Friday, August 2, 2013

Civil 3D to Revit

Civil 3D to Revit and back!

Okay guys, I know that it's not technically a tech tip, but I know that we market to a lot of Civil engineers and Architects, so I wanted to get this bit of information out there to those of you who want to collaborate on a better playing field with your Civil and Architect friends.

This is a great video/class presented by the CAD Technology Center at the University of Minnesota.  Props to the presenters, Brian Levendowski and Shawn Zirbes, for diving in and working this out plus allowing us to see their work.

This has always been a sticky subject when it comes to the Civil project data melding with the Revit Architectural project.  What you have to remember, and they state it several times, always follow the process.

Click here to see the video on YouTube.  It is a bit long as it is a breakout session and demonstration at 1:38:09 so be prepared to spend some time with it.  It is well worth the time if you're looking to make the workflow better.  Software being used in demonstration is 2014 releases.

We at Sterling Systems can help you with your technical issues and your business needs.  Just give us a call at (480) 719-4599 and we’ll be happy to assist you!

Steve Coburn, Applications Engineer

Thursday, August 1, 2013

August Tech Tip!

AutoCAD Architecture Door Schedule!

In the past several months we have had some questions about the upgrading from ACAD LT to regular AutoCAD 2014 and to AutoCAD Architecture 2014. In these conversations we would discuss several of the options that you will receive if you do the upgrade.  One of these is the ability to schedule the blocks within the project.  One of these items are doors.

Below I have put together a little video showing you how easy it is to work with the schedules in the program in using the AutoCAD Architecture 2014.  You will see as well that this will also work with windows and rooms.


If you are having problems viewing the video, please click here to watch on our YouTube channel.

We at Sterling Systems can help you with your technical issues and your business needs.  Just give us a call at (480) 719-4599 and we’ll be happy to assist you!

Steve Coburn, Applications Engineer