Martin Schmid

Martin Schmid joined Autodesk in 2005 as a project consultant for MEP customers, both for Revit MEP and AutoCAD MEP. Martin holds a BS in Architectural Engineering, and MS in Engineering from Kansas State University, and a Masters in Management of Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He worked as an electrical designer, engineering coordinator, and application developer before joining Autodesk. Martin has co-authored books for Revit and AutoCAD MEP, and is a licensed engineer in the state of New Hampshire. Martin worked in the product globalization and customer success teams prior to joining the product management team, where he now guides direction related to the extended MEP product portfolio, including MEP functionality within Revit, CADmep, ESTmep, CAMduct, and AutoCAD Plant 3D. In his spare time, Martin enjoys reading, travelling, and attending his kids’ activities.

  • Revit 2021 Worksharing improvements for MEP

    In Revit 2021 we made a significant change to the behavior of MEP elements regarding worksharing.  This was done in order to help improve the worksharing experience, to better enable collaboration amongst stakeholders, and to provide a more consistent experience. The changes address three types of issues that have been reported with increasing frequency, as…

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  • Revit 2021 Electrical enhancements

    In Revit 2021, we enhance electrical functionality with better globalization, systems logic, and ease of use.

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  • What’s new in MEP for Revit 2021

    Enhancements for Revit 2021 include better worksharing, better integration of fabrication tools, and improved electrical workflows.

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  • Feed through lugs in Revit 2020

    We are excited to deliver functionality in Revit 2020 —responding to several related requests on the Revit Idea Station– for better support of the creation and documentation of electrical distribution systems containing panels with feed through lugs.  For those of you using external tools to do more in-depth analysis, this enhancement provides a more accurate model…

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  • Mechanical fabrication model creation improvements for Revit 2019.2

    We are excited to share several usability improvements in Revit 2019.2 for mechanical fabrication modeling.  These improvements were based on user feedback and are intended to improve your overall productivity when producing models in Revit. Revit 2019.2 Improvements When using the trim/extend tool when connecting an off-center branch from the main, the branch will connect…

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  • How to export each assembly to a separate PCF file

    A comment was recently posted to my previous blog post on Exporting PCF Files from Revit 2018 – Part 2 (Assemblies), asking: Thanks for the awesome code Martin! Is there a way to make the file name match the Assembly Name? I’ve provided a revised example below.  The example has been modified to export each…

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