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by: Brian Chap

Ive watched Autodesk 3ds Max evolve odecade through development, user input, sand tears (a few of my own, anyway). Ring its digital arms across earth, 3ds Ma

plugged designers into the tools necessary to malize a universe of global imagination. In this article, Ill intrthree 3ds Max plug-ins that can help you produce high-qcontent in a short period of time. e tools are V-Ray, CityTand Forest Pack Pro.

V-RAY

V-Ray streamlines visualization using advanced shaders, dysimulation, global illumination, and more. Used in lms, gand by architects and designers, V-Ray contains one of the sophisticated rendering engines available. Ultimately hijaMaxs own engine, it provides us with nitro-charged versioour projects in an extremely short amount of time. To introVRay I ll walk through a procedure to set up a basic exteriorscene using VRaySun, VRaySky, and VRayPhyCam.

Figure 1: Basic rendering without VRay

Lets start the 3ds Max scene with two standard primitives thlocated in the menu bar under Create, or on the Create tab Command panel. e rst object well add to our scene is a 30 meters by 30 meters. Next, well add a sphere with a ve radius. Well want to increase the resolution to ensure maxquality by changing the sphere segments from its default toPlace the sphere on top of the plane.

Next, well add a VrayPhsCam. e VrayPhsCam can be by selecting the Command panel, Create tab, picking the Caicon, and changing the drop-down below it to VRay, wherwill see the VRayPhyiscalCam object we want to add to our Select the camera and place it roughly 10 meters from the sin any horizontal direction, a meter or so above the ground and target the center of the sphere.

Next well add the VRaySun, which is located on the Commandby selecting Lights and changing the drop-down to VRay. Welto place the sun roughly 40 meters from our sphere in any horiz

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direction and roughly a 45 degree angle vertically and then target oursphere. At this point, a dialog box will appear asking if wed like toautomatically add a VRaySky environment map. Select Yes.

Finally, well need to adjust some rendering settings to take ad-vantage of the VRay system. First, well assign the renderer in theRender Setup located on the menu bar under Rendering. Once se-lected, the render setup dialog box will appear. Here we will selectthe Common tab and expand the Assign Renderer group, wherewell change the Production Renderer to our VRay Renderer.

Next, well want to adjust the Render region divisions for betterresolution. Select the Settings tab, and expand the V-Ray Systemgroup. Alter the Render Region Division values so that X is 5, andY is 5. At this point, we can apply whatever materials we want andrender a high-quality exterior style scene with natural-appearinglight and shadows.

Figure 2: Sample rendering with VRay

ADDITIONAL NOTES

1. ink like an artist or photographer. Rendering is basicallytaking a digital photo or painting a picture. Understandingmaterials, camera angles, lights, and shadows are key to creat-ing the render you want.

2. Learn to color balance. is can be done by comparing im-ages to a reference. To adapt to natural colors faster, you couldpractice with photography. DSLR (reex) cameras reectlight from objects through a mirror to the persons eye sothey see what will be produced on lm. rough dealing withwhite balance by measuring the temperature of the environ-ment, you will start to notice exaggerated colors more quickly.

3. Build a library of the materials/textures/shaders you nd create. Stick with high-resolution textures and keep matals categorized. Add them to your library when you crethemits the best time to do it.

4. When using lights, add a single light at a time, render, areview the result. Review how each light impacts your scindividually and together, and nd the combinations ylike best.

5. Keep learning. Follow forums, pay attention to the discsions, get training, and dont take for granted the time prosional users invest by sharing their experience online.

CITYTRAFFIC

CityTrac animates trac ow with dynaic calculations and an advanced AI-based tem for vehicle movement, automating a t

that might otherwise have been impossibl

e process to create simulated AI-batrac ow with CityTrac is simple. It gins by adding splines centered on our roways. Using 3ds Maxs autogrid snap systwell want to ensure the splines follow surface. CityTrac creators recommend tthe spline doesnt deviate from the surfmore than the height of our vehicles tire.

After inserting the splines well need to apthe CityTrac Road modier, which contaoptions such as number of forward lanbackward lanes, speed limit, types of vehiallowed, widths, and more. If you cant locthe modier you might nd it by selecting Congure Modier Sets icon located at bottom of the Modier tab on the Commapanel. Depending on the complication of intersection, well need to manually constr

a few cross-trac splines or use the Trac-Cross modier to enssimulated trac ow occurs at these locations.

Next well need to add parking stalls, trac lights, bus stops, sp

limiters, obstacles, and more. ese items can be located by seleing the Helpers icon under the Create tab on the Command pa

After that, we select our vehicles, which should contain the boand four to six wheels. CityTrac classies vehicles into thtypes: car, bus, and truckeach programmed with specic inligence. For example, only a bus will stop at bus stops.

Finally, we choose a road surface containing the entire area of roadway system we constructed from splines, select the frame aanimation frame length (starting at a negative value to allow corrections), and run our simulation.

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follow such as 2D, 3D, HQ (High-Quality) plants as well rect links to order more. Once weve decided on a Forest Pacobject to insert we simply select it and click on the import bat the bottom.

At this point we can insert one or more versions of the selecteject. We also have the option to navigate to the Modify tab loon the Command panel where we can duplicate geometry, delrandomize transformations, control density, and more.

Figure 4: Rendered Forest Pack Pro objects

ADDITIONAL NOTES

1. When importing objects, Forest Pack Pro defaults tGenerate option, which requires the selection of a splobject depending on what we want to do. To place objecdividually, change it to the Custom Edit option below.

2. Forest Pack Pro can align objects to face a camera autocally by selecting the Auto Assign to Active View optiocated on the Modify panel.

3. We can reduce the limit of visibility to shorten rendering

4. Forest Pack Pro Lite allows only up to four scatter areas

5. We must have the Pro version to create our own plant li

One additional note to add is that CityTrac 2.0 contains a muchmore advanced AI-based system and is not compatible with itspredecessor. e new version can be installed in conjunction withthe older version, allowing users to continue to access and modifyprevious simulations as needed.

Figure 3: Simulated Traffic Flow at an Intersection

ADDITIONAL NOTES

1. Upgrade is free for owners of previous versions.

2. Use low-poly models for complicated simulations to reducecalculation and rendering time.

3. Save often and create backups at intermediate stages. De-pending on the complication of your trac network and capa-bilities of your machine, its possible a crash can occur that willresult in the loss of data.

4. Ensure your surface contains your entire road/spline network.If it doesnt, your vehicles will fall.

5. Have fun! A teapot with four spheres can be classied a car.

FOREST PACK PRO

Forest Pack Pro is a powerful plug-in that allows us to populatescenes with thousands of proxy objects and render them in a mat-ter of a few short minutes. I consider this one of the simplest plug-ins Ive used.

Populating a scene is a fairly streamlined process. We start by add-ing a Forest Pack Pro object. To get to the Forest Pack Pro librarywe need to select the Create tab in the Command panel, pick theGeometry icon, and change the drop-down below it to Itoo Soft-ware. Once completed, the Forest Pack Pro button appears be-low. By selecting the button we enter the Forest Pack Pro librarybrowser, one of the cleanest and more user-friendly browsers Iveseen. Vegetation is categorized in multiple classes that are easy to

Brian Chapman is a Senior Designfor Slater Hanifan Group. SlaHanifan Group is a civil engineeriand planning rm dedicated superior client service with locatioin Las Vegas, Nevada and PhoenArizona. Brian can be reached [email protected] .
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Figure 1: Lenovo E31 SFF ThinkStation

Ihave spent some time recently with heavy-dutysolving stations and laptops, but have not had theopportunity to dive into a decent CAD worksta-tion. Lenovo agreed to let me take a look at the

Lenovo E31 SFF inkStation.

I wanted to see how the entry level to mid-priced machine wouldperform with my standard regimen of routine modeling and analy-sis tasks. e following is a summary of that experience.

Article Outline

Overview of the Lenovo E31 SFF inkStation

Specications

Benchmarks

CAD/CAE Performance

Wrap Up

A Solid, Mid-

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OVERVIEW

e Lenovo E31 SFF (Small Form Factor) is part of the Lenovo lineof inkStation desktop products designed to perform well with engi-neering-type software, but still retain a reasonable price point. e unithas a very small footprint and ts into small areas that make it moreconvenient than many other workstations in a small oce environment

like mine. (I have this unit installed in the bookshelf adjacent to my desk,which I prefer because it keeps any dust issues to a minimum.)

e case is still robust; even at the aordable price tag it is madeto hold a good deal of weight. I like having duplicated ports upfront, and this one includes the Headphone and Mic, Card readers,DVD drive, and (2) USB ports for easy access. It is styled in thetypical Lenovo manner, which is quite appealing to me.

e internals are well chosen for typical computer-aided design andengineering work. is 4 core Xeon E3-1230 is a good performerfor standard engineering. e 7200 rpm hard drive is fast and oersplenty of storage for modeling production; hard drives are easily ac-cessed in a removable caddy, held in place by plastic tabs.

e SFF case oers little space and limits the selection of high-end graphics cards. I dont do a great deal of rendering, and assuch occasional extended rendering times would be the under-standable tradeo.

SPECIFICATIONS

(as tested)

OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Dimensions (WHD): 175mm x 25.2mm x 430.8mm

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230v2 (3.30GHz) (up to E3-1280v3.6GHz)

MB Chipset Lenovo with Intel C216 chipset

RAM: 8GB PC3 1600MHz uDIMM (16GB Max)

Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro 600 1GB Dual lin(DVI+DP) LP (up to NVIDIA Quadro 2000)

Storage: WD 1TB SATA 7200 rpm 3.5 Drive (RAID and2x240GB SSD available)

Media Card Reader

16x DVD +/- RW DL

Integrated Ethernet adapter (no wireless available)

Priced at $1,274 USD as tested

BENCHMARKS

In this review I used the Passmark PT8 software benchmaralso worked with specic CAD/CAE software to help converealistic expectation of the E31s performance on daily tasks.

Additional information and benchmark results can be found here

http://designandmotion.net/category/reviews/

Passmark PT8:

Mean performance: 2275.

CPU: 9281

2D Graphics: 754

3D Graphics: 703

Memory: 2147

Disk: 881

Figure 2: E31 internals
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CAD/CAE PERFORMANCE

Overall I d say the workstation performed well, in accordancewith what we expect from an entry-level upward to a mid-level engineering computer. Heres how the units performedin different computer-aided drafting and engineering CAD/CAE settings.

Inventor Professi2014

The graphics wereficiently crisp andanti-aliasing was acable. Highlighting

instant and assemblynipulation was smwith the RC Carsembly. I would sayCAD work was defina comfortable experi

In the Static Stress ronment, setup and dard manipulation snappy and the grawere acceptable. times were unfortu

ly slower than I whave liked; the hard swapping began, wI suspect was a resuonly 8GB of RAM.

ertheless, an SSD would have perked things up a bit. Wswitching from one result display to another, the typical experienced was about a full second. This is slower thasired when less than 12 components and only ~200000ments are involved.

Figure 3: The RC Car model in Inventor

Figure 4: A portion of the sample model shown in the results environment

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John Evans is an Autodesk CertieInventor Professional living in thFlorida Panhandle, where he providetechnical troubleshooting at GustinCothern, and Tucker, Inc. His careethrough the Aerospace Design, manufacturing, and maintenance span24 years and includes a tour in th

USAF. John now works as a designconsultant and author from his company John Evans Design and managethe blog Design and Motion, wherhe combines his passions: AutodesInventor, simulation, and motiocontrol. He is a regular attendee oAutodesk University and has recentljoined Tekni Consulting as a contributing author for the Creative Inventotraining series.He can be reached [email protected]

The following are an account of comparative timeframes dur-ing work activities, using the E31 (and the compared refer-ence machine):

RC Car model load and update: 49 sec.

Start screen load time, including local host Vault login:11 seconds.

Step le place / import: 11 sec.

Sample linear static stress meshing of 212162 elements:

5.9 sec Sample linear static stress solution time: 3 min. 26 sec.

Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2014

Standard setup workows were what you would expectreason-able response, quick highlighting. e Simulation Mechanical Edi-tor Interface is not graphically intense so reasonable performanceis expected there.

Once the solver kicked in, the hard drive swapping began and re-mained quite intense. Adding 8 GB of RAM to max the memorycapacity of the E31 SFF may have squelched a good portion ofthat, but I would look to the tower version of the E31 for CAEwork in order to get a faster GPU and more RAM.

Sample brick meshing of 198664 elements, 11 components:33 sec.

Sample Linear Stress Analysis Solution time: 6.08 min.

WRAP UP

I think the E31 SFF is well placedorganizations that perform CAD wand traditional engineering, bothmechanical and construction serviIts small size also makes it ideal

home oces that need solid perfmance with a small footprint.

The only significant issue drawbthat limits the unit to CAD alightweight engineering is the RAavailability. The processor was wing, but the lack of RAM (as testand non-SSD hard drive seemeddrag the system a bit more than like. A maximum of 16GB wouldgreat for most modeling workflobut marks a significant performa

point that CAE, CAM, and visuization professionals have to cons

er. That said, Lenovo also offers the E31 in a tower configution in order to get some more hardware inside.

e opposite side of that coin is that the Lenovo E31 SFF is prilow enough to allow companies to furnish numerous users wgood mid-level performance and save enough in order to purcha couple multi-CPU Lenovo D30s to handle the big-ticket stud

I would suggest this machine to most CAD professionals athose analysts performing FEM setup and small studies. Purch

this machine with the full 16GB of RAM and at least 1 SSD. Cgured like that, I believe you will enjoy the performance of Lenovo E31 SFF inkStation.

Figure 5: Windows CPU and hard drive behavior
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Revit Structure 2014

PRODUCTFOCUS

PRODUCTFOCUS


by: Tim Kiv

For an experienced Autodesk Revit user,creating views for doing modeling work,

producing documentation, and coordinatingwith other design disciplines is a straightfor-

ward exercise. Revit was designed to be used in pre-cisely this way, and without much practice it is easy to adjust thevisibility and graphics overrides of a view to make it look exactlythe way that is desired.

Once external Revit modeling information is inserted into a modelas a link, things naturally get more complicated. As shown in Fig-ure 1, Revit provides the Revit Links tab in the Visibility/Graph-ics Overrides window that allows manipulation of model informa-tion originating from external sources.

Figure 1: The Revit Links tab of the Visibility/Graphics Overrides window

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From a structural engineers perspective, the basic working knowl-edge of the Visibility/Graphics Overrides window is probably suf-cient to complete coordination with other design disciplines andthen get on with the structural design. Rarely does model infor-mation from other design disciplines end up in the nal documen-tation views that structural engineers use, other than perhaps theCMU layer of a multi-layered wall and the window/door openingsfrom the architectural model.

Yet what about the needs of the other design disciplines? Are theygetting what they need from the model? Is it sucient to place themodel on a server and let others gure out ways to display whatthey need from the model?

FULL TEAM COLLABORATION

Full team collaboration involves more than placing the RevitStructure model on a server and oering its access to the team.Conversely, how often does an inserted model seem to show somebasic geometry, but perhaps not in a way to allow even simple co-ordination to take place, let alone at the correct level of detail to beused as a background within a view?

ere are two critical questions that need to be answered whenlooking downstream to keep team collaboration on the right path:

1. What do others need from my model?

2. How do they want that model information shown?

e answer to the rst question is quite obvious to an experienced

designer. A responsible architect will want to see that the struc-tural model has a foundation that properly aligns with the wallsystem that has been modeled. e HVAC designer will need toknow where the walls are and how thick they are going to be. eplumbing designer will need to know how thick the oor is, if it issloped, and where the plumbing will need to pass under/throughthe foundation.

e examples above are a few of the many pieces of informationthat design disciplines try to extract from each other. ere are,of course, many other examples of design information that getspassed from one design discipline to another using the built-in

modeling power of Revit.

Beyond just needing to know the information requested above, formany design disciplines the requested information will ultimatelybe used to form part of the background for documentation pur-poses. e answer to the second question from above is criticalto produce background information that is relevant, precise, andclear.

CUSTOMIZING WITH LINKED VIEWS

Figure 2 shows how the walls from an architectural model ofappear natively in the HVAC designers view. e problem is tHVAC designers often do not want to see wall hatching, insution details, or any other superuous line work from the baground model in order to make the HVAC model informat

properly stand out.

Figure 2: This is not how many HVAC designers want to see architectural o

structural walls

While it is possible to adjust the way the wall is displayed for particular example by manipulating the Visibility/Graphics Ov

rides settings and controlling the detail level of the linked moas shown in Figure 3, for more complicated linked model adjuments it can take several clicks through a few layers of menus. exercise can get tedious if there are a number of linked models twill be used in a particular view and if dierent graphics settiand overrides that need to be applied to make the backgroundformation appear in the desired way.

Figure 3: Adjusting the detail level or other graphics overrides of a

linked model

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Fortunately, with Revit there is an incredibly easy way to makelinked content appear precisely as desired in a view with min-imal input from the downstream designer. With the featurecalled Linked Views, the proverbial tables are turned and re-sponsibility for manipulating the background view is placedon the design discipline providing the linked model. Figure4 shows where to reference a linked view from another modelinto the current view.

CREATING LINKED VIEWS FOR OTHERS

Figure 5 shows the walls in the way the HVAC designer want-ed. All the architectural designer had to do was duplicate the

plan view that showed the wallsfor this example, turned the olevel of detail to a coarse setting.view was then renamed with somethat the HVAC designer would recognize when linking the viewFor HVAC.

In this example, the fundamental dence of having the architect manipthe view as opposed to the downstHVAC designer is that the person familiar with the content is at the of the view changes. Instead of to understand how every sub-modRevit works, the focus of the designremain in her/his domain.

UNDERSTANDING WH

OTHERS EXPECT FROMYOUR MODEL

As described above, using linked views is not very compliey are a pretty straightforward, built-in method oereRevit to get the results the overall team is striving for. is mdoes require a slight change of approach, and clearly requiradvanced level of communication and mutual understandintween team members.

Whether regular formal Revit project team meetings are reqor more frequent informal individual conversations serve a bpurpose, somehow the team members need to be aware of dstream needs for their models and at the same time not hesitcommunicate requests upstream. e basic ow of informfrom one designer to another is vital to project success. e in tools of Revit will help take care of the rest.

Tim Kivisto, P.E. is a structuengineer and engineering managat OBrien & Gere located at headquarters in Syracuse, New YoHe graduated from Queens Universin Kingston, Ontario, Canada withBachelors degree in Applied Scien(Civil Engineering) in 2002. He hbeen working with AutoCAD sin1999 and has been an avid Revit ussince 2008. He can be contacted [email protected] .

Figure 4: Using a Linked View

Figure 5: This is what the HVAC designer wanted (using a linked view from

the architect)
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by: Sam LuAutoCAD

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As a CAD Manager I often have to men-tor and train the technical sta on how touse the basic functions of AutoCAD. Ialways bring out my books (old and new)

and oer suggested reading material. I have noticedthat a large number of people close the book and open the Propertiespalette in AutoCAD. With this palette you can control a number ofediting functions in one operation, which can be very benecial forentry level to even senior level CAD people on the team.

PALETTE BASICSTo open up the Properties palette you can select an object andright-click (select Properties from the menu), hit CTRL+1 (myfavorite), type properties at the command prompt, or select prop-erties from the View tab on the ribbon as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: The Properties icon

Lets begin by reviewing the palette with nothing selected. ette toolbar as shown in Figure 2 contains four sections.

1. e rst is the object selection toolbar. Here you canthrough your selected objects by pulling down on the and selecting your specic object.

2. is selection will toggle the pickadd system variable. Wselected, a 1will appear and you will only be able to selecobject at a time, deselecting the rst object after the seone is picked. e default is to cycle.

3. e select object button. is will enable you to seleobject(s) whose properties you wish to view.

4. e last section will bring up the quick select dialog box wyou can use lters to create a selection set of the objectwish to change.

Figure 2: The Palette toolbar

The Power of

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PROPERTIES PALETTE OVERVIEW

Figure 3 shows an overall view of the Properties palette with noth-ing selected. is will give you the properties within your currentdrawing le. When you select an object, the palette will change todisplay the features that you can edit for that selection. Take a lookat the sections labeled 1-5 in Figure 4 shown below.

Section 1: Displays general settings for your current drawing Section 2: 3D visualization settings for the current drawing

Section 3: Plot style including the plot style table

Section 4: View settings including drawing limits

Section 5: Miscellaneous settings including the current An-notation scale, UCS icon, and Visual Styles

Figure 3: The default palette

A RIGHT-CLICK AWAYWhen you right-click on the palette sidebar (long grey panel onthe left or right side) you will get a y out menu with several dif-ferent options. ese are standard options for all palettes in Auto-CAD. You can move, size, close, and even dock the palette to theleft and right of the drawing screen. Auto-hide is another functionthat will hide the palette immediately after the mouse rollover ac-tion is complete. Click on each one to see how the palette will ad-

just in your drawing. Some people like having a transparent paletteso you can view the geometry underneath. I personally prefer tokeep the palette docked on the right side of my drawing area forquick editing.

PROPERTIES OF A CIRCLE

Lets review some dierent objects in AutoCAD to see how we use the palette to our advantage. In our rst example we selecfour circles by picking each one or using a window. Notice howthe object selection bar you have Circle shown with a (4) in rentheses. If you have other types of objects you can scroll doand view the objects and how many you have. We are now going

change the diameter of all the circles to 3. Simply change the vain the section shown below (radius or diameter) and all of your

jects will be updated to reect the new value as shown in Figur

Figure 4: The properties of a circle

HATCH PATTERNS

Touch a hatch pattern and watch the palette change. I have hi

lighted three important features to look at during the hatch selectshown in Figure 5. Did you know you can use the palette to aa background color to your existing hatch? Select the backgroucolor and you have the ability to add a background color to yhatch. My personal favorite is to use hatch patterns to calculateeas of more than one object. Simply hatch those areas (together) bring up the palette and you will have your area displayed within geometry section. With this palette you can also change the scangle, as well as the associative properties of the hatch.

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Figure 5: Hatch properties

DIMENSIONS

e Dimension palette contains a large amount of informationthat controls the display of all the elements that consist of a di-mension. My suggestion is to create a dimension, then go throughand change the values and watch what happens on screen. I couldwrite an entire section just on dimensionstake a look at all thesystem variables that control dimensions (there are more than 50)!We will go over just one aspect I see happening on a lot of draw-ings. Notice in Figure 6 the blue extension lines do not need tobe there and should be removed or turned o. We do not want toexplode a dimension and erase those lines or even change the style.

Select the dimension line and take a look at the Properties paletteunder the Lines and Arrows section. Turn both Ext line 1 and Extline 2 o as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6: The properties of a circle

TEXT

I would bet its safe to say that at some point in time youreceived a drawing with some text sizes and styles that are nosistent as shown in Figure 7. ere are four dierent text stylsociated with the fonts. I could use the match properties comand select each, but why not just bring up the Properties p(CTRL+1)? You can change the text style and change the hto a new specic value for all of the text selected. Note: Stylesbe set in order for this to work, if text objects have been chaindividually your text style will not change.

Notice the red stars within the image on Figure 7. Lets line of those text objects (left justify) using the X coordinate witgreen hidden line in the gure. With the Properties palette select the text object you want all of the other objects to liwith. Copy the X coordinate under the Geometry sectionthe palette. Next, select all of your text objects and paste intX coordinate box (it will say varies). Your text will be justieing the X coordinate. Be sure to check that your justicatthe same on all of the text objects to ensure that they are a

justied. is is a great tool for cleaning up those miscellaalignments or lining up text items within a drawing legend.

Figure 7: Text styles and X-coordinate

TIPS AND TRICKS

In this article, we have covered some of the basics of the Proppalette in AutoCAD. In the following section I oer youthings to try when using the Properties palette.

Change the Transparency of an object by placing a valuthe box (0 99).

Mask a dimension text without changing the dimension s(change ll color to background).

Add a text frame to your Multileader object (change tframe value to Yes).

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Change the width of a polyline.

Change the scale of a multiline or line (individual linetypescale).

Add a hyperlink to an object(s).

Edit block attributes (type in the new values under the Misc.section).

Change the width and height of a table. Change the radius of an arc or circle.

Change the visual style of a 3D object.

Right-click on any unused area of the palette and you canundo any changes you have made.

Try these options on any existing drawing.

CONCLUSION

Take a look around and notice all the dierent objects right in

front of you. What if you could touch one of those objects and apalette full of all its properties would pop up? is idea came to mewhen I was looking at a ower in my garden and thought of all thecolors, shapes, shades, and dimensions of the ower. How clever itwould be to see all these properties with just the touch of the hand.In AutoCAD, this is possible with a touch from the curser. All thegeometric shapes we create contain their own properties, which areshown in the Properties palette when an object is selected. eseproperties are the many characteristics of an object, which thenend up dening that object.

e Properties palette is your one-stop shop for editing and ob-

taining geometric information. Keep it open on your second moni-tor (if you have two) or dock it on the right or left side. Simplyopen up a drawing and touch objects and take a look at how thepalette changes with every selection you make. You just might besurprised to nd something in there that you were not aware ofbefore. Lastly, please do not forget to register for Autodesk Univer-sity 2013 (registration begins September 12, 2013). I look forwardto meeting new friends and colleagues as we all prepare for themost wonderful time of the year!

And Heres Howto Export Your AutoCAD

Settings

My customers are busy these days, which means new hires onew computers. is begs the question, How do I copy all mysettings from one computer to another? Buried under the Windows Startbutton >All Programs>Autodesk >AutoCAD 20xx>Migrate Settings is the Export AutoCAD Settings routine

e resulting .ZIP le is designed to transport your AutoCADsettings easily to another system, but its also a great method bwhich to retain the settings of your original installation.

Of course, after exporting your settings, if you need to puAutoCAD back the way you found it, use ImportAutoCAD20xx Settings.

From the Helpbutton, I got a list of the following le typethat are included in the export:

*.atc/*.aws/*.bmp/*.ctb/*.cuix/*.cus/*.fmp/*.ini/*.lin/*mln/*.mnl/*.pat/*.pc3/*.pgp/*.pmp/*.psf/*.shx/*.stb/*.xml

is feature has been around a long time, so even if you havan earlier version of AutoCAD, youll probably nd that itavailable.

Michael E. Beall (B. Arch.) is anAutodesk Authorized Author andthe owner of CAD Trainer Guy,LLC. He has been presenting onsiteCAD training around the planet formore than 30 years. Contact him [email protected] orgive him a call at 502.500.2267.

Sam Lucido is a CAD Services Man-ager with Haley and Aldrich, Inc.He has over 20 years of experience

involving design, user support, andcustomization. Sam is professionallycertied in AutoCAD 2011-2013and is speaking at Autodesk Univer-sity for the second year. He uses hisvast knowledge about AutoCAD tohelp provide support to engineeringand CAD teams with monthly tipsheets and WebEx trainings. You cannd him at CADProTips.comand he can also be reached [email protected]
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by: Brian AndrCAD Management

PRODUCTFOCUS


When working in the AEC industry,it becomes instantly obvious thatstandards apply to everything. Frombuilding codes, to governing agencies,

to national AIA guidelines, all aspects of the processis documented and standardizedexcept one: the standards ofdrawing. Yes we have things like the National CAD Standards,but nothing is set in stone within your rm unless they have theiract together and understand the importance of these standards.

On top of that, BIM and VDC are sweeping the globe with con-cepts and products that require an entirely new set of standardsand workow methods. ese items need to be addressed as soonas possible and its not only your rm that needs to coordinatewith these standards. From inner oce projects, to multi-industryprojects that require models to be taken from design development,to facilities management provisions, these standards can make orbreak an entire projects protability.

ese standards are also not something that can be set up or ed in a single manual. I have spent the last 10 years working arthis topic and I have learned that the sooner these are createimplemented within your rm, the better and more ecienproductive (and protable) your rm will become. e reasay around this is because thats exactly what I did. I spent focusing on specic project needs, running around puttinres, and working hard to customize items per project manwants, not according to any rm-wide standard. I can save yotime and tell you now the result of this method is chaos, reduwork on my part, redundant work on the part of others, and a

waste of overall company time, eort, and money.

e conclusion was simple: standardize the workow. Not oit important to standardize specic annotations, naming cotions, and le management, but also to really get into the proinvolvedfrom software choices, project structure, to coortion methods, and nally providing deliverables. is canncontained in one document since it aects multiple discipmultiple levels within the company, and above all, the most imtant reason: No one will read a 2,000 page manual.

is led me to creating not one, but an entire system of

mentssomething that would allow for everyone, withinspecic workplace and at their specic level, the ability toderstand and standardize their specic work and the methoachieving such work. ese documents include:

Standardizefor Success!

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e initial document, created by my current rm more than 20years ago, required minimal updates and for the most part still ap-plies to this day. e Production Procedure Manual was createdin-house, for all studio members within the rm, to explain thereasons for why we create and produce what we do. is involvesmethodology, conceptualization, general recommendations, com-mon sense, best practice items, and other forms of thought andreason. is does NOT describe the steps to create drawings,nor does it include specic rules and procedures to follow, but itprovides an overall understanding of the beginning stages of whatmakes our rms drawings look the way they do and why we havecreated these standards and methods.

With a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) created and provided for eachnew project, client demands, government requirements, and con-sultant coordination are all addressed for the benet of all partiesinvolved in the initial meeting. is coordination blueprint, specicto each project, includes best practices and workows for the own-er, architect, engineers, and construction manager to deploy CADdrawings or building information modeling (BIM) technology to its

fullest potential. is includes delineated roles and responsibilitiesof each party, detail and scope of information to be shared, relevantbusiness processes, and supporting hardware and software recom-mendationsall decided on before a single line is drawn.

is BEP document is typically included within the initial projectkicko meeting and benets all parties involved, but mostly it givesthe owner/client a strong understanding of what we are planningand supports his/her inclusion within the project specics includ-ing timelines, meeting, and contact info. is process also providesmaximum unity, understanding, and overall clarity to a CAD/BIMproject, allowing a much better workow from SD through FM.

e Consultant Coordination Manual is created by the architectand intended for the consultants design team and their projectmanager as an overall coordination guide and reference manual.is document was made to provide detailed and strategic in-structions that we require to be standardized for best coordina-tion eorts and workow methods between the architect and allconsultants involved. is documentation includes the followingprocesses:

BIM introduction (if applicable)

Coordination requirements: xrefs, linking, and worksharing

LOD understanding and blocks/components

Strategy & best practices

Typically, we do our best to supply each consultant with one ofthese packets when arriving at the Project Kicko Meeting to helpsignicantly with eciency and productivity for the entire projectlifespan. Consultants enjoy the clarity, and we enjoy the simplicity.

e rms BIM Standards is the last item on the list. is docu-ment is the next logical step to creating a uniform look, layout, andto begin organizing the processes for users to follow. ese stan-dards are not put in place to restrict, deter, or regulate, but instead

Brian Andresen is the Director of

CAD/BIM Systems with WLC Architects Inc. in Berkeley, Californiaand has over 10 years of experienceworking with Revit since release 3Brian has worked diligently to simplify the processes involved with thprogram for the end user and continuto do so by providing CAD/BIMsupport, training, management, implementation, and standards throughoutFor more information, please visihttp://about.me/cadbimmanager.

to entice organizational thought, provide ways to be as ecienpossible, and allow users to thrive and design, rather than watime and energy adjusting and revising something thats alreabeen done 10 times before. ese standards are meant to suppthe individual architect and help the overall company at the satime. Topics include: Drawing and Annotations, Template Infmation, Project and Infrastructure Organization, Component aFile Management, Folder and Network Management, Interopability, Collaboration, Deliverables, and others.

ese documents work in conjunction with one another to pvide a clear, understood, and distinct process for taking a projthrough the appropriate phases required and utilizing the bpossible workow methods in the process. If these are set upyour rm, allowed to be used as a backbone to the processes, a

become the standard to how your workow is done, you will a level of consistency, reliability, and foundational solidity twould take 10 times as longer to provide using any other possmethod.

Do your best to make this happen: Work with the architects, mwith the owners, present these ideas to everyone in between amake this standard documentation part of your rm. You will the benets as I described above. Please take the time to contme with any feedback, suggestions, additional comments or inpand thank you for your time and support of AUGI!
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Revit MEP 2013

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by: Mitchell V

A

s many know, dealing with sloped ceil-ings in Autodesk Revit can be a dif-cult task when a family includes anannotation symbol along with 3D com-

ponents. With out of the box families, users mustdecide if symbology is shown correctly in plan view for accurateplans, or in section views for accurate clash detection. Becausesymbolic lines can only be displayed when they are parallel to theview plane, a typical face-based family on a sloped ceiling will notdisplay the symbolic line graphics, leaving the user with no plansymbol. e 3D representation of the device/xture is visible, yetskewed in plan view by the slope of the ceiling.

Figure 1

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ere are options to work around this.

Fixtures can be placed as is and noted as being located ina sloped ceiling. It works, but doesnt provide a clean setof documents.

Model lines can be used for plan symbols instead of symboliclines. is allows the plan symbol to appear, but it will not

look the same as xtures located in at ceilings. Model willalso appear in section views.

Fixtures can be inserted on a work plane that is parallel to theoor. is provides a correct plan symbol, but 3D representa-tions will be inaccurate. If the xtures moved, there is nothingto prevent the xture from having xtures oating in space.Typically, architects will point this out.

Create a work plane that slopes with the ceiling. is is simi-lar to the option above except this option will keep xturesaligned with the ceiling. However, the 3D representation willstill be inaccurate.

In the event the project or client requires that the 2D and 3D areboth accurate, here is a new option. e concept of this approachis to rotate the plan symbol to be parallel to the oor within thefamily. Families placed on a ceiling with a 5 slope will rotate theplan symbol 5 in the opposite direction so it is once again paral-lel to the oor. It will show the symbolic lines just as if they wereplaced on a at ceiling. is option requires users to know theceiling slope angle, the direction of the slope, and what kind ofceiling xture is being hosted. Ceiling xtures can be separatedinto ve groups.

1. Fixtures that use symbols that are not drawn to scale and usegeneric annotations (occupancy sensors).

2. Fixtures that use symbols that are drawn to scale and are sym-metrical (can lights).

3. Fixtures that use symbols that are drawn to scale and areasymmetrical (2x4 light xtures).

4. Fixtures that attach to a sloped surface, but both the sym-bolic lines and 3D representations are parallel to the oor(pendant lights).

5. Fixtures that attach to a sloped surface, but both the symboliclines and 3D representations are parallel to the oor (2x4pendant lights).

Most of the steps are the same regardless of the xture group.is method requires you to know the direction of the ceilingslope in order to place asymmetric xtures correctly. is is be-cause Revit allows the slope of a familys plane to be modied inonly one direction.

Group 1

is method is for xtures that use symbols, are not drawnscale, and use generic annotations such as an occupancy sensStart with the Generic Annotation family template and add symbology for the device. Nest that into a face-based family name it Lighting Device 1. Nest the Lighting Device 1 fam

into yet another face-based family and name it Lighting DevicIn Lighting Device 2, create a reference plane and name it FroNext add an angle parameter called Plan Symbol Slope.

Figure 2

Lighting Device 1, which has the Generic Annotation nested iit, needs to be set as a Shared family in the Family Parameter

Note: when loading a family that contains Shared families, bthe Lighting Device 1 and Lighting Device 2 families will load ithe project. Consider this when naming the Lighting Devicfamily. e prex SA_ (Shared Annotation) helps identify purpose of the family. Load Lighting Device 1 into Lighting Dvice 2 and insert it on the Front work plane. Create additiowork planes Left, Right, and Back with the Plan Symbol Sl

parameter. Insert Lighting Device 1 on each of these work planDoing this accounts for the rotation of the xture.

Repeat this process for each type of plan symbol loaded in the faily, if the Label Parameter is used, to quickly switch symbolbased on family type. Optionally create in only one elevation add a design line type to assist in placing this family in the cororientation. Without this design line, if the xture is not at correct rotation, the family will not appear until the rotation is crect. An incorrect slope will also cause the annotation symbol to show even with the correct rotation.

Figure 3

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For this reason it is recommended that an arrow be placed inthe family to match the slope direction. Draw the arrow usingmodel lines with the subcategory. is willprevent the arrow from showing up in sections. It will only ap-pear when hovering over the xture. A visibility parameter calledPlan Symbol Visibility can also be applied to control the visibil-ity of the slope arrow.

Figure 4

Next add a parameter called Annotation Visible. is parameterwill be yes/no parameter and have a formula driven by the Sym-bol Rotation so if there is no slope, only one will appear. Applythis parameter to the Lighting Device 1 that is placed on the Left,Right, and Back planes. When this xture is placed on a slopedceiling, Revit will not show the three symbols that are not parallelto the oor.

Figure 5

Group 2

Repeat the steps for Group 1, except there is no Generic Annota-tion Family. Just nest Lighting Device 1 into Lighting Device 2 onall four of the reference planes and apply the visibility parameter tothree of the nested families.

Group 3

Since this is not a symmetrical family, the user has to be aof the orientation needed for the xture. Use of the space brotate the family can still result in the 3D representation wrong. To x this, add a parameter called rotation to the 3Dresentation family to rotate it 90.

Group 4

is is the same as Group 2, except the plan symbology is ne families only need to be nested into the front referenceTo aid in the placement of this family, it is recommended design line type be added to assist in the placing of the famthe correct orientation.

Group 5

is group is the same as Group 4. Add the parameter called tion to the 3D representation family to rotate 90. Dependithe orientation, users will also need a formula to adjust the lof the pendant steps so they touch the ceiling instead of stoshort or going too far. By calculating the distance from theto the center of the xture, along with the ceiling slope, usespecify two separate lengths for the stems with a trigonometrmula.

is may seem like a lot of work, but keep in mind how families this applies to and how often sloped ceilings or sstructure is an issue.

ese options give the best of both worlds, limitations in Revit. Users get accurate 3D rsentation for modeling and coordination reand consistent symbols throughout the contion drawings that will also make clients he examples shown are based on electrical lies, but the same concepts can apply to any cemounted devices.

Mitchell Voss is an engineertechnician for Alvine EngineeriOmaha, Nebraska. Mitchell has bworking with Revit since Revit M2009, primarily on the electrical siHe has been a technician in Omasince graduating from SoutheCommunity College in Milford 2000. He is a Revit Architect2013 Certied Professional aan AutoCAD 2013 CertiProfessional.

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AUGI 2013 Salary Survey

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by: Melanie P

12thAnnual

AUGI SalarySurvey

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O

nce again, your fellow AUGI membershave generously donated a couple of min-utes of time and eort in order to give youinsight into work lives and industry chang-

es all around the world!I must say that I am disappointed at the low number of respons-es this year. If you are not among those who participated thisyear, come back next year and be a part of this. I assure you, nopersonal information is collected and responses are only reportedin broad groups.

Personal Referral/

Word of Mouth 37%rough anAdvertisement 19%

Promotion 12%

Contacted Companyto Ask about Openings10%

Recruiter 9%

Other 9%

Owner CreatedCompany) 3%

How Did You Find Your Current Role?

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Change in Employment

Same Job, No Change 69

Same Job, Increased Workload 12

Left for Another Job 8

Same Company, Dierent Job 5

Laid O 4

Same Job, Hours Reduced 2

Special thanks to Corey Daun, who has been helping me with Sveys and Polls this year. I have greatly appreciated his suggestifor many of the changes made to this years survey.

When evaluating the potential worth of various industand roles, be sure to gather information from many sourCheck out Robert Greens Annual CAD Managers Survwww.Indeed.com/Salary, the NACE Salary Calculator, and surveys specic to your industry. See our podcasts for more ton branding yourself, networking, searching for jobs, improvyour resume (CV), and discovering if a role is a good t for yohttp://www.augi.com/publications/audio-video-content.

BIM Managers are the highest paid title, fuel is where its at for highest paying industry, and Mining is the highest paid speciaKeep reading for more!

Thank you to the 1,639 members

who took a couple of minutes out of

their day to contribute

to this favorite AUGI resource.

Please keep an eye on AUGI HotNews,email blasts, and our social media channels

next summer so you can participate, too!
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Those who live alone report wages 6%

lower than those who have other people in

their household.

Age of Respondents

Under 30

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Why Are You Thinking about Quitting Your Job?

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was 42.

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Ofce?Yes, but exceptions

for occasions whenemergencies orimportant issuesarise 43%

Yes, I do not deal withany work until Ireturn 30%

No, I remain availableto those in mycompany 15%

No, I am constantlyconnected for anyoneto reach me 12%

0 10 20 30 40 50

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Lack of appreciation or input 8%

Ready to move on 7%

Bored 7%

Lack of regular reviews and/or raises 6%

Lack of training/education opportunities 5%

Lack of necessary tools/support 4%

Insecurity 4%Uncomfortable with business practices 4%

Overwhelmed by added duties 3%

Reduced wages or benets 3%

Fear of becoming less competitive due to old tools 3%

Personality conict with management or owners 3%

Other 2%

Personality conict with coworker(s) 2%

Medical reasons

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Employee Gender

Male 83% (1,357)

Female 17% (280)

LOCATION PERCENT

Rural 5%

Suburban 26%

Urban 69%

Work Location

Number of Employees in Company

10 or fewer 11%

11 - 25 14%

26 - 50 12%

51 - 100 13%

101 - 200 11%

201 - 500 12%

Greater than 500 27%

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Education impacts pay the most in the rst

5 years of your career, but it matters little

once you have a decade of experience.

Education Level/Degree Attained

High School/GED 6%

Technical/Vocational 18%

Associates Degree(2 years) 31%

Bachelors Degree(4-5 years) 32%

Masters 13%

Doctorate < 1%

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Respondents Years of Experience

0 - 2 6%

3 - 4 5%

5 - 6 9%

7 - 8 9%

9 - 10 9%

11 - 12 6%

13 - 14 8%

15 - 20 21%

21 - 30 20%

31 - 50 8%

0 5 10 15 20

Average Pay By Years of Experience

0 - 2 $49,949

3 - 4 $55,009

5 - 6 $52,9867 - 8 $57,076

9 - 10 $63,048

11 - 12 $53,979

13 - 14 $61,379

15 - 20 $66,666

21 - 30 $67,988

31 - 50 $86,1250 20 40 60 80

Average Pay by Company Size

(Number of Employees)10 or fewer $57,841

11 - 25 $58,066

26 - 50 $59,696

51 - 100 $58,998

101 - 200 $62,869

201 - 500 $63,815

Greater than 500 $68,680

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Average Pay By Education LevelHigh School/GED $66,087

Technical/Vocational $66,609

Associates Degree(2 years) $59,327

Bachelors Degree(4-5 years) $63,267

Masters $60,899

Doctorate *

*omitted due to extremely small sample size0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

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SPECIALFEATURE


Since last year, the average wage increased

across smaller companies, but companies

with more than 500 employees showed an

average 2% decrease.

Views on Cloud adoption have not altered

in the past 12 months.

73% of respondents from All BI

companies report being satised vers

65% in No BIM companies.

Why Use BIM?

Respondents indicate a 2% increase in bo

Client and Contractor requirements afactor since the 2012 Survey.

A larger percentage of respondents

Unsure Why their company is using B

23% versus last years 19%.

HOT TOPICS

Has Your Company Done Any of the Follow-

ing in the Past Year?

Reduced wages or changed benets 6%

Increased wages or improved benets 15%

Reduced Sta(layos or not replacing those who leave) 13%

Increased Sta 18%

Closed locations/oces/sites 4%

Opened locations/oces/sites 7%

Allowed subscriptions to lapse 3%

Purchased new software and/or hardware 22%

Increased outsourced/contracted work 7%

Decreased outsourced/contracted work 2%

No such changes 4%0 5 10 15 20 25

Do You Run CAD/BIM in the Cloud?No, and wenever will 16%

No, the technologyneeds to improve 21%

No, unless companypolicies change 46%

Yes, on a limitednumber of projects 5%

Yes, we arecurrently evaluating 9%

Yes, we useit regularly 3%

0 10 20 30 40 50

(If applicable) What Percentage of Your

Companys Projects are BIM?

None 33%

1 - 25% 24%26 - 50% 9%

More than half 15%

All 8%

Unsure 12%0 5 10 15 20 25 30

If You Are Using BIM, Why?Benets to ourbusiness andcapabilities 55%

To remaincompetitive 55%

Benets

collaboration 46%Required by client 44%

Unsure 23%

Required bycontractor 16%

0 10 20 30 40 50

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JOB TITLES

Designers, Drafters, and CAD Manager

are signicantly more likely than othe

workers to report conicts with coworker

as a reason to consider leaving their job.

Top 10 Most Boring Jobs

(Percentage of each position who report

considering looking for a new job, with

boredom being a factor)

0 5 10 15 20 25

Designer 21.3%

Drafter 19.1%

Architect 10.7%

Manager - CAD 10.3%

Engineer 8.3%

Manager - BIM 7.7%

Coordinator - BIM 4.0%

Manager - Project 4.0%

Coordinator - CAD 2.2%

Intern 2.1%

Instructor/Trainer 1.1%

Application Engineer 0.9%

Manager - Other 0.9%

Land Surveyor 0.6%

Coordinator - Other 0.5%

Programmer 0.1%

Survey Participants

Designer 24%

Drafter 15%

Manager - CAD 12%

Engineer 8%

Other 8%

Manager - BIM 7%

Architect 7%

Manager - Project 4%

Coordinator - BIM 3%

Coordinator - CAD 3%

Manager - Other 2%

Instructor/Trainer 2%

Intern 1%

Application Engineer 1%

Coordinator - Other 1%

Land Surveyor 1%

Programmer < 1%

Account Executive < 1%0 5 10 15 20 25

Average Pay by Job Title/Function

Manager - BIM $75,297

Manager - Other $73,314

Instructor/Trainer $69,546

Manager - CAD $68,814

Engineer $68,355

Land Surveyor $68,136

Coordinator - CAD$68,066

Programmer $67,929

Account Executive $65,833

Application Engineer$65,364

Other $64,650

Coordinator - BIM $61,898

Manager - Project $60,897

Architect $60,383

Designer $59,613Coordinator - Other$57,300

Drafter $50,565

Intern $44,780

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Who Lost Their Jobs?

(Percentage of each position who report

having been laid off)

Coordinator - BIM 9%

Drafter 7%

Land Surveyor 7%

Engineer 5%

Architect 4%

Coordinator - CAD 4%

Instructor/Trainer 4%

Manager - BIM 3%

Manager - Project 3%

Designer 2%

Manager - CAD 2%0 2 4 6 8

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SPECIALFEATURE


0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

INDUSTRIES/DISCIPLINES

Petroleum/Gas/Biofuels $79,664

Education/Training $70,390

Sales/Marketing $65,777

Structural $65,236Civil/Survey/GIS $63,672

Mechanical (building systems) $60,796

Manufacturing $60,255

Architecture $60,158

Electrical/Electronics $59,994

Construction $58,663

Facility Management $58,309

Landscape Design/Architecture$53,979

Interior Design $52,780

Average Pay by Field/Industry

0 3 6 9 12 15

Percentage of Each Industry Who Report

Being Laid Off

Interior Design 13%

Construction 8%

Facility Management 6%

Architecture 4%

Other 4%Education/Training 4%

Structural 3%

Civil/Survey/GIS 3%

Manufacturing 3%

Mechanical (building systems) 1%

Electrical/Electronics 1%

Industries, listed in order from Most Secuto Least SecureThe following four elds report higher

average ages. Has your company

considered succession planning and

recording of vital data before your people

reach retirement age?

Petroleum/Gas/Biofuels

Manufacturing

Facility Management

Education/Training

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3

Sales/Marketing 3.3

Education/Training 3.1

Interior Design 3.0

Structural 3.0

Civil/Survey/GIS 2.9

Petroleum/Gas/Biofuels 2.9

Construction 2.9

Facility Management 2.9

Mechanical (building systems) 2.9Landscape Design/Architecture 2.9

Architecture 2.8

Electrical/Electronics 2.8

Manufacturing 2.8

Top Fields for Women*

(percentage of female response by indus

Landscape Design/Architecture 66.7%

Interior Design 43.8%

Sales/Marketing 25.0%

Facility Management 24.3%Education/Training 20.7%

Architecture 20.6%

Petroleum/Gas/Biofuels 17.4%

Construction 15.7%

Civil/Survey/GIS 14.7%

Structural 14.0%

Mechanical (building systems)12.4%

Electrical/Electronics 11.1%

Manufacturing 10.6%

* Results are not statistically signicant due to the extremely small sample si

Survey Participants

Architecture 24%

Civil/Survey/GIS 19%

Mechanical (building systems) 9%

Construction 8%

Structural 8%

Manufacturing 7%

Electrical/Electronics 4%

Petroleum/Gas/Biofuels 3%


Education/Training 2%

Interior Design 1%

Landscape Design/Architecture 1%

Sales/Marketing < 1%0 5 10 15 20 25

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Commercial building will increase 12%,

a slightly faster pace than the 5% gain

estimated for 2012. The increase for ofce

construction will be modest, as new

privately nanced projects continue to

be scrutinized carefully by lenders. Next

years level of commercial building in

current dollars will still be more than

40% below the 2007 peak. - McGraw-Hill

Constructions Dodge Outlook Report.

MARKET SERVED/SPECIALTY SERVICES

Percentage of Responses by Market AEC

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Residential $62,377

High-End Residential$62,237

Commercial $60,980

Educational $61,350

Facility Management$63,095

Government $63,299

Healthcare $62,425

Retail $61,393

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Education/Training

Primary/Secondary $56,720

Vocational/Technical$64,149

University $59,470

VAR (Reseller) $74,536

Independent Trainer/Consultant$70,730

Electrical

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Audio/Visual $59,312

Building Automation Systems$58,412

Telecommunications $60,429

Engineering

0 3 6 9 12

Bridges $66,825

Mining $75,247

MEP $62,124

Software Development$65,290

Sustainability $65,163

Utilities $65,697

Process Plant $69,219

Manufacturing

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Aerospace $68,642

Consumer Goods $60,611

Medical $65,715

Semiconductor $64,111

Shipbuilding $66,932

Tool/Die/Molding $65,722

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Media & Entertainment

Film $60,054

TV $53,996

Games $56,558

Design Visualization $60,807

Average Wage by Industry Segment

0 3 6 9 12 15

Commercial 14%

Government 10%

Educational 9%

Healthcare 8%

Retail 8%

Residential 6%

Utilities 6%

High-End Residential 5%

MEP 5%


Process Plant 4%

Bridges 3%

Sustainability 3%

Mining 2%

Telecommunications 2%

Consumer Goods 2%

University 1%

Building Automation Systems 1%

Medical 0.9%

Audio/Visual 0.8%

Primary/Secondary 0.7%

Software Development 0.7%

Vocational/Technical 0.7%

Design Visualization 0.6%

Aerospace 0.6%Tool/Die/Molding 0.6%

Shipbuilding 0.4%

Semiconductor 0.4%

Independent Trainer/Consultant 0.3%

VAR (Reseller) 0.2%

Film 0.2%

TV 0.1%

Games 0.1%

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SPECIALFEATURE


Melanie Perry is a FaciliManagement Coordinator aTechnical Editor in St. LoMo. She is currently serving an Ocer on the AUGI BoardDirectors. Melanie can be [email protected] on Twitter as @MistresDorkn

A LOOK BACK

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Percent of Users Who Are Satised

2006 78.9%

2007 79.1%

2008 80%

2009 77%

2010 72%

2011 71%

2012 68%

2013 69%

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Percent of Respondents Who Received No Raise

2002 27.8%

2003 29%

2004 27.6%

2005 20.5%

2006 20.4%

2007 19%

2008 19%

2009 35%

2010 39.4%2011 32%

2012 30%

2013 29%

0 5 10 15

Percent of Users Who Experienced Pay Decre

2006 2.5%

2007 2.0%

2008 3.0%

2009 15.0%

2010 15.4%

2011 8%

2012 7%

2013 6%

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Percent of Female Pay Difference

2004 10.33%

2005 11.17%

2006 11.51%

2007 11.24%

2008 10.03%

2009 10.78%

2010 9.20%

2011 10.34%

2012 11.54%

2013 9.7%

Average Designer Pay

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

2003 $44,686

2004 $46,710

2005 $49,198

2006 $50,298

2007 $52,639

2008 $55,263

2009 $55,345

2010 $55,431

2011 $57,908

2012 $59,831

2013 $59,613

Percent of Users Who Feel Secure

2006 85.1%

2007 85.6%

2008 83%

2009 73%

2010 74%

2011 75%

2012 69%

2013 74%

0 20 40 60 80
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Revit Architecture 2013

PRODUCTFOCUS

PRODUCTFOCUS

by: Aaron Ma


Over the years of Autodesk Revit imple-mentation, one resounding theme Iveheard is that Revit simply cant makedrawings that pop, with aggressive line-

weights. To be surein Revits out-of-the-boxconguration, the lineweights and drawing presen-

tations can leave a little to be desired. Generally though, I followthis comment directly by getting to one of the roots of the prob-lem. I ask the company or BIM manager where they acquire theircontent and how it is assimilated into their oce library. Im usu-ally met with confusion, as lineweights and settings are stored in

the template (something else Im passionate about), but then I diveinto how controlling a drawings ability to pop can sometimesmean a larger initiative at content organization. (is is whatyoull hear me refer to as the unsexy of Revit implementation.)

Generally, we get content in one of three ways:

1. We make it

2. We download it

3. We buy it (or pay to have it made)

Decisions are made about how to organize that content and ryour investment in spades, in terms of presentation. Nestincategory selection for families is regarded as something for Qand Visibility Control, but even with UN-shared nested famproper category and sub-category selection can vastly aect ing presentation.

WHAT DOES THE CONTENT NEED TO

SAY AND DO?

For me, the decision about category, nesting, sharing goes sthing like this:

1. What am I making? (Pick a category)

2. Is it one object (skip to step 3), or multiple objects?

a. If multiple, do we want to count/schedule theelements or control their definitions globally? (set to Shared.)

i. If Shared, pick sub-objects category

The ContentConundrum(Making Revit

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b. If not shared, temporarily make sub-object the same cat-egory as the parent object.

c. Observe the rules for graphical behaviours of sub-objects,based on sharing/unsharing, category alignment, anddierent methods of graphical alterations. Nested com-ponents (shared or unshared) will respond dierently toVG Parent Category overrides, VG Sub-category

overrides, VG Filters (searching for sub-objects), and VGFilters (searching for parent objects). is may requireyou to rethink the category choices. (Its often assumedthat an unshared nested family inherits all things from theparent family, but once sub-categories come into play thatsno longer the case. Take a look at Figure 1.)

Figure 1

d. Does the parent object also count as one of the objects?

i. Table with Nested Chairsparent item is Table. Itcounts. Leave category as assigned in step 1.

3. Line-based parking spaces Parent family doesnt count,nested parking families are all we care about. Switch ParentCut-ability and Depth Clipping.

a. As not all categories are cuttable, and not all categories re-

spect depth clipping, evaluate if the categories youve cho-sen above are appropriate for the size and representationof the object.

Figure 2

4. Once done, name families (and sub-families)

a. We use a system that increases specicity from leftto right (including mention of sub-category), begin-ning with category abbreviation. is makes select-ing specic portions of categories easier with lters.

You can download a sample of this convention hwww.aaronmaller.com/BeckFiles/BeckGroupRevitNaingStrategy-Families.pdf.

5. Begin modeling content. For us, 3D geometry is always perable over symbolic representations. Even where lineworused (door swings), they are done as model lines on sub-cagories instead of symbolic lines. is goes against the Autodmodel Family Style Guidelines (which is unfortunate if yotrying to get ranked higher on Seek, but if youre trying to mcontent thats benecial for real users, consider the followabout model lines and geometry versus symbolic linework).

a. Shows up in non-orthogonal views

b. Shows up in 3D views (sub-category defeatable)

c. Are material and nish taggable?

d. Casts shadows in plans like real objects

e. Fewer items to constrain ( just geom versus geom asymbology)

Figure 3

MANAGING THE CONTENT

So far weve talked about categories, nesting, sharing, and hav

to use generic models to handle cuttability of other categories. how do we handle and manage all of this?

1. Sub-categoriesused in two ways.

a. For content with special lines or parts. Doors are an exaple. We want swings to be defeatable in some views. have Placement Lines we only want to see in some vie(Working). 3D Space Protection we only want to seeExport views (Navis) or in Coordination Views. esesub-categories for parts of a family.

b. For all specialty equipment and generic model families sub-categories for lineweight/linestyle graphical cont
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PRODUCTFOCUS


As SE and GM are the catch-all for all things not givena sacred category, we sub-cat and assign prioritized line-weights in object styles as well as line styles. We do thisfor all parts of the family. (All parts of a musical instru-ment are in the Musical sub-category.) We dont break upfamilies into tiny pieces like the manufacturers are told todo. Its just senseless (sorry, guys).

Figure 4

Figure 5

c. Our loose rules for how to deal with content graphically:

i. Make a whole family go away in a view

1. Filter (by family name, usually, as it contains thesub-cat in the naming convention). We do NOTuse real sub-cat as the family is then visible (select-able), but the geometry isnt.

ii. Change lineweights/styles of stu

1. VG:Cat/Sub-cat of all of this stu such as ture or musical instruments

2. VG:Filter if specialty (such as owner provide

iii. Show things dierently in dierent views

1. Sub-cats and LOD (Egress SE families showin Life Safety, Doors Placement Lines show oWorking (Sub-cat + View Templates)

iv. Transparency Changes must be family lter. Wemake individual sub-cats transparent.

Earlier in the article, we mentioned that content comes fromsources: created, bought, and downloaded. So the above inftion is great if you build everything yourself, but what do yif you buy content from a provider or (worse) download itsomewhere? Unfortunately, if sub-categories and nesting tions dont all follow a standard, the graphical control of yourects goes to the wolves quickly.

MONITORING WHATS IN USE IN A

PROJECT

Unfortunately, object styles is one of the dialogues in Revisimply cannot export. Its sometimes very handy to have thExcel, as you can then sort the table by Linestyle, or Linewfor quick QC review. While API developers may create athat does this, I have a cheap way to do it, but its clunky. Yodownload the Excel Template you will need here:

www.aaronmaller.com/BeckFiles/BeckObjectStyleTracker.xl

ere is a YouTube video exp

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