First and foremost, let it be known that I am not a formally educated software development engineer or data scientist, however, I have completed an online course on data science by John Hopkins University. Does that mean I know what I’m talking about? Probably not. With that being said, I’ll leave it up to you, […]
Author: Jay Merlan
Jay is a Revit Certified Professional and has over 15 years of experience as a BIM manager at multiple design and construction firms. In his previous role as the Sr. BIM Manager at one of the largest tech conglomerates in the world, his primary goal was to streamline the design and construction processes by implementing a top-down approach to BIM standards which was critical to owner/operator workflows. Today, Jay is now spinning up his own startup, Triple Zero Labs, and is focused on creating tools for design automation and data management with BIM at its core.
Contrary to popular belief, Revit Shared Parameters can be renamed with this simple workaround. I founded OpenRFA in 2017 with the goal to create a set of standard Shared Parameters which are developed by a community rather than by a closed-door committee. We shared a common vision: to create a data standard that is inclusive […]
I made a critical mistake when launching my BIM program at one of the largest tech conglomerates in the world… Oh, and I found a way to fix it, too. I have always felt that BIM standards should always focus primarily on the data structure of models, not so much the graphical output on drawings […]
This post was originally posted to OpenRFA.org on June 1st, 2017 and is shared here for posterity. At OpenRFA, we’re not only pushing for standardization, we are proposing a new approach to developing standards through open collaboration. So far, I have yet to see an industry standard (BIM or other) that has been developed through collaboration […]
This post was originally posted to OpenRFA.org on May 8th, 2017 and is shared here for posterity. In Revit, shared parameters are unique – each shared parameter has its own Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) assigned at time of creation. This means that just like a person, parameters can have the same name but never the […]