Paste in Reference Location
Paste in Reference Location is an option I never noticed until recently and it's surprisingly useful. I had structural information form another file that I needed to copy into place. Essentially I was referencing in an
December 13th Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup (ArchiCAD Basics)
Our next Minnesota ArchiCAD User Group is Monday December 13th, 2010 at SALA Architects in Minneapolis (6:30-8:30 pm). We're having a special Usergroup meeting in December. It's going to be all about the basics. This meeting will be ideal for: -
Shop Drawings, an intermediate solution
Many years ago when I was an intern at Gensler in Houston, one of my jobs was transferring redlines on shop drawings. The lead architect marked up the original and then I made 5 copies by hand. Some shop drawings came
Bridging Continents – Online BIM Collaboration around the World
Graphisoft is hosting a webinar on Teamwork 2 and how it facilitates collaboration. You can learn more and register here: Bridging Continents - Online BIM Collaboration around the World And watch a nice 35 second trailer here.
MNAUG #9 Recap
We had a good turn out last week for our 9th Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup. To celebrate a full year of meetings we had pizza (thanks, Graphisoft). We covered a lot of topics at this meeting. Many of them--like Solid Element
Digging Tunnels through Mountains
A former colleague of mine, who was in the process of starting her own one-person firm, told me “I never liked drafting, I'm hoping to get someone else to do that.”
The November ArchiCAD Usergroup is almost here
Our next Minnesota ArchiCAD User Group is Tuesday November 9th, 2010 at SALA Architects in Minneapolis (6:30-8:30 pm). November's meeting will cover a wide variety of topics that have been suggested at recent meetings and subsequent e-mails. Some of
ArchiCAD 14 Patch for Java Update on Mac OS X 10.6
It looks like there are some issues with the latest Java Update on Mac OS X 10.6. You can learn about the issue and get the ArchiCAD 14 patch here and the ArchiCAD 13 patch here. Future hotfixes of both
Bass Lessons
I've been a bassist for over 20 years (over two-thirds of my life). As college approached and I was deciding what to do with my life, I had two options: professional musician or architect. Much of my life could be