The Revit Kid Project - Master's Thesis - Cycle Design/reBuild

I'M BACK!!

I would like to thank you all for being so patient the last few months while I completed my semester.  I am happy to announce that I am finally finished!  I am also happy to announce that you guys continued to check out the blog and content while I was away... In fact, the blog rolled over 2,000,000 hits during my hiatus.

As many of you have been contacting me letting me know how much you enjoy seeing some of my personal work (beyond this blog) here are some goodies from my final thesis presentation.... (you can full screen and click through the presentation)....

If you are having issues viewing the Prezi full screen follow this link...

I will eventually be posting my final thesis book for you all to view when it is completed and that will have all of the information about the presentation above.  Furthermore, below are the high resolution renderings from the presentation for your viewing pleasure.


Some of these renderings are Revit > 3DS Max > VRay > Photoshop (click to enlarge):

  

The following rendering is simply Revit and Photoshop:

Also, don't forget to follow my on twitter @TheRevitKid ... I was posting there quite a bit during my hiatus. 

#Revit2014 - What's New?

Well, it is that time of the year again.  Get ready for the social media storm everyone!  Autodesk has lifted the NDA on Revit 2014 and you all get to find out about it!

For the first time that I an remember Autodesk has taken it upon themselves to beat the bloggers!  

Click here to view Autodesk's Revit 2014 new features (and old features) website...

Autodesk may have released the features before most of us bloggers but David Light still wins for the most comprehensive post about the new features... 

Click here to read David's post about Revit 2014... 

What am I most excited about in 2014?  Well, the displaced views function will be a lot of fun to play with (especially for presentations).  The new (well old) material editor makes me happy.  I learned to live with 2013's but my goodness did it suck!  Non-rectangular view-ports will help me greatly in the office (no more hidden elements and masking regions!).  Lastly, the new scheduling functions will be pretty useful.

What do you guys think?!

Oh... And how about that new "R" logo.... At least I think it is an "R"....

  

Revit and CryEngine 3 - First Person BIM

I mentioned a couple times on the blog how I was inspired by Marcello's presentation at the Revit Technology Conference this past year.  During one of his classes Marcello demonstrated how his Revit model's were imported into CryEngine 3.  Well, I told Marcello afterward that I would be jumping into this concept right away.  Needless to say, I did.  I had an opportunity to take an independent study this semester and dedicated it to truly "interactive rendering" using CryEngine.  Click here for more images and information....

**Edit** If you want to learn HOW to get your Revit model into CryEngine there is an eBook included in BIM After Dark - Volume 1 that shows the process step-by-step...

Revit Toposurface Sub-Region Annoyance #BIM Battlefield

Dear Autodesk,

Please allow the "create similar" command to create a new sub-region and not an entirely new toposuface.

Thanks,

- Jeff

Revit in the Real World - HOK's Dali Museum

Cool article over at World Architecture News.com. I love seeing Revit being used at such high levels or design.  HOK has been doing it for quite some time.  Great images in the article too.

We have spoken to HOK in the past regarding the practice’s use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Autodesk products, such as Revit, that have helped to push the firm's design and constructional ambitions. The use of Revit and BIM in this case study has enabled the team at HOK's Tampa office to design intricate and structurally challenging elements in the Salvador Dalí Museum, efficiently and most importantly, successfully... Click here to read the rest of the article...

Click here to see HOK's website about the project...

Changing Text Case in Revit.

You've got a set of CAD details you imported into Revit from a manufacturer. After you've imported and changed the line work of ten or so details you realize something... It's not in all capitol letters! Or... It's in all capitol letters! How do you fix this without retyping all the text to your liking?

Well, if you are a CAD user you're thinking, "Easy! Just highlight and right click... and change case!". Sadly, thats not true in Revit. But thanks to Avatech Solutions it is that easy. Avatech has a suite of utilities completely free for your use with Revit.

Avatech Revit Utilities.

Here is a quick tutorial on how to use the Change Case Utility:

Changing Text Case in Revit.

The Revit Kid! on Facebook!

Being that this site is dedicated towards students studying Architecure and Engineering Technologies I made a Facebook group for it.

Please join and invite all your architect, engineer, and construction buddies to join!

The Revit Kid! on Facebook.

To Model, or Not to Model?

I handed in a project I did in Revit for a Structures class and received a few questions about it. Using this project as an example I would like to address one question I was asked by a few people:

"How did you model every single CMU block and the bond beam?!"

Well the answer is simple... I didn't. Click the link below to view the tip/tutorial.

Detail Components... A short run through.