Got It!

The reason I started this blog was to descibe our experience of working with consultants who use Revit Structure and Revit MEP. While I have not been able to do that to date, all is about to change. Today we recieved a signed contract for converting a 37,000 GSF warehouse into retail space. While the owner already has a structural consultant on board who did not use Revit Structure on the project, we have a MEP consultant who is willing to use Revit MEP. This will be their second project that they have started in Revit MEP. My goal is to share as much as possible (the good and the bad) about the coordination, file transfers, and workflow.

This is a really exciting development in the way that we work within our office. Not only will things be more coordinated but it will be really interesting to see it all in 3D. Isn't it amazing it has taken this long to get to this point. You would think that since we design 3 dimensional structures that we would have moved away from 2D drawings a long time ago. I look forward to sharing and would like some feedback from anyone else who has tried this.

Opening Post

This is my initial post as a blogger. As you can see from my description, I have been using Revit Building for over a year. Most of the projects completed during this time have been residential projects. Currently, we have a project about to start that is 2 small commercial retail buildings. We are putting together a consultant team that will be comprised of Revit users. I plan to keep this blog up-to-date with how coordination works between Revit Building, Revit Structures, and Revit Systems. In addition to this project I will blog about tips & tricks, links, and other useful information that any level user can use. Below is an image of my first residential project completely done in Revit and a commercial building refacing. Visit my company's website for even more projects: http://www.colinsmitharch.com/