Too Much Traffic To Tutorials For You Too

CadDigest is a nice place to get an ever expansive number of tutorials, including Revit centered ones.

Hit the first image (left), for one of JBZ's super useful tutorials directly... 

Then find the other Revit tutorials listed, using the second image (left)...

And if you use other applications you can hit the 3rd image (left) for the page links to them all!!!

Do You Follow? Do You Lead? We Do Both!!!

There are some new places & people & groups, etc. to follow (in some of our opinions) and here they are...

#BIMandments and @BIMandments
Use the #BIMandments hashtag to tweet your best Revit & BIM helpful quotes.

Also create a search for #BIMandments and you will get them as they arrive...

The BIMandments are great resources to read from the beginning!!!

There are posts from many fantastic BIM people that you should follow if you Twitter and BIM... (if you don't already follow them of course).

You can also follow @BIMandments of course, though I find combining the 'follow' with the search is best.

@RevitFactCheck
This is a user (or users :-)) that bring #TruthInBIM via twitter and a new blog: BIM Fact Check

The Revit Fact Check folks are debunking lies and misrepresentations in the world of BIM that seem to be popping up from Revit & BIM haters.


If you have others that you'd like to share just let us know and we'll be happy to share!!!

Restructuring for BIM Success: BIM with Intelligence from DesignIntelligence

One of LARUG's Leadership Consortium (Leather Jackets to follow?) has an article out on DesignIntelligence (@dinet) and if you are implementing BIM or any other process and/or process change this article will surely give food for thought... and a bunch of...well read it for yourself!!!

"To find success with BIM, firms need to look beyond the CAD processes that staff are comfortable using. Assessment, planning, and communication are key." "CAD processes don’t require that architectural practices be good, but BIM processes do..."

Hit the images & links to the article and the resource links & follow the #BIMandments (Twitter anyone?)

January 2012 Los Angeles Revit Users Group Meeting

And they're off...

The first LARUG of 2012 will feature Cliff Moser from AEC Catalyst & Sean Olcott from EcoDomus.

When:
Wednesday January 18, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where:
RTKL 333 South Hope Street, Suite C200 Los Angeles, CA 90071

Another Great Year for LARUG, Looking for More Greatness Next Year!!!

To close the year we wish to thank everyone who has contributed to LARUG both directly and indirectly, some at the meetings, some in the blog-o-sphere (like you :-)), some in the twitter-zone and others throughout the digital world; some people we meet in person and some virtually... Others at conferences and presentations and some friends and family... plus some are all of the above (and more)...

Thanks to all the host firms, we couldn't do it without all of you!!!

More thanks to Autodesk, Microdesk, Kelar Pacific, UScad and every reader & leader that inspire and influence us from around the world: we appreciate you all!!!

The point: We Love LARUG and You are all part of that!!!

LARUG will continue to grow and amaze you (or try at least), so do be in touch!!!

A few LARUGgers have been featured in many places and one is AUGIworld, so here is their thanks and as always the image is a link... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

And finally for 2011... Join us in thanking (ourselves) the LARUG Crew: Thomas Weir, Jay Zallan, Marcello Sgambelluri, Troy Gates, Cody Nowak, Joe Mendez & Elisa De Dios and of course the 400+ members!!! Happy New Year!!!

Revit Users: "Snatch The Pebbles From My Hand" NOT "Grasshopper's"

Ian Keough does some great work and if you have ever seen Grasshopper for Rhino, yet use Revit and wish there were similar tools your wait is over (Thanks Ian!!!)... Dynamo is here...well, there (hit the images to go "there")

It is software 'in the wild' so do read up on it, as there are sure to be updates, changes as time goes on... If you add functionality please do share!!!

Check out all the posts on Ian's site, but CHECK HERE in particular to get to the Appropriate Building Coder page as well!!!

Thanks (from the Revit Community) to Ian Keough & Jeremy Tammik for the work & Troy Gates for letting us know about it...

BTW: Extra credit if you get the title's Kung Foo inference.

Embeded Tweets Taste Sweet

Hey Bloggers: Embed Tweets now!!! on.mash.to/uA4ekY

— Jay B Zallan (@JayZallan) December9, 2011

LARUG Power On!!!

Thanks to all who commented, posted & voted!!!

LARUG Show Your Power!!!

Now that @LARUG members got a new solution to model twisting & other geometries by using "rails" We ask one thing: Stuff the ballot boxes at the Revit Forum... After joining you can vote (as well as get this and many other good solutions for your Revit dilemmas...

If you don't already use RFO then you should; there's a lot of talent there!!!

So now, it's time for Revit Forum's "Favorite post of the month" voting!!!



So If you would like to help me stuff the ballot boxes (or really; if you think it's a good posting) Hit the image at left to get your voice heard... The winner gets the honor of peer recognition (giving others crap :-)).

If you haven't seen the original postings hit Fear & Loathing in a CAD vs BIM World's Blog Post and for the back-story see the following prior LARUG blog post...

After you vote that is!!! FYI: I did vote for others as well :-)

Whoever you vote for let's have a huge LARUG turnout and let the Revit world know we are here!!!

Storming The Gates of...Structural Analysis: LABS Does it Again

To all our Structuralists: Help make your lives (well, our lives) better!!! Support the Labs!!!