As you know, we recently updated our Revit software to the 2024 version (see our Twin Motion and Twin Motion versus Enscape posts) and one of the new features is Toposolids. What is a toposolid? Well, it’s a topo surface that is solid of course! Ha! Creating & Modifying the Toposolid Surface Creating & modifying…
Tag: AutoCAD
As-hole Built Series: Me versus As-builts
A dramatic interpretation through Gifs… Every project starts with drawings of what exists. A lot of times we generate base drawings after we do a site visit to field measure and photograph existing conditions (which you know we LOVE doing…), but sometimes, our clients already have drawings for us to work with… or so we…
Tips & Tricks: Program Shortcuts We Love!
Hello Friends! This week we are going to share some of our favorite shortcuts PDF The CTRL+F shortcut brings up the “find” bar which you can quickly search for key words in the PDF. This is very helpful if you need to find something in meeting minutes to help prove you are right… I mean…
Project Spotlight: Claremont Kitchen Color Scheme Dilema
To be white or to be blue, that is the question. Out Claremont House interior remodel project continues as we try to finalize our kitchen cabinetry. The primary focus in this kitchen is the gorgeous French range from Lacanche. The traditional range we are looking at comes in a variety of colors but we are…
Tips & Tricks: Calculating Minimum Plumbing Fixtures Required with REVIT
With a few commercial projects in development here at Hayne, we have been spending time reviewing the Building Code (thank you UpCodes!) to calculate occupancy and minimum plumbing fixtures required. When we worked in AutoCad this would be completed as a separate calculation, maybe in the floor plan file or in an excel file. This…
Tips & Tricks: Casework in REVIT
a work in progress… With our primary focus on high-end custom residential work, we tend to work on detailing a lot of custom cabinetry. Matthew Anthony Stokes is a stickler for accuracy in these drawings and sometimes getting Revit to cooperate is difficult. Adding detail in our 2D AutoCAD drawings was easy enough, but adding…