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Let’s talk about Revit families. Are your Revit users pulling families from manufacturer websites, then having to spend project time individually reconciling the differences between the parameters used without ... https://www.solidcad.ca/reconcile-the-differences-between-parameters-live-in-projects-without-destroying-data/ CTC BIM Projct Suite 2020 – Invisibility Advisor

Find improperly displayed elements in Revit with Invisibility Advisor. Part of the BIM Project Suite, this tool can also identify the cause of invisibilty as well as offer useful information and links to relevant ... https://www.solidcad.ca/bim-project-suite-invisibility-advisor/ Workaround: Civil 3D XREF Structures Do Not Resize

My friend and customer, Ben Cartmell from Koers & Associates in Parksville, has brought to my attention a method, of which you may not be aware, for working around a limitation within Civil 3D. The limitation ... https://www.solidcad.ca/workaround-civil-3d-xref-structures-do-not-resize/ Revit Project Cleanup – Why and How

As a collaborative BIM software, Revit enables multiple authors to work within the same project file. However, as projects progress files can grow rather large, often time filling up “extra stuff”. This extra ... https://www.solidcad.ca/revit-project-cleanup-why-and-how/ Making more beautiful, realistic, and detailed renders in Revit

3D visualization is an essential part of architectural illustration today. Renders allow you to communicate your vision and intent to clients and colleagues. This is why models or drawings are often sent out ... https://www.solidcad.ca/making-more-beautiful-realistic-and-detailed-renders-in-revit/ Energy analysis – Realize the greatest benefit of BIM

Many engineers do not realize the power of Revit and prefer to trust the process of designs they have been using for years, such as Excel, manual calculations or their company templates. In fact, they have implemented ... https://www.solidcad.ca/energy-analysis-realize-the-greatest-benefit-of-bim/ The 3 Main Types of Panel Schedule Templates in Revit

Panel schedules are an essential part of any electrical design and provide a level of coordination that ensures accurate design and documentation. Panel schedules can be created before or after circuits are connected ... https://www.solidcad.ca/the-3-main-types-of-panel-schedule-templates-in-revit/ Are we beyond BIM?

If everybody is so proficient with the change to a BIM process, then why aren’t building projects embracing it more widely? Why aren’t those firms who have embraced it finding the efficiencies that it promises? ... https://www.solidcad.ca/are-we-beyond-bim/ BIM 360 Design – the next gen of Collaboration for Revit

As of April 9, 2018, Collaboration for Revit is available as BIM 360 Design – Autodesk’s next-generation cloud work-sharing, data management, and design collaboration product. This is part of several changes ... https://www.solidcad.ca/bim-360-design-the-next-gen-of-collaboration-for-revit/ Auto-numbering parking stalls using Dynamo

This article describes how to use Dynamo to number parking stalls. Numbering parking tags can be tedious doing manually. If you have to number or renumber parking stalls and you are looking for tools to do it ... https://www.solidcad.ca/auto-numbering-parking-stalls-using-dynamo/