Naviate Rebar Discovery Session #6 – Color Rebar
In this latest Naviate Rebar discovery session we deviate away from our rebar generation tools and investigate at our latest feature, Colour Rebar.
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Embodied Carbon: What it is and how to deal with it
As architects, you’re not just creators of spaces but custodians of the future environment. Sustainability is the keystone of contemporary architecture, guiding both design philosophy and construction practices. And among the most critical aspects of sustainable design is embodied carbon, a metric that evaluates the environmental impact of the materials and methods we employ from the ground up.
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Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Futures: Introducing Naviate Zero
Our world is getting warmer, and carbon dioxide (CO2) is to blame. CO2 absorbs and radiates heat, leading to what is called the greenhouse effect — as well as climate change. In 2021, CO2 alone was responsible for about two-thirds of the total heating influence of all human-produced greenhouse gases. The more CO2 we add to the atmosphere, the more we see the greenhouse effect — and the faster we see global temperatures rise. New building construction releases significant CO2 into the atmosphere, not just through the physical construction of buildings but also material fabrication, transportation, and construction waste. According to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), buildings account for at least 39% of energy-related global carbon emissions annually. At least one-quarter of these emissions come from embodied carbon, or the carbon emissions associated with building materials and construction.
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Naviate Zero and the Importance of Sustainability in Building Design
The world of architecture and construction is always on the move, always evolving. But we've reached a point where we can't ignore the elephant in the room: the impact that new building construction on our precious environment.
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The technology podcast you’ve been waiting for: introducing Optimize et al
Remember the time you built your first LEGO masterpiece? The foundation was crucial, but it was the little pieces — the tiny details — that truly transformed it from a pile of bricks into a work of art.
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Discover Naviate Rebar #5 - Divide Rebar
In this Naviate Rebar discovery session we will take a detailed look our new divide rebar feature that addresses the lapping and control of reinforcement bar lengths! All our existing rebar functions will place reinforcement bar along the full length of elements without considering laps or splices leading to bars that may exceed available stock sizes. The philosophy of Naviate Rebar is to offer accessible, easy to use tools that provide functionality for the efficient modelling of reinforcement. To offer maximum flexibility, and ease of use, we have developed the Divide Rebar function to be used alongside our existing toolsets. Of course, the Divide Rebar feature can be used on any rebar element regardless of how it was created.
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Fire Safety Design in 3D? It's Possible with Naviate Bimfire
In the dynamic world of building design and construction, fire safety engineers play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and well-being of occupants. As a fire safety engineer, you know that accuracy and efficiency are paramount to delivering successful projects. That's where Bimfire comes into play. Gone are the days of working in isolation or retrofitting fire safety solutions into completed architectural designs. Bimfire allows you to integrate fire safety design directly into the architectural model, ensuring a holistic approach to building safety. By visualizing fire safety elements within the overall design, you can identify potential clashes early on and make informed decisions that prioritize occupant safety without compromising the architectural vision.
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How to Check Window Placements in Naviate Accelerate
When we started the refactoring of Naviate’s Door/Window Drawings tool, we originally took it for granted that all windows would be placed on the outside of the exterior walls. But what if, by accident, a window was placed on the wrong side or got flipped during one of the design processes? So, we came up with the idea to have an instance parameter on windows to check if they’re placed towards a room or not. If they’re placed towards a room, they are placed incorrectly (except for balconies and terraces). Revit doesn’t show the parameter Room Name in either Properties or Schedules. Schedules can show either To Room or From Room, but this can be overridden by the Naviate UID’S tool — and then will only show balconies and terraces in From Room. Nevertheless, schedule information can’t be easily used to select or show all displaced windows. With Naviate’s Combine Parameter Values tool, we can access the Room Name parameter. We can also use this tool to write the value to a custom parameter like — in the example below — Placed to Room.
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Save time managing BIM360 members with Naviate Cloud Manager
Autodesk BIM 360™ construction management software connects people, data and workflows throughout the building construction lifecycle — and it’s great at doing those things.
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