Shared Parameters in Key Schedules Workflow in Revit 2022
In Revit 2022, shared instance parameters associated with categories now appear as available fields when creating a key schedule for that category. You can now use shared parameters in families and include the shared parameter in a key schedule to control family parameter values using the key schedule. This new feature will help you save…
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James Cuervo
What’s New in Revit 2022 – Webinar
We are very excited about this new release of Autodesk’s premier Architectural and Engineering program – Revit 2022. The large number of improvements can be classified into 4 key areas: 1. Design Productivity: Discipline-specific authoring tool enhancements for architects and engineers (civil, MEP, and structures).2. Interoperability: Workflow enhancements between Revit and tools from Autodesk along…
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Ariel Rejtman
Converting Polylines into Arcs with AutoCAD
Instead of creating arcs manually, we can make polylines and use their vertexes as the start and end points of arcs that can be connected to form one object. AutoCAD’s polylines can be easily converted into arcs by simply hovering our cursor over the grips on our polylines and changing individual segments into arcs. If…
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Ariel Rejtman
Editing Polylines in AutoCAD
Creating lines in AutoCAD is a common function that we utilize daily. We can use our lines in sophisticated ways by converting them into polylines. Our polylines can have multiple segments, and each segment can be modified to meet our standards. By using the “PEdit” command, we can edit our polylines and assign specific settings…
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Ariel Rejtman
Quantity Takeoffs with Bluebeam Revu – Webinar
Looking to create better bids and quantity takeoffs for your next project? Bluebeam’s markup & measuring tools help us capture our project scope accurately, allowing us to submit better bids. Join our Bluebeam Certified Instructor and Technical Specialist, Ari Rejtman, as he demonstrates Bluebeam Revu’s dynamic tools for performing simple and complex cost analyses. The…
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Ariel Rejtman
What’s New in AutoCAD 2022 – Webinar
AutoCAD 2022 is packed full of value. Join to learn how you can drive your designs forward and use AutoCAD to streamline drawing review cycles, improve your collaboration process, reduce errors with automated features, speed work, and more. Gain insight into how you can benefit from the newest features and functionality of AutoCAD 2022:1. Speed…
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Ariel Rejtman
New Features in Revu 20.2
This new version of Bluebeam Revu provides several new features that increase our productivity. We’re now able to save custom scales to our list of preset scales. This saves us time when switching between multiple custom scales. Likewise, our length measurements now have their own units, and they’re no longer connected to our page’s units…
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Ariel Rejtman
Two Ways to Rotate Pages in Bluebeam Revu
Rotating pages is a common practice, but there are two different ways to do this in Bluebeam Revu. One method is temporary and rotates all pages, while the other is more “permanent” and rotates specific pages and/or documents at the same time. We can quickly modify our view’s orientation by using both rotation tools in…
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Ariel Rejtman
The Selection & Lasso Tools in Bluebeam Revu
There are many ways that we can select markups and objects in Bluebeam Revu. We can we use a “crossing” and “window” selection that is similar to the way we select objects in many CAD and BIM programs. If we need to select specific objects and omit other objects that are in-between our desired objects,…
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Ariel Rejtman
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 4
This is the final part of our four-part series. Optimizing our render with essential settings is important, especially when using Arnold Render. Likewise, managing the sample values of our lights will make our renders more realistic. Using the .HDR image properly is also important when using the Arnold rendering engine. We can create quick and…
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