In Autodesk Forma we have a number of analysis tools at our disposal, including a Solar Energy analysis. This could be useful, for example, if we are looking to place solar panels on the project and want to look for suitable locations. The Solar Energy tool is simple to use and I will take you …
Autodesk Forma is a powerful tool for concept design allowing you to be creative, but also to extract information which can impact the design. Most of the tools are simple and intuitive to use. In this blog we will take a look at how to run a sun hours analysis and how to interrogate the …
Autodesk Forma is a conceptual design application which allows you to quickly get the shape and design of a new building together, which can then be imported into Autodesk Revit for further development and detailing. One of the core tools you will need to use is the geometry tool. In this blog we will take …
In Autodesk Recap we can specify layers, or Plan Regions as they are called in Recap, for the points we have such as walls, floors & ceilings. By separating the points on the these layers, you can start to add some simple intelligence to what otherwise is just a bunch of points. This is a …
In Recap we can we can move the points onto various layers of our choosing such as Floors, Walls, Ceilings or Furniture for example. This allows us to more easily manage point cloud scans and access the information we are interested in. Although we can do some basic interrogation of the point cloud scan within …
From September 19th 2023 Autodesk now includes the latest updates in the installers for software such as AutoCAD, Revit and Inventor. This will simplify the administration and installing of software for administrators as there will be no need to run additional installs for updates. Autodesk have found that more than half of customers are using …
Navisworks is an amazing application for being able to federate lots of different models into one project such as plumbing & piping, ventilation, structural, and architecture. However different disciplines and different countries may use different units and may need to work to different decimal places. Navisworks is no exception and allows you to choose the …
Creating selection sets is an easy way to manage groups of objects within a project such as Interior Walls, Hot Water Pipes or Structural Elements. We can use selection sets for turning visibility on and off, or for use in clash detection. In this short article I will show you how to create a simple …