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

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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...

Revit Roadmap for Structures

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2017

  • Split Columns
  • Column base attachment to footings/foundations
  • Structural foundation reporting parameters
  • New parameters for slab documentation
  • Steel Connections
  • Generic connections

Rebar modelling

  • Reinforcement connectors
  • Bent fabric reinforcement
  • Constrained rebar placement
  • Graphical rebar constraint editing
  • Variable rebar distribution


2018

Rebar modelling

  • Rebar placement in free-form concrete objects
  • Improved varying rebar distribution
  • Graphical rebar constraints in 3D views
  • Rebar placement in imported concrete elements

Steel Connection

  • New steel connection types
  • Steel connection for custom sections
  • Specify the priority of elements in steel connections

New precast content for beams, columns, and foundations


2019

Steel structures and connections

  • 130 new standard steel connections
  • Combine steel parts and standard connections to define a custom connection type.
  • Plates, bolts, anchors, shear studs, holes, and welds can now be placed in your model as elements.
  • Modify plates and steel elements with modification tools to better accommodate the geometry of elements at a connection. Steel parametric cut tools: You can now add custom parametric cuts to steel elements to accommodate joined elements and connections.
  • API for detailed steel modelling: Using the detailed steel modelling for Revit dedicated API, you can now create individual steel elements as well as generic connections, existing or new standard steel connections and custom connections.
  • Precast hollow core slab families
  • Enhanced custom fabric sheet (CFS) creation
  • Export/import steel connections


2020

Rebar modelling

  • Improved rebar copy and move logic
  • Multi-rebar annotations
  • Rebar in model-in-place stairs
  • Rebar to rebar adjustments
  • Intuitive rebar constraint visualization and editing

Steel connections

  • Propagate steel connections
  • Steel connection grouping
  • Tag and dimension steel connection elements
  • Steel connections for Dynamo

Precast double walls


2021

Rebar modelling

  • Create new standard rebar shapes
  • Couples for arc-shaped rebar
  • End treatments without couplers for rebar
  • Override rebar hook lengths by instance
  • Select a host of rebar

Steel connections

  • Steel connection editing enhancements
  • Create stiffeners on beams and columns
  • Insert steel elements in sections and elevations views
  • Dimensions snapping to steel plates 


2022

  • Library-based Connection Design Automation
  • British Rebar Shapes Update
  • Reinforced Concrete Non-bearing Partition Walls
  • Adaptive Propagation for Rebar
  • Align Couplers to Create Post-tensioning Anchors
  • Rebar Covers in Schedules and Tags

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