e-Learning - Upcoming Revit, InfraWorks, and Ideate Software Classes

Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning – live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.

8.18::Revit 201:
Creating Curtain Walls, Panels, Storefronts and Mullions

8.23::Revit 201:
View Properties - Controlling Visibility

8.25::Ideate Software:
Simplify Revit Model Management with Ideate BIMLink

8.26::Infrastructure 201:
Intro to InfraWorks

8.30::Revit 201:
Worksharing Best Practices

9.1::Ideate Software:
Audit Your Revit Projects with Ideate Explorer

9.2::Revit 201:
Making Titleblocks and Drawing Lists

9.8::Ideate Software:
Streamline Revit MEP Workflows with Ideate BIMLink

Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.

Click here for class descriptions, times and registration link. Questions? Contact education@ideateinc.com.

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e-Learning - Upcoming Revit, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, and Ideate Software Classes

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8.9::Infrastructure 201:
Civil 3D-Settings and Styles

8.11::Ideate Software:
Display Non-BIM Data with Ideate Sticky

8.12::Revit 201:
Revit Server

8.18::Revit 201:
Creating Curtain Walls, Panels, Storefronts and Mullions

8.25::Ideate Software:
Simplify Revit Model Management with Ideate BIMLink

8.26::Infrastructure 201:
Intro to InfraWorks

9.1::Ideate Software:
Audit Your Revit Projects with Ideate Explorer

9.8::Ideate Software:
Streamline Revit MEP Workflows with Ideate BIMLink

Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.

Click here for class descriptions, times and registration link. Questions? Contact education@ideateinc.com.

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e-Learning - Upcoming Revit, Infrastructure and Ideate Software Classes

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5.24::Revit 201:
Revit Import into 3ds Max 

5.25::Ideate Software:
Ideate BIMLink for Revit MEP Projects

5.27::Revit 201:
Getting Started with Presentations in Revit Architecture

6.1::Ideate Software:
Introduction to Ideate Sticky

6.2::Infrastructure 201:
Data Short Cuts in Civil 3D

6.9::Ideate Software:
Auditing Your Project with Ideate Explorer

6.16::Ideate Software:
Revit Model Management with Ideate BIMLink

6.30::Ideate Software:
Ideate BIMLink for Revit MEP Projects

Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.

Click here for class descriptions, times and registration link. Questions? Contact education@ideateinc.com

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e-Learning - Upcoming Revit and Ideate Software Classes

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5.12::Ideate Software:
Auditing Your Revit Project with Ideate Explorer 

5.13::Revit 201:
Documenting Your Project in Revit MEP: Keynotes and General Notes

5.19::Ideate Software:
Revit Model Management with Ideate BIMLink 

5.20::Revit 201:
Converting Blocks to Families & Working with 2D Content in Revit

5.24:Revit 201:
Revit Import into 3ds Max

5.25::Ideate Software:
Ideate BIMLink for Revit MEP Projects

5.27::Revit 201:
Getting Started with Presentations in Revit Architecture

6.1::Ideate Software:
Introduction to Ideate Sticky

Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.

Click here for class descriptions, times and registration link. Questions? Contact education@ideateinc.com

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e-Learning - Upcoming Revit and Ideate Software Classes - Enrolling Now

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5.3::Revit 201:
Roofs in Revit Architecture

5.4::Ideate Software:
Introduction to Ideate Sticky

5.5::Revit 201:
Stairs and Railings in Revit

5.12::Ideate Software:
Auditing Your Revit Project with Ideate Explorer 

5.13::Revit 201:
Documenting Your Project in Revit MEP: Keynotes and General Notes

5.19::Ideate Software:
Revit Model Management with Ideate BIMLink 

5.20::Revit 201:
Converting Blocks to Families & Working with 2D Content in Revit

5.25::Ideate Software:
Ideate BIMLink for Revit MEP Projects

Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.

Click here for class descriptions, times and registration link. Questions? Contact education@ideateinc.com

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Data Day: Ideate Leads Discussion on Future of BIM

Want to help set the direction for the future of Building Information Modeling (BIM)?

Join us on July 13, 2016 in Scottsdale, Arizona for the inaugural Data Day workshop, a one-day event within the Revit Technology Conference North America (RTCNA). This workshop, developed by Ideate, will launch a discussion on what data means to the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Owner (AECO) community.

The best part? Data Day is specially designed for you: principals, owners, visionaries, and others who want to explore new ways to use data to make better, conscious business decisions. As a result, you’ll bring your own unique experience and insight to help determine the next steps for the AECO industry.

We encourage companies to think of BIM as an ecosystem – building up their team’s knowledge base and making connections, and now, with Data Day, we’re ready take it even further. Attendees will gain valuable knowledge from dynamic presentations and interactive, round-table discussions, where they will share company perspectives, concerns, and visions regarding data. Questions that will be discussed include:

• What is data to the AECO industry, and what related challenges does the industry face?
• What data matters most to AECO businesses?
• What can be done to better seize the value of the data?
• How can a graphic ecosystem of data management tools be developed?
• How can data be leveraged at each stage of a built project lifecycle for collective stakeholder benefit?
• What skills are required to solve industry problems?
• What methods have other industries employed to solve similar issues?

Ideate has always been at the forefront of BIM. Today, the industry is at another turning point, and we are pleased to lead discussions that will once again set the direction for the next wave of innovation – and we hope you’ll be there.

For more information and registration visit the Data Day website.

4.20 | BIM 360 Docs Webinar

At Ideate, we know. You want to minimize your risk, keep the right information at the fingers tips of your whole construction team and deliver better projects, faster. We have the answer: BIM 360 Docs. It’s the one app that manages all your project documents – from any device, anywhere.

You take control of your construction projects with Autodesk BIM 360 Docs, which provides full view, redline and markup capability of 2D PDFs, drawings and 3D models, and is built on an Integrated Version Control platform. This platform automatically propagates redlines, markups and issues, ensuring that field personnel are always in-sync and working off the latest versions.
BIM 360 Docs is the foundation of the comprehensive BIM 360 Platform which spans from design handover, through preconstruction and coordination to field execution. 

Step in to the future with us on April 20, 2016 to learn how BIM 360 Docs can help you:

• Stay connected 
• Maintain a single source of project truth
• Manage documents with an integrated version control 
• Handle 2D and 3D documents with connected workflows and processes 
• Leverage a cloud platform that is built to grow with you and your business

You’ll walk away confident about success because you’re using BIM 360 Docs; keeping everyone on your team informed and up to date, from this point forward.

Register for the BIM 360 Docs Webinar today.

New Director of Marketing to Lead Client-Focused Activities

Ideate, Inc. is pleased to announce that Qatanna Palioca has been named Director of Marketing. Qatanna joined Ideate four years ago, and she has been instrumental in developing innovative marketing campaigns that highlight the unique value that Ideate provides. As Director of Marketing, she will play a significant role in helping Ideate achieve its goals of delivering thought leadership presentations, developing the Revit community, and informing clients of industry trends and activities. 

Director of Marketing - Qatanna Palioca

In addition to leading the marketing activities of Ideate, Inc., Qatanna will oversee all marketing activities of Ideate Software, which develops Autodesk Revit add-on solutions that enable Revit users to save time, increase accuracy, improve project deliverables, and elevate design.

You can reach Qatanna at qatanna.palioca@ideateinc.com.

Did You Know That Revit Windows Can Have Transparent Glass In Elevation Views?

Amended on March 8, 2016 - Special thanks to José for contacting our technical support team on the workflow steps and Ron Palma and Sash Kazeminejad for researching the steps while I was teaching class. IX

Hi folks, IX here. One of the Senior Application Specialist here at Ideate, Inc.

Have you ever been in an elevation view and thought WHY CAN’T I SEE THROUGH THE WINDOW! I CAN IN A 3D VIEW!!!! Well okay maybe you’re not yelling it… J

Well you’re in luck: you can! Nope I’m not joking, teasing you or pulling your leg. You really can… Come on, you should know me by now.

So, you’ve gone to Visibility Graphics in your elevation view, unchecked the Glass subcategory under the Window category and you can still see through the glass.

You’ve also played with the transparency of the glass material. And you STILL can’t see through the glass in elevation views.

The reason why you’re unable to see through a window in an elevation view has nothing to do with the material assigned to the glass. You can change the glass material to different levels of transparency and you’re still not going to see through the window glazing in an elevation view.

What’s happening is the window family “Opening cut” option for “Transparency” is not checked for “Elevation” views. Yep that’s it.

Here are the steps to get windows in Elevation to be transparent:

1. From your Revit Project file, select the windows family that is not appearing transparent in an elevation view and select the “Edit Family” button on the Ribbon.
2. In the Family Editor, in a 3D view, “cross a window” over the family model elements.
3. Select the “Filter” button from the Ribbon --> Selection panel.
4. Uncheck all Categories except the “Opening cut” category, then hit the OK button.
5. On the Options Bar place a check in the “Elevation” options.
6. Save your Window family.
7. From the Ribbon select the “Load into Project” button OR the new to Revit 2015r2 “Load into Project and Close” button.
8. If you are still unable to see through the window. Go to Visibility Graphics for your elevation view and make sure that the Glass subcategory under the Window category is unchecked.

Your Window Family will now be transparent… it’ll be 100% transparent, but now you can see through your window.

Check out this short video on the above steps.

Enjoy workflow tips and tricks.  
Cheers,
IX

For more information on training and consulting for the various products Ideate services, visit our website.

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Eugene O'Day
AEC Senior Application Specialist
Eugene A. O’Day, IX, with more than 25 years of architectural and mechanical experience, offers a trained focus on all things Revit and BIM. Teaching is a passion of his. Eugene has been an instructor in undergraduate degree programs, has traveled worldwide teaching Autodesk solutions to major corporations, has taught at accredited ATCs throughout the Northwestern region, and is a frequent and popular instructor, speaker, and presenter for AUGI® CAD Camps, Revit – and related product user groups. He has also been a trusted public school district advisor on new drafting instructor hires. At Ideate, Eugene provides training and support for Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and AutoCAD. Eugene is also a Revit Architecture Autodesk Certified Professional.

TAB, your new best friend!

It’s no secret that one of my favorite keyboard keys in Revit is the TAB key.  If you have been through my trainings I typically refer to TAB as my best friend.  I have found that when you are new to Revit you may struggle with selecting elements.  You may accidently select more elements than you need and you might even need help selecting between a few elements because they are overlapping each other.

If you have ever had this problem, then the TAB key might just become your new best friend as well. The TAB key actually has several different function in Revit and I’m going to cover a few of those for you today.

Some of the main functions are:

• Select a chain of walls or lines
• Cycle between overlapping or nearby objects
• Cycle through alternate points to dimension to
• Cycle through alternate running object snaps

Selecting a Chain

1. Hover over the element, it will turn your “preselection” color (If you did not know, you can change this in the Application Menu>Options>Graphics)
2. Once the objects (walls or lines) are highlighted you can left mouse click to select.

*A tooltip will help you know which items you have selected

 

Revit will ignore intersecting walls or lines.  If multiple walls are joined at the same point, the chain continues along the wall that makes the smallest angle with the one currently highlighted.

The chain works whether you are selecting objects or selecting lines in sketch mode.

Cycling Between Objects

One of the other uses for the TAB is to cycle between objects that are overlapping or share an edge. 

In the image below I am looking at a curtain wall and hitting TAB, cycling between selecting the overall curtain wall, the curtain grid, and the curtain panel. 

 

 

Cycling Through Points

 

TAB also lets you cycle between dimensioning walls to wall faces and centers, and faces and center of wall core boundaries, even though you have set a preference in the options bar.

 

TAB will cycle through your snaps in Revit – Reverse TAB allows you to reverse the order.

 

Additional TAB Features:

 

• TAB will allow you to create interior elevations in other directions than what you are closest to.
• TAB will allow you to select objects within a linked file, if you hover of the linked file, using TAB will allow you to select the elements to view the properties of the element and even let you copy it into your project.
• You can also use TAB for multiple selections, you need to TAB and select the first chain, TAB over the second chain but hit the control key while you select the next chain with the left mouse pick. This takes a little getting used to.
• If you hold control down while you TAB, Revit will cycle between any open view windows.

 

If you can’t grab it  - TAB it!



 

Thank you for reading. For more information on Revit and other Autodesk products, and information on training and consulting for the various products Ideate services, visit our website at www.ideateinc.com.

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Emily Clark

AEC Application Specialist

Emily Clark holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kansas State University, and has over 19 years of experience in the Architecture industry. Her experience includes working for a number of Architecture and Design/ Build firms in the Western United States. She has been a Project Designer, Intern Architect, BIM Manager and Design Technology Manager. She has contributed to the completion of projects ranging from high–end custom residential to Education and Healthcare design. She has worked with multiple platforms and her passion for BIM has enabled her to help transition firms and advance with technology. At Ideate, Emily provides training and support for Revit Architecture.

Export Selected Objects in Infraworks 360

Recently, while reading through some of the new posts on the Autodesk Infraworks 360 IdeaStation (http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/infraworks-360-ideastation/idb-p/129/tab/most-recent), I came across a request for exporting selected model content rather than the entire model.  Anyone that has used Infraworks 360 and tried to do this in the past may have noticed that the export options are fairly limited.  There is an option to define a polygon or boundary box interactively, but what if we want a handful of buildings that aren’t near one another, or two specific roads that form an intersection in the model?

In the most recent version of Infraworks 360 (2016.3) there are two export options that include 3D model data.  The Export IMX function produces data compatible with Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D and the Export 3D Model option produces a .FBX file compatible with other Autodesk 3D modeling programs.  Both options can be found under the Settings and Utilities icon in the application.

When selecting Export 3D Model, the options include Single File (all Feature Types exported to a single .FBX file) or Multiple Files (separate .FBX files for each Feature Type).  Although this does provide a multiple file option, the export still includes ALL objects of the same feature type and not a user defined selection set. 

In the IMX Export function, the options are even more limited.  It does include the polygon or boundary box selection methods, but that’s it.  Beyond defining the area of interest, every feature within that area is automatically included and exported to a single .IMX file.  With large models, this also increases the amount of time required to generate the file during export and process the file during import.

Since we are not able to add new features to the program on our own (vote for them by clicking on “kudos” next to the request on the IdeaStation: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/infraworks-360-ideastation/export-of-selected-objects/idi-p/5986686) we need a workaround to accomplish this process.  Because we are defaulted to exporting everything in the model, or everything of a particular feature type in the model, the solution requires a model that only has the features and objects we want in it.  In this case, the workaround involves creating a new blank model, and the right-click Copy & Paste In Place options.

Step 1: Copy Features/Objects of Interest from Original Model
1. Open the Original Model File
2. Select Objects (use CTRL+Click to select multiple objects)
3. Right-Click COPY


Selected Objects for Copy/Paste (3 Buildings & 3 Roads)

Step 2: Create a New Blank Model & Paste Content In-Place
1. Use the Switch to Home icon in the upper left to go back to the Infraworks 360 Home Page
2. Select the New option to create a new model
3. Provide Name and location information for the new model
*The new blank model will open with a default view somewhere on the globe.
4. Right-Click PASTE IN PLACE
*The Paste In Place option ensures that the components are placed in the same location relative to the original source model that they were copied from.  The model will NOT automatically zoom to the location of the pasted objects.
5. Click on the HOME icon in the upper right corner of the View Cube to zoom to the model content


New Model with Pasted Content Ready for Export

Step 3: Export the New Model
1. Use the Settings and Utilities Export 3D Model or IMX Export options to export the new model

Although the workaround does require a few extra steps to create a new model, the end result is what we were looking for; an exported file that includes only the selected objects of interest rather than the entire extent of the original model.

If you would like to see an option for exporting a user defined selection set of objects in Infraworks 360, be sure to vote for it on the IdeaStation (link provided above).  Until then, copying and pasting content into a new blank model for export gives us an easy workaround solution.

Thank you for reading. For more information on Revit and other Autodesk products, and information on training and consulting for the various products Ideate services, visit our website at www.ideateinc.com.

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Matt Miyamoto

ENI Manager & Senior Application Specialist

Matt is an ENI Manager and Senior Application Specialist in Ideate, Inc.’s Seattle office. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and is a licensed Civil Engineer. Prior to joining Ideate, Matt worked as a civil engineer, using Civil 3D on a variety of projects including site development, roadway improvements and infrastructure design. With over 10 years of experience in the civil engineering industry, Matt now provides training, consulting, technical support, and implementation strategies for organizations transitioning to Civil 3D. Matt is an Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI), as well as an Autodesk Certified BIM Specialist: Roads and Highway Solutions. Additionally, Matt is and Autodesk Certified Professional for AutoCAD, and AutoCAD Civil 3D. He can be found on twitter as @MattM_PE

Create a Civil 3D Plan Profile Drawing From Within a InfraWorks Model

Picture this - you are in InfraWorks and have the 3D model of your proposed project created. A project stakeholder understands the 3D model but wants to see a plan profile sheet of the proposal to merge with other project data available in CAD. This task becomes humongous, particularly, if project is large because you need to import the model into Civil 3D and then create sheets manually or by using the plan production tool in Civil 3D.

You can avoid the above by using InfraWorks which has that command built in for you. Access the command from the Roadway Extension per the figure below.

This will display the Create Civil 3D Drawings wizard as below...

You would then need to pick the design road, the surface, and some Civil 3D option such as the scale, station start and end value, etc. The system will then create a drawing DWG file and a sheet set DST file with the plan profile sheets for you.

And that’s all – with a few picks and clicks you get a plan profile sheet from an InfraWorks road model.

Visit our blog page often to keep abreast with the posts such as this one and other insights on Civil 3D and InfraWorks from my colleagues.

 

Thank you for reading. For more information on AutoCAD and other Autodesk products, and information on training and consulting for the various products Ideate services, visit our website at www.ideateinc.com.

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Guarav Bagga

Senior Application Specialist Infrastructure 

Gaurav is a Senior Application Specialist for Infrastructure Solutions at Ideate based out of San Francisco. He has over 18 years of experience in construction and related software industry. With this extensive design technology background he helps engineering and surveying companies, federal and state government agencies, and ENR 500 firms critically analyze and improve their construction drawing production process. He implements Civil infrastructure design technology led by InfraWorks and Civil 3D and has helped Ideate grow Civil Infrastructure Services. Being an industry recognized speaker he has presented cutting edge design technology at several industry conferences such as Autodesk University. @BeGeez

Ideate Explorer for MEP Engineers

MEP engineering building information models present their own unique challenges to project navigation and auditing within the Revit environment. Ideate Explorer is here to help with both daily production tasks and project auditing tasks that are unique to MEP engineers. 

For example, MEP engineers make extensive use of the Revit filter tool to control visibility, but with Ideate Explorer those same filters can be leveraged to dramatically enhance element selection within any view. In the image below the Mechanical Supply Filter is being used in conjunction with the Level-based sort, making it easy to quickly view and select only the ducts and fittings that relate to the supply. 

Additionally, MEP Engineers can use the Ideate Query tool within Ideate Explorer to Review the Elevation Values to discover quickly if any of the elements have been assigned to the wrong elevation or offset or to sort the project data quickly by the Level or Phase settings.

Learn more about how MEP Engineers can make the most of Ideate Explorer in this short video.

This blog post was originally published on the Ideate Software blog.

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About the Author

Vasudha Dixit - ENI Application Specialist 

Vasudha is an MEP Application Specialist at Ideate, Inc. based on San Francisco office. She has a Master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago where she specialized in HVAC design, green buildings and energy analysis. Prior to Ideate, she interned at a few multinational companies where she performed finite element analysis for design validation of components. Vasudha provides Revit MEP training and support for various AEC firms.

Revit Assemblies and Automatic Drawings

Here at Ideate, we frequently get questions in the classroom from students, such as when do I need an assembly instead of a group or nested family? This blog deals with how and when to use assemblies, and the short answer may be “when you need associated drawings and material or part takeoffs from the assembly."

 

 

The assembly is in own project file and is used to create shop drawings. The assembly is created from the correctly positioned families.

 

Assemblies with Drawings

 

Thank you for reading. For more information on Revit and other Autodesk products, and information on training and consulting for the various products Ideate services, visit our website at www.ideateinc.com

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Jim Cowan

AEC Senior Application Specialist

Jim Cowan’s extensive AEC design industry experience, Autodesk design solutions expertise and status as an Autodesk Certified Instructor have made him a sought after University Curriculum developer, instructor and presenter. Jim’s areas of expertise include eLearning, interoperability between solutions and overcoming barriers to the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Educated in Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot–Watt University and in Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba, Jim has special focus on sustainability issues: daylight analysis, sun studies, lighting analysis, modeling buildings and conceptual energy modeling (models with shading devices).YouTube Channel: MrJimCowan

Have You Ever Wanted to Add a Tolerance to a Revit Dimension?

Hi folks IX here.  One of the Senior Application Specialist here at Ideate, Inc.

Have you ever wanted to add a Tolerance (±) to a dimension in Revit?  Well you can and here are a couple workflows for you…

Workflow 1 using Microsoft Character Map:

I’m using Windows 7 and found the character map program in the flowing location

• “Start > All Programs >> Accessories >>> System Tools >>>> Character Map

Once in the Character Map program I took the following step to copy the character

1. Select the Font: drop-down and select the font that you are using in your Revit project for your dimensions
2. Locate the Plus or Minus Symbol (±).  Double-click on the character to add it to the characters to copy section
3. Select the Copy button

Your tolerance symbol has now been added to the windows clipboard for pasting. 

Back in Revit follow these easy steps to add your copied tolerance symbol to a Revit dimension

1. Double-click on the dimension that you wish to add the Plus or Minus (±) symbol to
2. Select into the Suffix: field and right-click to get the menu
3. Select Paste from the menu
4. Add additional content to the field to finish your tolerance
5. Select the OK button to finish add the tolerance to the dimension

          

Workflow 2 using the Keystroke equivalent:

If you know the keystroke equivalent you can type it in into the Suffix: field.  In my example above for the Arial font you can insert the Plus or Minus (±) symbol by holding down the Alt key and typing the number 0177.

I hope that you enjoyed this Dimensioning Tolerance workflow tips and tricks.

Cheers
IX
 

Thank you for reading. For more information on other Autodesk products, and information on training and consulting for the various products Ideate services, visit our website at www.ideateinc.com.

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Eugene O'Day, IX

ENI Application Specialist 

Eugene A. O’Day, IX, with more than 25 years of architectural and mechanical experience, offers a trained focus on all things Revit and BIM. Teaching is a passion of his. Eugene has been an instructor in undergraduate degree programs, has traveled worldwide teaching Autodesk solutions to major corporations, has taught at accredited ATCs throughout the Northwestern region, and is a frequent and popular instructor, speaker, and presenter for AUGI® CAD Camps, Revit – and related product user groups. He has also been a trusted public school district advisor on new drafting instructor hires. At Ideate, Eugene provides training and support for Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and AutoCAD. Eugene is also a Revit Architecture Autodesk Certified Professional.

Revit Soffit Cleanup Between Ceiling and Bulkhead Wall

Here at Ideate, we frequently get questions in the classroom from students – and we frequently get solutions from our students. I decided to document some of the solutions. This blog deals with how you can get the gypsum wall board to turn the corner between a ceiling and a bulkhead wall – so you do not see a line separating the materials.

Before

After

Typically walls and ceilings have layers of materials and their function determines which is dominant when walls or ceilings meet. Core structural materials can be joined graphically so they appear correctly, when for example you join the structural layer of a floor to the structural layer of a wall.

This example shows a “fix” that lets you join the structural layers of a wall and a ceiling.


For information on training and consulting for the various products Ideate services, visit our website at www.ideateinc.com.  Also check our blog for continued solutions as we encounter them.

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Jim Cowan

AEC Senior Application Specialist

Jim Cowan’s extensive AEC design industry experience, Autodesk design solutions expertise and status as an Autodesk Certified Instructor have made him a sought after University Curriculum developer, instructor and presenter. Jim’s areas of expertise include eLearning, interoperability between solutions and overcoming barriers to the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Educated in Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot–Watt University and in Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba, Jim has special focus on sustainability issues: daylight analysis, sun studies, lighting analysis, modeling buildings and conceptual energy modeling (models with shading devices).YouTube Channel: MrJimCowan