset. The Owner value is the user name that is listed on the General tab of the Options dialog. For more information on the Options dialog, see Revit Options.
Borrowers. Lists the users who are currently borrowing an element from the workset. If there is more than one borrower, you can view the list of borrowers from the drop-down list.
Opened. Indicates if a workset is open (Yes) or closed (No). Elements in open worksets are visible in the project, elements in closed worksets are not.
Show. Allows you to show or hide the different types of project worksets (User-Created, Families, Project Standards, Views) that display in the Name list.

Worksets and Element Borrowing
Generally, it is recommended that you work in your local copy of the central model and not make worksets editable. When you edit an element that is not being edited by another team member, you automatically become the borrower of the element and can make the changes you need. It is recommended that you synchronize with central frequently as you work. Synchronizing relinquishes borrowed elements by default, allowing other team members to edit them.

Use worksets when you want to reserve parts of a project so that only the assigned user can edit the elements in that workset. Also consider these benefits for creating worksets:

Convenience for editing. Dividing a project into worksets makes it easier to make whole sections of a project editable at once.
Visibility control.You can control overall visibility in a project when you link Revit models into other Revit projects. For example, it is often convenient to turn off visibility of the Shared Levels and Grids workset when linking Revit models so that you do not have to turn off levels and grids individually in each view.

Default Worksets

When you enable worksharing, Revit Architecture creates default worksets and assigns project elements and settings to these worksets. The default worksets are:

User-created. Revit Architecture creates 2 default user-created worksets.
Shared Levels and Grids. Contains all existing levels, grids, and reference planes. You can rename this workset.
Workset1. Contains all existing model elements in the project. When you create worksets, you can reassign elements from Workset1 into the appropriate workset. You can rename this workset, but you cannot delete it.
Families. Each family that is loaded in the project is assigned to a separate workset. You cannot rename or delete family worksets.
Views. Contains all project view worksets. For example, Floor Plan Level 1 view is assigned to a workset called View: “Floor Plan Level 1". View worksets contain view properties and any view-specific elements, such as annotations, dimensions, or text notes. When you add view-specific elements to a view, they are automatically added to the appropriate view workset.
You cannot make a view workset the active workset, but you can change its editable status so that you can modify a view-specific element (for example, a section in a plan view). If the associated workset for the section view is not editable by you, change the editable status of the workset so that you can edit it. See Making Worksets Editable.
You cannot reassign view-specific elements from a view workset to another workset. View worksets cannot be renamed or deleted.
Project Standards. Contains all project-wide settings defined for the project (for example, line styles and fill patterns). You cannot rename or delete project standard worksets.

Bron: Autodesk.
Erik@Reviteer.nl

Autodesk WikiHelp combines Autodesk and user knowledge

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:03:00 +0000

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New Features Navisworks 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Erik van Eck) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:41:00 +0000

The features of Navisworks for project review enable design simulation and whole-project analysis. Simulate, Manage, Freedom software include tools to simulate and optimize scheduling, identify and coordinate clashes and interferences, collaborate with project teams, and gain insight into potential problems before construction begins.

Improved Revit Interoperability

Increase your productivity when working between Autodesk® Revit® and Autodesk Navisworks applications.

Transition between views in both applications for easy navigation and visualization with the Switchback feature.
Pass construction components created with new Revit® Construction Modeling tools into Navisworks project review software for 4D simulation.
More accurately create 4D sequences to demonstrate constructability with support for Revit properties, including areas, volumes, and points, along with Revit-linked files and split regions.

Timeliner Enhancements

Gain greater control and flexibility when working with 4D simulations.

Create, edit, and communicate your construction schedule more effectively with a new interface and integrated, editable Gantt control.
Extend and tailor the 4D toolset to help meet your project and business requirements with the new Timeliner API (application programming interface).

Clash Detection Enhancements

Better support management and resolution of project clashes with new clash detection enhancements.

Assign ownership of clashes with new workflow tools.
Produce batch status summaries of clashes and export a formatted report directly to Microsoft® Office Excel® software.
Better visualize clashes through a new wireframe view and a clash focus feature.

New Multisheet 2D DWF Support

Open, review, and explore your 2D data sets alongside your 3D models. Select a model component in the 3D world, then find and review the same component in a 2D representation.

Better File Interoperability

Autodesk Navisworks 2012 software supports complimentary Autodesk® 2012 applications and the following third-party applications:

Oracle® Primavera®
P6 v7FARO®
Google™ Sketchup™ v7
RVM, Pro/ENGINEER®, and DGN file format

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