Welcome to the CES Commercial Projects Resource Portal

This website is intended to be the access point for all commercial engineering and software related materials available to the staff here at Consulting Engineering Services. All training materials as well as general information, links to how-to videos and documentation will be made available via this website.

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Nov 24, 20211 min read

Pipe Tag - Drafting Standard Update

When possible, place pipe sizes in-line with the pipe. The use of the dot leader for pipes should be minimized to help with editing...

Nov 9, 20211 min read

New VRF Tagging Standard for Electrical and HVAC

After discussion with the Mechanical Standards Group and consulting with the Electrical Department, the following tagging standard will...

Nov 4, 20211 min read

Installation of Dynamo Components for Revit Add On Features

In the following folder, \\ces-domain.local\Standards\_Revit Resources\11_Dynamo Scripts\Orchid Installs, run the executables for the...

Sep 21, 20211 min read

New Panel Schedule Template - Provisions For Indicating AFCI/GFCI on Projects With Dwelling Units

Please note that a new panel schedule template has been added to the project template, CES PANEL SCHEDULE (Residential Dwelling Units...

Sep 15, 20211 min read

Minor Revision to Electrical Panel Schedules

Please note that the panel schedules have been modified to accommodate a longer panel name when needed. This change is now incorporated...

Sep 1, 20211 min read

New Standards Content - HVAC Controls Diagrams

We are happy to announce new content that has been added to the Mechanical Content source file for standard details, schedules and...

Sep 1, 20211 min read

Modifications to Colors for Details, Legends and Schedules in Revit

I have modified the templates to re-incorporate the colors that had previously been used for details, legends and schedules. The color...

Aug 23, 20211 min read

Template Families Renamed - VAV

Continuing efforts to establish and enforce a standard of naming for CES approved families for common use on our projects, the following...

Aug 19, 20211 min read

Non-Template Naming Convention Change for Families and Views

Moving forward, in an effort to help identify and review potential new content and templates needed for use in our non-residential...

Aug 18, 20211 min read

How to Load a Revit Family Using a Type Catalog

While reviewing some of our projects I have noticed some families that have been incorrectly loaded in the models. This has been an...

Aug 13, 20211 min read

Licensing Errors - Updated Fix

With the new license type we all now use, it has become obvious that the system is logging users out from time to time. This is...

Jul 14, 20211 min read

Video Lesson - Quickly Duplicate Views With Dependents

The following video is meant to demonstrate a way for those who set up projects to potentially improve on the time it takes to put a...

Jun 16, 20213 min read

Routine PC Hard Drive Maintenance - Get Your Space, Speed and Stability Back

Revit and AutoCAD are hungry. If they could eat all your drive space, they would eventually succeed if we did not intervene. Both...

May 14, 20211 min read

Damper and Detector Coordination Between Mechanical and Electrical Power

In an effort to facilitate better coordination and mitigate missed items in our documentation, we have created new content that will help...

May 7, 20211 min read

Added Feature for Electrical - Symbol Offset for Wall Mounted Objects

Revit has had one fundamental flaw when it came to symbol placement versus actual model object placement. The symbols are much larger in...

May 7, 20211 min read

Changes to Electrical Content in the Project Template

To help with better classification and sorting of families within a project, I have made some changes to family naming in our template. ...

May 5, 20211 min read

New Fire Alarm Devices

After collaboration with the electrical department, we have decided to put the horn strobe, strobe only and horn only families together...

Mar 22, 20211 min read

New Radiation Families

As some new projects seem to be utilizing a panel radiator in limited spaces within our commercial projects, I have created a few options...

Mar 15, 20211 min read

Modifications to Template Object Colors

To better facilitate consistency between teams and offices, I have modified the text, tags and linetypes within the project template to...

Feb 25, 20210 min read

Happy National Engineers Week

Feb 24, 20211 min read

BIM 360 Design now called BIM Collaborate Pro

To all teams using BIM 360 Design for some of your projects, Be advised that the product is changing names and will now become BIM...

Feb 23, 20211 min read

Project Template Families

Please note that all families that are kept as a standard/common use objects within the CES project template for non-CAD linked projects...

Feb 10, 20211 min read

New Electrical Device Schedule - Technology

The electrical standards review team has put together a new schedule for technology devices to be used on future projects. New symbols...

Jan 21, 20211 min read

New Family For Radiant Panel

The mechanical equipment family for the radiant panel, CES-Radiant Panel Adjustable Length, has been modified to help users better layout...

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