@apertedesign feed- apertedesign: After a few realizations working w #pointclouds & #Revit I'm thinking my second calling is in neurological brain scans! February 22, 2012
- apertedesign: Did they have headshots, like RE/Insurance brokers?! :P “@seandburke: ...an architecture firm advertisement on TV. The world has changed.” February 22, 2012
- apertedesign: Creating a phased #Revit model of #Strawbale project. Phasing from foundation to stud/buck framing to baleing to 3-layer earth plaster February 22, 2012
- @SFUrbanist feed
- SFUrbanist: RT @aperte: Listening to #Pandora Blues Essentials - and impressed! Lots of original classics I've only heard (many) covers of! February 22, 2012
- SFUrbanist: Consider donating old bikes for parts! Re: @thebolditalic: @bikekitchen bike maintenance stations http://t.co/zriJy3nJ” February 21, 2012
- SFUrbanist: Cant wait to try these!! “@CityCarShare: Our future e-bike program is even getting coverage in LA http://t.co/Xk6g5GQZ” February 21, 2012
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Living Walls lecture
When: Tonight, February 16, 2012 - 6:30-9:30pm Where: SFAIA Office (130 Sutter St.) Find out more here.
Putting the I in IPD
More and more, subconsultants are being provided a Building Information Model rather than traditional 2D backgrounds, and are being asked to return a 3D deliverable in kind. And with that, comes questions: Q: Do I have to use Revit, too? … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, BIM/Revit
Tagged customization, IPD, ProjectManagement, Revit
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Customizing PAT files
Most architectural firms are using Revit heavily for the visualization benefits, and as such want to get as close to reality representing key materials as possible. While some requests just don’t weigh out in the ‘pros/cons’ analysis (modeling battens on … Continue reading
Is ‘the cloud’ still a dream?
Technically speaking, no. ‘Working in the cloud’ is already a reality – look at your cloud-hosted email services and customer management tools – a tremendous amount of daily data exchange is already up there. But should your team’s design data … Continue reading
Double-clicking files from a browser
Teams new to Revit often fall back on old habits better suited to other programs – a common behavior I see is double-clicking files from a network browser to open them. Not a good idea for Revit files! Here’s why: … Continue reading
PARK(ing) Day with Green Roof Alliance
PARK(ing) DayIn the spirit of recapturing real estate devoted to motor vehicles and using that space to benefit the general public, I teamed with three other members of the Green Roof Alliance to design and construct a demonstration living roof … Continue reading
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Geometric Formula Parameters
Content creation is an evolving skill. Training team members to create symbolic furniture or equipment families is at the lower end of the skill set, where creating multi-referencing parametric families involving rules of proportion are at the higher end. This … Continue reading
BIM and Risk Management
First off, I’m not a lawyer, but I’ve sat through conferences with many of them, enough to know that the legal liability of an architect is at minimum, daunting, at maximum… well, let’s not (hopefully ever!) go there. A client … Continue reading
Introduction to the Revit .ini
All of the default settings and operations in Revit are controlled by the .ini file in the install. The ini file is the portal for any customization of your Revit environment, from changing the background color from white to black, … Continue reading
Posted in BIM/Revit
Tagged customization, Implementation, programming, ProjectManagement, Revit, UserInterface
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