April Learning Event Follow Up - Family Resources

Thank you to all who attended the April learning event.  As noted at the event, here are some additional resources on family creation best practices and techniques.
Please email us if you have any questions or comments on this information.

Revit Family Creation Resources

St. Louis Revit Users Group Family Introduction Handout

Books
Revit 2012 Family Standards and Best Practices - CAD Technology Center - Shawn Zirbes
Creating Custom Revit Architecture 2013 Families - Little Details Count - Michael Anonuevo
Revit 2014 BIM Management: Template and Family Creation - Ascent
Renaissance Revit: Creating Classical Architecture with Modern Software - Paul Aubin

Links
Formulas in Revit Families - Revit Forum.org
Revit OpEd - Blog - Steve Stafford - Search for "Family"
Nested Families and Family Type Parameter - CADsoft Consulting
Nested Families and Parameter Controls - AUGI - Cassandra Watts
Parametric Array in Family - YouTube
Simply Complex - Blog - Marcello Sgambelluri - Revit Family/Modeling Master
Revit OpEd Post on MEP Connectors - Steve Stafford
Revit MEP blog post on Revit MEP Connectors - Scott Brisk

Autodesk University Classes (create free account for access)
AB1518-L: Autodesk Revit Families: The Basics (2012) - Frank Sheiakh
AB2083-L: Autodesk Revit Families: Step-by-Step Advanced Concepts (2012) - Paul Aubin
AB2100: All in the Family: Creating Parametric Components in Autodesk Revit (2012) - Matthew Dillon
MP1477-L: Faster Families for Autodesk Revit MEP (2012) - David Butts
MP6600: Autodesk Revit Parameters: Much More Than Flexible Families (2012) - Jarrod Baumann
AB2623: Triage for your Autodesk Revit Family (2012) - Shawn Zirbes
MP5319: Get Connected: Autodesk Revit MEP Connectors Demystified (2011) - Shawn Zirbes
ME204-3: Getting into the Flow: Understanding Connectors in Revit MEP - Link not on AU website

Tutorial Sites
Revit Architecture: The Family Editor - Paul Aubin - Lynda.com
Revit Families Workshop - Eric Wing - Lynda.com
Family Basics in Revit: Making a Casework Family - Brian DeYoung - Black Spectacles
Advanced Family Topics in Revit - Brian DeYoung - Black Spectacles

Autodesk Resources
Autodesk Revit Wiki - Creating Loadable Families Topic
Families - Essential Skills Video
Model versus Annotation Elements - Essential Skills Video

STLRUG April Learning Event - "All In The Family" - Revit Family Editor Exposed

Save the date!!!
Thursday, April 24th, 2014 6-8 PM
Location: Farnsworth Group - St. Louis Office
                  20 Allen Avenue, Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63119 (Webster Groves)

Topic: "All In The Family" - Revit Family Editor Exposed
Plan on joining us for an overview of the Revit Family Editor, including best practices and examples of advanced families.  We will cover some of the Revit Family Editor basics like Reference Lines and Planes (and when to use each), MEP Connectors, and all of the different types of parameters.  Then we will showcase some more advanced families to demonstrate the potential of how the family editor can be used.

Plan on attending.
An RSVP Link can be found here:
http://stlrug-aprillearningevent.splashthat.com/

Central States BIM Workshops - Call for Proposals

The Central States BIM Workshops (f.k.a Central States Revit Workshop) is requesting calls for proposals for presentations at this year's conference. The conference is being held on August 21st and 22nd, 2014 at the Scott Conference Center in Omaha, Nebraska. This conference is a great (and affordable) way to achieve some good AU quality training and knowledge from some of the country's top BIM guru's!
Call for Proposals is open:
http://www.bim-workshops.com/events/central-states/call-for-speakers/

STLRUG Jan/Feb 2014 - Happy Hour Event - February 11th, 2014

Save the date and plan on joining us!!!
The January/February St. Louis Revit Users Group Happy Hour Event has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 11th from 5:30 until whenever at the Roadhouse 61 bar and grill in Webster Groves.  They have allowed us to use the upstairs portion of the bar until 7 PM and Open Mic night starts at 7:30 PM, so bring your instruments!!!  (Maybe we can start the STLRUG Band that night!!!)
If you plan on attending, please visit the RSVP site to confirm. This will allow us to let them know how many of us will be coming.  Let's meet and discuss topics for upcoming learning events, and catch up with each other after the holidays.  Hope to see you there!!!

November Learning Event - Handout Available

The presentation Handout from the STLRUG November Learning Event - Revit Multi-Discipline Collaboration, is now available for download.

 

The file has been uploaded to our AUGI Local User Group page and can be found here.

Please let me know if you have issues downloading this file.

 

While you are on our Local User Group page, please think about becoming a member of our Group!

 

An alternate download location has also been made available on Google Drive and can be found here.

Please feel free to email us any questions that you may have. 

You can also email us topics that you would like to see presented at future meetings.

 

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

 

November Learning Event - Revit Multi-Discipline Collaboration

Come join us on Thursday, November 21st from 6-8 pm at Ranken Technical College as we explore the word "Collaboration" and how it applies to a Revit based project environment.

The format for this meeting is a Q & A panel discussion with a twist. Instead of the audience asking questions of the panel, the panel will be posing questions to the audience! These questions will be posed as issues and items that have been encountered in the process of collaboration with other Revit users, and have identified a process or workflow that should be discussed or managed during the project.  For example, "Why do my engineers complain when I delete and replace a ceiling?"

The goal is to develop a document of best practices and techniques for Revit Collaboration and distribute these findings so that we can work together more effectively and efficiently.

So come join us and bring your input and ideas on issues and techniques that you have encountered when working with others in a Revit based project environment.

Please click here to RSVP for the event.

September Happy Hour Meeting

Our September Happy Hour meeting is set for Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Schlafly Tap Room at Locust and 21st Street in St. Louis.  Please come join us for some drinks (cash bar), pool, darts and food (restaurant open till 9 pm) and as always some networking and discussions about Revit. Please see the RSVP site here for details and to respond.  Share this with your co-workers and colleagues.  See you there!!!

P.S. - Sorry for the short notice!