March 5, 2021
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 3
This is the third part of our four-part series. While we could use the materials that are imported with our model and use them with Arnold Render, we can also use Arnold’s native materials and create our renders quicker with 3ds Max. The settings we use for our materials affect object displacements and opacity. In…
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James Cuervo
March 3, 2021
Draw Order in AutoCAD
After we place several objects onto our drawings in AutoCAD, we can determine which objects are in front or behind other objects. The “Bring to Front” and “Send to Back” functions allow us to do this, and we can use similar functions to place objects in-between other objects. We also have specific functions to change…
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Ariel Rejtman
February 25, 2021
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 2
This is the second part of our four-part series. Now that we’ve exported our geometry from Revit to 3ds Max, we can begin to fine-tune our lighting. This will set us up for success in subsequent parts of this series that deal with materials and Arnold Rendering. Managing and changing our lights is easy when…
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James Cuervo
February 23, 2021
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 1
It can be daunting to move our models from Revit to 3ds Max, especially when they have thousands of parts. Luckily, we can break our model down into portions of geometry that can be imported into 3ds Max. The “File Link Manager” in 3ds Max makes this process seamless. The “Arnold” default render engine is used…
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James Cuervo
February 16, 2021
Transparent Commands in Civil 3D – Webinar
Have you ever wondered what the “Transparent Commands” tab does? Are you manually placing AutoCAD objects along an alignment while performing manual calculations to find a COGO point? Want to know where your pond is in your profile view, and so on? Transparent Commands are some of the most underutilized tools that can really aid…
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Ariel Rejtman
February 4, 2021
View Types in Revit
Working with view types and duplicating views in Revit can be a bit confusing. Each way of duplicating views allows us to efficiently show specific information in our models. This tutorial explores the “How’s and Why’s” of using view types. There are several ways for us to duplicate our views in Revit. For example, standard…
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James Cuervo
January 19, 2021
New Changes to Trim & Extend in AutoCAD 2021
The Trim and Extend commands are two of the most commonly used functions in AutoCAD. They save us time and allow us to modify our objects automatically. These invaluable tools have been updated in AutoCAD 2021 with a “quick” mode. Quick Trim and Quick Extend are very intuitive and allow us to either (a) quickly…
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Ariel Rejtman
December 11, 2020
Alignments & Profiles in Civil 3D – Webinar
Have you ever been confused by the alignment and profile layout tools? Is it hard for you to find that “one setting” in the profile view that you just can’t seem to figure out? This webinar will examine ALL the alignment, profile, and profile view settings and styles. We will also cover everything about the…
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Ariel Rejtman
December 2, 2020
Drawing History in AutoCAD
NOTE: This article should be reviewed alongside our “XREF Compare” post: https://ddscad.com/xref-compare-in-autocad In order to keep track of milestones, we can make copies of our drawings and date them. Instead of having to open two drawings and compare them, we can use the “Drawing History” (Also known as DWG History) function to compare a drawing…
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James Cuervo
December 2, 2020
XREF Compare in AutoCAD
NOTE: This article should be reviewed alongside our “Drawing History” post: https://ddscad.com/drawing-history-in-autocad AutoCAD 2021 has several new features that give us more insight into our drawings. One of these features is the XREF Compare function. It allows us to compare two drawings with one another, and with special colors and controls, we can identify the…
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