What we’re about
C-ville RUG was founded in July 2011 by Bethany Pritchard, a Revit enthusiast and BIM consultant to several firms in Charlottesville at the time. Today she is the Director of Design Technology at VMDO Architects. The group has grown over the years and is managed by a board of directors where Bethany is joined by Sidney Griffin of the University of Virginia (formerly of VMDO), Matthew Kavanaugh of Stantec, William Abrahamson of Grimm + Parker, Robert Glover of Barton Malow and Sal DiPietro of Springpoint Structural.
We are a collaborative group, sharing tips and tricks as well as best practices, processes and workflows for working with Autodesk Revit and related software. Anyone who currently works with Revit or is interested in learning more about it is invited to join our group.
Experienced group members are happy to share their experiences to advise and guide prospective offices considering an upgrade to Revit. You’ll find out what it really takes to make the transition and if you’re ready to take the plunge!
C’ville RUG has consistently provided high quality education and networking opportunities for area AEC professionals from all disciplines. Attendance draws from across Central VA with regular partnerships with Richmond and DC/NOVA BIM groups.
C’ville RUG has hosted national BIM industry leaders and offered a platform for local practitioners to present topic specific expertise while always providing an open forum for peer-to-peer learning on technical solutions, practice management, and exposure to cutting-edge technologies (3D scanning, construction coordination, AR/VR, generative design, energy/carbon design strategies, etc.).
Upcoming events
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Roundtable Workshop: 2D Strategies- BIM Detailing and Annotation
Grimm and Parker Architects, 123 East Main Street, Second Floor, Charlottesville, va, USHybrid Event - Click here to join the meeting now virtually.
See time on the right to add the event and teams link to your calendar. If you want a reminder you'll need to set that in the calendar appointment settings (by default it's set to none).Roundtable Workshop: 2D Strategies Series - BIM Detailing and Annotation Symbols
Moderators:
Sal DiPietro, Sidney Griffin, Robert Glover and Bethany PritchardSession Description
This session explores advanced 2D documentation strategies in Building Information Modeling (BIM), focusing on detailing and annotation symbol behavior within Revit. Participants will examine the distinctions between detail components and symbols, understand nesting techniques, and analyze how system families manage annotations. The course also addresses scale-dependent symbol placement introduced in Revit 2021, offering insights into how view-specific symbol locations affect documentation accuracy. Through practical examples and discussion, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how annotation tools impact clarity and precision in construction documentation.Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between detail components and annotation symbols and explain their respective roles in Revit’s 2D documentation workflows.
- Demonstrate how symbols can be nested within detail components and system family annotations, and identify limitations in generic annotation family templates.
- Analyze the behavior of annotation symbols in various callouts and elevation markers, including how symbols interact with graphic scales and why they do not scale with 3D Geometry.
- Evaluate the impact of Revit 2021’s symbol location feature, explaining how view-dependent symbol placement affects consistency across scaled views and 3D model coordination.
AIA Learning Credit CEUs pending approval.
5 attendees
Special Presentation – Creating Custom pyRevit tools using ChatGPT
Grimm and Parker Architects, 123 East Main Street, Second Floor, Charlottesville, va, USHybrid Event - Click here to join the meeting now virtually.
See time on the right to add the event and teams link to your calendar. If you want a reminder you'll need to set that in the calendar appointment settings (by default it's set to none).Special Presentation – Creating Custom pyRevit tools using ChatGPT
Presenter:
Karim HabbabSession Description
Learning Objectives
AIA Learning Credit CEUs pending approval.5 attendees
Past events
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