Tips & Tutorials Blog: revit training

In late 2013, Synergis and the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., worked together to create Project Virtual.  Project Virtual offers training and software discounts to ABC members, with more tools in the works.  Just this week, the ABC opened these virtual sessions to non-members as well. Highlights to Project Virtual Training: Online in a easy to […]

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 […]

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Curt Egli, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: About a year ago, I recorded a webcast to help people, especially CAD Managers and business owners, to understand why the top performers in their industry are moving to workflows that are BIM-centric.  What does 3D/BIM mean and how does it really help […]

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Posted on May 6, 2013 by Bill Knittle, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: The line between design and construction is blurring at an accelerated rate due in part to the model-based driven process of BIM. The leading adopters of BIM are now the contractors. Models created in the design space for the purpose of creating fully […]

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Bill Knittle, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer: Today I am posting my latest video, Building Your Own Roof Truss Families.  Creating your own custom Roof Truss Family will save you time over the internal Truss tool.  This video covers the benefits and the workflow to creating your own Roof Truss […]

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 […]