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Revit 2014 Update Release 2 now available in product

Revit 2014 UR2 is now available in-product through the communication center. See image below

You can also access it by clicking on the Communication Center (Radar) button and selecting the "Product Update Available" line item. It may not be at the top of your list so scroll through to find it.

 

There are a number of minor fixes as well as a few significant algorithm improvements in the automatic Energy Analytical Model generation used for whole building energy analysis. You can find more about the algorithm improvements on the BPA Blog.

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For those of you who are interested in finding out more about the improvements in Autodesk Revit UR1 - you can find all the details on the BPA Blog. you should check it out If you would like to perform whole building energy analysis or other forms of building performance analysis using your Revit model. 

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HVAC Solutions linked to Revit

The BIM Apps blog has some new information about the HVAC Solutions add-in for Revit. You should check it out if you are a Revit user, an HVAC Solutions software user or someone who is interested in either product.

Using Autodesk Vasari for Building Performance Analysis

There is an interesting and helpful blog post on the BPA Blog about how to use Autodesk Vasari for numerous types of Building Performance Analysis (BPA) including Energy Analysis, Solar Radiation, Sun Studies, Wind Tunnel (exterior airflow) and a few others. Check it out.

 

Revit 2014 New Features

For those interested in getting more info on the upcoming Revit 2014 product new feature set these are three great resources:

 

And - David Light's excellent writeup.

For the new Building Performance Analysis features in Revit 2014 check out the BPA Blog

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March 26 Autodesk webcast

Join us tomorrow, March 26, at 8am Pacific on Facebook to learn about Autodesk’s portfolio of new design tools or also at www.livestream.com/autodesk

Shortly after you have seen the presentation, we would like to invite you to the BPA Blog for some more detailed information.

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Advanced Energy Analysis with Green Building Studio DOE2 and EnergyPlus support

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For those of you interested in Building Performance Analysis and working with eQuest or Energy Plus there is a very interesting blog post on the BPA Blog about using gbXML output from Autodesk^® Revit^®, Vasari^® or other authoring software and converting it to DOE2 or Energy Plus input files. By using Autodesk Green Building Studio (GBS) in that workflow you can use GBS to fill in a lot of the analysis input data that could take hours to complete by hand. You can find the blog post here.

 

 

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Check out this interesting post on the Building Performance Analysis (BPA) blog about Revit Add-ins on Autodesk Exchange Apps for BPA and MEP engineers

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