tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74299303963814689152024-03-05T07:39:39.690-08:00Coffee with SuhailUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-26469732351720925242009-04-03T22:06:00.001-07:002009-04-03T22:14:30.998-07:00Finally an Architect to help make rural India “Sustainable” – [Beta]<span xmlns=''><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>While, we are all excited <span style='font-size:8pt'>(by all I mean you too</span></span><span style='font-family:Wingdings; font-size:8pt'>J</span><span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='font-size:8pt'>) </span>with the latest 2010 release of our favorite software; I could not hold this another cool initiative by <a href='http://www.devalt.org/'>"Development Alternatives Group"</a>. I believe this is truly "Indian" and for "India" with limitless opportunities in future. </span><br /> </p><p> <br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>This amazing attempt or initiative is named as "Grameen Architect" after much debate among the team. <span style='color:#00b050; text-decoration:underline'>"Grameen Architect"</span> is an online building design and documentation tool for <strong><em>masons</em></strong> or those who cannot afford a professional Architect/consultant. The application is designed with the principle aim of helping masons build better buildings which are cost-effective and environment friendly." </span><br /> </p><p> <br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>This tool allows masons to choose from a series of designs suitable for that region in terms of budget, area and type of construction/materials. Once the design is chosen all the necessary construction drawings with cost estimates are generated automatically. However, even at this stage he/she can further refine the decision and generate a new set of drawings with a simple Click". This tool leverages the power of BIM applications like Autodesk<sup>®</sup> Revit<sup>®</sup> and Autodesk<sup>®</sup> DWF technology provided by Autodesk Inc. Currently, the designs provided are focused on Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and is still in beta stage.</span><br /> </p><p> <br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>Before, I provide you the link to this web based application; I think it would be injustice if I don't call upon the "Revitholic" team behind this project apart from the DA team who does need introduction in AEC industry because of everything they have contributed. </span><br /> </p><p> <br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>Can you believe that most of the Revitholic team behind this project are actually young and recently graduated Architects or would be graduating soon</span><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span style='font-family:Arial'>. To begin with </span><br /> </p><ul><li><span style='font-family:Arial'>Jaideep S Warya – Calm & meticulous "Professional" </span><br /> </li><li><span style='font-family:Arial'>Anurag Gogna – "Technology Geek" often seen in Groups helping around</span><br /> </li><li><span style='font-family:Arial'>Aanchal Kishore – "Pretty" loaded with idea's which keep on popping</span><br /> </li><li><span style='font-family:Arial'>Antara Sharma – "Social" and technical by nature and ready to go extra mile to help</span><br /> </li><li><span style='font-family:Arial'>Avni Goil – apart from the amazing different name, is a "true believer" of CHANGE</span><br /> </li><li><span style='font-family:Arial'>Sunil M.K – Initials simpler than full name but I call him "Father" of Revit - Asia</span><br /> </li><li><span style='font-family:Arial'>Suhail – (shouldn't I put my name too?? For sketching a "method to madness"</span><br /> </li></ul><p> <br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>Last but not least Pankaj Sharma & Aditya Vashishat DA software & web team is the team who translated our madness to reality over the web. </span><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>Thank you everybody on the behalf everyone who would benefit from all your efforts. Great job done by <a href='http://www.devalt.org/'>"Development Alternatives Group"</a></span><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial'>I know what is on your mind now</span><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span style='font-family:Arial'>. "Come guy give away the link?" – Right?</span><br /> </p><p><br/><span style='font-family:Arial'>So, ladies and gentlemen you are welcome to visit <span style='text-decoration:underline'>"Grameen Architect"</span> by clicking <a href='http://www.devalt.org/autodesign/default.aspx'>here</a> or </span><br /> </p><p><a href='http://www.devalt.org/autodesign/default.aspx'><span style='font-family:Arial'>http://www.devalt.org/autodesign/default.aspx</span></a><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><span style='color:red; font-family:Arial'><strong>NOTE: Remember it is still in testing phase and you are welcome to comment and provide feedback as much as possible.</strong></span></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-30210148078639655462008-12-28T04:32:00.000-08:002008-12-28T05:04:11.594-08:00Model Text on Curved Wall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOKYN1Vn1eKhcRrpz2XD06lVhhj5MrgqvD4rh2YxeZBeC9Ih0VpkcSZ_HIeyugsr66Q_4dSX4FUsJDLYXS9g1E-O-D1OG8HnQuNPLBAWW015uAaM1zfiublAurAKSIa9CHL21YLlz5UXN/s1600-h/Curved+wall+with+Text.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284825594574579138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOKYN1Vn1eKhcRrpz2XD06lVhhj5MrgqvD4rh2YxeZBeC9Ih0VpkcSZ_HIeyugsr66Q_4dSX4FUsJDLYXS9g1E-O-D1OG8HnQuNPLBAWW015uAaM1zfiublAurAKSIa9CHL21YLlz5UXN/s320/Curved+wall+with+Text.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Okay, this one is a real quickie :). Of late I noticed this query/request in some user discussions and groups. The query is “How to write model text on a curved wall?” and good news is that you of course can. Following is an outline of the solution/workaround; let me know if you want detailed steps:</span> <ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Open a face based family template (for instance “Metric Generic Model face based”)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Create a model text object and place on the face (don’t worry about the orientation)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Make sure you create a parameter so that text can be edited once loaded in the project</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Load the family into the project, wow! You are done</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Use “Component” tool to place the text on the curved wall and edit to as per requirements</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">You might have to use modify tools to place and align the text as per your requirements (little work here :(</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:arial;">I have uploaded the files used on the </span><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/BIM-For-Architecture/files"><span style="font-family:arial;">BIM-For-Architecture</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> group for your reference. Hope you find it useful! </span></p><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy New Year!!!<br />Cheers!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Suhail</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-57193252924426525502008-12-19T01:22:00.000-08:002008-12-19T01:48:04.375-08:00The Autodesk Gallery is a new exhibit that celebrates today’s design process<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirU2_lbgL9T-sxGftWFeGKeW1bviUU5GJWHQXueeKmXBAF4d7YzG_f3WEDg_0LXTCiBj_O6sy_NHPg4hdnvHdgYKfnpH8tcVaA1CF2ZbQBDWguuBFiZ2WFXMJkUMAgKaWRp26C6qp7DIr2/s1600-h/SOM,+Cathedral+of+Christ+the+Light+Model.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281434282976855762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirU2_lbgL9T-sxGftWFeGKeW1bviUU5GJWHQXueeKmXBAF4d7YzG_f3WEDg_0LXTCiBj_O6sy_NHPg4hdnvHdgYKfnpH8tcVaA1CF2ZbQBDWguuBFiZ2WFXMJkUMAgKaWRp26C6qp7DIr2/s400/SOM,+Cathedral+of+Christ+the+Light+Model.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The <a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=11899778&siteID=123112">Autodesk Gallery </a>is a new exhibit that celebrates today’s design process. The exhibits illustrate stories of how things from aircraft engines to cathedrals, bridges, ice axes and cars go from a spark of inspiration to final creation. The Autodesk Gallery is the first in the area to show the role of software in great design, and is intended to be a space to foster conversations about design, to be inspired by design and to create collaboration. It is an interactive environment that explores the intersection of technology and innovative design by showcasing the works of Autodesk’s world-class customers and design associates.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/tags/autodeskdesigngallery/">Click here</a> for some cool pictures from Shaan Hurlay, thanks Shaan :)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cheers!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Suhail</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-54424489213599824502008-12-18T07:41:00.000-08:002008-12-18T07:51:17.984-08:00MEP Videos on YouTube<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfC4lkuLg32m8Vymy3DxXKEv9NUp2S0Cb6sTzvRGFCjII_cVa7aAjCi7wAHckQOFND3ecxmXaj2MQh9juz2p-UPV2hYRkHVK9IRsoD_hohEvOFdtLk6Rq91-VmFCAedZYiCd5VIfks5LX/s1600-h/YouTube.png"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281156639421193138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 331px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfC4lkuLg32m8Vymy3DxXKEv9NUp2S0Cb6sTzvRGFCjII_cVa7aAjCi7wAHckQOFND3ecxmXaj2MQh9juz2p-UPV2hYRkHVK9IRsoD_hohEvOFdtLk6Rq91-VmFCAedZYiCd5VIfks5LX/s400/YouTube.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Recently, I got to know that our team of MEP specialists has a series of the Autodesk MEP solutions related videos posted on </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/AutodeskMEPTechs"><span style="font-family:arial;">YouTube</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Channel and finally today I got chance to have a detailed look. Though, I should have not been surprised about the efficacy of them, but what astonished me most was that how much user affable they are. Each feature shown/taught appears so simple that even a novice user can open the software and start working after viewing the video.<br />So, I thought if thousands of the users across the globe had been viewing them, why not to share with you all, assuming you are not aware of them (which I find hard to believeJ).<br /></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/AutodeskMEPTechs"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.youtube.com/AutodeskMEPTechs</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cheers!!!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Suhail Arfath</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-21585544500245242572008-12-15T11:12:00.000-08:002008-12-15T11:27:49.360-08:00BIMWorld now going to be part of Autodesk Seek<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69gavY3fCG5oRRrGnO93Who1MPM2aLr1o8H7u9CGTvG6FNcMOKAZdOsjlcf_S9VuTCjemTYKYhhipioyOg1UAnNHaR9ve-XNF_QitpKXooxyL5Ib58xgXuBPHvvrN4NMusaEBk9rk8dQc/s1600-h/seek.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280099325874672050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 44px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69gavY3fCG5oRRrGnO93Who1MPM2aLr1o8H7u9CGTvG6FNcMOKAZdOsjlcf_S9VuTCjemTYKYhhipioyOg1UAnNHaR9ve-XNF_QitpKXooxyL5Ib58xgXuBPHvvrN4NMusaEBk9rk8dQc/s320/seek.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, I am so excited to share with you all this amazing piece of news. I am sure this is going to be highly beneficial to you. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXddXI35ckwOWYq3oVvpaBWesXOpLNYv1WMyfhjM0WevLnicDIyqtQubRpCTFqxoLKmJ79ylUIfhUQ3BbHyzD49u4d_WZ6cuicgJBwBYMKBDXw_HCYymfbb8np754wUcNLheTRBoewZZIM/s1600-h/logo.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280099498054975666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 41px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXddXI35ckwOWYq3oVvpaBWesXOpLNYv1WMyfhjM0WevLnicDIyqtQubRpCTFqxoLKmJ79ylUIfhUQ3BbHyzD49u4d_WZ6cuicgJBwBYMKBDXw_HCYymfbb8np754wUcNLheTRBoewZZIM/s320/logo.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Further enhancing its portfolio of solutions for building information modeling (BIM), Autodesk, Inc. a leader of design innovation software and technologies, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of </span><a href="http://www.bimworld.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">BIMWorld</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, a privately-owned business specializing in the production and distribution of branded BIM content for building product manufacturers. Autodesk plans to combine </span><a href="http://www.bimworld.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">BIMWorld</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> with </span><a href="http://seek.autodesk.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Autodesk Seek</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, its online source for building product design information that allows architects and engineers to search, select and specify building products directly from their design applications.<br />"The vision for Autodesk Seek is to be a leading online destination and one-stop-shop for high quality building product information and design files," said Jeff Wright, Autodesk senior director of Content Solutions. "By joining forces with the BIMWorld team, we will strengthen the leadership of Autodesk Seek as a powerful marketing solution for building product manufacturers, and by further leveraging our strategic content partners, accelerate designers' access to a breadth of rich product information and design files for use during the design process."<br />Do let me know your comments!!!<br />Happy loads of content J<br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Cheers!!!<br />Suhail Arfath</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-72395980142383033242008-11-28T03:41:00.001-08:002008-11-28T04:00:30.579-08:00Revit 2009 to NavisWorks 2009<span xmlns=""><p><span style="font-family:arial;">The main reason for this post today are few calls I got this week on how can we send the data/project from Revit Arch/Struc/MEP to NavisWorks. Honestly, if you ask me it is really simple and cool, however following are few "Need to Know" facts:<br /></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">While Installing NavisWorks, you need to enable "Revit" Plug-in (typically, it automatically finds if Revit is installed on your machine)<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Once NavisWorks is installed you should see the export plug-in under "External Tools" menu<br /></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:arial;">I also recorded a quick video for those of you who just want to know and don't have both the applications. Click at the following link to download the video.<br /></span></p><p><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/BIM-For-Architecture/web/Revit2Navisworks.wmv"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://groups.google.com/group/BIM-For-Architecture/web/Revit2Navisworks.wmv</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyMVLNhAlWIeixW2i2iRFtt6KtmhVbHHpK1Leg32g27B5CNmR92Zn1zYMItr-fhyhab40TwVI3xSfhQCU56hA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Do let me know if you would like to see these kind of video's.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Cheers!!!,<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#0080ff;"><strong>Suhail Arfath</strong></span><span style="color:#686868;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong> </strong> AEC Marketing</span><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#686868;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Technical Marketing Manager - MEP</strong></span><strong><br /></strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Autodesk, Inc. </span></span></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-7837093385817392862008-11-26T13:04:00.001-08:002008-11-26T13:14:17.237-08:00Revit 2009 products Web Update #3 is now Live!<span xmlns=""><div><div><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Autodesk is pleased to announce that the Revit product teams have just released the English Web Update 3 Service Packs for Revit Architecture 2009, Revit Structure 2009 and Revit MEP 2009 (Build 20081118_1045) on www.autodesk.com. Web Update 3 can be found under the Revit Architecture/Structure/MEP 2009 product download pages:<br /></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvf_0LxtJuoGQT2ZTWkHYCrXYbR8sqaC_ZugKVrv87PVEVb7jzISB-LKiae_zud9vPK9B7swUitFCUaCOIHff6tbtGTJ7PZVGDXYH46AmeaxrMvkNJFIWbE13nFR7_AwckFcD9Z2TkKz01/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273076803648786066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvf_0LxtJuoGQT2ZTWkHYCrXYbR8sqaC_ZugKVrv87PVEVb7jzISB-LKiae_zud9vPK9B7swUitFCUaCOIHff6tbtGTJ7PZVGDXYH46AmeaxrMvkNJFIWbE13nFR7_AwckFcD9Z2TkKz01/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273077085126962594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__fvyqEQTV1WtFY-XdPfSoqq7ZvOFdwg-NWJuTgPqydEwUT8x-Cdwhalr5xc855y73CkJ-AVu-F_6mOPvYQ0kBVZAtRNZzBk4ebx3Q3yjlwpg6scG9G9LU0VaHzRPK5nRdKNPI_syzHlj/s320/2.jpg" border="0" /> <p><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-download"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-download</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download"><span style="font-family:Arial;">www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Cheers!!!</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#0080ff;"><strong>Suhail Arfath</strong></span><span style="color:#686868;"><strong> </strong> AEC Marketing<strong><br /></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#686868;"><strong>Technical Marketing Manager - MEP</strong><span style="font-size:8;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><br /></strong>Autodesk, Inc.</span></span></span></p></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-61149261688708931052008-11-24T23:50:00.000-08:002008-11-24T23:56:44.330-08:00New Content Extensions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1leWMhlBdaJlOhpBtBSPs5vY9SfjwRUlBllq80JDdYzVyIIyye2_tt_sd5uSleC0iod8rI8U-VYdPzClaQXGXlz9c1Eaq0A5hu-yLVgctDtQJGqqhmf-ql-etlJo-FeuQFnclNKoVfhvv/s1600-h/ADSK+Subscription.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272500589180777746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1leWMhlBdaJlOhpBtBSPs5vY9SfjwRUlBllq80JDdYzVyIIyye2_tt_sd5uSleC0iod8rI8U-VYdPzClaQXGXlz9c1Eaq0A5hu-yLVgctDtQJGqqhmf-ql-etlJo-FeuQFnclNKoVfhvv/s400/ADSK+Subscription.png" border="0" /></a> <div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, here am I again with one more good news for the subscription customers (God, benefits are like raining). Anyway, there are two new “Content” – Families extensions for Revit MEP 2009 available for download on Autodesk Subscription Center:<br />· The "US Content Extension for Revit MEP 2009" contains imperial and metric duct and pipe fitting families that adhere to SMACNA and ASME standards, respectively<br />· The "UK Content Extension for Revit MEP 2009" contains duct fitting families that adhere to the DW/144 UK industry standards<br />This content was developed based upon feedback from users like you, so we do appreciate your feedback. A ReadMe file exists that explains how and where to install the files.<br />Happy Subscription!!! </span><a href="http://www.subscription.autodesk.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.subscription.autodesk.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Suhail Arfath<br />Technical Marketing Manager – MEP<br />Autodesk Inc.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-67629281531287791112008-11-15T03:21:00.000-08:002008-11-15T03:30:23.173-08:00New Extensions for Revit Structure 2009 Now on Subscription Center<span style="font-family:arial;">Well everytime I get to know from our internal team about the extensions, I get excited like once upon a time I used to get hearing somebody had some quite nice & interesting "Lisp" routines and he (well sometime it was SHE too) was ready to share with me. So, here I go with this facinating news again, there are some new Revit Extensions available to download. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Revit® Extensions are a series of easy-to-use applications that extend the capabilities of Revit® Structure 2009 software in various key areas, including structural analysis and reinforced concrete detailing. New extensions now available on the Subscription Center include Static Analysis of Beams, Frame Analysis, Automatic Generation of Reinforcement for Retaining Walls and Slab Corners, and Automatic Reinforcement for Concrete Structures.<br />Autodesk sales teams and resellers can access the Revit Extensions on the Subscription Center and a Revit Structure File for Extensions demonstration from OTW.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.subscription.autodesk.com/">http://www.subscription.autodesk.com/</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">PS: You need to be a subscription customer to enjoy these benefits, well this is called a BENEFIT actually.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cheers!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Suhail</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-34078990664158387682008-11-11T09:37:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:59:16.529-08:00Conceive in Maya® and Deliver in Revit<span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">The Maya team has updated the technology preview of the export to DWG capability to support Maya 2009. To get the DWG export utility:<br /></span><a href="http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/maya_export_dwg"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/maya_export_dwg</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The utility is available for Maya in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. This is part of an envisioned overall workflow of:<br /><strong>Create an initial design expression in Maya.</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Export file from Maya to the DWG file format.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Convert DWG™ files to SAT file format (ACIS® Solid) in AutoCAD® software. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Import SAT file to Revit Architecture for documentation and inclusion in BIM model.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cheers!<br />Suhail</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-60167070548922695452008-10-16T00:27:00.000-07:002008-10-16T03:15:02.010-07:00Robot Structural Analysis and new set of Revit Extensions<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8uceKYFFRCXU1cWVnmXF-PQbSTDbm21lY0HuslAefZmxAs191TKrM5OFX78PXPGCgKQYSbQOScz5TAOCSZiN5PDOBTf9OsFJpFVuqQKNs_JGUEj9Ma4bTz2v5YDClBsHHIJY0rqPsRQ8/s1600-h/Robot+Analysis.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257682934345205586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8uceKYFFRCXU1cWVnmXF-PQbSTDbm21lY0HuslAefZmxAs191TKrM5OFX78PXPGCgKQYSbQOScz5TAOCSZiN5PDOBTf9OsFJpFVuqQKNs_JGUEj9Ma4bTz2v5YDClBsHHIJY0rqPsRQ8/s400/Robot+Analysis.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Robot Structure Analysis 2009 and Robot Structure Analysis Professional 2009 fully integrates with Revit Structure, and will allow the structural engineer to seamlessly analyze complex structures. These new products are comprised of over 25 years worth of software development effort from Robobat. They support over 16 languages and 60 different building codes from all over the world.<br />To learn more, go to the product center located at: </span><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/robot"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.autodesk.com/robot</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />1. New Extensions for Revit in 7 languages with 5 new Extensions (!!!). Specifically these extensions are:<br />- Two analysis related Extensions for continuous beam AND 2D frame analysis that will support simulation “inside BIM”. They will allow our customers to make better decisions early in the design process based on rational analysis and not rule of thumbs or hand calculations.</span></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257683671276510978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3UbhJE-HIYwouzX8CMBeP_mJPKJ7iWuIz21QqJ4KjLZAI4ezFVprZAaAMT7wErD02rcqduM4FVIttbLNQpIUVLKBQqDyZ358dANeTq7ZkKS86NvdKoMOaJCi1NWds2io6RFM16lw-pcU/s400/extensions.jpg" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">- Three Reinforcement related Extensions that will extend BIM to fabrication: Retaining wall Extensions for Civil Structures, Slab corner, and automatic reinforcement for an entire building!!<br />These extension reinforcement macros allow the model to be sent to AutoCAD Structural Detailing for automatic shop drawings.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">More information on the Extensions at: <a href="http://www.extensions4revit.com/">http://www.extensions4revit.com/</a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-75162063859794489082008-09-29T10:41:00.000-07:002008-09-29T10:46:19.341-07:00Did you KNOW : We are about to hit 1000 NUMBER<span style="font-family:arial;">It is not too long when we started this group with mere 18 people, and I feel so proud today that we are about to hit 1000 members very soon. While countdown has started for 1000, I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you particularly those who contribute to help others for making this group a great success. On the behalf of entire Autodesk India team, I wanted to thank our technical team from our Authorized partners to be a great resource of help in this forum. I am sure this group is going to touch great heights and is going to be a key resource for BIM in Architecture going forward.<br />I think now time has come to bring some more action here, following are some ideas from our side, however please don’t not hesitate to share with us any addition or modifications<br /><br />· Unofficial list of “Wishlist” items for Revit Architecture future releases<br />· User Group Meeting (I mean meeting each other at some common location and share some high-end technology stuff, invite some key professionals from industry to share wisdom)<br />· Design Competitions J<br />· Any other welcome<br /><br />I am sure we all would be excited to add and support these new adventures, I am going to send separate emails for each of them please reply to the respective emails<br /><br />Once again thank you so much on the behalf of entire Autodesk India AEC Team and Authorized Partner technical team.<br /><br /><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/BIM-For-Architecture/browse_thread/thread/ee82f139d4e081c8">CLICK HERE</a> to contribute<br />Best Regards,<br />Suhail Arfath </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-64098513896964946012008-09-26T14:20:00.000-07:002008-09-26T14:27:43.343-07:00Revit 2009 products Web Update #2 is now Live!<span style="font-family:arial;">We are pleased to announce that the Revit product teams have just released the English version of Web Update 2 for Revit Architecture 2009, Revit Structure 2009 and Revit MEP 2009 (Build 20080915_2100) and it is now LIVE</span><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br /><br />For the first time in the Revit product line history, we have implemented Service Pack technology similar to the AutoCAD based products. This will greatly reduce the effort needed to update the Revit products to the newest build by allowing our users to update their existing installations without having to reinstall Revit<br /><br />The Web Update 2 can be found under the Revit Architecture/Structure/MEP 2009 product download pages:<br /></span><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-download"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-download</span></a><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cheers!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Suhail Arfath<br />Technical Marketing Manager - MEP<br />AEC Division,<br />Autodesk Inc.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-26662208588030007112008-07-13T12:50:00.000-07:002008-07-13T13:28:47.543-07:00India Country Kit for Civil 3D<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zeAhLycLieVgPXDdBmFfUAmqut-k9x0UoTgWGYt4lyuvQ11upAkDwpnnNmW5ROOEoFZWsE15f4jCt3hYznoHQuGTxKGzfAzo8OWD3SFYfa63AY5fcIHoStN3N7mABQ5p1CTCKhHCrI6n/s1600-h/civil+3d.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222595449893936130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="134" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zeAhLycLieVgPXDdBmFfUAmqut-k9x0UoTgWGYt4lyuvQ11upAkDwpnnNmW5ROOEoFZWsE15f4jCt3hYznoHQuGTxKGzfAzo8OWD3SFYfa63AY5fcIHoStN3N7mABQ5p1CTCKhHCrI6n/s400/civil+3d.png" width="682" border="0" /></a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, as you know I am not a Civil 3D expert, I have been very impressed by this application and its capabilities. Now what make me curious to follow this product is its wealth of features which support the “Sustainability” initiatives. And good news is that recently one of our Product Managers Neeraj Dixit informed me that we have our “India Country Kit for Civil 3D 2009” now available for </span><a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7271531&linkID=9240698"><span style="font-family:arial;">download</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />In order to understand little more about this I took time from him to understand its uses. I am sure you might find it useful in case you or your colleagues (share with them) use Civil 3D or doing Civil works. Please check the excerpts below of our discussion:<br />“Suhail,<br />India Country Kit for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 is an attempt to bring software closer to Indian user. Kit includes<br />1. Alignment curve standards to incorporate minimum radius of horizontal curves, superelevation and minimum transition lengths for different speeds & curve radii from Indian Roads Congress standards as mentioned in its publication ‘Guidelines for Design of Horizontal Curves for Highways and Design Tables [IRC:38-1988]’<br />2. Vertical curve standards to incorporate stopping sight distance, passing sight distance and headlight sight distance as mentioned in Indian Roads Congress publication ‘Vertical Curves for Highways [IRC SP:23-1993]’<br />3. Popular alignment & corridor reports<br />4. Template _AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 India Bylayer.dwt”<br /><br />India Country Kit for AutoCAD Civil 3D has been made available at </span><a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7271531&linkID=9240698"><span style="font-family:arial;">Autodesk Website</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Best Regards,<br />Suhail</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-53876782267812035362008-06-18T23:26:00.000-07:002008-06-19T00:58:36.947-07:00Revit to Max in 2009 - Reduce Triangulation of models imported in Max<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlix-ZhKFteX3nElaJVlSIsF1I130D8aSn0V_GxMIRrr8m6CbjFX9rK2xsfFP35CFB8ufH1xIvDwBfPRzWmYw2PwaiKmPraGmysevdX-9kRLSieLbVcrqhfQIt8Jh9VKx4FtPL2s1Matx/s1600-h/script.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213479622672072210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlix-ZhKFteX3nElaJVlSIsF1I130D8aSn0V_GxMIRrr8m6CbjFX9rK2xsfFP35CFB8ufH1xIvDwBfPRzWmYw2PwaiKmPraGmysevdX-9kRLSieLbVcrqhfQIt8Jh9VKx4FtPL2s1Matx/s400/script.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, in case you are one among those (like me) who really keep up pushing the Revit Models to Max even if you are not doing rendering job just for some fun and to really LIVE your design; then the script below would be a great help to you. </span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Script:</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span style="font-family:arial;">function setVisibilityEdges obj = ( subobjectLevel = 2 edgeSelSet=#() -- Init. an Array<br />for face = 1 to obj.numfaces do -- Go through all faces<br />for edge = 1 to 3 do -- And for every of the 3 edges<br />append edgeSelSet (((face-1)*3)+edge) --collect the edge<br />meshop.autoedge obj edgeSelSet 24 type:#setclear -- Select all visible edges --update obj)<br />for obj in Selection do try ( if (classof obj == Editable_Mesh) do setVisibilityEdges obj )catch ( enablesceneredraw() redrawviews() )enablesceneredraw()redrawviews()</span><br /></span><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">PS: In case you dont know scripting in the max, let me know I can send you the script file directly; as I am unable to upload a file here :(</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-78798410692751016902008-06-16T03:46:00.000-07:002008-06-16T05:20:40.528-07:00Autodesk Live - Coming to your City : Register Now<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19I4YyRGWrqkY1aAX5idWeUHXr1FZlEw06rr0FyyzoXnDZJhjAL7aNo5bETUtO9bQv3zSmQM6nFoYMcHtgmtnSNI8d-giV5aVPWjsMoGsPdN9kflGm8iBtxwKGXBFrQv5PUNcIn27KDKh/s1600-h/Autodesk+Live.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212452247202690882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="174" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19I4YyRGWrqkY1aAX5idWeUHXr1FZlEw06rr0FyyzoXnDZJhjAL7aNo5bETUtO9bQv3zSmQM6nFoYMcHtgmtnSNI8d-giV5aVPWjsMoGsPdN9kflGm8iBtxwKGXBFrQv5PUNcIn27KDKh/s400/Autodesk+Live.png" width="461" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Dear All,</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I am excited to inform you that finally wait is over to meet most of you at our yearly solution day (Autodesk Live). Honestly saying I find these events a great opportunity to meet you and share the experiences and not to mention show you what we have special for you this year.<br /></div></span><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">At Autodesk Live, discover the immediate impact Autodesk® 2009 software will have on your industry — and your business. Find out how experiencing your design before it is real can help increase productivity, reduce errors and save time. At this information-packed event, you’ll learn how to:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Visualise, simulate, and analyse the real-world performance of your ideas</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Optimise and improve designs before creating anything</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Achieve higher-quality designs in less time</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">So, what are you waiting for <a href="http://www.autodesk.in/">click here </a>to choose and sign-up to reserve your seat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">See you there soon :)</span><br /></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-21433141535436971672008-06-14T11:59:00.001-07:002008-06-14T12:15:10.802-07:00Autodesk Seek - A SEARCHABLE wealth of library<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIw6yUgsn6XAVey84Lpp7LM91WiKnvtZXFQhMSJFrY_JODJzjdAhpefmJUo97QzLI0_Bqgd1C5_OAyQalorVP2HcsLWUPphVZbyZxDjeY9Dv1pYerGx_IaYfifD34RydMfcKfgadjfH9V/s1600-h/Autodesk+SEEK.png"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211815896515136802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIw6yUgsn6XAVey84Lpp7LM91WiKnvtZXFQhMSJFrY_JODJzjdAhpefmJUo97QzLI0_Bqgd1C5_OAyQalorVP2HcsLWUPphVZbyZxDjeY9Dv1pYerGx_IaYfifD34RydMfcKfgadjfH9V/s400/Autodesk+SEEK.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Autodesk Seek : It is a web service that allows designers - architects, engineers, students - to search and find generic or manufacturer-specific building products or components and associated design content. This content could include 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, and descriptions for that product or component.<br />Well, I had been testing this for quite some time and trust me, finally it has grown into of the most sought after dream of us Revit content thirsty people have come true. Anyway, I suggest you better hear from the horse's mouth directly.<br />Check this site here <a href="http://seek.autodesk.com/">http://seek.autodesk.com</a><br />Cheers<br />Suhail</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-88201761527595886742008-06-09T04:16:00.000-07:002008-06-09T04:52:59.646-07:00How to recieve a copy of Printed documentation<p align="left"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzLil5js6aQYEFnLlAp10PK5k2rWp5eMZ-JjcquDj-MssbMsnvdNKXex4QAbMoHnORzhjM-KMkx2nOSTvsH' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Hi All,<br />I had been often asked that we don’t get printed manuals/product documentation along with the Software box anymore. So, I realized it is a good idea to document it or record an AVI to explain how to receive a copy of the printed documentation available for your product.<br /><a href="http://autodeskdocandmedia.com/">Click here</a> to order your copy or type <a href="http://autodeskdocandmedia.com/">http://autodeskdocandmedia.com/</a> in your browser. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Hope you find it useful.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">PS: Please locate your part number and serial number on the back of your software packaging.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cheers !!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Suhail</span> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-53739243117072268062008-06-07T04:14:00.000-07:002008-06-07T04:30:18.075-07:00The Revit to 3ds Max FBX whitepaper is now posted on the design visualization resource center<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dNKzTNjYBPWUuPUuztQM-ouKqw8WmykECLHOjZxXzm1I1zYruLFTJPNmOY2N4DoBofJyZ0a72Izk-ZFvz4Pz_QeW8FI4PyQmIcRvr-vD7sH6kIkHqCOOGgPEF7r02O8dCkwcUysi5dsk/s1600-h/ADSK+Design+Visualization+Bro.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209097232639674754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dNKzTNjYBPWUuPUuztQM-ouKqw8WmykECLHOjZxXzm1I1zYruLFTJPNmOY2N4DoBofJyZ0a72Izk-ZFvz4Pz_QeW8FI4PyQmIcRvr-vD7sH6kIkHqCOOGgPEF7r02O8dCkwcUysi5dsk/s400/ADSK+Design+Visualization+Bro.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Last night Tatjana Dzambazova [google her name, in case you don't know her; which is sad :( ] sent me an email regarding this. Even though it was too late, I couldn't resist downloading and going through all these white papers which I must admit are amazingly useful. Remind you, I had been working on this feature since early beta releases of Revit 2009 and have successully excited lots of our users by presenting this feature. But I dont think it would be fair if I wont admit that there was lot of learning for me too :).</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">So, guys what are you waiting for just download them from <a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=10155245">here </a></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Finally dont forget to share your cool images you shall end up after going through these white papers.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Looking forward to hear from you.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cheers,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Suhail</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-64901249391451944902008-04-24T23:07:00.000-07:002008-04-24T23:16:37.181-07:00Revit Structure integration with STAAD.Pro®<a href="http://structuralintegrators.com/products/si_xchange.php"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193061938609711682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFUiICn8bTmmFZJIyvonfujWkMT0zzQZ39c2heXtW9JiJ8fzYjG1DK9oy4WiRcDulNY34k4yuLtv9PXLt3L2R4nI4X_r0gw07criA4tSclMgy9dupE60H49osskaDQLSiPHlzCoAmI-2r/s320/si_xchange.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Revit Structure integration with STAAD.Pro®</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">With SI Xchange™ for Revit® Structure, buildings modeled in Revit Structure can now be easily exported to STAAD.Pro® for analysis and design. This one-way export from Revit Structure to STAAD.Pro is our first step towards a seamless integration between world-class modeling and analysis tools. Future releases of SI Xchange will enhance our integration by exporting more Revit model elements, including load information, and providing round-trip capabilities to fully demonstrate Structural Integrators’ promise of Efficiency Through Integration.</span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">For more information please <a href="http://structuralintegrators.com/products/si_xchange.php">click here</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-90640057639646360192008-04-23T03:55:00.000-07:002008-04-23T04:09:43.914-07:00Student Design Challenge<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAIH_4U-WWEVjhKSXmBtqiUo1945uj_9AiZcRXixruoBAIg0-hJoQhzAqzuWl8NcMmVdv5K1nWtfVcvhx1-fUVD0LBYXV2Dovyuh8msxrAj3A8e2X71ZGnS3M_fob2ThFYWTq1jeN_jb5/s1600-h/Student+Design+Challenge1.png"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192394633835899442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAIH_4U-WWEVjhKSXmBtqiUo1945uj_9AiZcRXixruoBAIg0-hJoQhzAqzuWl8NcMmVdv5K1nWtfVcvhx1-fUVD0LBYXV2Dovyuh8msxrAj3A8e2X71ZGnS3M_fob2ThFYWTq1jeN_jb5/s320/Student+Design+Challenge1.png" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;">You are the designers of the future.Go build something.</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Join the Autodesk® Student Design Challenge, it's the perfect way to share those masterpieces with the rest ofthe world. It's also a chance to get your work in front of an international panel of industry and Autodesk experts.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">And, of course, there are fantastic prizes for the selected winners.Categories:Architecture, Civil Engineering, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, 3D Animation, and Sustainable Design.Submission <strong>Dates: January 29–April 30, 2008</strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">For more information on Autodesk® Student Design Challenge, log on to <a href="http://autodesk.com/buildsomething">autodesk.com/buildsomething</a></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Download free* software at </span><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/edcommunity"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.autodesk.com/edcommunity</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and join the Student Engineering &Design Community now!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Attractive Prizes to be won.* Xbox 360 Game Console* $200 Visa gift cards* Autodesk® Maya® 2008 SoftwareAnd More!*Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end user license that accompanies download of the software.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></div></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-50695093747385092322008-04-07T17:23:00.000-07:002008-04-07T17:41:03.309-07:00Color Fill in Section View - New Feature 2009<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT1VBpsdTeRSlp3ZZGD2DjyJ4JeJD4_xAyP_8uGExoJP3eZ8hDlrX7YyVFUeoFnNA4wKaV4imPjF5uC6Rqa1tBwpg-Ik6ZaXDuIDVACmxGMi_YDbnY9aMsQ8IsA_feJ2z5gM-Horvw_sa/s1600-h/room.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186667856255726338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT1VBpsdTeRSlp3ZZGD2DjyJ4JeJD4_xAyP_8uGExoJP3eZ8hDlrX7YyVFUeoFnNA4wKaV4imPjF5uC6Rqa1tBwpg-Ik6ZaXDuIDVACmxGMi_YDbnY9aMsQ8IsA_feJ2z5gM-Horvw_sa/s320/room.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">In 2009 release, you can now apply color schemes to section views (in addition to plan views). In Revit Architecture, this feature applies to rooms and areas. In Revit MEP, this feature applies to rooms, areas, spaces, and zones.</span><a name="WS1a9193826455f5ff-54f556ca1166ac9ee9e-1"></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> In plan views and section views, you can specify whether the color scheme displays in the background or the foreground of the view. This option is a property of the view.<br />Check the avi below :)<br />Cheers!!!<br />Suhail<br /></div></span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxH0bQQkGOi2uw3w2Jz4KZ3vhNF0IKwudgi5ytvfSSi0d92T8f4Z_1hqNSCisTmgQnAhhimgAEaaPgBbQkAlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-2768322864711492762008-04-07T17:19:00.000-07:002008-04-07T17:23:08.426-07:00Autodesk Subscription: Terms and Conditions Update Notice<p><span style="font-family:arial;">Autodesk recently announced extended benefits to its Subscription Program for Previous Version use of software. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">What are the enhanced Previous Version benefits?</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Effective April 7, 2008, Subscription customers may now use previous versions up to three releases back from the 2009 product release up to the total number of licenses of the product currently under Subscription.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">As part of the new enhancement to the current policy, a Subscription customer is no longer required to have owned the previous version in order to use it.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">The updated terms and conditions clarify the extended policy and how you may use previous versions. (Section 2.4)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Access the Eligible Previous Version list in Subscription Center. Once logged in click on the Subscription Administration link on the left hand navigation.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Click <a href="http://adskwelcome.ozoneonline.com/y.z?l=http%3A%2F%2Fpointa.autodesk.com%2Flocal%2FENU%2Fportal%2Fvip%2Fmembers%2Fservices%2Fpdf%2FTsAndCs_WW.pdf&e=4719&j=100261475&t=h">here </a>to download The new terms and conditions</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-57660412536729343242008-04-07T02:31:00.000-07:002008-04-07T04:06:58.585-07:00Trip to "Heaven"<div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186447876620759682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O4AbJ4sn42Mc_B5fZBk4jkRcfJUhQ_xnuva-TGlBa-33zKEYy1ugJjemwMh-mtITpjWe50l62zD32H25DDVgE2yVTss4Gv6NpSAEZ9PF3MIPpPbXze1Oat8Abzbn7SiaaHwujNscQOro/s320/Kashmir.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recently, I got an opportunity for a quick (really quick) vacation to my native Kashmir J. But as we all know, we can’t help being without REVIT, so this time I happened to meet one of leading architect (Ar. Munir Khan) of the valley. It was really fantastic to see his work and kind of efforts they put together and I must say I loved their roofs. As usual, we started talking about Revit and tried some quick stuff in the new release. Check out some of the images which came out after a daylong session. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Munir for all his support and energy to be with me for whole day J, but you know what good news is that he decided to move to BIM (Revit). Hurraayyyyyyy!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cheers!!!<br />Suhail</span></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186449319729771218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEndKgBd-vZT3JJ7SW3-C8723u70mmLqzRi27dq4cwEPN9ykojo3yFhXe6NQ699FBW63MP7bKCgd97GEUnWyJDiGHFK3kpiNMWBmUveLHAZH0FuX63HvprhKETgiubgr3Ar6mzdHXuvUz8/s400/Slide1.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186448469326246578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItgENlnTtQuZXzpFr0KmkieWLV2sKKgwInayLke7-W-ooRX9-lnD_WBm7YcRu6_YOEn2McB6PCr4P2dRUcMKqnS8Z89safR211myG6UvYwMhvInVXjr3A21VbQypxkDC5k8dAELqu0yS4/s400/Slide3.JPG" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:arial;">Can you believe this is all done in Revit and each image took less than 5 mins to render :)... Do let me know if you want to try your hands on these new COOL features.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429930396381468915.post-81499342136403768852008-04-02T06:48:00.000-07:002008-04-02T08:28:12.880-07:00Analyzing Conceptual Designs - Revit Architecture 2009 (New Feature)<div align="justify"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5GpZBaA4tg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184645785652769378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewWnxyvroT4HGzCnrPEOa9GoJYos3QtBZQ4gzNrKXVsluY3OFMCnL3W64SCD37linM2G9-J1_WwDBiLYNEWaxZQDgbX81kgNiXIRp7ZB95KmOaKIPYknt9v8XF2kAM7xFNrhYJek8K7fg/s320/Mass.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The ability to create mass floors from masses has been enhanced to enable analysis of conceptual designs. (In Revit 2008, mass floors were called floor area faces.) When you create mass floors in Revit Architecture 2009, the software now calculates the area, exterior surface area, volume, and perimeter of each mass floor. This information is stored in the instance </span><span style="font-family:arial;">properties for mass floors. You can include these values in schedules and tags.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"></div><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5GpZBaA4tg"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxMZJwwcYTa7EGuV-kKUMYEao-_ziKOCThWKk5mKeUjgzYABqr89N3mmPysMlTc2KcQXaZT3Sz0CH_LSea2-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">You can then use this information to deter<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5GpZBaA4tg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184646348293485170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXES3WwvYGm4sfov6G5GDW_QJIn6wsI-Q6HksF-bjl9BwoAisqxvamYp4TNazxBLkx8I8xCLZ88TsFAvvt1OLxzr3N1Pp_UGQ864RI9eTg7fjUS5GC-5CloLI5C_j0cfDv4Om25jtZ_yh6/s320/Floor+Area+Schedule.jpg" border="0" /></a>mine the following:</span> </p><div align="justify"><ul><li><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">The best mix of uses (such as retail, residential, and office space) for the building</span></div></li></ul></div><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Rough cost estimates for the exterior of the building, based on linear dimensions or surface area</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">HVAC (heating/ventilation/air conditioning) requirements for different levels of the building</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5GpZBaA4tg">Click Here to watch Video on Youtube</a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1