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Learn SDS/2 Connect - Revit Structure

2012-02-10T09:25:00.000-05:00

Source/Link: Learn SDS/2 Connect BIM -BIM & BEAM

Design Data recently launched SDS2Connect which is a Revit Structure add on that designs steel connections. The connections designed in SDS2 are validated for constructability and also has the option to code check to select national codes including AISC and CAN codes. To support this release and to follow up on the strong interest for this solution Design Data introduced a new learning series for SDS/2 Connect called 30 @ 3 LIVE. This biweekly webcast includes a short, features-based, SDS/2 Connect demo, as well as a question-and-answer session designed to give attendees the opportunity to learn interactively. The demo from the last session showcases how to use SDS/2 Connect as a sketch tool inside Autodesk® Revit® Structure To view this demo click here. For more information on SDS/2 Connect click here.

Revit Visibility Hierarchy RT @RevitClinic

2012-02-10T09:22:00.000-05:00

Source/Link: Revit Visibility Hierarchy

BIM -The Revit Clinic

Revit gives the user a number of ways to override the display of an element. It may not always be clear which method "wins" over another method, but there is a visibility hierarchy. This list may not cover every possible scenario but does include common overrides.

10 being the lowest and 1 being the highest using walls as an example:

1. Line Work Tool
2. Override Graphics in View > By Element > Halftone
3. Graphic Display Options – Silhouette Edges
4. Override Graphics in View > By Element
5. View Filters
6. View Depth – "Beyond" Line Style
7. Phasing Graphic Overrides
8. Visibility / Graphic Overrides > Override Host Layers > Cut Line Styles
9. Visibility / Graphic Overrides > Projection \ Cut Lines
10. Project Object Styles

Here is a graphical example using walls:

Another example to this:

There is a Visibility/Graphic Override for the wall category in the view
The wall has an override by element
The view uses a phase graphic override
There is a view filter applied overriding the graphics of walls over a specific thickness

When all 4 of these overrides are in place, by default the Override Graphics in View > By Element is visible since it is highest up the chain at #4:

Remove that override and I now see my view filter:

Remove the view filter and I see the phasing graphic override:

And lastly, change the phase filter of the view and I will see my Visibility/Graphic Override:

Autodesk Navisworks NWC Export Utility Plugin for Revit (free)

2012-02-09T07:13:00.000-05:00

I never wanted to post Ty's when I was a reseller because I wanted
people to buy Navisworks. Here is a free plugin that allows you to
export your Revit model into Navisworks. That should save some of you
about $8000. Of course you could upgrade to Building Design Suite
Ultimate and that's only $5000. Notice the word "only" as if that's a
tiny amount. Well considering way Navisworks Manage does for people
using it, I'm baffled as to why many just don't understand how the
industry has shifted. Also, I can't understand why Autodesk gives away
a tool like this for free when they could have made at least $2000
from people having to buy Navisworks Simulate. Maybe someday someone
can explain that logic to me.

Anyway, start downloading this now. You will need it very soon.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=13947462&siteID=123112