January 2016 Issue of our BIMTech Newsletter

Our January issue of BIMTech news has launched. check out the articles here. 

Archives here

December 2015 Issue of our BIMTech Newsletter

Our December issue of BIMTech news has launched. check out the articles here. 

Archives here

Creating Placeholder Sheets in Autodesk Revit 2016

From @RedcageTravis

In this video we explore a couple ways to speed up template development by leveraging place holder sheets from a sheet list, or re-using an existing sheet list from an existing project file.

Autodesk Seek for Revit Plug-In

Autodesk has launched a free technology preview for the Autodesk Seek plug-in for Revit. Now you can access BIM content from Seek directly within Revit instead of going to the web using the tool within Revit today. Download the free plug-in for Revit 2015 or 2016.

Note you will need an Autodesk account in order to join the technology preview

August 2015 Issue of BIMTech Newsletter

Our August issue of BIMTech news has launched. check out the articles here. Revit and AutoCAD tips this month.

July Issue here
June Issue here
Archives here

Revit Tip - Turn off Coarse Filled Walls in Linked Revit Project

If you have ever taken a Revit model from an Architect and linked into a new Revit project you may find that the walls print shaded when the view is set to coarse mode. In this video I explain how to remove the shade from the walls without bothering the Architect.

Our February issue of BIMTech news has launched. check out the articles here. Revit and AutoCAD tips this month.

Archives here

View and Share Any Design File

would you like to view and share your design files without having to login to a website with no downloads and no plugins required? Well Autodesk has launched a website to do just that. 

view 2D and 3D designs in over 50 file formats. I tested the site today with some large Revit models and my browser handled the viewing just fine. Actually my models loaded quicker than when I place them into A360 for viewing.

You have the ability to turn on and off layers / categories, view sheets and 3d views for Revit models. Even explode your model if you wish. Many more features available I suggest you check them out.

https://360.autodesk.com/viewer

A360 Collaboration for Revit Video Series

Well by now you have heard that Autodesk launched another cloud service back in December called A360 collaboration for Revit. I am sure you may have watched the overview video from Autodesk. On all the great features and benefits of A360 Collaboration for Revit.

I have created a 5 part video series on the A360 Collaboration for Revit service. The series will take you through the following topics and the links are below.

Video 1 - Overview of A360 Collaboration for Revit
Video 2 - A360 Account Creation
Video 3 - Downlod and Install Collaboration for Revit
Video 4 - Creating A360 Project, Inviting Team Members & Uploading a Revit Model to A360
Video 5 - Linking Revit Model from A360 and Using Communicator

I hope this video series has helped you. Best of Luck with your collaboration efforts

Bill

What is Autodesk A360?

Are you curious about what Autodesk A360 is? Check out the video.

What can Building Information Modeling (BIM) do for your projects?

This is a great introduction to BIM video for those that may or may not have heard of BIM (Building Information Modeling).

See what intelligent models are and how they can improve projects.

BIMTech June Newsletter Released

Our June issue of BIMTech news just launched last week. Check out current and previous months issues here. If you wish to receive the newsletter monthly please sign up.

In the Fold announces a new technology preview from Autodesk called Project Skyscraper to bring Revit collaboration to the Cloud check out the post here. I guess you can call this Revit Server in the cloud. Still will raise a few questions like what will the cost be? how much storage do I receive? who owns the model? 

If you wish to sign up for an Open House click here.

The Lighter Side of BIM

Autodesk 2015 Uninstall Utility

One of the features available in the 2015 product line is the Quick Uninstall Utility.

With this tool, you are able to quickly and easily view and uninstall all of your currently installed Autodesk software simply by checking a few boxes.

To find this file on Windows 7, go to your Start Menu.  For Windows 8, select your Window key and type, “Uninstall Tool” in the search menu.

If you can’t find it on the Start Menu, you can find it in the following directory:

C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesAutodesk SharedUninstall ToolR1UninstallTool.exe 

Redcage Partners with Nasuni

Redcage Solutions is proud to announce that we have Partnered with Nasuni. Nasuni is the next-generation of cloud-integrated storage for the enterprise. We combine on-premises cloud gateways with cloud storage to deliver an enterprise-class storage solution that never needs to be backed up, scales from TBs to PBs and is available from every office and device.

Nasuni is Storage Infrastructure as a Service (SIaaS) a complete storage solution leveraging the cloud as a primary storage component built-in to a unified storage system. 

With Nasuni, enterprise organizations can expect to:

• Increase day-to-day productivity of distributed teams.
• Upload photos and videos from the field using Nasuni Mobile.
• Limit the capital investment necessary to support new offices and teams.
• Simplify the challenges of managing infrastructure in remote locations.
• Reduce the cost and complexity of data storage, backups, and replication.
• Securely share and control data access with third-party collaboration teams; entirely managed with your own encryption.

If you wish to contact us or to find out more on how we can help solve your storage challenges please visit our Nasuni page.

Revit Keyboard Shortcut Tip

This tip has been around for a long time. I was browsing RevitForum the other day and came across. Did you know that you can have multiple assignments for the same keyboard shortcut? Check out Mark B's post on RevitForum.org (http://www.revitforum.org/tutorials-tips-tricks/581-more-shortcut-key magic.html)

Worksharing Display Modes - Revit Tip

A great Revit tip is Worksharing Disiplay Modes, which is conveniently accessible inside of Revit. With these modes, users can easily visualize their model to understand what is happening in many areas in and around their project’s environment.

Prior to worksharing display, it was difficult to see which elements within Revit each user had ownership of. This oftentimes than not, created workflow issues when borrowed elements were modified. Another common problem is when users would forget to switch to the proper workset prior to placing elements in Revit. This resulted in multiple elements appearing on the wrong worksets.

The solution to avoiding these unnecessary workflow hurdles has now been simplified by using the Worksharing display command. With this command enabled (see control bar image below), users can choose between four worksharing display modes.

Checkout Status

Helps users distinguish between elements that are owned
by the individual, others or no one.

Owners

Individual owners will help users visualize exactly which
elements are belonging to which users.

Worksets

The worksets tab helps users visualize elements based
on the workset to which they’re associated.

Model Updates

Allows users to see changes to the model and to observe
which elements have been deleted and/ updated.

Users can make changes to the colour display of these modes
by selecting Worksharing Display Settings.

Some Light BIM Humour

Revit Schedules - adding colour and calculated values

In this video we show a feature in 2014 to add shading to a column. After that we create a calculated value and conditional format to add an additional colour for a design check. We also show how to create a parameter. enjoy