Developing reliable road designs inside Civil 3D is a vital component of the Residential Site design process. From initial Alignment layout, through profiling, and the creation of 3D Corridors and finished road surfaces, residential road design is a must-have capability for every civil designer and technician. This course will take students through a step-by-step development
Bluebeam Revu is the most popular, and powerful, estimating and markup tool on the market today, and it’s ideal for customizing to industry specific needs. Right out-of-the box, Revu tools work wonders for anyone in the Electrical industry. Add in a little more knowledge, and you can make Bluebeam Revu the primary tool for all
How many times do you get PDF documents with dozens of unlabeled, or just sequentially numbered, pages? Ever need to scroll through dozens of pages trying to find the right sheet because there’s no way to identify what’s on each page, other than opening each one and reading the title? Bluebeam Revu has built-in features
The design world has made the shift to BIM, and working in 3D systems like Autodesk Revit is vital to every firm’s growth, and every designer’s career. The problem is, that many folks have been thrown into the Revit world with no more than a quick overview, and in many cases a “figure it out
From foundations and footings to trusses and detailed structural connections, this class is custom built for those who work full-time in the structural design world. Revit is the most popular BIM software in the world, and a full understanding of the tools and processes inside of it, as they relate to building structures, is vital
Understanding the wide array of grading creation and editing tools that are available in Civil 3D is one of the greatest struggles for designers and technicians. Taking those tools and applying them to an actual Residential Site Design is even more difficult. This class teaches students practical use of Civil 3D Grading functions by developing
It’s one thing to build a basic, linear, corridor for a residential design, but it’s quite another thing to deal with advanced design conditions like cul-de-sac, intersections and roundabouts. It’s even an entirely different process when you are rehabilitating an existing roadway. Unfortunately, these advanced techniques are often missing from a designer’s tool kit. Knowing
Bluebeam Revu is the most used software in the construction world, so when they add powerful new construction focused tools, it’s best to pay attention! ZenTek Consultants, your Premiere Bluebeam Partner, would love to show you “Bluebeam Cloud” the new construction focused tool for tracking and controlling field-based workflows. From simple markups, to RFIs, Submittals,
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to see exactly what your surfaces are doing along a swale, curb, property line or any other linear object instantly? Ever want to just draw a polyline and see how multiple surfaces are interfacing along it, but you don’t have the time to create alignments and generate multiple
So, you have Bluebeam Revu, and you know it can do some amazing things to help you with your job, but you’re just not sure how to actually use it. Bluebeam Revu is one of the most powerful tools in the AEC world, providing markup, take-off, estimating, design review, punch list, and collaboration tools all
Survey drafting in AutoCAD Civil 3D has a reputation of being far more difficult than it actually is. You don’t need to work with external databases and Field Books...you can handle all your drafting using basic Civil 3D features. From initial Point import, Point Groups, Descriptor Keys and all the way thru surface creation and
Have you ever noticed that the objective of most introductory AutoCAD Civil 3D classes is to educate on all areas of the software and not on the specific tools you need? If you work in a public works organization and want to learn AutoCAD Civil 3D, then this is the class for you. ZenTek Consultants
We’ve all heard of Procore and maybe dabbled with it a bit, but for subcontractors who don’t have their own Procore account set up, working with General Contractors in that environment can be daunting. Are you unsure how to submit a bid, or respond to submittals in someone else’s Procore system? How about uploading submittal
Bluebeam Revu is used daily by over 80% of construction firms in the U.S., but, unfortunately, not a lot of us use it well or efficiently. Bluebeam is designed for the construction industry, but all too often the people it’s meant for don’t even understand what Bluebeam can do in the construction world. With Bluebeam
"Field to Finish" – we've all heard this phrase with regard to the AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey process, but what does it really mean and how do you make it work? The concept is simple – take the data collected points from your field crews and let AutoCAD Civil 3D handle the drafting for you
How many times have you been sent updated versions of a PDF but the changes aren’t highlighted or bubbled? Ever needed to look at two different versions of the same file, with no idea where the difference might be? That’s bad with one sheet and it’s a nightmare when you have to do it across
Are you still using out-of-date software like HEC-RAS, StormCAD, or Hydraflow to try to integrate your hydrology designs with Civil 3D? Are you wasting countless hours manually marking up hard copies of files to get your storm and wastewater design information into construction documents? Stop carrying multiple software licenses and losing hundreds of man-hours on
So, you have Bluebeam Revu, and you’re ready to take it to the next level? Ready to move beyond basic markup and commenting, and into the world of detailed quantity takeoff? Bluebeam Revu has a powerful array of tools to help you do exactly that, as well as tools and functions you probably aren’t even
Bluebeam Revu is the most popular software in the construction world, but it’s even better when you can customize it so that every markup, measurement, or anything else you create looks, responds, and even calculates the way you need for your specific work. Bluebeam’s Tool Sets feature allows you to create re-usable, intelligent, tools with
In the Construction world, we don’t always need advanced drafting and design tools, but it can be a huge time and money-saver to just open a DWG file and make some simple edits or calculations. This course is designed to help the casual user become proficient with every day tasks and tools within the AutoCAD
