July 7, 2020

Drawing Management & Preparation – Week 1 – Bluebeam Revu July Webinars

Bluebeam Revu can assist you in managing and organizing your drawings and documents. Before we mark up our documents, we can prepare ourselves to use Revu efficiently. Flexible profiles and customizable toolbars allow us to choose where our most used functions reside. This webinar will show you how to set Revu up to adhere to…

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Ariel Rejtman

June 24, 2020

Comparing, Overlaying, & Synchronizing Pages with Bluebeam Revu

Manually keeping track of our revisions can be cumbersome and inaccurate. We could look at the old and new drawings at the same time, but we’d have to look over both of them in their entirety. Revu circumvents this tedious task by providing the “Compare Documents”, “Overlay Pages”, and “Synchronization” functions. The Comparison tool shows…

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Ariel Rejtman

June 19, 2020

Creating Custom Lines with Text in Revit

Although Revit doesn’t have line types with embedded text, we can create them with the help of family templates. We can create specific labels and line-based families, and when we combine them, we can control their labels (GAS, HW, X, etc.), text spacing, and the amount of repeating text along the line. This tutorial shows…

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James Cuervo

June 17, 2020

Creating Basic Line Types with Revit

Revit contains many “Line Patterns” that can be used to identify specific details. We can create new line types and customize existing patterns. We can create a specific line type called a “Cut Plane Line”, for example, by using the line pattern and line type tools. By defining line patterns with dashes, dots, and spaces…

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James Cuervo

June 17, 2020

All About Arrays in AutoCAD

Instead of manually copying and pasting an object multiple times, we can use the “Array” command to create multiple objects with a few clicks and tweaks. There are three different types of arrays: Rectangular, Path, & Polar. Each one allows for flexible and precise positioning of multiple elements. We can even rotate elements through paths…

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Ariel Rejtman

June 10, 2020

Creating Cuts with Voids using Revit

We can model sinks in counter tops, recessed lights in ceilings, and other objects that require perforations in their “host” object. We can use a counter top with a sink hole in it, but if we wanted to adjust the sink’s location, we would have to adjust the counter top’s sink hole to match the…

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James Cuervo

June 1, 2020

Bluebeam Revu: Studio Projects & Sessions – Webinar

Bluebeam Studio is the free cloud-based system that is included with every copy of Bluebeam Revu. While many of us are working remotely, Studio helps us collaborate on the same PDF at the same time with people all over the world. Join us to find out more about this program and how you can take…

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Ariel Rejtman

May 22, 2020

What’s New in Revit 2021 – Webinar

Join us to see the new features & enhancements to Revit 2021, which includes Generative Design. Revit 2021 includes upgrades suggested by users, continuous improvements to core features, and exciting new functionality. With Revit 2021, Autodesk focused on making Revit better for all disciplines centered on three core themes: productivity and ease of use, collaboration…

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Ariel Rejtman

May 20, 2020

Plugins with Bluebeam Revu

You can convert files from other programs into PDFs by exporting them. Bluebeam Revu takes this concept several steps further by automatically creating plugins within many commonly used programs. These plugins allow you to modify intricate settings and bring important “vector” data from your files into a “smart” PDF. A Microsoft Word file can be…

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Ariel Rejtman

May 8, 2020

What’s New in AutoCAD Civil 3D + Tips & Tricks – Webinar

In this webinar, we will be providing you with some valuable AutoCAD and Civil 3D tips and tricks that will help you while you are doing your work from home. We will also discuss what’s new as it relates to Civil 3D 2021. We will cover some Civil 3D corridor modeling tips, as well as…

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Ariel Rejtman