Brian Mackey
BD Mackey Consulting
Owner
Known as “The Revit Geek”, Brian has spent more than 25 years in the industry, more than 10 of which have been focused on Revit. Over a decade of working with Architects and Engineers to advance BIM in their companies, Brian started his BIM consulting company in 2011 to focus on custom high-level training/mentoring. Brian has clients all over the US/Canada that generally tolerate his sarcastic nature in exchange for his wide breadth of BIM knowledge. Brian showcases his love of talking about Revit, or maybe just his love talking, in a monthly light-hearted, occasionally irreverent, free Q&A webcast, Revit Radio
My Speakers Sessions
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Friday, 19 June, 2020
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BILT ANZ 2020 | Lab: Streamline Revit Family ContentBrian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingPre-Design, Design, ConstructionBILTArchitecture, StructureAutodesk
Synopsis:
This session will suggest ways to streamline family creation. Either as you create new families, or approach them retroactively by revisiting previously created families, adding parameters, nesting and/or formulas can eliminate the need for multiple families.
This approach will make your family library more dynamic, more efficient, and more robust.
- Saturday, 20 June, 2020
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BILT ANZ 2020 | Lab: Everyday Uses of Adaptive Components for StructuralBrian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingPre-Design, Design, ConstructionBILTArchitecture, StructureAutodesk
Synopsis:
This session will show how adaptive components can be utilized to assist in day to day modelling tasks. It will also show how adaptive components can be used in places where there are everyday limitations within Revit.
BILT ANZ 2020 | Everyday Revit Tips you wish you had discovered years agoBrian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingDigital Built Week NA 2020 | How to Ensure Revit Family StabilityPre-Design, Design, ConstructionBILTArchitecture, StructureAutodeskSynopsis:
Most of the time Revit users get stuck worrying about getting a job done and rarely have time to find obscure tricks to make day-to-day work easier. This session will cover a bunch of obscure tips and tricks that will boost productivity or will at least make you wonder how anyone ever figured that out.
Brian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingPre-Design, Design, ConstructionBCSContent, Model ManagementAutodeskSynopsis:
This session will discuss essentials of family creation along with tips to gain a deeper understanding of the nuances for making families stable. Understanding this information will result in more stable families keeping them from breaking during an upgrade or having instability issued.
- Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
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BCS Online | How to Ensure Revit Family StabilityBrian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingPre-Design, Design, ConstructionBCSContent, Model ManagementAutodesk
Synopsis:
This session will discuss essentials of family creation along with tips to gain a deeper understanding of the nuances for making families stable. Understanding this information will result in more stable families keeping them from breaking during an upgrade or having instability issued.
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- Thursday, 24 June, 2021
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BILT Virtual 2021 | Stream One: Global Parameters for Design Alternatives (40mins)Brian Mackey, BD Mackey Consulting
Synopsis:
This session will discuss the use of global parameters to be used as an alternative to some of the design options limitations users run across.
BILT Virtual 2021 | Stream One (Cont.): Global Parameters for Design Alternatives (40mins)Brian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingSynopsis:
This session will discuss the use of global parameters to be used as an alternative to some of the design options limitations users run across.
- Thursday, 15 June, 2023
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Digital Built Week Americas 2023 | Civil Chat Live & In PersonBrian Hailey, GEI Consultants Brian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingOperations and Maintenance, Pre-Design, Design, ConstructionBILTArchitecture, Infrastructure, Mechanical Electrical Plumbing and FireAutodesk
Synopsis:
A live webinar where we take audience questions on just about any topic related to Autodesk infrastructure software.
Digital Built Week Americas 2023 | The New Revit Sample Project – A virtual rescue – digitally reimagining a historic downtownPaul Aubin, Paul F. Aubin Consulting Services Harlan Brumm, Autodesk Brian Mackey, BD Mackey Consulting Desiree Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingPre-Design, DesignBILTArchitecture, Project Management, StructureAutodeskSynopsis:
America’s aging infrastructure includes many small downtowns in disrepair. This session explores using digital tools to reimagine one such historic downtown area. Learn about the collaboration between the Perennial Project (A local non-profit), municipal authorities and Autodesk to create a fictional redevelopment located on a real site in Brownsville, PA.
Digital Built Week Americas 2023 | The New Revit Structure Sample ProjectBrian Mackey, BD Mackey Consulting Desiree Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingConstruction, Pre-Design, Operations and Maintenance, DesignBILTArchitecture, Content, StructureAutodeskSynopsis:
Most of us have skipped over, or possibly not even noticed the sample projects that have come with Revit for years. In 2024 there are new models for each discipline. The structural model is different from those of its predecessors in that it takes advantage of more data from the elements for tagging, scheduling, and filtering to showcase elements
- Friday, 16 June, 2023
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Digital Built Week Americas 2023 | Revit for InteriorsBrian Mackey, BD Mackey Consulting
Synopsis:
This session will discuss ways to approach interiors such that all materials and information is linked to better utilize the power of Revit and its scheduling capabilities.
Digital Built Week Americas 2023 | How to Ensure Revit Family StabilityBrian Mackey, BD Mackey ConsultingPre-Design, Design, Construction, Operations and MaintenanceBILTArchitecture, Mechanical Electrical Plumbing and Fire, StructureAutodeskSynopsis:
This session will discuss essentials of family creation along with tips to gain a deeper understanding of the nuances for making families stable. Understanding this information will result in more stable families keeping them from breaking during an upgrade or having instability issued.
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