Author: Max Drake

In the previous post I looked at using Unreal Engine to do some presentation information on a project from Revit 2015. I found it had a steep learning curve and from Export from Revit you had to go into an intermediate programme such as 3d Max or Blender before importing it onto Unreal Engine. Then

I read this AEC Magazine article Christmas comes early at Epic Games about free features for Unreal Engine (UE) and thought I’d give UE V4 a go. I’d previously played with Unity, and there is talk of a collaboration between Unity & AutoDesk for AEC industry, that means that the free Unity will suddenly need

I haven’t played much with C# and revit add-ins for a while and I thought it would be good to re-explore the process. The last time I was trying to do so was about 3 years ago so I thought I’d look on Mr YouTube to see what has appeared since my last effort. It

This is a cool video on methods of presentation using background images, pre-set view templates, text as objects, filters and layering views over views, some in realistic and some in simple to give a mixed media feel, as well as using finishes and transparency to create filters. Very good and quick. Different fonts as objects

In the previous post I was looking at Revit Presentations. The first video showed examples of using Text fonts as elements with some very nice text fonts, both in 2D & 3D. So I thought I’d have a little play, with variable success. Below are some additions I made to my Title block (the MDA

Presentation is a good way to tell a story. You need to add enough interest to draw people in to explore, so you need to make it attractive. Not necessarily tell all the story but accentuate the positive. Images to support narative. Old days lots of effort for presentation that was not used in main

I have been working n a project with a number of buildings. To begin with I had them all in one model, but as the scheme developed the buildings became a bit more complex, the forms settled down, and I decided to split them into seperate files to manage them better. Revit shared coordinates I’d

I’ve just buggered another computer, so loading software onto a new PC is tedious, but also good in that you can review programmes that you’ve loaded and you can consider if you want them on your new computer A couple of productivity tools I want to ment ion are 1. Textify & 2. Smart Caps

I bought a surface 3 way back as I wanted a PC that fitted in a large inner jacket pocket. This is a 10″ screen and does so. It has been handy and transportable. It only has 4 gigglies of Ram but otherwise is a good workhorse, I even have Revit on it, but it

I have a Surface 3 and a Surface Book (original) . I have constant problems with my Surface 3 power. The battery stops chareging and I have to put the tablet away until it recharges.A pain I have recently had issues with it connecting to the Wifi, which is irritating if I want to watch