Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning – live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.Upcoming classes include: 6.05.12::Civil 3D 201:Civil 3D 2013 Update6.12.12::Revit 201:View Properties – Controlling Visibility Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and...
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Teresa Martin, Senior Application Specialist, Ideate, Inc. reviews the best of the new features in Navisworks 2013.Autodesk Navisworks 2013 has some fantastic enhancements this year. Two of the best new features are native Revit support (no more exporting via NWC from Revit!) and the display of levels and grids from Revit in a scene view. Both features have been high on user’s wish lists and this year Autodesk’s Navisworks team has delivered. The...
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming weeks:6.06-08::PortlandRevit Architecture Fundamentals6.06-08::San JoseRevit Architecture Fundamentals6.11-13::San JoseRevit MEP - Mechanical and Plumbing Fundamentals6.18-20::San FranciscoRevit Architecture FundamentalsKnow your software. Sign up...
Monday, 28 May 2012
Thank you for visiting Ideate’s blog to check out the new features added to Autodesk Revit Structure 2013. My name is Shruti Harve and I work as a Senior Application Specialist at Ideate, Inc. When modeling Rebar using Revit Structure, I almost always have to use a combination of the Area, Path and Rebar reinforcement tools. But because rebar modeled using Area and Path reinforcement did not display in 3D, it was always a challenge to create a 3D...
Friday, 25 May 2012
Thank you for visiting Ideate’s blog to check out the new features added to Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2013. My name is Shruti Harve and I work as a Senior Application Specialist at Ideate, Inc. One of the big steps in the Revit Architecture - 3ds Max Design workflow to create photorealistic renderings/animations, was exporting the Revit Architecture model as a ‘.fbx’ file to import into 3ds Max design and this had to be done every time the Revit Architecture...
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning – live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.Upcoming classes include: 5.29.12::Revit 201:Worksharing Best Practices6.05.12::Civil 3D 201:Civil 3D 2013 UpdateEach class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day...
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Model Documentation Tools are back and better than ever! This is Derek Wielkopolski, Support Manager and Application Specialist at Ideate, Inc. and I’m happy to say this is one of my favorite new features in AutoCAD. In this year’s release Autodesk has significantly improved upon this already very useful feature. Model Documentation Tools allow you to quickly create drafting views from 3D objects; and not just plans and elevations, but sections,...
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming weeks:5.31-31::San FranciscoRevit MEP - Electrical 1 Day6.01-01::San FranciscoRevit MEP - Mechanical 1 Day 6.06-08::PortlandRevit Architecture Fundamentals6.06-08::San JoseRevit Architecture FundamentalsKnow your software. Sign up n...
Monday, 21 May 2012
In coordination with the Ideate, Inc. YouTube video on Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 – Construction Modeling, this blog describes a few improvements with the Revit Architecture 2013 Construction Modeling tools. Last year introduced new tools for the Construction Modeling industry, specifically Parts and Assemblies. With the new Revit Architecture 2013 these new tools have been improved for greater flexibility. One such area is that Parts now have...
Friday, 18 May 2012
Have you worked on a project in Revit and gone through the trouble of selecting a number of elements to be modified, then realized that you needed some additional information, or needed to check on something else before you modified the elements? Did you then clear the selection, checked on the information or reference, then went back and re-selected the same elements previously so that NOW you could modify it? New to Revit 2013, you have the...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Have you ever activated a view on a sheet to make some quick changes or adjustments? Have you later needed to find out the name of the view on the sheet so that you can simply work on the actual view and not have to work on the view through the sheet? Here are some quick ways of finding out the name of a view placed on a sheet:While the view is active, turn on the crop boundary. Hover the cursor over the boundary to read the tooltip and status bar....
Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning – live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.Upcoming classes include: 5.22.12::Revit 201:Residential Construction in Revit Architecture5.29.12::Revit 201:Worksharing Best PracticesEach class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
I have to say I’m pretty happy with the updates Autodesk has made to Revit Server 2013. Although certainly not in the forefront of all of the hot new features of Revit 2013, model management and collaboration are certainly just as important in the BIM workflow. How do I know? I see it everyday in Ideate, Inc.’s technical support department; customers needing to know how their project teams spread about several offices can collaborate on a single...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming weeks:5.16-18::San FranciscoRevit MEP Electrical Fundamentals5.30::San FranciscoRevit MEP Overview5.31::San FranciscoRevit MEP Electrical6.1::San FranciscoRevit MEP MechanicalKnow your software. Sign up n...
SAN FRANCISCO, California - 05/15/2012 - Ideate, Inc., a leading Autodesk Authorized Developer and Autodesk solutions provider offering quality software, training, support and custom consulting services to the AEC industry, today announced an update to Ideate BIMLink, the popular application for Autodesk Revit software. Expanded content and improved performance give users of Ideate BIMLink 2013 unprecedented access to and control of BIM data. With Ideate BIMLink 2013 the Revit project team and non-Revit using data contributors can access information...
Monday, 14 May 2012
With the new release of Revit 2013, Ideate has been right there updating its software too. The new Ideate Explorer for Revit 2013 can be used to browse through elements in the entire project, in the active view, or through the current selection, to select individual elements, elements by type, or family. Additionally, a search window can be used to find elements in your project that contain specific text in their name.You can use Ideate Explorer...
Friday, 11 May 2012
Autodesk just announced their new 2013 products; of which AutoCAD for Mac was released side by side with AutoCAD for the first time ever since the product was released for 2011. As the Support Manager and AutoCAD for Mac Application Specialist here at Ideate, Inc. I’ve been seeing more and more interest in AutoCAD for Mac as more people are using Macs in the workplace.AutoCAD for Mac 2013 was released with a whole host of new features and enhanced...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning – live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.Upcoming classes include: 5.15.12::Revit 201: Roof Framing in Revit Structure5.22.12::Revit 201: Residential Construction in Revit Architecture5.29.12::Revit 201: Worksharing Best Practices6.5.12::Civil 3D 201: Civil 3D 2013 UpdateEach class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating...
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
In coordination to the Ideate Inc. YouTube video on Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 – Component-based Stairs, this blog describes how the Revit Architecture 2013 Stair tool has undergone a few improvements. In addition to the Stair Sketch tools from previous Revit versions, a new Component based stair is now available. Component stairs refer to the new Assembled Stair system family. These new types of stair families consist of a number of sub families...
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming weeks:5.10-11::SeattleBIM for Contractors5.14-15::San FranciscoRevit Architecture Beyond the Basics5.16-18::San FranciscoRevit MEP Electrical Fundamentals5.21-23::San FranciscoRevit Architecture FundamentalsKnow your software. Sign up n...
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning – live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.Upcoming classes include: 5.8.12::Revit 201: Revit + Light Meter5.15.12::Revit 201: Roof Framing in Revit StructureEach class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, California – 05/02/2012 - Ideate, Inc., a leading Autodesk Authorized Developer and Autodesk solutions provider offering quality software, training, support and custom consulting services to the AEC industry, today announced a 2013 update to Ideate Explorer for Autodesk Revit software. This new version is built for the Autodesk Revit 2013 suite of solutions and enhances the ability to search, select, and audit Revit building information models. Ideate Explorer for Revit 2013 includes new elements that directly correspond to Autodesk...
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming weeks:5.7-9::SacramentoRevit MEP Electrical Fundamentals5.7-9::San FranciscoRevit Structure Fundamentals5.14-5.16::PortlandRevit Architecture Fundamentals5.14-15::San FranciscoRevit Architecture Beyond the Basics5.16-18::San FranciscoRevit MEP Electrical...
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