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		<title>Clearance Zones in Revit Families &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My previous article discussed the importance of creating Clearance Zones inside Revit familes for equipment and items that need clearances for ADA, safety, air movement, or other reasons.  While that article also discussed the behind the scenes set up to get Clearance Zones into a Revit family, this article finishes the process of creating the actual Clearance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1344&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clearance Zones in Revit Families &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many pieces of equipment in a building have clearance zones that are required around the equipment for a variety of reasons.  It may be a drinking fountain that requires ADA clearance, an electrical panel that requires code clearance in front it, or mechanical equipment that requires air movement or access clearance around it.  For whatever the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1310&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Building Codes via Technology</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/access-to-building-codes-via-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building codes are utilized all the time for the design and construction of buildings.  Most companies have hard-copy versions of the applicable codes sitting on desks or shelves in the office, but the codes can also be accessed online or via your smartphone for free.  This is great since we may not always have the hard-copy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1297&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog in Review for 2011</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/blog-in-review-for-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all of the people who visited my blog this past year! I write articles on this blog to help software users in the AEC industry and I hope that I have been successful in that regard. May everyone have a great 2012! Following is some interesting information from WordPress.com concerning 2011 stats [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1282&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Variable Length Grab Bars in AutoCAD</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/variable-length-grab-bars-in-autocad/</link>
		<comments>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/variable-length-grab-bars-in-autocad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dynamic blocks have been a part of AutoCAD since release 2006 and have some really nice usages for all disciplines.  Unfortunately, it seems that the architectural community that uses AutoCAD has not incorporated dynamic blocks to a very large degree for whatever reasons.  An item category that architects specify all the time that are conducive to being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1240&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Rooms in Revit with Default Name</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/finding-rooms-in-revit-with-default-name/</link>
		<comments>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/finding-rooms-in-revit-with-default-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When using Autodesk Revit Architecture, users typically place Rooms in the model and give each Room a name.  By default, the Room will receive the name of &#8220;Room&#8221;, unless the user selects a predefined name for that Room or changes the name.  When a project contains hundreds (or thousands) of defined Rooms, it is easy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1210&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AU2011 in Review</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/au2011-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autodesk University 2011 is now in the history books and I thought that I would summarize my thoughts on this year&#8217;s conference.  Held last week in Las Vegas, NV at the Venetian resort, it was attended by over 8000 people from around the world.  This was my 16th consecutive year to attend AU and I found this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1193&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free 3D Model Review Software Has Update</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/update-to-free-3d-model-review-software-2/</link>
		<comments>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/update-to-free-3d-model-review-software-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February 2011, I reviewed a new free product on the market for 3D model review named Tekla BIMsight by Tekla, Inc. (Read review)   Tekla has recently released the new Tekla BIMsight version 1.3, and the big point is that it is still a free product. As I mentioned in my first article on the BIMsight software, this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8525805&amp;post=1145&amp;subd=aectechtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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