Tips & Tutorials Blog: autodesk revit

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Curt Egli, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: So now you’ve got a terrific building and you’ve got your site’s terrain modeled, and – consequently – you’ve got a grassy slope running through your building lobby.  This just won’t do!  That’s where the Revit building pad comes into play.  Even though […]

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Curt Egli, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: Today I wanted to show you how we use displacement in Revit.  Displaced views, also known as exploded views, are used as a communication tool – to help others understand how the components of your design fit together.  Commonly shown from a viewpoint […]

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Bill Knittle, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: Here’s the third and final video for this week.  Today, we look at the possible workflows using Revit and Navisworks in an iterative process that users can adopt through design, pre-construction, and construction. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8u7SzkYAg&w=560&h=315] Well that’s all the videos for this week.  You […]

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Bill Knittle, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: Here we are on the second new video this week.  This one looks at extending Revit’s out-of-the-box capabilities into creating fabrication spools for pipe layouts.  I hope you enjoy it… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6HkCIof5Zs&w=420&h=315] I hope it helps.  Check in tomorrow when I will post another […]

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Bill Knittle, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: Welcome to some new tips this week.  I will be sharing three videos this week to help you design more efficiently, while taking advantage of all the tools in Revit. Today, I am posting Piping Tips and Tricks.  In this video, I discuss tricks […]

Full details posted on Autodesk’s Building Performance Analysis blog (August 7, 2013): This week, Autodesk released the first update to Revit 2014.  The update major changes are in regard to the new Energy Analysis using Building elements feature.  This release adds more automatic analysis in regards to ‘sandwiched’ Revit items, and provides more precise drawings […]

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Bill Knittle, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: This week I have 3 new videos for you in the Revit series we have on our YouTube Channel.  The first one, I am posting today is something we hear about a lot, Leader Shoulder Issues on Tags.  This quick video will help […]

We all know the value of maintaining your subscription.  It helps you to avoid the pain of paying for a new version each time you upgrade.  Especially with the new Autodesk upgrade pricing, Autodesk Subscription benefits are imperative in order to keep up with ever-changing technology.  You also have the option to continue using previous […]

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Curt Egli, Building Solutions Engineer: How many times have you looked at a wall type you are using in Revit and said to yourself “that is so cool. I wish I could make one of those”? Or perhaps “oooo, that wall is nearly like the wall I want to use […]

Posted February 7, 2013 by Bill Knittle, Building Solution Engineer: Are you a Revit user that would benefit from Workshare with Revit LT users, or vice versa?  This video explains the workflow when collaborating in a Workshare enables project file. Revit Tip #27:  Worksharing between Revit and Revit LT [wpvideo PykToufX] Let us know what other tips we […]