Building Performance Analysis

Webinar: Getting Started with Building Performance Analysis

So you have a Revit model, now what? Join us next week as we cover how you can start to take your Revit designs to the next level with analysis workflows. With the use of the building performance analysis tools, you can make informed design decisions early and throughout the process. Learn best practice tips and tricks for getting started with analyzing your building’s performance in Revit. Topics to be covered include solar studies, solar analysis, lighting analysis, and energy analysis. Thursday, July 16th 11:00am - 12:00pm PT Register here Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU. Related articles Two... Read more →

Reminder: Free Webinar Tomorrow!

Just a friendly reminder we will be hosting a free webinar tomorrow on FormIt 360 Pro and Revit building performance analysis workflows. Thursday, May 21st 11:00am - 12:00pm PT Register here. Learn how building performance analysis workflows allow you to analyze your design early and often to help you achieve high performance goals. This webinar will cover energy, lighting, and solar analyses. Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU. Related articles Free Webinar next week! Analysis throughout the Design Process Revit 2016 Release Announcement-New Energy Analysis Features! Read more →

Free Webinar next week! Analysis throughout the Design Process

Join us next week as we cover how you can conduct analysis early and often throughout the design process. Learn about new Building Performance Analysis tools in FormIt 360 Pro that allow you to analyze your design early and often, in addition to Revit analysis tools that let you continue analyzing your design through detailed stages. Ultimately these workflows can lead to more informed design decisions and help you achieve high performance goals. This webinar will cover energy, lighting, and solar analyses you can conduct from the pre-design to detailed design phases. Thursday, May 21st 11:00am - 12:00pm PT Register... Read more →

Dynamo for BPA

Have you checked out Dynamo recently? Last year we featured a few posts on the computational design tool, but this year there were a slew of new developments, especially with respect to building performance analysis workflows, we decided to tie off the year with an update. Who this is for: Architects, Engineers, Programmers, and Designers Dynamo is a visual programming platform for BIM, specifically it’s an open source platform for Revit and Vasari. There’s really no end to what you can do with Dynamo. Just check out their new gallery. Applications range from automatic shading design to modeling a woven... Read more →

Revit Credit Manager for LEED Updated: Try it now!

Have you checked out the Revit Credit Manager for LEED (RCML) yet? We know how onerous creating LEED submittals can be. RCML can automate not only the creation of submittals, but also the complex underlying calculation. This allows Revit users an unprecedented opportunity to get early feedback on their LEED points, create accurate submittals, and save time and money! RCML works on both Revit 2014 and 2015 and supports the following LEED v2009 credits: Daylighting (IEQ 8.1), both Option 1 (Simulation) and Option 2 (Prescriptive) For Option 1, you will also need to download the Lighting Analysis for Revit plug-in... Read more →

BPA Announcements at Autodesk University 2014

Today kicks off Autodesk University, our annual post-turkey trip to Las Vegas. While there are a lot of exciting announcements this week, we want to provide you with the top three highlights from the building performance analysis side of things. Also be sure to check out our Greenbuild 2014 announcements, as a lot of what we are releasing at AU builds on those. 1. Energy Cost Range (ECR), available here on Autodesk Labs, is a single, simple indicator of a project’s overall potential energy use range, including comparison to the Architecture 2030 benchmark, and the key factors that influence it.... Read more →

AU 2014: Classes you want to know about

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Autodesk University is right around the corner and we’re busy getting all our ducks in a row. Here are some classes and sessions we are looking forward to. AB6677 - Home on the Range: Get Comfortable with Energy Analysis from FormIt to Revit and More with Ian Molloy, BPA Senior Product Manager AB6553 - Come to the Light: Revit Lighting and Daylighting Performance Analysis for Everyone with David Scheer, BPA Product Manager This year, our very own product managers will be teaching two classes. Many of you might be familiar with Ian’s past... Read more →

Solar Analysis plugin now available for Revit

Analysis data now speaks the language of the Architect. With Solar Analysis for Revit, you can quickly, easily, and iteratively perform and visualize solar impacts on the faces of mass models in Autodesk Revit 2014 and 2015. Using the free Solar Analysis for Revit technology preview, you can visualize and quantify the distribution and intensity of solar radiation on various areas of a mass, taking into account the shading effects from adjacent objects, such as vegetation and surrounding buildings in an urban setting. It can also help with shading device design (effective strategies in blocking unwanted solar radiation) and aperture... Read more →

"Learning Lighting Analysis in Revit" Webinar recording posted

Thanks to all who attended the webinar “Learning Lighting Analysis in Revit”. We hope you enjoyed our event. For those who were not able to attend the webinar, or anyone who would like to see it again, you can view a recording of the webinar here. For any questions, comments, or feedback, please write to us at [email protected] Want more? Keep an eye out here for the webinar "Solon Runsets: Automatic, Collaborative parametric analysis with Revit for Architects" coming up on October 15. For more information, please write us at [email protected] * * * Additional resources: - Learn more aboutLighting... Read more →

FREE Webinar: Learning Lighting Analysis in Revit

Join Us for a FREE Webinar: Learning Lighting Analysis in Revit Did you know that Rendering in Autodesk A360 allows you to create daylighting illuminance renderings in a fraction of the time that it takes with other industry-standard lighting analysis tools? What’s more, you can do the same lighting analysis as you can with other tools like Radiance/DIVA, Autodesk 3ds Max, and IES-VE without interrupting your Revit workflow. If you want to learn how to perform lighting analysis in Revit, now’s your chance: We’re offering a FREE webinar on Sept. 17th at 11am PST (2 PM EST), called “Learning Lighting... Read more →