Category Archives: Revit

How to Use Auxiliary Views in Autodesk Revit

Learn how to set up auxilliary views in Revit. Continue reading

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The Power of Interoperability: Bringing Revit Models into Unity

Unity is at the forefront of this curriculum because it is affordable and easy to use right out of the box. The ability for Unity to be able to import and utilize CAD models is tremendous in the education sector. Most schools have architecture classes and curriculum as well as 3D Modeling classes. Continue reading

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Unity Game Development & Autodesk CAD = a Winning Combination

When somebody mentions Revit or AutoCAD, you probably think of architecture and design. But what you probably don’t know is that Unity’s game engine can be used to bring your CAD models to life Continue reading

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How SUNY Ulster Uses Project-Based Learning & Autodesk Revit

This semester two projects of note came to completion using Autodesk Revit. The first project involved creating a digital model of a local school using Revit. Information is now available to school administrators from the Building Information Model to manage facility use and plan reconfigurations as needed by student changes. Continue reading

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How BIM is being used to teach Sustainable Design

In a nutshell, purpose-built BIM solutions such as Revit help students learn holistic building design. BIM represents buildings as digital simulations rather than just traditional CAD drawings or 3D geometric models. Therefore, students who use BIM learn about the whole building. They learn to think more clearly about their design and are empowered to make informed decisions early in the process. Continue reading

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Exciting Educational Shows News from Studica Canada

In October Studica Reps attended the BCSCTA Catalyst 2011 Conference (BC Science Teachers’ Association, the ATA Science Council Conference (Alberta Teachers Associaton), STAO2011 (The Science Teachers’s Association of Ontario), THESA Conference (Teachers of Home Economics Specialist Association), and OFSHEEA (Ontario Family Studies Home Economic Educators’ Association). Continue reading

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The Future of STEM

STEM is one of the fastest-growing job markets in the United States. Not only is it a huge job market, but it’s a cutting edge industry. STEM helps push scientific innovation, technological progress, medical advancements, and new inventions. Continue reading

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The Digital Prototyping Solution & Autodesk

Digital Prototyping brings together design data from all phases of the product development process into a single digital model in Inventor. This model can then be manipulated in many ways to test certain aspects of the model that would normally be handled with a physical prototype. Things such as stress analysis can be handled in Inventor. Or, you can bring your prototype into a Revit model to see how it will fit into a factory setting. Continue reading

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3D Mice and Revit

Autodesk and 3DConnexion have teamed up to bring the technology of 3D Mice to the forefront of the BIM process. Revit Architecture 2012, Revit Structure 2012, Revit MEP 2012, and Navisworks 2012 have all added new functionality for 3D Mice. Continue reading

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Autodesk Certification for Secondary Schools

Autodesk now offers software certification for secondary schools! Students no longer have to take the same exam as industry professionals. AutoCAD and Inventor (Revit Architecture coming SOON) exams are based on a series of tasks and objectives that are common to all releases. Continue reading

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