Ask most people what “drafting” means in Revit, and they will draw 2D lines on a sheet. That is only one part of the story. Revit drafting today means creating construction documents directly from a coordinated 3D model. It also means using Revit’s actual drafting view tool for details that do not need to be included in the model. Firms, such as SMA Archviz, offering Revit...

An estimator is pricing a job to repaint the exterior of a house built in the 1960s using a standard per-square-foot rate. The estimator discovers that the house was built before 1978. This is necessary because older houses may have lead-based paint and thus require additional safety and compliance requirements. That one detail can change the scope and cost because of federal lead paint rules...