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	<title>Applying Technology to Architecture</title>
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		<title>Display Truss Members in Revit</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/display-truss-members-in-revit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Revit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Information Model]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking with a Revit user the other day that was having trouble placing a Truss object in their Revit Structure.  After they placed the truss, it would disappear even though all visibility settings for the view were correct in allowing it to display.  Needless to say, the user was frustrated.  The problem was that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=2158&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anchor Point for Revit Equality Dimensions</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/anchor-point-for-revit-equality-dimensions/</link>
		<comments>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/anchor-point-for-revit-equality-dimensions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Revit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dimension]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article addresses a feature in Revit that seems to have gone unnoticed by many Revit users.  That feature is the anchor symbol for multi-segmented equality constrained dimensions. Part of the power of Revit is that when a multi-segmented dimension has had the quality constraint applied to it by picking the EQ symbol, the objects [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=2144&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mirroring a Project in Revit</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/mirroring-a-project-in-revit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General AEC topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous life, I was employed by a large Architectural firm with a primarily residential focus that performed a lot of home design for home builders.  One of the characteristics of creating home plans for builders was that they typically desired houses that had mirrored versions of the same plan.  While this is done in other [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=2130&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Characteristics of Revit Reference Lines</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/characteristics-of-revit-reference-lines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Revit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Door]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Autodesk Revit contains both Reference Planes and Reference Lines, but it seems that most people do not understand or utilize Reference Lines.  While Reference Lines are used as control lines for information within a family similar to Reference Planes, they are not a type of Reference Plane.  It is its own type of object designed for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=2098&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Workset Visualization By Color</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/workset-visualization-by-color/</link>
		<comments>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/workset-visualization-by-color/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Revit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autodesk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Information Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/?p=2080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever want to easily visualize what objects are on different worksets in a view in Revit®?  Autodesk incorporated this ability into Revit® with their 2012 versions, but it seems to have gone unnoticed by many users.  Worksets are a highly utilized function used within Revit® by any organization where multiple people need to work on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=2080&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software &#8211; The Cost of Doing Business</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/software-the-cost-of-doing-business/</link>
		<comments>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/software-the-cost-of-doing-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General AEC topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ArchiCAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autodesk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bentley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[License]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microstation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ALERT!  Breaking News!  Computer software can be expensive!! Okay, I realize that isn&#8217;t really breaking news and is something that people already know.  However, the fact that people are already aware of that is what can create issues.  While various software packages can be expensive, design software is one of those software categories that really is expensive.  I have previously [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=2016&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Converting AutoCAD Details to Revit</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/converting-autocad-details-to-revit/</link>
		<comments>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/converting-autocad-details-to-revit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General BIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AutoCAD Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autodesk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleanup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Details are a vital part of the documentation process for building design and construction projects.  CAD users who have used AutoCAD for years have typically developed a large detail library, or at least possess many details used on previous AutoCAD projects.  Those details are valuable as a lot of time and knowledge has gone into developing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=2019&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Door Tag in Revit</title>
		<link>http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/residential-door-tag-in-revit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dougbowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General AEC topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General BIM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Autodesk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Information Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Door]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schedule]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Window]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/?p=1942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Specifying information concerning doors on architectural plans is an important aspect of conveying information to the contractor working in the field.  Residential designers and commercial designers tend to have different approaches to this situation as commercial projects generally utilize a door schedule referencing a number tag at the door and residential projects generally have the door [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aectechtalk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8525805&#038;post=1942&#038;subd=aectechtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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