January 31, 2024
G Alvarez Studio Adopts New BIM Templates and Standards – Success Story
Customer challenge G Alvarez Studio approached DDSCAD as a legacy Autodesk AutoCAD customer, who was highly interested in adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM), while maintaining the traditional appeal of their custom in-house graphic CAD standards. Project goals G Alvarez Studio wanted to train its production staff to use Autodesk Revit (BIM) software to successfully complete…
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Alan Birmaher
January 23, 2024
CAD Standards in AutoCAD: Part 1 – Layer Translator
Join our Senior AEC Technical Specialist, James Cuervo, as he shows us how to create your own CAD Standards in AutoCAD. In this part, we discuss the Layer Translator. This is part 1 of a multi-part series that will dive deeper into this topic. Part 2:Â Click Here Part 3:Â Click Here For more information, please contact…
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James Cuervo
January 22, 2024
Multiply with Bluebeam Revu
Bluebeam Revu 21 introduced a new feature in patch 21.0.50 called the “Multiply” tool! It allows us to create offset copies of our Markups and Measurements. Not only can we specify a Markup’s rotational direction, but we’re also able to make multiple copies at specific distances from the original markup. We can see a preview…
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Ariel Rejtman
November 20, 2023
Recover, Audit, and Purge with AutoCAD
Join our Senior AEC Technical Specialist, James Cuervo, as he shares some best practices for keeping your AutoCAD files running smoothly using the Recover, Audit, and Purge commands in AutoCAD. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com.
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James Cuervo
November 10, 2023
Design Center Basics in AutoCAD
Join our Senior AEC Technical Specialist, James Cuervo, as he shows us the basics of the Design Center. This includes a safer alternative to copy and paste across sessions of AutoCAD by exporting and importing blocks. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com.
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James Cuervo
November 9, 2023
Pattern-Based Curtain Walls with Revit – Part 3
In this three-part series, we explore pattern-based curtain walls while using Dynamo to enhance our designs. After using Dynamo to enhance our family, we can now associate it with a project’s assets. Our intricate patterns are now part of the model. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com Part 1: https://ddscad.com/pattern-based-curtain-walls-with-revit-part-1/Part 2: https://ddscad.com/pattern-based-curtain-walls-with-revit-part-2/
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James Cuervo
November 9, 2023
Pattern-Based Curtain Walls with Revit – Part 2
In this three-part series, we explore pattern-based curtain walls while using Dynamo to enhance our designs. We continue and utilize Dynamo in order to create a linked Dynamo project. Revit can then take this data and expedite the process. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com Part 1: https://ddscad.com/pattern-based-curtain-walls-with-revit-part-1/Part 3: https://ddscad.com/pattern-based-curtain-walls-with-revit-part-3/
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James Cuervo
November 9, 2023
Pattern-Based Curtain Walls with Revit – Part 1
In this three-part series, we explore pattern-based curtain walls while using Dynamo to enhance our designs. We begin by creating a new Family with a pattern that can be customized. Then, we add it to a Curtain Wall and adjust its parameters. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com Part 2: https://ddscad.com/pattern-based-curtain-walls-with-revit-part-2/Part 3: https://ddscad.com/pattern-based-curtain-walls-with-revit-part-3/
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James Cuervo
November 9, 2023
Annotative Text, Tags and Attributes
AutoCAD files can quickly get cluttered up and heavy, especially when you configure text, tags, and other attributes at multiple scales. Annotative Text, Tags, and Attributes alleviate the need for this and can help you keep your files light and efficient. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com
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James Cuervo
November 3, 2023
Dynamic Bookmark Structures in Bluebeam Revu
Not only can we import bookmarks from PDFs created from CAD and BIM programs, but we can also create them for hundreds of pages by using page regions and Dynamic Bookmark Structures in Bluebeam Revu. Each bookmark can “teleport” you to a specific page or location. If you want them to automatically populate numerically, then…
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