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    Bim Priority List?

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    Somebody please show me one real-world design-side implementation of residential BIM?  Just one.  Yeah, I didn't think so. 

     

    BIM in residential is being monetized from the consumer-side; see Ikea's kitchen app.  Residential design-side BIM would be nice if all vendors published their BIM as a web service or library (like the big kids do with custom BIM on large commercial projects.)

     

    I believe Doug hit the head on the nail re: interop.  It's all about making the right choices as a software publisher.  Where you focus your resources.  Does any vendor produce design mediation software (e.g. Trimble Tekla) for residential?  What, there's no market for it?  Ok, then how about that custom export tool for Lumion?  What?  Not every CA customer has forked out $6K for Lumion?  Holy cow! 

     

    Choices.

     

    The IFC standard is yesterday's news.  FBX is the thing...for now.  Them darned choices.

     

    jon

    3D Text

    in General Q & A

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    What font, arc %, letter height, linear run, and extrusion depth?  Are the letters to be plumb or radiant (angled to a center point)?  Title case, all caps, small caps, title case small caps?  Color/material?  Do you even know what post a plan means?  :D

     

    And yes, SketchUp is easiest for creating your 3D letters in whatever font your heart/customer desires.

     

    jon

    Ceiling Plane Defaults

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    It controls the finish layer without the need to build framing.  You could try Default>Framing>FloorX>"Ceiling Structure" or Default>Rooms>Normal Room.  I'm not sure what hierarchy CA uses.  If you go through the framing defaults, then you'll need to add your finish.

     

    jon

    Why Is The 3-D Molding Sometimes Being Put Under The Drywall Or On Wrong Wall?

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    Ok, I've done this in vertical on furniture.  If I remember, draw the molding line in elevation, when you select the molding, give at an exaggerated size.  E.g., if the molding defaults @ 3x1/2 make it 8x3, so you can see it in plan view.  Then, in plan select the molding by whatever means you can.  When it is selected you will have one "edit" handle which you can use to drag the molding into position.  If it's not where you expect, check walls/surfaces behind what you believed the insertion point is.

     

    Once dragged into position in plan, move back to elevation to verify, then reset size in the dbx.

     

    jon

    Working In Plan Is Getting Slow

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    That's pretty much the base specs for running CAX6.

     

    Model complexity also contributes to CA responsiveness.  For instance; I'm working a plan landscape and I use hundreds or 2D and 3D plant models.  While the 2D doesn't effect performance much, the high poly (many, many polygons) 3D models drag an 87MB landscape plan to a crawl.  However, the same project interior design plan @ 157MB is just fine as most symbols are low poly.

     

    jon