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3 CMI Autodesk University Presenters!

2008-06-16T06:28:00.000-07:00

Three CADD Microsystems Applications Engineers were selected to Present at Autodesk University 2008. Congratulations to all of them!

Marissa Jenkinson - Applications Specialist
Subdivide and Conquer! Tips and Tricks for Working with Parcels in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009

Christopher Fernandez - Senior Applications Specialist
Essential Revit Structure Project Template Techniques

Matt Davoren - President and COO
Blue Line to Bottom Line with Autodesk FMDesktop: The Real World

Day 3

2008-04-17T13:14:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling better!

The sessions are pretty good today as well. I basically saw Architecture, Structure, and MEP all in one day. Great stuff in the Structural Package! Holy cow it's good. Scott Hammond from Autodesk knows his product very well. I can't wait to show you guys some stuff at the User Group next month!

Day 2

2008-04-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

Morning Sessions were What's New in AutoCAD Architecture and What's New in Revit Architecture?

I must admit, the ACAD-A session was quite good. It looks like they are really trying to address some serious shortcomings that have previously been identified.

The Revit session was disappointing to say the least. They showed very few features, we rendered a scene for an hour and then we left. Not the best session I have been a party to.

The afternoon was Presentation Skills sessions. Good!

Day 1

2008-04-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

Your Revit Reporter has been devastated with the flu. Basically, an uneventful flight, checked in, had breakfast, went to sleep and woke up Tuesday!

Heading to Americas Tech Camp

2008-04-12T14:17:00.001-07:00

The week of April 14th I will be in Dallas, TX. Every year, we in the biz go somewhere to learn about all of the neat and new items that Autodesk has on tap for us. I will be blogging nightly about all of the things I have learned for the day...Should be good stuff. See you then!

New Product Releases

2008-03-02T05:59:00.000-08:00

I have had the opportunity to preview the Release Candidate version of all three Revit flavors. There are some really great enhancements to the 2008 products.

Rendering
There have been major renovations to Rendering in Revit. For starters, the entire interface has changed dramatically. All materials that ship with Revit have been assigned new render appearances. Material definitions are stored as part of the project file. Render appearances are stored in a local, read-only library. Lighting fixtures are now photometric and can be described by IES files.

Exporting to 3ds
When you export a 3D view to Autodesk 3ds Max (Name change coming shortly) to use its higher-level rendering capabilities, Revit Architecture 2009 passes rendering settings to 3ds Max. The information includes render appearances (material assignments), lights, and related settings defined in the project. By preserving this information during the export process, Revit Architecture 2009 maintains a high degree of fidelity and reduces the amount of work you must perform in 3ds Max.

Modeling
Now, you can explicitly disallow a join to a mid-end wall using the new join icons that appear above the end of the wall. You can slope building pads using the Slope Arrow command on the Design Bar, if, for example, you want to add drainage for your building. The new beam cutback tools apply beam join types and priority. You can use these tools to adjust visible cutback to beams in an end join relationship. You can modify the split lines that Revit Architecture creates in the slab when it is warped.

Dimensions
You will now be able to override the text value.

Rooms
In Revit Architecture 2009, you can now select rooms in section view. You can also use grips to adjust the upper and lower boundaries of rooms.

We Are On Wikipedia

2008-02-21T17:54:00.001-08:00

Thanks to some intrepid RevitDC member, we are an External Reference under the Revit entry on Wikipedia. Looks like we have arrived!

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We Are RevitDC Begins

2008-02-21T16:45:00.000-08:00

Good evening everyone and welcome to our spot on the blog-o-sphere! We will be posting here often highlighting interesting facts, up and coming trends, project related oddities and interests, as well as some great bits of information. Have a great evening and I look forward to saturating the blog-o-sphere with great stuff.

Good night!