Form Follows Performance

What happens to my Revit doors in Sefaira? First, it's helpful to understand what Sefaira does with your Revit model to prepare it for analysis: Sefaira constructs a smart planar model based on the...

I have a model now how do I get it into Sefaira? One of the most asked questions is what level of geometry is required for analysis in Sefaira. More often than not, the user has an existing model a...

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Executive Producer: Stephen Kellert Producer/Director: Bill Finnegan Production Company: Tamarack Media Film Length: 60 minutes More information at www.biophilicdesign.net. Biophilic Design is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature in a deep and fundamental fashion, but we have often designed our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature. The recent trend in green architecture has decreased the environmental impact of the built environment, but it has accomplished little in the way of reconnecti...

For the analysis, it is important to differentiate elements that act only as shading to the building vs. elements that comprise the building envelope, which will be used for the analysis in calcula...

This category provides guidelines and recommendations for modeling for Sefaira.

Overview This article contains multiple videos for Revit users looking to use either a brand new model or make adjustments to an existing model for use with Sefaira. Plus other tips and tricks for ...

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Replay of ArchSmarter's "How to Create a Project Dashboard using Revit, Dynamo, and Excel" webinar.

In recent years, buildings have grown taller and cities grander, but one thing that seems to have fallen to the bottom of constructrion priorities is environ...

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