Construction Events & Webinars

Graitec invites you to a live webinar where we will demonstrate how our scalable enterprise-level drawing and document management system, Opentree, significantly reduces the cost of delivering projects by streamlining your production and delivery processes.

In an industry where collaboration is essential, it is becoming vital to produce high-quality and accurate data. Unfortunately, traditional, often human-led processes do not lend themselves well to meeting this demand and they do have an impact on efficiency and productivity.

Graitec Opentree, a drawing and document management solution, will help to meet those efficiency challenges head-on and automate the manual, but important tasks bullet-pointed below.

Graitec has been providing leading software solutions to Architects, Engineers and the Construction industry for nearly 40 years. Graitec Opentree improves and enhances document management and control that is BIM Level 2 and ISO 19650 compliant.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE

The latest in our popular webinar series will discuss and demonstrate the following….

1. Ensuring approved template use
2. Automate file naming and status codes in accordance to ISO 19650
3. Intelligent data linking. Ensuring important property information within the drawing and document templates.
4. Manage, review and approve process with version and revision control.
5. Filing important emails to project folders.
6. Seamless upload to mainstream CDE (common data environments) e.g. BIM360, Asite, Aconex, Viewpoint for Projects, SharePoint, Collaborator etc

Have you or a colleague ever used an incorrect template?

Have you ever spent time searching or trying to decipher which is the latest version of a document?

Have you ever wasted time by working on a previous version of a document?

Any of these occurrences are very time consuming, frustrating and facilitates unproductive and non-billable hours. Plus, they will delay and impact any project! Potentially effecting credibility and profitability negatively and spotlighting an inefficient process.

The aim of this webinar is to demonstrate and show how Graitec Opentree eases and solves your ISO auditing needs and requirements for drawing and document management, control and process.

We invite you to register for our 45-minute webinar. Which will highlight some of the challenges you may have right now or in the near future, and how Graitec Opentree solves these challenges.

REGISTER

Graitec invites you to a live webinar where we will demonstrate how our scalable enterprise-level drawing and document management system, Opentree, significantly reduces the cost of delivering a BIM Level 2 project by streamlining your production and delivery processes.

In an industry where collaboration is essential, it is becoming vital to produce high-quality and accurate data. Unfortunately, traditional, often human-led processes do not lend themselves well to meeting this demand and they do have an impact on efficiency and productivity.

Graitec Opentree, a drawing and document management solution, will help to meet those efficiency challenges head-on and automate the manual, but important tasks bullet-pointed below.

Graitec has been providing leading software solutions to Architects, Engineers and the Construction industry for nearly 40 years. Graitec Opentree improves and enhances document management and control that is BIM Level 2 and ISO 19650 compliant.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE

The latest in our popular webinar series will discuss and demonstrate the following….

1. Ensuring approved template use
2. Automate file naming and status codes in accordance to ISO 19650
3. Intelligent data linking. Ensuring important property information within the drawing and document templates.
4. Manage, review and approve process with version and revision control.
5. Filing important emails to project folders.
6. Seamless upload to mainstream CDE (common data environments) e.g. BIM360, Asite, Aconex, Viewpoint for Projects, SharePoint, Collaborator etc.

Have you or a colleague ever used an incorrect template?

Have you ever spent time searching or trying to decipher which is the latest version of a document?

Have you ever wasted time by working on a previous version of a document?

Any of these occurrences are very time consuming, frustrating and facilitates unproductive and non-billable hours. Plus, they will delay and impact any project! Potentially effecting credibility and profitability negatively and spotlighting an inefficient process.

The aim of this webinar is to demonstrate and show how Graitec Opentree eases and solves your ISO auditing needs and requirements for drawing and document management, control and process.

We invite you to register for our 45-minute webinar. Which will highlight some of the challenges you may have right now or in the near future, and how Graitec Opentree solves these challenges.

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This is a great opportunity to present questions to our team of experts.  We will also be advising on software solutions and how to get the most from working from home.

WHAT software program are you featuring in the AEC Clinic?

Featured software: –

• Advanced Steel
• AutoCAD
• Autodesk Revit
• Civil 3D
• Dynamo
• FormIT
• InfraWorks
• 3DS Max
• Navisworks Manage
• ReCap

Date: Thursday 30^th April 2020
Time: 9 AM – 5 PM

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“All ideas have to start somewhere, FormIT is Autodesk conceptual design software and is multi-platform. Whether you work on a PC, MAC or mobile device FormIT will work for you. It also has direct workflows to Revit. With the ability to create Level and Families for use later in the design process.

Areas of Focus:

– Understanding the FormIT Platform
– Understanding the UI – 3D Sketching
– Creating Geometry
– Modelling Tools
– Importing Geometry
– Setting the Location
– Levels – Groups
– Layers
– Materials
– Exporting – Linking to Revit”

Webinar Host: Simon Dickinson
Date: 27/04/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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Here at Graitec we have created a great set of addons for Revit.  In fact, we have created so many we have given it its own toolbar on the Ribbon. Come and see how the functionality in the Graitec Powerpack for Revit can help increase your productivity in Revit, and how you can get this for free.

We will show you:

– Link to Excel, by directional data exchange with Excel
– The Numbering Tool, quickly renumber components in Revit in a controlled order
– The Family Manager tools:
– The Family Manager, manage and organise your Revit Families.
– File Exporter, export all you families from a project
– File Updater, Water mark manager and more…
– Cad to RFA, Coordinate for Foundations and many, many more…

Webinar Host: Simon Dickinson
Date: 24/04/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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Does Revit do everything you need it to do? Would Automation of common tasks have no benefit to you? Are you a qualified/competent programmer that understands the API?

If you answered no to any if not all of these questions, then this webinar is for you.

A lot of people have heard of Dynamo BIM for Revit, unfortunately some people only see it as a computational concept design tool. This webinar will open your eyes to the powerful tool that is Dynamo.

You will see how:

• Dynamo is a visual node-based tool
• Dynamo lets you do things Revit can’t
• Common task can be automated
• To interact with Excel to import and use data
• To use more advance features for interacting with the API
• To use custom packages to add functionality
• Real world projects that benefited from Dynamo

Webinar Host: Simon Dickinson
Date: 24/04/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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BIM 360 Coordinate has been a product that doesn’t get much recognition in the BIM 360 world. This webinar introduces delegates to Model Coordination in the cloud.  By employing some simple techniques, Model Coordination can play a powerful role.

Employing a method to enable the extended model teams a way of coordination with each other before the big BIM meeting can have its advantages. Let’s examine some workflows that can bring BIM 360 Coordinate back to the major league.

Objectives include:

• Understand the principals of BIM 360 Coordinate
• Get up to speed on where this tool could be employed and its advantages to doing so

Webinar Host: Grant Dott
Date: 23/04/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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From the time you receive your welcome email from BIM 360, your journey begins in this world of cloud collaboration. This webinar introduces delegates to the basic setup of their BIM 360 Account.

We will look at Companies, Members, Roles and the importance they play in setting up Projects. After taking delegates through the Project setup process we will look at folder structures and permissions that bring BIM 360 alive.  We will finish up with a tour around the BIM 360 interface and the BIM 360 Desktop Connector, preparing delegates for all that lies beyond.

Objectives include:

• Understanding the difference between Account and Project Admin
• Turning your desktop into a cloud-based file system
• Develop a basic understanding of the Management of BIM 360

Webinar Host: Grant Dott
Date: 23/04/2020
Time: 12.00pm – 13.00pm

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Must be five years or so since BIM 360 began the journey to become a true cloud-based to enhance and control documentation for the construction industry.  Lots of new tools and applications and many new workflows.

This webinar will introduce all of the applications and where they are well placed to fit together with a brief description of some of the more widely used functions. This overview should prepare all delegates with a good understanding of all of the tools within the BIM 360 portfolio.

Objectives include:

• Understanding all the BIM 360 Products and applications
• Be able to make decisions on which applications to employ for best practice including remote or home working

Webinar Host: Grant Dott
Date: 23/04/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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Software subscription may be a necessary evil to keep you up to date with the latest updates, service packs and versions of the products you use, but there are also more benefits to doing so.

In this webinar we will look at:

• The add-ins you have access to which come as part of your subscription.
• How these add-ins are found
• Look at some of the features of these add-ins including the Graitec Powerpack for Revit

Webinar Host: Simon Locke
Date: 22/04/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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Graitec Opentree for AutoCAD webinar: Register for FREE today

Graitec invites you to a live webinar where we will demonstrate how our scalable enterprise-level drawing and document management system, Opentree, significantly reduces the cost of delivering projects by streamlining your production and delivery processes.

In an industry where collaboration is essential, it is becoming vital to produce high-quality and accurate data. Unfortunately, traditional, often human-led processes do not lend themselves well to meeting this demand and they do have an impact on efficiency and productivity.

Graitec Opentree, a drawing and document management solution, will help to meet those efficiency challenges head-on and automate the manual, but important tasks bullet-pointed below.

Graitec has been providing leading software solutions to Architects, Engineers and the Construction industry for nearly 40 years. Graitec Opentree improves and enhances document management and control that is BIM Level 2 and ISO 19650 compliant.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE

The latest in our popular webinar series will discuss and demonstrate the following….

1. Ensuring approved template use
2. Automate file naming and status codes in accordance to ISO 19650
3. Intelligent data linking. Ensuring important property information within the drawing and document templates.
4. Manage, review and approve process with version and revision control.
5. Filing important emails to project folders.
6. Seamless upload to mainstream CDE (common data environments) e.g. BIM360, Asite, Aconex, Viewpoint for Projects, SharePoint, Collaborator etc.

Have you or a colleague ever used an incorrect template?

Have you ever spent time searching or trying to decipher which is the latest version of a document?

Have you ever wasted time by working on a previous version of a document?

Any of these occurrences are very time consuming, frustrating and facilitates unproductive and non-billable hours. Plus, they will delay and impact any project! Potentially effecting credibility and profitability negatively and spotlighting an inefficient process.

The aim of this webinar is to demonstrate and show how Graitec Opentree eases and solves your ISO auditing needs and requirements for drawing and document management, control and process.

We invite you to register for our 45-minute webinar. Which will highlight some of the challenges you may have right now or in the near future, and how Graitec Opentree solves these challenges.

Your webinar hosts will be:

• Gary Edwards (Head of Sales UK for Opentree) – Discussing commercial examples and uses of Opentree.

• Daniel Taylor-North (Product Manager for Opentree) – Live demonstration of the Opentree software with AutoCAD examples.

Webinar details:

• Date: 21^st April 2020
• Time: 02:00pm to 2:45pm

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Graitec invites you to a live webinar where we will demonstrate how our scalable enterprise-level drawing and document management system, Opentree, significantly reduces the cost of delivering a BIM Level 2 project by streamlining your production and delivery processes.

In an industry where collaboration is essential, it is becoming vital to produce high-quality and accurate data. Unfortunately, traditional, often human-led processes do not lend themselves well to meeting this demand and they do have an impact on efficiency and productivity.

Graitec Opentree, a drawing and document management solution, will help to meet those efficiency challenges head-on and automate the manual, but important tasks bullet-pointed below.

Graitec has been providing leading software solutions to Architects, Engineers and the Construction industry for nearly 40 years. Graitec Opentree improves and enhances document management and control that is BIM Level 2 and ISO 19650 compliant.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE

The latest in our popular webinar series will discuss and demonstrate the following….

1. Ensuring approved template use
2. Automate file naming and status codes in accordance to ISO 19650
3. Intelligent data linking. Ensuring important property information within the drawing and document templates.
4. Manage, review and approve process with version and revision control.
5. Filing important emails to project folders.
6. Seamless upload to mainstream CDE (common data environments) e.g. BIM360, Asite, Aconex, Viewpoint for Projects, SharePoint, Collaborator etc.

Have you or a colleague ever used an incorrect template?

Have you ever spent time searching or trying to decipher which is the latest version of a document?

Have you ever wasted time by working on a previous version of a document?

Any of these occurrences are very time consuming, frustrating and facilitates unproductive and non-billable hours. Plus, they will delay and impact any project! Potentially effecting credibility and profitability negatively and spotlighting an inefficient process.

The aim of this webinar is to demonstrate and show how Graitec Opentree eases and solves your ISO auditing needs and requirements for drawing and document management, control and process.

We invite you to register for our 45-minute webinar. Which will highlight some of the challenges you may have right now or in the near future, and how Graitec Opentree solves these challenges.

Your webinar hosts will be:

• Gary Edwards (Head of Sales UK for Opentree) – Discussing commercial examples and uses of Opentree.

• Daniel Taylor-North (Product Manager for Opentree) – Live demonstration of the Opentree software with Revit examples.

Webinar details:

• Date: 21^st April 2020
• Time: 11:00am to 11:45am

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Navisworks is key software when it comes to model collaboration and commenting on information relating to the design of a building. Using the I construct plugin we are going to look at how we can build a greater level of information and detail into our models and export the information out to help with the BIM process.

• Auditing and Colour coding Models into different disciplines and breaking them down to smaller parts
• Zoning of Areas within your models
• Provide greater level of information into your model
• Manage & Organise Clash detection schedules & Reports into a style that suits you
• Exporting Data in line with BIM workflow

Webinar Host: Matthew Smith
Date: 20/04/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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Since the introduction of BIM Level 2 in 2011, there has been a big focus on Level of Detail and Level of Information required in a model. There has been some confusion where one starts and the other stops. This webinar will run through the key differences, and how to populate content with the right information for both asset and geometry.

The webinar will focus on the following areas:

• Understanding Level of Detail (LOD)
• Understanding the different levels and how they apply to phases of a project
• Asset information – Level of Information (LOI)
• Using Parameter information – text based and hyperlinks
• Naming conventions for LOI

Webinar Host: Matthew Smith
Date: 20/04/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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It is imperative that all Advance Steel models are started using an approved template or you will get issues later on. The standard template provided with Advance Steel is not great. This webinar will explore the many things you can edit in the template to make your own custom template that is much more effective and improves efficiency when modelling.

Key points:

• Graphics settings – Changing the visual styles, colours and textures can not only make the model much more pleasing to look at but actually significantly improve performance.
• AutoCAD Settings – some AutoCAD settings are stored in the DWG.
• Repetitive tasks – save your project settings, queries and basic cameras in your template and you won’t have to redo them in every project.
• Document Output – Make the preferred NC, Numbering and Cameras as default, or existing in your template, to get the best output in the shortest time.

Webinar Host: Aleck Giles
Date: 17^th April 2020
Time: 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM

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“All ideas have to start somewhere, FormIT is Autodesk conceptual design software and is multi-platform. Whether you work on a PC, MAC or mobile device FormIT will work for you. It also has direct workflows to Revit. With the ability to create Level and Families for use later in the design process.

Areas of Focus:

– Understanding the FormIT Platform
– Understanding the UI
– 3D Sketching
– Creating Geometry
– Modelling Tools
– Importing Geometry
– Setting the Location
– Levels
– Groups
– Layers
– Materials
– Exporting
– Linking to Revit

Webinar Host: Simon Dickinson
Date: 17/04/2020
Time: 12.00pm – 13.00pm

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Automatic drawings are one of the major areas of Advance Steel, are you setting up everything in your model to ensure you will get the best output from the system? This webinar will run through the main things you can set / change in your model which will have an effect on your drawing output.

Key Points

• Setting model roles and Searches for model roles
• Setting the detailing direction
• Settings / Changing main parts
• Review use of Camera Types
• Using Model Views as Cameras
• Activating top view of Rafters (if desired)

Webinar Host: Aleck Giles
Date: 17^th April 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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A whirlwind of great Ideas from around the world, this Top 10 chart is bound to be useful. From Faster, Lighter drawings to simple “OMG I didn’t know that!” there will be one to save you hours of work.

In this class I will show you some great top tips for working smarter in AutoCAD Civil 3D and Infraworks taking in some AutoCAD Map 3D and Recap along the way.

Highlights include:

• Working with Point Clouds
• Help with Standardising your drawings
• Accessing Data from many different sources
• Making your Civil 3D drawings lighter without losing function

Webinar Host: Ian Robinson
Date: 09/04/2020
Time: 12.00pm – 13.00pm

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This webinar will showcase the Steel fabrication workflow.

How does this intergrate between Revit and Advance Steel?
How does this affect the current understanding of Structural Steel with Revit?

Understanding how the Structural familes should be created to match the fabrication workflow and the Bi-direction possiblities for Advance Steel and Revit Structural Steel.

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 6th April 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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This webinar will look at how Advance Steel users can work with Special Parts and how to incorporate them into the model. Special parts are objects not created in Advance Steel but needed in the model for clash checking purposes such as a piece of machinery which is bolted to the steel frame or bought in items incorporated into assemblies such as brackets, locks or glass clamps etc.

After we have inserted the Special Parts into the model we will run through the drawing and list output to see what could be achieved. We will also look at captive nuts and captive bolts and how they could be incorporated into custom connections, finally we will run through some of the support questions that get raised relating to special parts.

Key Points

• How to create Special parts including tips & tricks
• Inserting and integrating Special parts with the model
• Special Parts on drawings – GA’s and Assemblies
• Captive nuts & Bolts
• Problem solving Special Part issues

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 3rd April 2020
Time: 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM

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In this webinar attendees get introduced to the new Steel tab which has been available in Revit since the 2019 version. These features allow Revit users to create steel models with a higher Level of Detail.

This webinar covers modelling and populating the model with automatic intelligent connections, how to model plates then we will look at placing bolts, anchors, shear studs, holes and the intelligent notches/ cuts onto Structural Framing and Column families.

Finally we will look at the updated dimension and annotation tools for the newly added steelwork elements

Key Topics:

• Apply connections to steelwork models
• Populate the model with the connections and how to use the Dynamo player.
• Create custom connections
• Create plates manually
• Apply bolts, anchors, shear studs and holes
• Use the intelligent cut and notch commands
• Dimensioning and Labelling Steelwork elements.

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 03/04/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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In this presentation, we will create realistic examples of custom connections incorporating as much intelligence as possible and demonstrate their effective use in a project.

1. Learn how to use custom connections to reduce repetitive modelling tasks
2. Learn how to use Building blocks to incorporate intelligence into custom connections
3. Identify some limitations of custom connections
4. Learn how to make your custom connection available to all projects.
5. Learn how to use the custom connection in your project models.

Webinar Host: Aleck Giles
Date: 2nd April 2020
Time: 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM

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Aleck will show the optimum modelling method to create a concrete stair and apply a railing to it making the best use of Advance Steel macros and joints to maximise efficiency.

1. Demonstrate an efficient method for modelling a concrete stair
2. Show how the railing macro can work on a concrete stair
3. Demonstrate effective use of Custom Connections to fix the railing posts to the stair

Webinar Host: Aleck Giles
Date: 2nd April 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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Although Advance Steel is primarily a Steel detailing software it’s not just steelwork we can model. In this webinar, Rob will run through various modelling techniques to get timber into your model.

We will look at structural timber, glulam beam and columns and how we can model custom connections to connect to the steel frame. Then we will move onto looking at packing steel beams with timber and finally, we will look at the drawing output and what can be achieved with customised drawing styles.

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 1st April 2020
Time: 14:00 PM –15:00 PM

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Join our live Webinar to explore how Advance Steel users can utilise their AEC collection to aid the installation of your steelwork.

We will take a finished Advance Steel model and export it to Navisworks to timeline the installation process of the steelwork. We will also look at how Navisworks can be used to create walk throughs of the structure.

• Export your model from Advance Steel to Navisworks
• Use Navisworks timeline feature to create tasks and selection sets
• Simulate the erection process
• Create a walkthrough of the structure

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 1st April 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

To register your place on our ‘Using Autodesk Advance Steel & Navisworks to Plan your Steelwork Installation’ webinar, just click on the button below.

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Join our live Webinar to explore how Revit and Advance steel can be used in conjunction to create models and fabrication drawings for modular buildings. With more and more fabrication being done offsite this webinar will run through the workflows available in the AEC collection.

We will look at creating Revit Structural families to ensure correct transfer to Advance Steel, modelling the steel connections within Revit and finally exporting our model to Advance Steel to create the workshop drawings.

• Correct Structural Family creation to ensure transfer to Advance Steel
• Steel connections within Revit
• Export from Revit to Advance Steel
• Creating Fabrication drawings in Advance Steel

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 30th March 2020
Time: 14:00 PM – 15:00 PM

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We are dealing with spatial data in almost every AEC projects. Whether it be Ordnance Survey maps, aerial photography or maybe where all the lamp post and electricity cables are. With the AEC collection or the AutoCAD Industry Specific tools and the INSPIRE directive from the EU, everyone has the ability to work with Geospatial data.

In this session I will unlock the mystery behind the dark art. After attending this session, you will understand all you need to know about procuring and mapping data with your project, working within the framework of BIM and sharing your project in a fast and efficient way. This session is suitable for Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Project Managers.

Webinar Host: Ian Robinson
Date: 30/03/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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The webinar will run through all the checking tools in Advance Steel which can be used to eliminate any drawing errors such as missing plates from assemblies, items incorrectly welded together, connections missing from objects.

We will look at the model checks, such as clash check, steel construction technical check. Then we will move to check that the steelwork has been modelled as we are going to fabricate it, we will check that everything is connected in the workshop as we want it. If there are any assemblies that are not connected correctly we will look at how we can investigate what welds are causing the issue.

• Modelling checks
• Check everything is connected correctly
• How to find rouge welds
• How to find loose items that haven’t been welded

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 30th March 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 13:00 PM

To register your place on our ‘Checking your Advance Steel Model to Eliminate Drawing Errors’ webinar, just click on the button below.

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This webinar will focus on Point Clouds and how to generate the correct data needed for an infrastructure project.

I will discuss how you can manage large datasets and extract a surface ground model, linear features such as Kerbs and road markings and vertical features like trees and signs. I will then use this data in AutoCAD Civil 3D via Autodesk Recap and Infraworks.

Webinar Host: Ian Robinson
Date: 30/03/2020
Time: 12.00pm – 13.00pm

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Join us for this webinar to understand the collaborative workflow between Revit / Advance Steel. The webinar will cover all the basics of the transfer mechanisms between Advance Steel and Revit.

Topics covered include:

• How to install the Extension and the different import / export options
• Exporting and importing between Revit and Advance Steel
• What will import and export depending on which version of the software you are running
• Synchronising models

Webinar Host: Rob Merriman
Date: 30th March 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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Subassemblies in AutoCAD Civil 3D are great, and I often think that they are underused. However, sometimes they don’t always answer your questions exactly as you need. Additionally, for those achieving BIM level 2, you want to be able to generate your Codes to achieve the level of information required. Thankfully, there is a tool all Civil 3D users have that can help; Autodesk Subassembly Composer.

In this Webinar we will focus on the workflow from identifying a problem to solve, through planning and preparation and then to create your own Subassemblies:

• Understanding Subassemblies
• Finding solutions to problems – What’s in the Civil 3D box
• Code Sets, what are they and how do I make them work for me?
• Planning a new Subassembly
• Sketches, data requirements, properties and codes
• Creating a new Subassembly
• In Civil 3D
• In Subassembly Composer
• Adding your new Subassembly to Civil 3D

Webinar Host: Ian Robinson
Date: 30/03/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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Collaboration between multiple teams and disciplines in a Revit project has never been easier.  Whether you are a multi-discipline firm or one of many contractors working on a project.

This webinar will highlight the different ways of sharing models and model information amongst all stakeholders.  Keep control of your linked files and models and ensure you are always using the latest available information to reduce risk and uncertainty on the project.

This is a PPT webinar which explains the methodology behind using BIM 360 Design and Worksharing for Revit.

• Understand Trust and Risk in using linked files in Revit.
• Examine tradition methods v BIM 360 Design
• Collaborate with BIM 360 Document Management when using Revit
• Understand the concept of Teams
• Introduction to Design Collaboration (Packages and Timeline)

Webinar Host: Grant Dott
Date: 27/03/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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Now gaining traction in BIM 360 workflows, Document Reviews enable document managers to facilitate, control, and automate the distribution of documents to project members, Project drawings, models, and documents can be identified for review and approval, before construction can begin.

Let’s take a closer look at this process and review some of its features.

Webinar Host: Grant Dott
Date: 27/03/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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Graitec invites you to a live webinar where we will demonstrate how our scalable enterprise-level drawing and document management system, Opentree, significantly reduces the cost of delivering projects by streamlining your production and delivery processes.

In an industry where collaboration is essential, it is becoming vital to produce high-quality and accurate data. Unfortunately, traditional, often human-led processes do not lend themselves well to meeting this demand and they do have an impact on efficiency and productivity.

Graitec Opentree, a drawing and document management solution, will help to meet those efficiency challenges head-on and automate the manual, but important tasks bullet-pointed below.

Graitec has been providing leading software solutions to Architects, Engineers and the Construction industry for nearly 40 years. Graitec Opentree improves and enhances document management and control that is BIM Level 2 and ISO 19650 compliant.

REGISTER NOW

The latest in our popular webinar series will discuss and demonstrate the following….

1. Ensuring approved template use
2. Automate file naming and status codes in accordance to ISO 19650
3. Intelligent data linking. Ensuring important property information within the drawing and document templates.
4. Manage, review and approve process with version and revision control.
5. Filing important emails to project folders.
6. Seamless upload to mainstream CDE (common data environments) e.g. BIM360, Asite, Aconex, Viewpoint for Projects, SharePoint, Collaborator etc.

Have you or a colleague ever used an incorrect template?

Have you ever spent time searching or trying to decipher which is the latest version of a document?

Have you ever wasted time by working on a previous version of a document?

Any of these occurrences are very time consuming, frustrating and facilitates unproductive and non-billable hours. Plus, they will delay and impact any project! Potentially effecting credibility and profitability negatively and spotlighting an inefficient process.

The aim of this webinar is to demonstrate and show how Graitec Opentree eases and solves your ISO auditing needs and requirements for drawing and document management, control and process.

We invite you to register for our 45-minute webinar. Which will highlight some of the challenges you may have right now or in the near future, and how Graitec Opentree solves these challenges.

Graitec invites you to a live webinar where we will demonstrate how our scalable enterprise-level drawing and document management system, Opentree, significantly reduces the cost of delivering a BIM Level 2 project by streamlining your production and delivery processes.

In an industry where collaboration is essential, it is becoming vital to produce high-quality and accurate data. Unfortunately, traditional, often human-led processes do not lend themselves well to meeting this demand and they do have an impact on efficiency and productivity.

Graitec Opentree, a drawing and document management solution, will help to meet those efficiency challenges head-on and automate the manual, but important tasks bullet-pointed below.

Graitec has been providing leading software solutions to Architects, Engineers and the Construction industry for nearly 40 years. Graitec Opentree improves and enhances document management and control that is BIM Level 2 and ISO 19650 compliant.

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The latest in our popular webinar series will discuss and demonstrate the following….

1. Ensuring approved template use
2. Automate file naming and status codes in accordance to ISO 19650
3. Intelligent data linking. Ensuring important property information within the drawing and document templates.
4. Manage, review and approve process with version and revision control.
5. Filing important emails to project folders.
6. Seamless upload to mainstream CDE (common data environments) e.g. BIM360, Asite, Aconex, Viewpoint for Projects, SharePoint, Collaborator etc.

Have you or a colleague ever used an incorrect template?

Have you ever spent time searching or trying to decipher which is the latest version of a document?

Have you ever wasted time by working on a previous version of a document?

Any of these occurrences are very time consuming, frustrating and facilitates unproductive and non-billable hours. Plus, they will delay and impact any project! Potentially effecting credibility and profitability negatively and spotlighting an inefficient process.

The aim of this webinar is to demonstrate and show how Graitec Opentree eases and solves your ISO auditing needs and requirements for drawing and document management, control and process.

We invite you to register for our 45-minute webinar, which will highlight some of the challenges you may have right now or in the near future, and how Graitec Opentree solves these challenges.

26-29 March 2020, NEC, Birmingham

The annual National Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the NEC, Birmingham from 26-29 March 2020 is hosting the inaugural ceremony of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine’s awards on 27 March to recognise the success stories within the property sector. The awards form part of Future Plc’s year-long initiative entitled the ‘Year of Self-Build’ to celebrate the publication’s 30^th anniversary, and the show promises to offer an expanded portfolio of new products, services and expert advice, while also premiering a new collaboration with John Lewis & Partners.

West Midland’s largest event of its kind is sponsored for the first time by Spectrum Architectural Glazing, which will display its high-performance, low-energy glazing products on stand no. E267. The show will also introduce the John Lewis Home Design Service presented by local stylists from its Midlands department stores within a designated John Lewis Design Lounge at the event. Across the four days, the Home Design Service will assist homeowners in devising a new look for their rooms or restyling a whole house and provide them with a personalised shopping list of curated items. The Midlands department stores are also showcasing their latest colour swatches, fabrics and furniture, designed to create a cohesive scheme for everything from flooring and curtains to the finishing touches.

‘Lady builder’ Sian Astley, project manager for BBC2’s ‘Your Home Made Perfect’ and experienced interior designer and renovator, joins the event for one-on-one consultations and to host a seminar called ‘Building Secrets Explained: How to run your building project’, in which she shares her wealth of knowledge accumulated over the past 23 years.

Over 500 exhibitors and 13 daily seminars and masterclasses will demonstrate top quality, specialist advice, products and services from industries including kitchens; bathrooms; doors and windows; extensions and conversions; eco and heating; architecture; design; financial services; planning permissions and much more. People who have successfully finished a project will also be present to share their experiences with those at the beginning of their journey.

A key area at the show is The Advice Centre, which abounds with impartial guidance for those who are interested in discussing their ideas with industry leaders. Visitors keen to find out more about the design, planning and construction process are recommended to book an Ask the Architect consultation, where chartered specialists from RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) can assist with visitors’ specific issues. The Ask the Builder area, home to members of the Federation of Master Builders, will guide people on hiring accredited, highly skilled construction workers.

For more general tips on all aspects associated with self-build and renovation, the Ask the Expert zone offers 15-minute consultations through interactive sessions with property experts Michael Holmes and Jason Orme; master builder Andy Stevens; building expert Bob Branscombe; eco expert David Hilton; serial renovator Jo Dyson; planning expert Sally Tagg, and finance expert Tom McSherry.

All visitors can navigate their way on site with the help of the show app, available on iPhone and Android. They will be able to schedule and receive alerts for key seminars and masterclasses, browse through the list of professionals available and access the latest offers and information.

One-day tickets to the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show are £12 in advance or £18 on the door and two-day tickets are £18 in advance or £24 on the door (children under 16 go free). For further information visit www.homebuildingshow.co.uk/national or call the ticket hotline on 0844 854 0503 (calls cost 7p per minute plus network extras).

Since the introduction of a Universal Issue Management, Issues, Observations, Snagging and Reporting of Issues is now all wrapped up into one.  No matter which BIM 360 Application you are using, Issues are available to follow up on your queries and concerns.  Don’t let small things get in the way and cause a potential roadblock somewhere down the line.  Get it taken care of right away.

Let’s examine the various workflows involved in this simple and straight forward presentation. Topics will include.

• Issue Administration
• Web v Mobile usage
• Filtering and Reporting

Webinar Host: Grant Dott
Date: 20/03/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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Handling Quality and Safety on a building site is now made easy with BIM 360 Build and Field Management.  Together let’s go through the preparation and creation on Templates and Checklists. Simple and straight forward, this presentation is for all those who are new to digitising forms and checklists. We will have a look at how easy it is to perform a Quality or Safety  check using a mobile device while in the field.

Topics will include:

• Templates v Checklists
• Mobile Interface
• Issues
• Reporting for Issues and Checklists

Webinar Host: Grant Dott
Date: 20/03/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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In the past few years, Robot has been added to the AEC Collection. The product has the ability to run analysis and work up full designs using localised standards.

This session will look at some of the functionality around this products capabilities. This will include

• Running analysis on Conc, steel, and timber
• Using localised codes
• Calculating sections sizes based on different load conditions
• Produce a set of calculations

Webinar Host: Sara Santana Herrera
Date: 06/03/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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New sector guidance on sewerage asset adoption from water companies has been given the go-ahead and will come into force in April 2020.

With a particular emphasis on SuDS as long term solutions, the demand for more specialist inputs and technological solutions are expected to increase.

Join our upcoming webinar where we will discuss how to ensure drainage design submissions are complaint with the new guidance.

We will be joined by Chris Patmore, technical director (SuDS) at WSP Water Specialisms who will deliver a summary of the new Design and Construction Guidance (DCG) code of adoption agreements and what is expected from developers of new sewerage assets that are to be transferred to the local water companies.

Phillip Clay, HS2 Drainage lead at Arup will share with us his insight on what else is going on within the industry and how best to prepare for the future.

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Software subscription may be a necessary evil to keep you up to date with the latest updates, service packs and versions of the products you use, but there are also more benefits to doing so.

In this webinar we will look at:

• The add-ins you have access to which come as part of your subscription.
• How these add-ins are found
• Look at some of the features of these add-ins including the Graitec Powerpack for Revit

Webinar Host: Simon Locke
Date: 28/02/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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The main reason behind this session is due to a question I get asked regularly whilst training the electrical section of an Autodesk Revit MEP course is, “can you re-format the circuit references for 3 phase circuits so they look more like the UK standard?”

Normally the answer is no, as Revit uses the US format for referencing the 3 live phases which are A, B & C, whereas in the UK we use L1, L2, L3. Even when you change A,B & C to L1,L2 & L3 in the electrical settings, it still formats the data back to front to the UK format EG: 1/L1 becomes L1/1.

This session will address this using dynamo and shared parameters to reformat the data.

Webinar Host: Simon Locke
Date: 28/02/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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Most AutoCAD users have either taken an AutoCAD course or have been trained by existing users within their business. Very rarely do they get to explore some of the tools that aren’t standard. This session will address those “I wish I knew that” statements.

This fast-paced class will introduce users to 45 important tips and tricks that can be achieved across “vanilla” AutoCAD software. We’ll categorize the tips across each area of AutoCAD, from navigation through to output—including Render, Creation, and Modify.

The session will have a question-and-answer session at the end where the audience will be able to ask any questions that arise from the session.

Webinar Host: James Parsons-Moore
Date: 21/02/2020
Time: 14.00pm – 15.00pm

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In this session we take a look at the PP4AS tools for cold rolled joints, how these can be applied to help speed up typical Purlin and rail (Girt connections) using manufacture data that is also added into the Advance steel system.

This combination of data and joints can allow users to apply and use to complement the existing Autodesk system tools for Purlins, Rails, Mezzanine floors.

Key points

• Advance Steel standard CR tools -where to find them.
• Advance steel Cold rolled tools
• Powerpack Data added from supplier to supplier information.
• Powerpack joints for cold rolled – current status.
• Powerpack Custom connections for Cold Rolled. -Exporting and importing queries
• Saving predefined queries to a DWT

Webinar Host: John Bennet
Date: 21^st Feb 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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In this session, discover new tips and tricks on how to build standard queries and use the model browser to search objects, extract drawing and BOMs, facilitate phasing and modify elements in your Advance Steel project.

Key Points

• Extracting external lists based on queries
• Adding filters in the model browser
• Editing properties through the model browser
• Extract drawing using predefined queries
• Using the model browser to view items that have not been detailed
• Exporting and importing queries
• Saving predefined queries to a DWT

Webinar Host: Tommy Moussis
Date: 20^th Feb 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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For Revit users new and old, 30 minutes of tips to help you Work faster, from just finding your current project fast, through to roof design complications, custom keyboard shortcuts, bespoke windows on-the-fly plus the things you wish you’d known when you first started using Revit.

• File Management
• 3D Fast Section Viewing tools
• Hard and Soft View Templates
• How to re-use all those typical 2D DWG construction details
• Modelling, Modelling & more modelling tools

Webinar Host: Greg Benson-Shettle
Date: 17/02/2020
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

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Since the introduction of BIM Level 2 in 2011, there has been a big focus on Level of Detail and Level of Information required in a model. There has been some confusion where one starts and the other stops. This webinar will run through the key differences, and how to populate content with the right information for both asset and geometry.

The webinar will focus on the following areas:

• Understanding Level of Detail (LOD)
• Understanding the different levels and how they apply to phases of a project
• Asset information – Level of Information (LOI)
• Using Parameter information – text based and hyperlinks
• Naming conventions for LOI

Webinar Host: Matthew Smith
Date: 14/02/2020
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm

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Navisworks is key software when it comes to model collaboration and commenting on information relating to the design of a building. Using the I construct plugin we are going to look at how we can build a greater level of information and detail into our models and export the information out to help with the BIM process.

• Auditing and Colour coding Models into different disciplines and breaking them down to smaller parts
• Zoning of Areas within your models
• Provide greater level of information into your model
• Manage & Organise Clash detection schedules & Reports into a style that suits you
• Exporting Data in line with BIM workflow

Webinar Host: Matthew Smith
Date: 14/02/2020
Time: 12.00pm – 13.00pm

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