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A Few Million Points: Scan to BIM Getting Started with Revit 2011 Part 2

2011-02-17T15:30:00.001-05:00

Scan to BIM is a product from IMAGINiT/Avatech Solutions with a fully functional 30 day free trial that you can use with Revit 2011 (Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP). Details for the monthly public webcast on Scan to BIM can be found here. Getting started, if you have downloaded the Scan to BIM product (either free trial or purchased, in which case we say thanks!!!!) the first

A Few Million Points: Scan to BIM Getting Started with Revit 2011

2011-02-15T08:00:00.015-05:00

A Few Million Points: Laser Scanning Point Clouds and Revit

2011-02-09T08:00:00.004-05:00

At Autodesk University 2010 we launched the product, Scan to BIM, and since then have delivered some minor updates and the next release is just around the corner. With the dust from the merger between Rand, IMAGINiT and Avatech now settled outo it is time to get back to writing. This month Matt and I wrote a column for Structural Engineering and Design which covered scanning at a high level.

QP: List of Navisworks Formats for Laser Scan and Point Clouds

2011-01-05T17:00:00.003-05:00

Current Supported File Formats for Navisworks 2011: FORMAT File Type Extension ASCII Laser File .asc .txt Faro .fls .fws iQscan .iQmod .iQwsp Leica .pts .ptx Riegl .3dd Trimble Native file NOT supported. Need to convert to an ASCII laser File (or other) Z&F

#YearinReview What did you ship/complete in 2010?

2011-01-03T17:00:00.002-05:00

Seth brought up a good exercise on writing out the items you shipped in 2010. This recognizes in one spot the different items that I am proud to be a part of. For my adaptation, shipping will be projects (software and business development, writing, speaking or life events that stand out or related): My 2010 List: Event Switch to MAC platform (had been straddling the fence prior) Launch Scan to

Revit Model Review - Advanced Part #1

2010-03-17T06:00:00.004-05:00

Autodesk Revit Model Review is quite a powerful tool, of course I may be a bit biased about that. Over the last few weeks I have seen more requests asking about advanced topics for Model Review. It seems that Revit users are starting to push this beyond the OOTB checks and creating their own to match their standards and project requirements. In this post we will cover the Manage interface. Within

Revit Model Review - Sharing Checks Quick Tip

2009-10-23T06:00:00.009-05:00

Got a nice check file that you have created and now want to share with others in the office? Maybe you have one you want to share with the world? Either way if you have a check file and want to share it, others will need this quick tip to use it. Check Files themselves use the .bcf file as their extension and by default are stored locally (default path: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Model Review

Revit 2010 - Wall Split With Gap

2009-10-22T18:00:00.003-05:00

In 2009 and below with the help of a .ini hack we had access to an extra command called "Split Wall with Gap" and since 2010 was released this has no longer worked. With the release of the Subscription Advantage Pack it is back and built right into the core tools now, albeight a bit hidden. To access go to the Modify tab > Edit Panel > Split Dropdown and choose Split with Gap. In the

Autodesk Revit Model Review - Check file?

2009-10-22T02:00:00.173-05:00

In this post we are going to talk about what exactly is a check file When you first install Model Review there are some example check files that ship with the product to help you get started. For Revit 2009 users there are 4: Revit Modeling and Energy Standards (checks built around the premise in this whitepaper) GSA Template Standards (based around using the Autodesk provided GSA Revit

Autodesk Revit Model Review - Whats New

2009-10-22T00:01:00.054-05:00

Today marks the release of Autodesk Revit Model Review, formerly Avatech BIMreview and it is packed with extra goodies making this into an even stronger product. This post is focused on what is new inside of this release or changes from the prior BIMreview product. For starters Model Review is not sold separately, it is only available as part of the Subscription Advantage pack, to get this

Sketchbook Mobile - v1.1

2009-10-21T12:37:00.000-05:00

Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile has a new version released today (version 1.1). Some nice improvements to make this even better. The list of new features includes the following: Patented gesture-based marking menus E-mail PSD format (preserves layers) Layer Opacity & Layer Delete Double Tap Exit from Brush and Layer Editors Import Landscape-oriented images (wish that was mentioned here) Brush

5 Starting Tips for iPhone Development and We Are Official

2009-10-09T00:15:00.008-05:00

What's new here you ask? Well development efforts have been pretty exciting and the winds of change are beginning to blow. Back in January we switched our mobile devices of choice to iPhones. Since then we have become fascinated with what can actually be done on the device and as of October 01, 2009 we launched our first developed application called: 100percent, works with the iPhone and iPod

iPhone Apps Abound - Autodesk SketchBook Mobile

2009-09-18T08:00:00.007-05:00

The past few months we have been diving more into the iPhone (Dev, Design and more) and just uploaded a little gem to the Apple Store for review and more details here... :) In keeping on track with the iPhone, Autodesk has put out their first iPhone app, launched yesterday, and is based on SketchBook (which you may remember from Alias). A video of the app below: I have not had the chance

Blogger -The New Post Window for Compose Too Small

2009-07-18T07:00:00.006-05:00

Are you using Blogger in a browser? If so you are all too aware that the window to compose your prose is too small to work within. Now that I am writing more again this was the first thing that started bothering me. In the end I want something like this for an interface to work within: Well want to know a secret? The example above can be done in under 1 minute. I have been aware of

4 Hour Work Week - Recurring reminder

2009-07-16T07:00:00.008-05:00

I have been reading the book, The 4-Hour Work Week, in this Tim mentions on page 80 about setting up a recurring message in Outlook (0r sticky note) the phrase "Are you inventing things to do to avoid the important?", basically a message reminder to make sure you are doing the right things and not just wasting time (and for those not familiar with this book, its not GTD or task management

Revit 2010 - Update 1 (Service Pack 1)

2009-07-07T12:06:00.007-05:00