In this Office Hour Session I riff on section boxes in Revit, share some short cuts, tips, and tricks! This is one of the more common questions I get asked when teaching Revit and using the "BX" shortcut... ;)
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In this Office Hour Session I riff on section boxes in Revit, share some short cuts, tips, and tricks! This is one of the more common questions I get asked when teaching Revit and using the "BX" shortcut... ;)
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During last week's episode of BIM After Dark Live, we talked about Twinmotion for interiors (with Lumen) there was a comment about animating the doors while navigating the live scene:
It's super fun and just adds so much more life to a live model scene....
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On last night's episode of BIM After Dark Live I ran through creating an interior live real-time rendered scene of the primary bathroom of "The North Wing" project...
The key takeaways were adjusting lights coming in from Revit, material tips for realism, adding entourage... and the sun/light settings that really make a scene feel natural...
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On this episode of BIM After Dark Live we took a look at the latest scheme of "The North Wing" (a recent residential Revit project) and generate some Twinmotion Exterior renderings / scenes... Live!
Some of the topics we talked about were:
- Revit Modeling tips when using Twinmotion for renderings and real-time visualization
- Exporting and Importing Revit models to Twinmotion
- Building your scenes, tips and tricks.
- Ambience and lighting settings for the most realistic real-time scenes
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On last night's episode of BIM After Dark Live I introduced you to a new Residential Revit design/build project of mine: "The North Wing". This project is early in the design phase and I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the workflows, concepts, tools, and processes I use while exploring design options for a project.
Some of the topics we covered were:
- Introduction to the project and current design(s)
- Revit to iPad Sketching Workflow with Procreate
- How much to model this early in design...?
- When and when not to use Design Options in Revit?
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On this episode of BIM After Dark Live I will be joined by John Pierson of Parallax Team to talk about all of the new features to Dynamo for Revit 2025!
Some of the topics we will cover include:
Dynamo for Revit 2025:
- Now .NET8 (formerly .net framework 4.8 - microsoft)
- potential speed gains, more modern
- New Nodes for linked files
- Toposolid nodes
- Coming soon - panel nodes
Notes about packages for Revit 2025:
- Most c# packages need updated
- Python is still iffy
- Ongoing package manager woes
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On this episode of BIM After Dark Live we welcomed back the great Paul Aubin to talk about rebuilding Volterra, Italy... in Revit.
For nearly a decade, Paul has been involved in an effort hosted by the Volterra Detroit Foundation to preserve, document and share the history and culture of Volterra, Italy. Volterra is a hilltop town in the Tuscany region continuously inhabited for over 3000 years. Deploying modern tools to study and document the historical and cultural fabric of the city has been the focus of several international workshops conducted their since 2016. Paul has been privileged to have been part of all of these workshops first as an attendee and more recently as one of its facilitators. We’ll discuss the work, the tools, the procedures and the lessons learned.
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In this episode of BIM After Dark Live I was be joined by Tyler Puryear to talk about what's new in Twinmotion 2024 for Revit! We talked about best practices, templates, and, of course, highlight the new features!
Some of the topics we touched on were:
- Spacing and Area Tools
- Render Layers
- Fabrics
- Substance Files
- Foliage Material
- Camera Updates
- Sequencer & Action Camera
- Deterministic Animations
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I've been using Revit for over 16 years now... And I can honestly say this is the first time I discovered this little tip about tagging rooms through links.
Check out this snip from a recent Office Hour session to see what I am talking about ....
PS:
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On last night's episode of BIM After Dark Live I welcomed Jim Balding (of the ANT Group) to the show. Traditionally, BIM has always been equated to the "big firms". Well, Jim and I are going discuss how BIM (and the adoption of new technology) actually benefits the smaller architecture and engineering firms MORE! Jim has spent his entire career integrating new technologies with small-scale professional practice.
Jim shared some of the tools, workflows, processes, and (I'm sure) stories of his years spent in the world of "little BIM"...
Oh, and tune in to the beginning to hear two unique stories of how Jim and I met and how he called me out when I registered for a conference one year.... ;)
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On this episode of BIM After Dark Live I was joined by Carl Storms (The BIMsider) to talk about his completion of the 100 Days of AI challenge. What did he learn? Should Architects, Engineers, and Contractors do the challenge? Would he do it again!?
**Spoiler Alert** - We forgot to talk about the "AI Sandwich" ... haha!