Guidelines

2D details

Guideline to know the different possible ways to include 2D details in a Revit project. ...

Door openings in joined parallel walls

Modeling two walls in parallel, due to project requirements or modeling strategy, is a common situation in Revit. This circumstance has a di...

Wooden roofing

Modeling digital twins for the built environment is a rather common practice these days. It delights us to recognise that, in many cases, th...

Collaborative technical reports

Guideline to ensure the consistency of a project’s main deliverables: Models / sheets, technical report, Cost Plan....

Corner window modelling

Currently, corner windows (not necessarily at 90º) are a frequent element in facade composition. Since Revit does not have a default way of...

Computation Height on levels

Sometimes a building has floors with two or more different floor heights. As it happened to one of our users, this can be a problem when cre...

Document management with Gsheets and CMD

The use of document management tools is becoming more and more widespread in AEC projects. Their functionalities are expanding year after ye...

BIM for residential developers

Why to choose BIM and how to make the most of it Why should a residential developer bother with BIM? BIM appears to be aimed at complex proj...

Simultaneity of Revit versions

It is very common to work on projects that have been started in different periods of time, and therefore, each one is carried out with a dif...

Loadable Family Visualization

The exact modeling of a Revit family is not necessarily as seen in the different views. It can be controlled using detail lines, visibility ...

Reconcile models with shared coordinates

When working with a project consisting of several models that communicate with shared coordinates, it may happen that you have to reset thes...

Slope lines simplification

Both roofs and floors, in Revit, have different ways of solving slopes. The way in which it is done directly influences the projection displ...

How can we hide joins?

The discipline of structures also has its difficulties when it comes to getting a correct visualization, and we need to be attentive to all ...

Profitability in Service Companies

Digital Management At Modelical we have invested a lot of effort in establishing a digital process to manage our company. We have not reinve...

Visualization of sloped pipes

Achieving a good visualization in a plan, when several disciplines coexist, becomes a complex task. Architecture and MEP are usually the mos...

Sustainability in the Built Environment

Energy assessment and environmental management for Building Information Modelling (BIM) uses Environmental information applied to a BIM mode...

A short introduction to 3D Coordination

Much more than detecting clashes The quintessential BIM use Are the generated models coordinated? What is a coordinated model? These are que...

Common Data Environment (CDE)

Analysis and selection A Common Data Environment (CDE) is a software tool that allows the different agents involved in a construction projec...

Editing ceiling sketch with Revit API

We show you how to do it using programming In many projects we will have to model the finishes, which can be a laborious task depending on t...

BIM Modeling of Existing Conditions

BIM modelling from point clouds guideline, with tips and best practices to improve its use as reference...