Solar Studies-- Revit Architecture 2014

Revit Architecture Solar Studies

Revit Architecture’s solar study helps you visualize and analyze the position of Sun and solar effects on buildings and sites in the real world at a specified time, date, duration, and location. You can analyze the effect of the Sun on the same building at different locations, such as Boston or Melbourne, by changing the location of the building from Boston to Melbourne. The Solar Study tools in Revit Architecture provide you with a wide range of locations to view the Sun and shadow effects on the same building or site but at different locations by generating the solar studies. Revit Architecture allows you to generate a still solar study in a single frame depicting the shadows at a specified date and time. It can also generate an animated 3 dimensional solar study consisting of multiple frames depicting the shadow movements for a specified duration of time.

These solar studies help you analyze the amount and impact of the natural sunlight and shadows on the building and the site at a particular time in a day and at a particular location. It also helps you study the amount of lighting inside the building during different times of a day and year, at a particular location.

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Worksharing in Revit 2013

While working in a project, coordination is an important element that serves as a success mantra for implementation. In Revit the worksharing is carried either by using Revit Server or using the Workset tool.

Revit Server

In a large scale building project, worksharing helps in finishing a project in time and meeting the quality requirements that are set during the process. Generally, in a large scale building project, worksharing is based on the specialization of work. The professionals such as structural engineers, architects, interior architects, and MEP engineers are involved in their respective fields to accomplish the project. So, the distribution of work at the primary stage is made on the basis of the area of specialization. Each professional has his own set of work to perform for the accomplishment of the project. Therefore, worksharing is an important process that is required to be implemented efficiently to complete the project in time.

In Autodesk Revit Structure, you can apply server-based worksharing with the help of Revit Server, which is a server application. Revit Server uses a central server and multiple local servers for collaborating across a Wide Area Network (WAN). The central server hosts the central model of a workshared project and remain accessible to all team members over the Wide Area Network. Similarly, the local server is accessible to all team members in a Local Area Network (LAN). The local server hosts a local updated copy of the central model. In the Worksharing environment, the team members are not aware of the local server, as it is transparent in their daily operations. Refer to Figure above for the network model of Revit Server.
In Worksharing environment, a team member starts working on the local model of the central model. The local model will be saved in the computer of the team member. As the team member works, the local server requests updated information from the central model on the central server, using available network capacity to transfer the data over the WAN. The updated version of the model is stored on the local server, so the updates are readily available when a team member requests them.

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Enhancements in Revit Structure 2013

What’s new? Revit Structure 2013 Platform

 Improves placement of analytical nodes when in 3D views.  
 Improves stability when enabling “Show Analytical Model Categories in this View” when the 
Warning dialog is open. 
 Improves creation consistency with Physical Wall when coping an Analytical Model Wall.
 Improves stability when editing an Opening within an object which spans to the boundary of an 
Analytical Surface. 
 Corrects the reporting of the “Structural Parameter” on slabs. 
 Improves masking of linked files by Mask and Filled regions in Structural Views. 
 Improves stability when placing Rebar. 
 Improves stability when copying Area or Path reinforcement between projects which have 
differing value for the Reinforcement Project Setting: “Host structural rebar”.  
 Improves visibility of round rebar when displayed in fine detail level

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New textbook in Revit Structure 2013

CADCIM Technologies releases texbook on  Autodesk® Revit Structure 2013 Software

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New in Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011

Whats New in Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011

• I have been  wondering, since Autodesk  had launched Revit 2011, that what next would be beyond this. It seems Autodesk have heard the seamless voices of the user, eversince it had launched Revit 2010.
  
  Since Revit 2010, the user were wondereing what to do with the new interface Autodesk Revit, s0 this has been a constantly debated, argued, discussed subject amongst many a Revit user on the AUGI forums. So these are the main topics of improvement,
  
  
  • Contextual Tab display
  • Contextual Tab display behaviour
  • Modeless Properties Palette
  • Modify Tab is both static and contextual
  • Modify Tools improvements
  • Quick Access Toolbar customization
  • Resizable Dialogs
  • Worksets and Design Options
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  • Contextual Tab display
  
   Autodesk Revit 2011,  allows rapid access to modification tools. When you select a tool and start to work with it, the modify tools are constantly at hand. The Ribbon also seems to be a lot faster and there is icon clarity with other Autodesk solutions. The other obvious change is the disappearance of the Type selector from the Ribbon. This is not going to be to everybody's taste; as it now resides in a modeless Properties Palette.
  
  Modeless Properties Palette
  The Modeless Properties Palette can remain open or closed. This reduces the need to “click” open the type or instance properties, as settings are always quickly visible. It takes a bit of getting use to and does take up screen real estate, but it can be docked onto another monitor if you have a dual screen setup. After a short time, I found that you do get use to it and access to properties requires far less picking and clicking. If you don't like the PP palette on screen all the time you can hide it with a keyboard short cut, but this then causes you a bit of an issue as the Type selector is no longer accessible, but you can get around this as you are able to add the type selector to the QAT (quick access toolbar).
  
  Quick Access Toolbar Customization
  
  The QAT is now customisable as it has its own dialogue box which allows you to reconfigure tools quickly if required. Other noticeable changes to the UI include resizable dialogs as well as a workset and design options improvements. The latter can be easily accessed from the main window without having to hunt through various ribbon tabs.
  
  

  Graphic Display

  Two additional view styles have now been added to the View Control Bar, these include a Realistic View which will display materials and textures defined to elements in real-time. You also have a Consistent Colours view styles, which displays colours in a constant manner across all faces of the model in a 3d view.
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  Conceptual Massing

  You can now dissolve a form using the new dissolve function. Say you build a form from lines or reference lines and you decide you want to take it back to the line work it was originally created from. Just select the form and choose dissolve. Once a form has been dissolved the surface created is lost, however the profiles and path remain, allowing you to edit these and recreate the form after you have made any adjustments.
  
  
  
  A new feature called the workplane viewer has now been included, making the editing of profiles within a form a lot easier. This is a floating dialogbox that provides a dynamic view and when adjustments have been made to a profile they are automatically adjusted within the main form. The divide surface tools introduced with the new conceptual massing tools in 2010 has been further enhanced and you can now divide a surface by intersecting levels, reference planes and lines drawn on a reference plane.
  
  
  Parameter enhancements
  I regularly tell users that it's the "I" in BIM which is one of the most important assets of the BIM process. So being able to extract data from your Revit model so that it can be used for other functions is an everyday occurrence for the users I work with. So to improve the data pipeline workflow, Autodesk have introduced what is referred to as a Reporting Parameter. These are a special parameter type which do not actually drive forms or geometry, but instead will report its own value driven by a dimension in the family model. What this actually means is that a dimension can be uncovered and reported in a way that can be used for downstream applications. A simple user case maybe that you need to report the width of a wall for a door or window frame in your schedule. Until now this was not possible, but with a reporting a parameter assigned in your door or window family you can pick up the wall width instance so that the reporting parameter can report the width of the wall and this can be scheduled.
  
  

  Rendering

  Mental ray rendering was introduced with RAC 2009 and generally it's been a hit with Revit users. Certainly the quality of renders I have seen has been superb. But to some extent quality was limited by desktop power, with rendering being limited to 4 cores only. This meant, that you may have a super all bells and whistles workstation with processors multiply , but the 4 core throttle resulted in Revit not being able to make use of all the workstation power at your disposal. In 2011, this restriction has been removed. In 2011, Autodesk has also made updates and modifications to material editor interface as well as deploying a common material library, you can also now use an image as a background when rendering.
  
  

  
  

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New Release-Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 for Architects & Designers-Sham Tickoo-CADCIM

Hi Cheers!
CADCIM Technolgies have released its new text book on Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011.

ISBN of the Textbook

978-1-932709-82-7

Name of the Textbook

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 for Architects & Designers 

Pages

752

Publication Date                                                         

06/08/2010

Publisher

CADCIM Technologies

Product Description

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 for Architects & Designers textbook focuses on the revolutionary Revit Architectural technology for building designs. As a comprehensive textbook, it aims at harnessing the power of Autodesk Revit for the use of Architects, Interior Designers, and Construction professionals. The parametric nature of Revit Architecture 2011 simplifies everything from concepts to documentation, including schedules and details. The examples and illustrations given in the textbook help you understand this parametric behavior in an easy way.

This latest edition is completely updated and revised to the new interface of Autodesk Revit Architecture and emphasizes on the features such as Conceptual Massing, Color Schemes, Shape Editing Tools for Slabs, Roofs and Floors, exporting & importing drawings to 3ds Max and Max Design, Solar Studies, file linking to name only a few. Each concept has been thoroughly explained through text, practical examples, tutorials, and exercises. The features such as Basic Building Components, Site Features, Massing, Annotations, Schedules, Cost Estimation, Rendering, and Walkthrough have also been explained in detail. Written with the tutorial point of view and the learn-by-doing theme, the textbook is ideally suited for learning at your convenience and your pace.

Salient Features of the Textbook

·  Consists of 16 chapters that are arranged in a pedagogical sequence

·  Consists of 752 pages, hundreds of illustrations, and a comprehensive coverage of Revit Architecture 2011 concepts and tools

·  Real-world projects and examples focusing on industry experience

·  Step-by-step examples that guide the users through the learning process

· Includes changes and enhancements specific to Revit Architecture 2011

· Effectively communicates the utility of Revit Architecture

Free Teaching and Learning Resources
CADCIM Technologies provides the following free teaching and learning resources with this textbook:

·  Technical support by contacting techsupport@cadcim.com

·  Customizable PowerPoint Presentations of every chapter (For faculty only)

·  Drawing files of all illustrations, examples, and exercises in the textbook

·  Instructor's Guide with solution to all review questions and instructions to create the models for exercises (For faculty only)

 

About the Authors

CADCIM Technologies, Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University Calumet, and the team of dedicated contributing authors at CADCIM Technologies are committed to bring you the best textbooks and free teaching and learning resources on Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Computer Programming and Applications, GIS, Civil, Computer Animations, and related technologies. We strive to be the first and the best. That is our promise and our goal.

Our team of authors consists of highly qualified and experienced Engineers and Programmers who have a strong academic and industrial background. They understand the needs of the students, the faculty, and the challenges the students face when they start working in industry. All our books have been structured in a way that facilitates teaching and learning, and also exposes students to real-world applications. The textbooks, apart from providing comprehensive study material, are well appreciated for the simplicity of content, clarity of style, and the in-depth coverage of the subject.

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