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Let's start with one of the most required families that we need when modelling a civil or infrastructure network (external MEP). It is assumed that you (readers of this article) are already familiar with the basics of Revit family creation. Manholes . Manholes, basically drive the gravity networks like storm-water and sewer, and if you will spend some time to have that perfect family it can drive all the rest of the utility network and make everything more coordinated and emission-less. Complete Manhole Family with conditional formulas already applied.  A general rule about the manholes is that they are driven by two key Variables . • Invert Level (IL) and  • Cover Level (CL) commonly referred aslo as GL (Ground Level) And as a general rule in Civil Infrastructure models or drawings your reference level is always absolute 0.00.That gives us an idea to build our family main parameters in relations to Ref.Level which is found in all family templates. It means that...

Hello world, and here is my first blog about BIM and my fist blog post in general. Well, I thought is unfair to work in a BIM consulting firm and not to share all the challenges and experience with like minded people.  Well let's go then. So what is BIM actually? In so many beautiful and confusing ideas about perfect BIM workflows and platforms I wanna tell my own story and b uild my i nformation m odel. I would like to wonder with you in today's technological possibilities and human factor of a BIM workflow. But first of all let me brief about my background.  Well, I started drawing when I was 3 years old. Actually, and the first two things I remember drawing with a blue pen was a rectangular shaped house front with a window, a door and a pitched roof. If I'll find one of those I'll update this post one of these days . The second one, of course was a distorted vehicle. Then I started my painting classes during my early school years. After, when I was a teenager ...