How to efficiently utilize design options in Revit

In this exclusive Revit video tutorial, you will learn how to apply the stunning design options tool in Revit to explore through various design options and use them in your 3d model. Test these design options and check how they perform devoid of saving individual files.

The users can access design options in the following two ways :-

From the Manage tab > Design Options (under Design Option Panel).

At the bottom bar of the Revit window, click the icon.

When the Design Options dialog box open, it is found that the dialog box is segregated into 2 parts. The white box on the left shows all the design options available for any project. In the right side, there are the editing tools like Edit, Option Set and Option which are utilized to produce the design options.

Edit – This option allows you to edit each option. There is another option alias Switch between Options to edit option quickly.

Option Set – It is a folder that retains all the options for a specific area of interest. As for example, one Option Set for “Office Suite” and another Option Set for “Cafeteria”.

Option – These are the options produced inside the Option Set. As for instance, inside the “Office Suite” set, there is Option A, B & C furniture layout design.

Note: There are numerous Option Set in the same view, but each view can only contain one Option.

Setting up Design Option

Initially, it is required to setup all the Option Sets and Options required, then assign the components in the existing model to the exact option. An analogy is to setup folder and blank files as a place holder primarily, then include components to the blank file later.

Step 1: Under Option Set, click “New”, it will generate first set of Design Options.

Step 2: Under Option, click “New”, it will generate first design option in the set. It is possible to produce as many Option as required within the equivalent set.

Note: Revit will not permit the users to make an Option unless an Option Set is made.

Reiterate the above steps as required to generate more Option Set and Options.

The Option with the word (primary) next to it is known as Primary Option. This is the default design that shows in your model. The users can choose any option as the Primary by clicking Make Primary (under Option).

To get more clear ideas, go through the following video tutorial.

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Improve your AutoCAD skills with a series of 30+ AutoCAD 2D and 3D drawings

Jaiprakash Pandey, the renowned mechanical engineer and Autodesk AutoCAD Certified Professional, has conducted an online course for AutoCAD users. The users can enhance their AutoCAD skills with a series of 30+ AutoCAD 2D and 3D drawings.

This course is specifically designed for the users who possess minimum knowledge of AutoCAD 2D and 3D tools as well as for those users who have already finished AutoCAD 2D or 3D courses on SourceCAD.

The course comprises of numerous 2D and 3D drawings which can be used for operating the tools learned throughout the AutoCAD course. There are three main sections which include AutoCAD 2D, 3D and advance 3D drawings of objects from real life like Nut, bolt and gears.

Course Topics:

• 2D and 3D practice drawings
• Downloadable PDF and DWG file with dimensioning
• Frequently updated content
• Advance 3D projects like coupling and Coke bottle included

Pre-requisites:

• Minimum knowledge of AutoCAD 2D and 3D tools
• AutoCAD 2013 or any later version

To register online, go through the following link learn.thesourcecad.com

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Importance of AutoCAD, Revit and STAAD Pro for Civil Engineers

A civil engineers should contain adequate working knowledge in AutoCAD to make drawing smarter. Knowledge of other programs like Revit and STAAD Pro are also very crucial for other disciplines.

AutoCAD: Both AutoCAD and Civil 3D play an important role for making efficient civil engineering design. These programs facilitate you to generate quality plan sets. On the other hand, working knowledge of AutoCAD is not essential for construction engineers.

The design aggregation and documentation tools, which are in-built into AutoCAD, enhance productivity as well as simplify your design and documentation workflows and accelerate projects from design to completion whereas automate the tiresome manual drafting tasks.

AutoCAD allows to produce surfaces, solids, and offset curves dynamically and manipulate them with context-sensitive PressPull operations. 3D models are directly imported into AutoCAD from different types of applications, like SolidWorks, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, Rhinoceros, and NX products and services to easily generate intelligent 2D views. Point Cloud tools facilitates you to import scanned objects with up to 2 billion data points. Physical 3D prototypes of your designs are instantly formed with AutoCAD's 3D printing capabilities.

Revit: Revit is an useful software for architects and other building professionals that can be used for architectural design and documentation. Revit facilitates the users to produce a perfect and detailed building model in quickest possible time.

Revit empowers the civil engineers to render the best performance with the creation of virtual illustration of building products. Starting from the Design Development & Coordination, 3D Modeling, Drawing Set Creation to Quantity Take-off, civil engineers can obtain the separate product specifications of the building which range from the color, tolerance, cost and other info. All these are essential to take informed decisions.

Revit provides the following advantages to the civil engineers:

a. Offer perfect, trustworthy and reasonable solutions
b. Substantiate the design of the model for constructability and performance
c. Maintenance of wood, steel and concrete structures like column, beam depths and clashes
d. Perform a detailed analysis of structural & MEP elements to render projects in risk-free environment

STAAD Pro: STAAD Pro is a handy software for structural engineers to make accurate structural analysis and design. The program supports the analysis of different types of structural elements like bridges, structural beams, floodgates, and much more. Civil engineers with a structural background are suggested to learn supporting programs like STAAD Pro.



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How To Create Curve Staircase – Curve Railings And Modern Stairs Using Autodesk Revit

This classy tutorial examines the procedure of not only creating curved stairs but curve railings and modern stairs also. What you need for this tutorial is the basic understanding of Revit and its execution methodology.

This tutorial is created with the latest version of Autodesk Revit.

Initially you will need to set up the entire interface of Revit to make it work. And then you need to select the tool which would be preferable for you to use such as from stair tool you can select either Stair by Component or Stair by Sketch.

In this way you can create your desired output of curved staircase.

For more information, watch the video.

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A free Revit and AutoCAD App is just launched for HVAC specialists

MEPcontent and Mitsubishi Electric jointly introduce a free Revit and AutoCAD App to allow HVAC specialists to discover appropriate Mitsubishi Electric articles for their projects.

To download MEPcontent App: the Mitsubishi Electric System Designer for Revit and AutoCAD, click on the following link. store.mepcontent.com

With this app, it becomes easier for MEP engineers, designers and modelers to discover, choose and configure entire Mitsubishi Electric heating and cooling systems inside a BIM project. Now, it is not required to leave your Revit or AutoCAD project with the built-in Mitsubishi Electric plugin. After downloading this free App, one can instantly access all Mitsubishi Electric products associated with cooling and heating systems.

Save time by exploring through article number, description, model or series and filter on technical properties like the nominal heating capacity. As soon as it is arranged in your model, it is possible to distribute product specific data like localized article numbers, GTIN or URL’s with purchasing- or management stakeholders. Directly order your essential Mitsubishi Electric products from inside the BIM project with an up-to-date Bill-Of-Materials.

The following product series are now accessible in the App: Mitsubishi Electric City Multi, Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan, Mitsubishi Electric E-series, Mitsubishi Electric Lossnay, Mitsubishi Electric Mr. Slim. This App will be continuously sustained and updated, with the updated product information, as well as with new functionalities to accelerate the designing process of HVAC systems. Later on, the App will be updated with the inclusion of functionality to draw piping and place fittings with exact sizes to easily join units.

One can download the MEPcontent Mitsubishi Electric System Designer App for Revit and AutoCAD for free from the MEPcontent store: store.mepcontent.com

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Importance of AutoCAD, Revit and STAAD Pro for Civil Engineers

A civil engineers should contain adequate working knowledge in AutoCAD to make drawing smarter. Knowledge of other programs like Revit and STAAD Pro are also very crucial for other disciplines.AutoCAD: Both AutoCAD and Civil 3D play an important role for making efficient civil engineering design. These programs facilitate you to generate quality plan sets. On the other hand, working knowledge of AutoCAD is not essential for construction engineers.

The design aggregation and documentation tools, which are in-built into AutoCAD, enhance productivity as well as simplify your design and documentation workflows and accelerate projects from design to completion whereas automate the tiresome manual drafting tasks.

AutoCAD allows to produce surfaces, solids, and offset curves dynamically and manipulate them with context-sensitive PressPull operations. 3D models are directly imported into AutoCAD from different types of applications, like SolidWorks, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, Rhinoceros, and NX products and services to easily generate intelligent 2D views. Point Cloud tools facilitates you to import scanned objects with up to 2 billion data points. Physical 3D prototypes of your designs are instantly formed with AutoCAD's 3D printing capabilities.

Revit: Revit is an useful software for architects and other building professionals that can be used for architectural design and documentation. Revit facilitates the users to produce a perfect and detailed building model in quickest possible time.
Revit empowers the civil engineers to render the best performance with the creation of virtual illustration of building products. Starting from the Design Development & Coordination, 3D Modeling, Drawing Set Creation to Quantity Take-off, civil engineers can obtain the separate product specifications of the building which range from the color, tolerance, cost and other info. All these are essential to take informed decisions.
Revit provides the following advantages to the civil engineers:

a. Offer perfect, trustworthy and reasonable solutions
b. Substantiate the design of the model for constructability and performance
c. Maintenance of wood, steel and concrete structures like column, beam depths and clashes
d. Perform a detailed analysis of structural & MEP elements to render projects in risk-free environment
STAAD Pro: STAAD Pro is a handy software for structural engineers to make accurate structural analysis and design. The program supports the analysis of different types of structural elements like bridges, structural beams, floodgates, and much more. Civil engineers with a structural background are suggested to learn supporting programs like STAAD Pro.

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How to use TrussCAD, a autocad based program, to draw roof truss section detail

In this autocad tutorial, you will learn how to create the drawing of a roof truss section detail with the use of AutoCAD. You will also learn how section detail can be produced with lines, polylines, and hatches.

The tutorial is created with TrussCAD, an exclusive plugin program for AutoCAD.

It can be used to sketch timber roof and floor trusses in your AutoCAD drawings together with roof battens and roof tiles rapidly and save significant time.

The created lines can be entirely edited in AutoCAD if necessary. Trusses are formed on the basis of the user input and can be edited like standard AutoCAD lines and polylines. All colors of the line work can be modified to fit your office standards. With TrussCAD, it is possible to arrange roof battens on the Roof trusses for both Tiled and Sheet roofs.

The roof battens for tiled roofs also produce the roof tiles.

It supports full versions of AutoCAD 2000 and higher.

To download the software, click on the following link thirdistudio.com.au/TrussCAD

The files which are used in this tutorial can be downloaded from the following linkwww.thirdistudio.com.au

To get more details, watch the following video.

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Demo Of MagiCAD Piping For Revit MEP 2018

This revit video tutorial is based on MagiCAD Piping for Revit MEP 2018. It provides a wide-ranging BIM solution for crating the design and estimation of heating, cooling, air conditioning, domestic water, sewer, sprinkler and specialist systems.

MagiCAD Piping completely supports Revit MEP 2016-2018 versions.

Given below, some exclusive features of the product :-

More than 1 million data-rich MEP products and complete range of configurable generic products.

Complete connection tools for radiators, water points, sewer points and sprinklers with automated routing.

Automatic tools for making drawing of crossings and elevation changes
Smooth installation of piping components.

Verify or edit selected objects and systems with the use of the 3D section tool
Divide piping into commercial lengths.

Complete sizing and balancing computations for heating and cooling systems.

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Brief Demonstration Of Structural Connections In Revit 2018

This Revit video tutorial is based on Revit Structural connection feature in Revit 2018.

The objective of Revit structural connections is to interchange information on the designed connection among engineers, detailers, and fabricators. This data is saved in the project.

Brief information about connections can contain the following:

• Connection type
• Detailed geometry
• Analytical forces and data
• Materials
• Fabricator identification

By default, connections contain very basic parameters concerning identity data and phasing. Include project parameters and shared parameters to the Structural Connections category to add definite information that can be preserved and circulated with project stakeholders.

It is possible to include tags and generate schedules for instances of structural connections.

All structural connections comprise of two in-built parameters like Approval Status and Code Checking Status.

These two parameters are shown in the Properties Palette. The users fix the Approval Status parameter. The Code Checking Status is filled automatically with the Code Checking engine as soon as the connection is validated.

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CAD2BIM Can Easily Convert Any 2D Cad Drawing Into 3D BIM Model

This cad tutorial video presents the demo of CAD2BIM. This cad program is developed by Handaz (a team of highly skilled Architects, Civil Engineers and Software Developers). It is a web based application that can be used to transform 2D CAD .dxf & .dwg developed with Autodesk Autocad as well as any other drawings into a 3D BIM (Building Information Modeling) model in IFC Building Smart format.

This format can be viewed on Autodesk Revit, Bentley AECosim, Graphisoft Archicad, 3Ds max or any BIM supported software. Handaz CAD2BIM applies libraries like xBIM, netDXF, Rhino3dmIO, Revit API for the revit plugin.

You can apply the following easy to follow processes to create the BIM model :-

• Make your project
• Upload your files
• Choose layers and blocks
• Obtain your BIM model

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