• Making the Switch – Stories of Efficient Rebar Detailing in Revit

    A few years ago, we started a series of blog posts highlighting the benefits of integrating the rebar detailing among the project stages that need to unfold in a BIM environment. We acknowledged since then that the reinforced concrete industry was lagging…


  • Revit Ideas Renovation

    As the cold of January creeps in, I am settling into my role as Revit Community Manager. As a response to the “Open Letter”, my goal as Community Manager is to bridge the gap and continue to nurture discussions related to Revit that…


  • Automatic Generation of Load Combinations in Revit

    Structural loads are an important consideration in the design of buildings. Building codes require that structures be designed and built to safely resist all loads that they are likely to encounter during their service life. In Revit, depending on the load duration…


  • Smarter infrastructure with open data standards

    Today’s AEC projects are driven by Building Information Modeling (BIM), which requires centralized data sources and ways to share information easily. To facilitate a seamless exchange of data across multidisciplinary parties around the globe, data interoperability and standardization are key to leverage…


  • Hello from the Revit Community Manager!

    “Welcome to Autodesk!” Those three words are still sinking into my brain! I have recently joined Autodesk as the new Revit Community Manager after well over a quarter of a century in the architectural and civil drafting fields. My first “real job”…


  • Revit Issues Add-In simplifies model coordination for projects in BIM 360

    Autodesk Construction Solutions and the Revit product teams are excited to announce that the Revit Issues Add-in is now available. When you began using BIM 360 issues to identify potential clashes and assign action requests on Revit models, you asked if there was a…