Links to More Blogger Day Information

Check out some other bloggers along side me that will be full of information as well:

• Revit OpEd
• Revit - David Light
• Do U Revit?
• CADD Help

Tutorial - Wood Framing Walls (Revit Rocks!)

Finally, someone posts about the new wood framing extension for Revit. I have been dying to do a video about it but I have yet to get my hands on the extensions pack. Daryl has a great post about it on his Revit Rocks! Blog (including a video)...

In this tutorial we are going to introduce you to the new and exciting REVIT Wood Framing Walls Extension available for free to all REVIT subscription members.

Thanks to > REVIT Learning Curve for bringing this app to my attention.

It's taken me a solid 15-20 hours of tinkering before I could get it to create what I wanted in a single attempt, however there were MANY failed attempts.

There are a few things that need to get 'fixed' with this REVIT extension before it's 100% ready for the market but it has amazing potential.

Click here to go to the post and see the video...

Tutorial - Structural Truss Extension (Do U Revit)

I received a couple emails asking about the structural truss extension that was added in the subscription pack. Well, before I go make a video here is a nice little post from Dave at Do U Revit:

Structural Truss families are quite easy to create: you sketch the top & bottom chords and the webs, and you’re pretty much done. You can obviously constrain the family so it can flex for different conditions, or build a static truss for a particular situation.

If you load structural framing families into it, you can assign them to the Top & Bottom chords and to Vertical and Diagonal webs. If you choose not to do this, you can change them in the type properties later inside the project. But in this case, what will Revit use when you sketch one in the project? The answer is: the last used structural framing family! So if you placed a concrete beam and then you place a truss with undefined members, you get this:

Continue to post and the rest of the tutorial...

Revit 2010 Subscription Pack Videos

Great find by Alan over at Revit Structure Learning Curve:

Revit 2010 Advantage Pack.

I was fortunate enough to be invited to Autodesk's Revit Blogger event... This was an online webcast review, featuring, and demonstrating the newest package of extensions and features for Revit 2010 Products.

This package is only being released to subscription users. After watching and listening to the new features for an hour and half now it looks to be quite a giant step. I am sure you have all read the features lists on many other blogs already but here is my quick list:

Revit Architecture 2010:

- Revit Structural Features added to Revit Architecture:

• Curved Beams
• Slanted Columns
• Create Trusses
• Beam "Coping" Tool
• Slab Direction and Decking
• Tag Beam Systems

- Split wall with gap.

- Wood Wall Framing

- "Countrification" Content for:

• China
• Russia

Revit Structure 2010:

• Insulation Tools
• "A" and "W" User Defined Paramters in Schedule Field
• Placing 3D Beams from geometry references in imported 3D drawings.
• Control Beam Length tolerance.
• Wood Framing - Extension
• Interferences of Reinforcing Bars- Extension
• Bridge Design Modules- Extension

Revit MEP 2010 Additions:

• Temporary dimensions in layout mode.
• MEP Performance Improvements.
• "Contrification" Content.

Screen shots:

I also asked about how those of us using student subscriptions will or will not be able to obtain this package. The people at Autodesk believe there is a way for us to use the subscription packages. When they tell me how to use it you will be the first to know!

The meeting was great and I cannot wait to show you all some of the many new improvements to the software. The Wood Framing Extension is one of my favorite and it will be yours when you see it as well. Stay tuned for some follow up posts.