To give a quick summary of recap photo (photogrammetry software) you can take photos of an object (up to 1000) from many different angles (the more the better), upload them to recap photo and the software will stitch them together to create a 3D model. This will cost Autodesk credits after you have used your …
This is going to be a quick step by step on registering scans in Recap Pro. I will talk about some of the issues I have had and how to overcome them. Recap will automatically register scans by looking for common points. However, I have found there can be some discrepancies which is where you …
Have you ever wondered why seemingly random associations happen within Revit between your geometry and reference planes depending on their proximity?When Geometry is placed near to a reference plane there are some automatic associations that Revit creates. This can be either useful or very annoying depending on what your intended outcome is, 9/10 it is …
Before I start, I’d like to say that Revit is in no way designed to replace fabrication software that is specifically designed to create detailed shop drawings. The way I’m portraying the use of Revit for manufacturing in this blog is to convey a situation where a company is perhaps being asked for Revit Objects …
Man and Machine are pleased to announce that the first course of the BIM ready training programme is now CPD certified. The two-day BIM for Project and Construction Professionals training course contributes up to 14 CPD hours. The BIM ready training programme consists of the following courses: • BIM Fundamentals • BIM for Project and …
This week (11/04/2018) sees the hugely anticipated release of a second edition BIM protocol drafted by Beale & Company. For those that have not used the BIM protocol before it is a supplementary legal agreement document that is usually incorporated into professional service appointment and contracts via amendment. The second edition CIC BIM protocol has …
Design Software has long been able to have dynamic references between different parameters, both for driving values and referencing information. This is the basics of Parametric Modelling, something that we are all used to using. Autodesk Revit has, since the 2016 release, been able to work with Global Parameters which can enhance this workflow inside …
During this brief blog I will consider the future of the head gear that you may have seen or tried at conferences and forums. There are now plenty of competing platforms of visually immersive systems that you can wear on your head and that will give you, for better or worse, some kind of virtual …