Rendering Non-Renderings
Photorealism renderings have their place in the architectural design process – presentations to design review boards, client promotion materials, etc. For the in-house design teams, however, I am a...
View ArticleModeling Parking Garage Ramps
While I’m a HUGE fan of reducing parking requirements for housing and mixed-use projects, there is still a need to design (and model) parking garages. This can be a real challenge to new Revit users,...
View ArticleRotating Project North
Yes, it happens. A project file is started, then more data comes in, and the survey finally arrives, and it turns out that what you’ve started designing in response to isn’t quite oriented how you...
View ArticleRevit pumpkin carving!
Used the holiday to introduce the teams to adaptive components for creating complex geometry. In this case, a parametric pumpkin, that each person then carved out with voids. Here’s my sample: And...
View ArticlePreparing for Navisworks Clash Detection
Many of the smaller firm clients I work with do not have in-house access to Navisworks for broader, multi-discipline clash detection, but may be contributing a model to be reviewed in Navis through the...
View ArticleOrienting and Color Coding
Our medical office building project is rolling along, with consultant model updates weekly and clash reviews prompting a lot of webinar meetings. Two things we discovered really quickly: 1) Without...
View ArticleShow History Comments
I’m a big advocate of milestone archives (surprisingly, its less common than you’d think). Making a significant revision mid-way between milestone deliverables? Archive. Getting ready to clean up the...
View ArticleProtected: Pre-Programming Room Data
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View ArticleResolving Redundant Rooms
This is an addition to the original post on resolving ‘not placed’ rooms New users are often befuddled by how to place Room Tags in open-flowing areas. They quickly drop rooms into the zones of a...
View ArticleTo Edit or Not To Edit…
Firms take different approaches to template files. Some, (I’m looking at you @twiceroadsfool) like to load ‘em up with most everything a project needs, and let the teams weed out what they find they...
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