Design Software
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I am glad to help.
As far as file management, there is only one model, so you can move it wherever you want. Just like a SketchUp model. I have copied a file for future reference but find most of the time I do not need to. Maybe in the future.
That said, if you break your model into worksets, meaning more than one person working on the priject at the same time, then there might be problems. Like I said before, I have not been using it long enough to give accurate input on how a workset project would behave. However others in the office have and I can certainly ask them at some point.I hope that was the response you were seeking, did I understand the question?
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I am now a 1 man shop, and hope to keep it that way. But you never know. Thus the question about can you get more done and finished. The other question comes from the how files are referenced through a pc. I guess the file question comes from the aspect of system dependability, and requires a proficient user,...I havent taken the time to understand the file structure of revit yet, and that will be the best way to answer this question. But a good example is I have different degrees of files systems in my pc and after all the preliminary stuff, I usually move a good file to a client folder in another location where all the factual informatin for the project is kept, like rasters, specs, selections, civil, clients dream list etc. Then when I back up I can grab it all from one location. My cad system has a file structure that keeps me on my toea keeping up with all the supporting cad info.
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I will say that Revit is a memory hog. The small building I posted here is a 15mb file. We do have quite a bit built into the template though. Elevations, ceiling plans, schedules etc... already set up so you can start drawing and then just tweak them as you go. So it could be purged down some.
Also, depending on how many you want to keep, Revit creates autosaves automatically (I guess that is why it is an autosave). We keep 3 going so this one little job is using up 60mb on the server right now. Why 3, I am not sure. Personally I would only save 1 but I am not the computer admin.
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models from revit.. imorted to SU renders very well too!
hope u dont mind Boofred!
just playin around with some dirt mapping and stuff.. so it looks kinda dirty!
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Ha, that is great. It is starting to feel like a guard house now. Don't mind at all.
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nice job rendering the gate keepers digs,
With the greening of construction, and the complications pertaining to availability of materials, the cad software has to be flexible so design can be accomplished using methods other than stud construction. There are references to alternate methods on this forum, (carpet tiles to build walls, Joe Woods query for building materials in Europe), where it sounds like quality material is scarce. The quality of framing lumber in the US is no secret, and if we (collectively) develop a new technique or system in the near future (like the robotic layering of concrete slurry, where the bot reads directly off a set of digital drawings, grabs the market,..... Point is...can the formentioned cad program alter its wall composition significantly enough to be useful? or would you be using a simpler program. -
In Revit, you can make your wall out of anything you want. For example you can make it out of 4" thick peanut butter and add a texture and cut pattern to match, I doubt a structural engineer would stamp that set of drawings however. And I have no idea which hatch would represent peanut butter 8O
Point is, the program is flexible enough to allow you to incorporate many of the new building methods coming on the market.
Here is a screenshot of a basic brick on metal stud wall assembly dialog box.
Now if I select the metal stud for further editing(layer 6), here is the materials dialog box.
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I know this is weird, but relevant in the green world:
tires, adobe, icf, logs, and I hate to say this.....strawbale -
Well, each of these has a nominal thickness right? Then just set up your walls to reflect the thickness. Again, I think it would come down to the sturctural and/or other engineers to decide where and how much of each material but it is definately do-able.
Edit: And I had to copy/paste your Strawbaletext to see what it was
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youdonthave to YELL
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Sorry, I was trying to be funny, as you typed it really small, I did so really large. I was not yelling at all. If it seemed so to you or anybody I apologize. Just trying to have fun.
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It all was intended to be Fun, Dont worry no offense was taken at all. Messin around.
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The more I look at my reply above it does seem as if I was yelling. I am so sorry. My lack of foresight into how people read my posts sometimes gets me into trouble.
Edit: Thanks.
The fact is I never even thought of using Revit in a manner you are talking about. Not being an architect or engineer I see the solution as just tweaking the program to show what needs to be on paper. I believe it would be up to the engineers to decide exactly how such building methods would come together.
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@unknownuser said:
I see the solution as just tweaking the program to show what needs to be on paper
Revit is defiantly a good program if it is that versatile, and you dont have to be a Computer Science Guru to make it work dependably.
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