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Revit Timeline

Before Public release – Charles River Software 0.1 1999 11 (Early Adopter 1) 0.2 2000 01 (Early Adopter 2) Product released to Public – Revit Technology Corporation 1.0 2000 04 2.0 2000 08 2.1 2000 10 3.0 2001 02 3.1 2001 06 4.0 2001 11 4.1 2002 01 Autodesk Revit 2002 04 04 (Autodesk buys Revit Technology Corp) 4.5 2002 05 09 5.0 2002 12 17 2003 04 28 (Zoogdesign Revit Forum goes Live) 5.1 2003 05 5.5 2003 04 01 (pseudo mac release screenshot, April Fool's joke...Author unknown) 6.0 2003 12 22 6.1 2004 03 11 2004 05 26 (Zoogdesign Read Only to Merge with AUGI) 7.0 2004 12 13 Autodesk Revit Building (New Name) 8.0 2005 02 26ish 8.1 2005 08 12 (web release then withdrawn) 8.1 2005 08 23 (Actual release) 9.0 2006 04 12 (Shipping & Web Release) Autodesk Revit Series (Marketing Bundle w/ AutoCAD) 1.0 2003 12 01 (Revit 6.1) 2.0 2004 XX XX (Revit 6.1) 8.0 2005 XX XX (Revit 8.0) 8.1 2005 XX XX (Revit 8.1, AutoCAD 2006) Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series 9 – Building (Marketing Bundle w/ Aut

What makes a successful BIM?

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BIM Goals The trick to a successful BIM process is knowing what the goals of your organization should be to get the best results.  If there is one thing that has been consistent in the various BIM discussions is that the desired results remain the same: shorter project schedules with fewer changes during construction, and digital files at closeout that are useful to the owner for facility management.  Also, in highly renovation prone facilities, the standard results include a Record Model that can be reconciled with the existing facility model. MacCleamy Curves One of the initial concepts of BIM was the idea of frontloading. Patrick MacCleamy from HOK developed the MacCleamy Curves. Building Smart used his concepts to develop the graph in the attached image. These curves show that decisions made earlier in the project cost less and are easier to enact. Therefore, it's more efficient to make major decisions earlier in the process. The idea is that using t

How to publish multiple drawings in AutoCAD

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How to publish or plot multiple drawings. You can publish or plot multiple drawing by using the AutoCAD function 'Batch Plot' 1. Select the AutoCAD function ‘Batch Plot’. The window will automatically load all open drawings. 2. To remove drawings from the list use this button. 3. To add drawings to the list use this button (plus sign in green color). 4. Select the drawings by model, layout or both. 5. Check the settings and the page setup before publishing/plotting. 6. When the drawing already has a page setup select the page setup and you can a preview of the drawing. 7. If the drawing doesn’t have a page setup you have to import a page setup before publishing: You can select all the sheet (use CTRL+A) You can import settings with DWG, DWT or DXF