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Why Engineers and Architects Should Use 3D Building Models
Posted on 13th July 2021
Why are 2D drawings still so popular? To most architects, engineers and other professionals in and around the construction industry, the use of drawings is innate and fundamental. In any...
How is BIM Used in Construction?
Posted on 11th May 2021
What is BIM in construction? BIM (Building Information Modelling) in Construction is a process that is used to convey a wide variety of information to all those involved in the...
What Are The Differences Between BIM and CAD?
Posted on 11th February 2021
CAD (Computer-aided design) has been used in the design industry for 30 years or more. It enables the fast production of drawings and the ability to revise designs or reproduce...
Benchmarq and Geosphere4D at BIM Regions Sussex Meeting
Posted on 26th October 2017
Yesterday we headed to the latest BIM Regions Sussex meetup at the Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue to give a talk on implementing and working with BIM, alongside our surveying...
BIM Regions Sussex Talk – Implementing and Working with BIM
Posted on 19th October 2017
Are you trying to find the best way to implement BIM into your work? Join us at the Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue on 25th October 2017, to find out...
Revit 2018.2 Brings Improvements To Fill Pattern Dialog
Posted on 18th October 2017
On October 11th, Autodesk released the latest Revit 2018.2 update. This minor update brings along a number of bug fixes, new functionalities and software stability improvements. The update can be...
Revit Dynamo Graph to Align Text or Label with Detail Lines
Posted on 3rd August 2017
By Tassos, our Revit and Dynamo Expert Traditionally, when drafting text on technical drawings by hand we would use either letter stencils or write the text directly onto paper. When...
Adding and Removing Users in your Autodesk Account
Posted on 5th July 2017
How to add a user to your Autodesk Account First of all log in to your Autodesk Account by visiting manage.autodesk.com and click onto the Management tab and then on...
Why it’s time to move to BIM
Posted on 20th January 2017
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is no longer just for architects or builders. It's changing the way structural engineers, detailers and fabricators are working together. These BIM pointers are put together...
Congrats to our trainers becoming Autodesk Professionals
Posted on 8th December 2016
At the end of November our trainers Carl, Tassos and Andy took the Autodesk Certified Professional Exam for AutoCAD 2017, and they all passed with flying colours! Autodesk Certification provides...
Electrical Wiring and Panel Schedules in Revit
Posted on 9th November 2016
Electrical Wiring and Panel Schedules in Revit - UK Industry Standard Adaptation By Tassos, our Revit and Dynamo Expert Electrical engineers, designers and technicians in the UK building industry that...
Top 3 Ways To Boost your BIM Bottom Line
Posted on 7th November 2016
How can you make your BIM investment pay even greater dividends? The answer may be in the Cloud! Check out these three challenges listed in this Autodesk infographic below and...
5 Reasons Why You Should Invest in CAD Training
Posted on 14th October 2016
Have you recently taken on new employees or want to further improve your software skills? Providing excellent training for all staff is an important investment to your business. Here are...
Revit Element Organisation
Posted on 2nd August 2016
There are five types of elements within Revit. View this table created by our Revit expert to find out how each type of element represents something fundamental to your project....
BIM Level 2 Website is finally here!
Posted on 5th April 2016
The long awaited BIM Level 2 website was unveiled earlier this week to share information about how to prepare for the April 2016 BIM mandate. BIM is a collaborative way...
AutoCAD Tutorial: Using fields for a plot stamp on a title block
Posted on 24th March 2016
By Tassos Anastahas Feature Illustration AutoCAD Learn how to automatically update the date every time a CAD drawing is plotted in Autodesk AutoCAD. In this case within multi line text to...
5 Civil Engineering Projects to Keep an Eye Out For in the UK
Posted on 28th September 2015
Did you know Britain is great at engineering? Perhaps it comes as no surprise that in 2013 the engineering industry contributed to 25% of all UK turnover! To celebrate Britain’s...
How to prepare for the BIM 2016 mandate
Posted on 29th June 2015
In one years’ time anybody involved with a government construction project in the UK will be obliged to use Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the BIM 2016 mandate. At the...
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