What is a DAO and why does it matter to AEC?

-
Introduction Blockchain technology has revolutionized many industries worldwide, and the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is no exception. A significant innovation in this context is the DAO, which is a "Decentralized Autonomous Organization". A DAO is a blockchain-based organizational structure that operates decentralised, enabling transparent and collaborative decision-making and facilitating participatory governance. In this article, we'll explore what exactly a DAO is and why it's relevant and important to the AEC industry. What is a DAO? A DAO is an autonomous, organization-like entity that operates through smart contracts on a blockchain network. Unlike a traditional company, there is no hierarchical structure of power, nor the need for intermediaries such as managers or executives. Instead, decision-making is carried out collectively and transparently, through voting based on ownership of tokens or units of the DAO's native c...

Autodesk Product Updates for Revit 2017

-
Autodesk Product Updates for Revit 2017

Revit 2017 Site Designer v2 Enhancements
Released: 09/09/2016
Description
Site Designer for Autodesk Revit enables architects, designers, and planners to shape the terrain for building sites using grading tools to model pads, parking lots, streets, sidewalks, and retaining walls. Site Designer uses Revit families, components, and toposurfaces, so designs become part of the overall building information model without the need to transfer between design systems.

View Release Notes
Download

Revit 2017 Roombook/ Areabook/ Buildingbook Enhancements
Released: 08/01/2016

Description
Roombook calculates the room-related surface areas of walls, floors and ceiling elements as well as room circumferences and furnishing elements for a complete material calculation of the interior finish. Areabook calculates living and net areas by rooms and room groups as well as net, gross and construction floor areas by projects for a comprehensive floor area calculation. Buildingbook calculates the material-related quantities of constructive building parts for a detailed quantification of materials under consideration of layers, parts and components.

View Release Notes
Download

Model Review v1 for Autodesk® Revit® 2017 64-Bit
Released: 05/02/2016

Description
Use Autodesk Revit Model Review to validate the accuracy and consistency of Revit models. This version of Model Review corrects the message regarding the addon not being signed properly when Revit 2017 is started. If you have already installed Model Review and are experiencing the addon is unsigned message, please uninstall Model Review and then install this version instead.

View Release Notes
Download
Batch Print v1 for Autodesk® Revit® 2017 64-Bit
Released: 05/02/2016

Description
Batch Print for Autodesk Revit provides an easy way to print a large number of drawings (views and sheets) from a Revit model unattended. This version of Batch Print corrects the message regarding the addon not being signed properly when Revit 2017 is started. If you have already installed Batch Print and are experiencing the addon is unsigned message, please uninstall Batch Print and then install this version instead.

View Release Notes
Download

Worksharing Monitor for Autodesk® Revit® 2017
Released: 06/15/2016
Description
Worksharing Monitor for Autodesk Revit facilitates the use of software in a file-based worksharing environment, in which multiple people work on one Revit project. You can learn who is currently working on the project, whether your local copy of the project is up to date, when a Synchronize with Central operation will finish, and more.

View release notes
Download

eTransmit for Autodesk® Revit® 2017 64-Bit
Released: 04/15/2016

Description
With the eTransmit for Autodesk Revit 2017 add-in, you can copy a Revit model and dependent files to a single folder for Internet transmission.

View Release Notes
Download

Space Naming Utility for Autodesk® Revit® 2017 64-Bit
Released: 04/15/2016

Description
The Autodesk Revit Space Naming Utility assigns the names and numbers from architectural rooms to MEP spaces used for building performance analysis.

View release notes notes
Download

Steel Connections for Autodesk® Revit® 2017 64-Bit
Released: 04/15/2016

Description
Use Steel Connections for Revit to view detailed structural connector geometry and to modify additional parameters in the Revit modeling environment.

View release notes
Download




COPYRIGHT AND ATTRIBUTION
This site is not sponsored or endorsed by, or affiliated with, Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk Revit is a product that is wholly owned by Autodesk. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesk's own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information. Autodesk represents a great many products and every attempt will be made to respect their ownership whenever one of these other products is mentioned on this site.


Popular posts from this blog

How to Save AutoCAD Drawing as Read Only

-
Image
How to Save Auto-CAD  Drawing as Read Only – is quite a difficult way to answer. The only way to answer this question is by giving different options for the user to Save Auto-CAD Drawing as Read Only. Let’s see some of them below. Save Auto-CAD Drawing as Read Only Some of the different methods are listed below please choose which is appropriate in your case. Method 1 – Use Save As Auto-CAD Drawing Files as DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk), by this method you actually prevent the user to make any changes to your drawing files. Making the Drawing as Read-Only Files Method 2 – Ideally you could right click on the drawing file icon (once saved), go to properties and tick read only. Ahh, well that doesn’t “lock” the drawing or anything. they can still edit it, do a Save As, or simply unchecked the Read Only option for the file once they have it. Method 3 – In case you are on a Network, you can ...
Read more

CAD Tip Of The Day: How to isolate objects and hide it.

-
Image
How to isolate objects and hide it. 1. Type the " isolateobjects " in the command line (without the quotes). Select the objects you want to isolate.  2. Another options select first the object you want to isolate. Right-click in the drawing area and select Isolate Objects. Only the selected objects are displayed. All other objects are hidden. 3. To redisplay hidden objects, right-click in the drawing area and select Isolate End Object Isolation. Its same process with hide object 4. Select the objects you want to hide.  5. Right-click in the drawing area and select Isolate Hide Objects.  6. The selected objects are hidden. (It’s like the command action of layoff) 7. To redisplay hidden objects, right-click in the drawing area and select Isolate End Object Isolation.  Try to save, close, and reopen your drawing, the object is still there the time you isolate or hide.  TIP: Before hiding or isolating objects, set OBJECTISOLATION...
Read more

Revit Tip: How to Slope Horizontal Steel Beam

-
Image
How to Slope Horizontal Steel Beam (with images) Issue: You have an existing beam that has a level as its work plane. You want to set its work plane to be a sloped reference plane, but only the reference planes or levels parallel to the beam are available when you edit the beam. Solution: To make the existing steel beam align with a sloped reference plane. Open an elevation or section view of the beam. Draw a reference plane parallel to the beam/slab using the Reference Plane tool on the Basics tab of the Design bar and name it by editing the reference plane properties. Select the beam. Click Edit Work Plane on the Options bar. Select Name and select the reference plane that you just created from the drop-down menu and then click OK. Draw a sloped reference plane using the Reference Plane tool and name it. Click Align to align the horizontal reference plane to the sloped reference plane. That's it. Bottom-line: After you made it, you ca...
Read more