Modena Design’s Revit Content Drive
Due to the lack of SA Content for Revit (Architecture, MEP & Structure), Modena Design Centres is having a content drive where we will be asking everyone for the Content that they have put together
We are creating a controlled community where only the people who have contributed their content will have access to the material. This content will be available from a link on our Modena website called Revit-IT.Everyone will have to log-in and usage of the content will be monitored.
WHY?
The question you are having why should I send my content, firstly you will be able to download some content that people in your industry (architecture, structure, MEP or even Interior designers) have spent time creating.
Secondly, Modena Design will be converting your content into Revit 2010 format.
This initiative is open to all Modena Design Centres clients. If you are interested in this initiative, if you could please put your content on a flash drive/CD/DVD for us to pick up or if convenient for you, you are most welcome to drop it off at our offices
If you have any concerns or queries with regards to this content drive please email Cindy on sales2@modena.co.za or Shaun on shaun@modena.co.za or give us a call 011 463 1553
3 Months of Madness
Good news for CAD Users with any CAD package wanting to upgrade to any of the following software packages:
- AutoCAD Inventor Suite
- AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite
- AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite
- AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite
- AutoCAD Electrical
- AutoCAD P&ID
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
You are able to upgrade for only R25 000, including subscriptions, until the 15th October 2009
*Terms and conditions apply
Click here to view which software packages qualify & for more information or contact Modena Design Centres on 011 463 1553 or email queries@modena.co.za
Finding it challenging to get your mind around 2010
(Courtesy from Revit Clinic)
 Revit 2010 help documentation is now available
Revit Architecture 2010 Help
Revit MEP 2010 Help
Revit Structure 2010 Help
Augi has just released AUGI/AEC
 AUGI AEC Edge is dedicated to bringing our members current, actionable, practical content to those involved in the Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Owners marketplace. The content is open to all members, but will focus on the industries that design, engineer, construct and maintain the built environment. Design tools range from AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, the Revit platforms, 3DS Max and Design, Navisworks, programming tools and may even spill over into Civil 3D, Map, Inventor, Maya and others as they touch this market. We are not limited to just software, we may discuss methods, emerging trends, project spotlights, CAD and BIM Management, education, training and more
I came across some interesting articles:
* Revit in a large firm
* A little help from my friends
* 5 Steps to success with Revit MEP
* Revit in high school
To read the AUGI AEC Edge click here
Updates available for Revit Architecture & Revit MEP 2010
Autodesk has just announced that updates are available to download for Revit Architecture 2010 and Revit MEP 2010 from their website.
To download Revit Architecture Service Pack
To download Revit MEP Service Pack
NEW!! from Autodesk Labs Solar Radiation Technology (Revit Architecture & MEP)
 Use the Solar Radiation Technology Preview to analyze the effects of solar radiation on various surfaces of your conceptual building model. Using the Solar Radiation Technology Preview during the conceptual design stage of your project can help you make fundamental design decisions about building shape, orientation, and surfaces early on, when changes are least expensive.
Test the new technology - Solar Radiation Technology
Meet Anne - the Revit Woman
 A while ago you met Andy - The Revit man, now he has a gal, Anne. Andekans has developed fully parametric Revit couple, Andy and Anne
To download Andy & Anne - Meet the Andy & Anne
Introduction to the art of Visualisation
 If you are a Revit user and you are making use of Max for realistic renderings take a look at this!
Jamie Gwilliam, Autodesk’s visualisation and 3D application specialist, discusses some of the basics of composition and what we need to consider when creating a competent computer generated image and animation.
Follow the link to read Jamie Gwilliam's Visualization Posts
NEW - Buildmind
 BuildMind is a great place for you to network with fellow building industry colleagues, promote your company, your products and your services. You can showcase your expertise by submitting articles, poll other members, create sub-communities by creating Groups and use the Forum to ask and give help.
Follow the link to join buildmind
Autodesk Seek
 Revit 2010 now offers enhanced interoperability between other software packages, one such package is Autodesk Seek.With Autodesk® Seek you can find and share product design information with the online design community to enhance designs and to meet specific customer needs. It allows designers to search for, download, and integrate generic or manufacturer-specific building products or components and associated design information.
When you are working in a design program, you may want to include products that, for example, meet design standards for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Autodesk® Seek can help you locate such information and products, and get them into your design.
The design and product information available on Autodesk® Seek depends on what content providers, both corporate partners and individual contributors publish to Autodesk® Seek. Such content could include 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, brochures, or descriptions of products or components.
You can access Autodesk® Seek in the following ways:
·From the Autodesk® Seek home page http://seek.Autodesk®.com
·On the Insert tab for searching
·Click Publish Share with Autodesk® Seek to share online content
2010 - What's New - Revit Architecture, Revit MEP & Revit Structure
Take a look to the left to find the links to the latest features in Revit Architecture, Revit MEP & Revit Structure
Updated: 12 April 2009
Tips and Tricks on Autodesk Impression
Autodesk Impression can do a lot of work for you before you barely start your drawing. The approach you need to take when starting a drawing depends on what you want to achieve & what you have to work with.
This article will take a look at starting a plan view drawing of a possible site of a warehouse & the steps taken to set up a drawing.
Click here to download the full article Autodesk Impression.pdf
Yet another Revit MEP Extension - Revit MEP Space Naming Utility
The space naming utility software is an intuitive tool that automatically assigns names and numbers from architectural rooms to Revit MEP spaces
* It can both name and number the spaces similar to the enclosed architectural rooms
* It can automatically name/number all spaces in a model, or by specific level
This is only available for subscription customers, to download click here
Revit MEP Extension
 Residential HVAC Load Calculation Extension
The residential HVAC Calculation Extension software system is a residential & light commercial HVAC load calculation software package.
The purpose of this software is to provide the user with total cooling and heating loads for a building so that they may properly specify the correct size HVAC equipment. The extension is available for subscription customers only
Bridge Modeling - Free For Revit Structure Subscription Customers
The bridge modeling software is an add-on for Revit Structure provided you are on subscriptions. Using this Bridge Modeling Revit Extension, you can generate bridges based on user-defined criteria.
 Users can define basic parameters of geometry of a bridge including: a road profile, a deck, autments, piers and railings. The road profile may also be imported from a Land XML file format. The bridge is generated based on user-defined famalies that are provided with these Revit Extensions
6 Phases of a Revit User
Phase 1: Initial excitement = "WOW, look what I can do with this thing"
Phase 2: First Bump = Hmmmm? Why won't it do what I want? That's how I do it in (insert other CAD software here)"
Phase 3: Creamy middle= mmm, things are going more smoothly now, mmmm
Phase 4: HELP = The family editor "eats you up & spits you out"
Phase 5: The enlightenment = Things really begin to click! you understand why things are happening in your model, and better yet how to control them and avoid problems. You have conquered the family editor
Phase 6: Zen of Revit = You have mastered nearly all things Revit. You "know" what Revit "likes" & what it "dislikes" during model construction, a sixth sense, really. You spend your time exploring parameters, AR3. You have a template to beat all templates and families for every situation.
Courtesy from AUGI
Importing Civil 3D into Revit
It is often a question; transferring data from Revit to other Autodesk applications. One example is taking a Civil 3D site model and using it in Revit for your topograhic surface
All a Civil 3D user really needs to do is save the civil file & send it off to the architect. The architect can then link that file into Revit and create a site using the site tools in Revit Architecture.
The one limitation with this process is that the Civil Engineer needs to set a system variable in Civil 3D so that Revit can read all the civil data. Setting proxygraphics equal to 1 in Civil 3D & then saving the drawing, this will let the architect see all the Civil stuff in Revit Architecture.
The next step is importing this surface into Revit Architecture & using it to create a topograhic surface. A video will help you in doing this...click here
 Time from design and concept stage, to working drawing stage has been CUT by 70%
Retail Architects International is a multidisciplined architectural company based in Cape Town! The move from AutoCAD to Revit has been the single most economical move our company could have made, as the efficiency with which our technicians and designers work has been astounding.
Time invested in getting from design and concept stage to working drawing stage...has been drastically cut, perhaps as much as 70% in our estimates...more information click here
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