I have long wanted Autodesk to suggest best practices…
Kyle Bernhardt of Autodesk wrote on his blog… under the heading of Required reading
Revit Platform 2009 Technical Notes - Direct from Autodesk
“it is a comprehensive paper that discusses best practices for optimal performance and productivity within the Revit 2009 family of products. It is required reading for [...]
The LAB is always a place to check for new items… like this one.
A new tool that went live on Autodesk Labs on July 10. The MEP Analysis Extension is a set of 25 utilities that MEP engineers can use to better understand how a building system will perform before it’s built. With these analysis [...]
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We had the May RUGIE meeting at HMC Architects. The turnout was about 35 or so. We had the opportunity to hear about e-Specs from Seamus McGrady of Interspec. This tool works with Revit to pull the appropriate spec sections from Master Spec.
Scott Davis of Autodesk then showed us the power of the Revit Building [...]
I have just completed a series of Revit meetings. They were focused on teaming up on projects and defining Revit standards. The project is large and three architectural firms are working on it. We are developing a template building, then use it to create three different facilities at three different locations.
Some of the questions that [...]
I have a lot of people hitting my site for info on Revit with Mental Ray Rendering.
This is available in Revit Architecture 2009, Revit Structure 2009 and Revit MEP 2009
Here are a few links that might provide more info…
Mental Ray comparison to Accurender in Revit Architecture 2009
Revit 2009- two words- Mental Ray!
Which Autodesk products use [...]
System Requirements
Windows® XP Home, Professional and TabletPC (SP1 or SP2), Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,Windows Vista® 32 bit (Business, Premium and Ultimate), Windows Vista 64 bit (Business, Premium and Ultimate)
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 SP1 or later
Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon® processor
1 GB RAM
1280 x 1024 monitor and display adapter capable [...]
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Check out the full color brochure for Revit Arch 2009
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We had our monthly Revit User Group meeting (RUGIE) last night. Scott Davis of Autodesk discussed some of the highly possible features that may be in the next release. The official list of included features has not been definitively announced yet, but we got a good sneak peek. What was shown and [...]
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From a Press Release today…
Revit Architecture 2009 (BIM for architects and designers) allows customers to capture early design concepts with improved analysis and visualization capabilities via:
Increased sustainable design and energy analysis capabilities through easy exchange with partner applications
Improved visualization functionality with the new Mental Ray [...]

