Tag Archives: ModelStrategy

Orienting and Color Coding

Posted on January 16, 2014 by nmcclure

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 direct access to Navisworks Manage, we couldn’t get updated reports, … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Navisworks Clash Detection

Posted on December 19, 2013 by nmcclure

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 primary consultant, or the contractor on … Continue reading →

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Nesting Shared Elements

Posted on July 31, 2013 by nmcclure

Combining a bunch of stuff into a single family (nesting) makes modeling more efficient, and can be less of a processing hit than groups – but there are some things to consider – specifically, if the nested elements should be … Continue reading →

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Project Start Up – Site File

Posted on May 29, 2013 by nmcclure

Although a Revit file can be a complete site, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND teams model the SITE separately from the BUILDING. Here’s why: 1) Buildings are modeled in PROJECT NORTH by default. This makes for more accurate models/data, and supports the … Continue reading →

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Protected: Customizing Keynotes

Posted on March 21, 2013 by nmcclure

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T.I. Test Fit Guidelines

Posted on March 21, 2013 by nmcclure

Test fit requests often precede actual T.I. contracts, and are typically a very basic per-square-footage fee. As such, budgets rarely allow for 3D build-out of existing spaces, and the goal is primarily to get area summaries and office/workstation counts against … Continue reading →

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Why/When to use Shared Parameters

Posted on March 14, 2013 by nmcclure

Revit is an Object Oriented Database, using numeric ‘handles’ to track data fields, and associate them to individual elements, via category definition. This invisible ‘handle’ is more important than the name of the parameter itself in correctly consolidating information. Whenever … Continue reading →

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Points on Point Clouds

Posted on January 28, 2013 by nmcclure

Having had the past pleasure (uhem) of working with client-provided point clouds, I was excited to view the AU2012 session on ‘Scan to BIM: Point Clouds Reloaded” presented by Kelly Cone of Beck Group. While a handout will never be … Continue reading →

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Protected: Revit Resource Files

Posted on January 17, 2013 by nmcclure

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Guiding a model team

Posted on December 3, 2012 by nmcclure

I’m often doing ‘forensic analysis’ on project files – either for new clients, or in some cases, reviewing past project files before an upcoming new scope of work.  A primary aspect of reviewing models is not just finding issues, but … Continue reading →

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