Life of an Architect

MARCH 2, 2014

Robert Rockefeller Bob, my first post on your blog. I ama big fan of your blog and your work. We printed same-scale (1/8″ = 1′) Revit plans and elevations, and traced them to make the topography. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' anyway that apart. i wanna still be able to pursue a career.

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APRIL 6, 2014

I’m not sure I would have made this observation had I not started writing this blog and posting my sketches for others to view. Tej Kanitkar Hi, Mr. Borson, first off, longtime reader and fan of your blog. Thanks for your blog- I always look forward to it! It’s kinda freaky to be honest. Pingback: Sketching.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 2, 2017

You might remember this particular plan from the recent post ‘ A Simple Deck ‘ … I’ve brought it back in a rare bit of visual blog post cohesion. Obviously, all the window tags have been highlighted in red and are still centered on each window.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

In fact, the firm where I currently work as a principal is one of those 5 offices (I worked there 2001 – 2003) and I put the drafting standards in place then … and now that we are in Revit, I am once again making changes. Window tags _in plan??_ Also, what is your take on elevation tags used in section and elevations.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 9, 2014

Jess Hopkin If it’s any consolation, I use sketch up all the time for trying to make my point at uni Tony Bob, Im new to your blog, and I have had some reading a lot of your posts and insight. For example the Revit. Nemanja I really like making models in SketchUp, it’s kinda best program for modelling by my opinion.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 13, 2013

For some of you that read this site, you’ll know what I mean when I say that this project has been developed using “Revit” – a brand name for a drafting program that we use to prepare our design and construction documentation. We just made the switch to Bluebeam Software for Revit and it made a huge difference.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2014

These renderings were created using Revit and to be completely honest, they are a total pain to generate. I have thought of switching to Revit, because I can’ find too many drafting help in VW, but is hard to switch once you master a software. Thanks and great blog! Clients love to be able to see the models.

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

And now for a little secret – most of these drawings (unlike last week’s drawings) were done in regular Autocad rather than Revit. Xiaosheng Wu Hi bob Your post is great, and I start writing my own blog because of that. Architectural Tricks of the. Ross Millaney Hi Bob, Thank you very much for these posts on graphics.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 12, 2018

Just go to ARCAT and throughout the day they will be having their been expert robert wagan explaining their new Revit plugin. I blog occasionally at GreenBuildingAdvisor.com , which really should be called building science advisor. I published a couple of blogs there about what goes into a Pretty Good House. Revit Rocketship.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 25, 2014

Rob Grant Are you guys going about using (trick) spot elevations for notes in order to get the heavy lineweight on the arrowhead or did revit finally release a way to tweak those and I didn’t get the notice? but if you’re saying you did yours in CAD, then i’ll just keep wishing for Revit to catch up. thanks as always!

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

So far, as much as I am starting to love Revit and the things it can do for us, the way it looks graphically out of the box is terrible. fuhh…~~~ Susan Niblo I am enjoying your blog very much. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' I couldn’t agree more with you. Send to Email Address. Your Email Address.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Brandon Tyler Carr the best part is, that i prefer hand-drafting than CAD or Revit drafting. Now I may have to post on my own blog…nice distraction. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' My stepdad has shown me them both, as well as Jack Ingram. i find instrumental music the best to concentrate on hand drafting.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

From a technology standpoint, we are an industry leader in Revit. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' Our interns are our main source of recruiting for new employees after graduation. We do not have them sort materials. We have others to do that. that is our main BIM platform. All interns become masters in its use.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I hope blogs like this that get read by huge numbers of people will start to make a difference. Basically most firms here didn’t value out of country experience since i didn’t have LEED or Revit. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' Evan Troxel That is a great point! Our system is severely broken.

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Architecture Quote

JULY 7, 2020

For Example You Can Have a Tag Line With Something Below: the best design studio for residential architecture Sustainable architecture for any purpose We design dream homes Architecture services to fit your next big project Your industrial architecture studio of the future. Getting more traffic to your website and blog. Building trust.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

or if you want to gain more CAD knowledge or have your company pay for you to learn Revit etc. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' If you need to get design experience go to a small firm, if you want to know how to knock a tender package out go to a larger firm working in a team., Send to Email Address. Your Email Address.

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