Conversations with REVIT
01 November, 2019
tips and tricks Tag
What we love…NOT! Estimated Cost of Construction…
Let's be honest. When we first entered this wonderful profession called architecture we were not thinking "Wohoo! Excel spread sheets for days!". The numbers were not the exciting part (and not really highlighted in our schooling), but estimated costs of construction are important for every project...
24 April, 2019
Things we Love: Figuring out As-Builts!
YAY! As-builts, I love them.. said no one ever! But in the architecture world you will find yourself coming across them pretty often. What does make us happy, from as-builts, is when we figure things out or make sense of them. We will give you an example...
28 February, 2019
Conversations with REVIT
15 February, 2019
The Great OFFICE PURGE! Material samples beware…
January is the time for new year's resolutions that never seem to last and ridiculous aspirations for organization that we never really seem to achieve, but we can at least start the year right...
09 January, 2019
The HAYNE Way: As-Built Template
Hello everyone! So let's talk about that thing that makes everyone a little bit uncomfortable.. As-built drawings! In our office we sometimes get projects that don't have current drawing information or it is older which could mean it is not accurate and here@Hayne we like accurate!...
08 November, 2018
REVIT Best Practices: Setting up a Project Template Part 6 – Typical Doors & Windows
Continuing on our REVIT template journey, we are going to look at loading some typical door and window families. Although the standard REVIT door and window families aren't horrible, they don't offer the level of flexibility I like when jumping into REVIT. They are one...
10 May, 2018
REVIT Best Practices: Setting up a Project Template Part 5 – Typical Walls, Roofs, Floors and Ceilings
We're baaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkkkk!! After a brief hiatus, when our office was on project deadline overload, we are going to continue setting up our Revit Project Template. The bare bones of the project template is complete, and has been utilized for a new project we are working on...
02 May, 2018
REVIT Best Practices: Setting up a Project Template Part 4 – Schedules
One of REVITs most powerful functions is its ability to embed a lot of information into your model and schedule it. What are the appliances? How many interior doors are there? What is the floor finish in the Entry? There are certain schedules that we always use...
05 April, 2018
REVIT Best Practices – Setting up a Project Template Part 3 – Titleblocks & Browser Organization
After a brief hiatus (thanks flu...
29 March, 2018
REVIT Best Practices – Setting up a Project Template Part 2 – Annotation Text & Symbols
Well, we've done it...
15 March, 2018