All Things BIM / DC

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - New Features and Enhancements : Long Post Warning, worth it I hope. Last night I was able to download and install Building Design Suite 2017 from my Autodesk subscription...

Over at Beyond Design , they have an interesting blog post on the new COBie tool for Autodesk Navisworks. Even if you don't intend on using Navisworks as part of your COBie delivery process, the post is interesting.

Working on updating my Modeling checking presentation for RTC EU. There are a lot of good model checking tools on the market including but not limited to: Autodesk Revit Model Review Autodesk Model Checker for Revit BIMAssure Assemble Systems Insight Solibri I am interested in hearing about other tools that people might be using for model checking in addition to those listed above.

Revit OpEd: Space Naming Utility for Revit 2017 : Hi Autodesk Revit Team! It's me Mr. OpEd again. Imagine me with a pointy stick , I'm poking you in the eye...metaphorically...with ...

I have been looking for cost effective ways to bring BIM to the field wondering what options other people have found. I have used Glue in the past, but it's very expensive. While I have not used it, I do have some colleagues that are using the MS Surface successfully. But I don't own a surface and not very many of those on the jobsite. What have you used and what are the pros and cons?

During a visit with a client this morning, I was reminded on a common task we perform to review models. One of the first things I like to do when reviewing models is see how the Revit sheets were put together. Is the geometry from model elements, Revit's 2D elements or CAD. Our process is very simple. We simply compare the original sheets provided by the designer to sheets we create out of Revit after we get rid of any linked CAD files, CAD imports and Revit's 2D linework. We then use the power of Bluebeam to compare the two sets of PDFs. Bluebeam will highlight the differences between the two sets of PDF's. Why is the beneficial? It really depends on how you intend to use the model. I have seen a lot of "BIM jobs" that have sheets that have been exported out of Revit and "embellished" in AutoCAD. The embellishments are very interesting as this can be anything from adding new callouts to altering the geometry. Using this PDF compare method will quickly a...

In a previous post, I discussed the process of connecting a external data source (Excel) with a Navisworks model. In this post, we will connect an MS Access database with a Navisworks model. As before, I’ll walk you thru how to setup the database link. For this demo, I am going to use the Gatehouse sample file that ships with Navisworks 2016. You can find the files C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Navisworks Manage 2014\Samples\Gatehouse\ The Process In order to connect an Access database to a Navisworks model, we need to configure a DataTools within Navisworks. We will then be configuring the database connection. When working with the DataTools in Navisworks, there are a few very important rules to keep in mind. If you are using a 32-bit workstation, then you need to utilize the 32-bit ODBC drivers. 64-bit workstations need to utilize 64-bit ODBC drivers. It is also important to note, that the link to Navisworks is one way. Data can be linked and viewed inside of Navisworks, but t...