BIM Apps

Revit 2014 New Features

For those interested in getting more info on the upcoming Revit 2014 product new feature set these are two great resources:

And - David Light's excellent writeup.

March 26 Autodesk webcast

Join us tomorrow, March 26, at 8am Pacific on Facebook to learn about Autodesk’s portfolio of new design tools or also at www.livestream.com/autodesk

Analyzing Embodied Environmental Impacts with Building Information Modeling Tools

On the BPA Blog there is a very interesting post about Analyzing Embodied Environmental Impacts with Building Information Modeling Tools.

Last summer, KieranTimberlake’s Research Group—building on an existing Revit-based workflow—partnered with the Sustainability Solutions team through the Autodesk Developer Network to build a plug-in that calculates embodied environmental impacts through all phases of project delivery. Recognizing that design moves fast—and all flavors of sustainability analysis have to keep up with that pace to provide actionable feedback—KieranTimberlake have created an early version of the Real Time Environmental Impact Tool (or RTEI™ for short).

If this topic is interesting to you please also take a look at this related post.

Revit Add-ins on Autodesk Exchange Apps

Check out this interesting post on the Building Performance Analysis (BPA) blog about Revit Add-ins on Autodesk Exchange Apps for BPA and MEP engineers