2013

Archicad Summer School 2013 – September 3rd through 7th

June 10, 2013

Daniel Dusoswa shared this on Facebook, but I’m reposting it here, with links. This is an amazing group, doing amazing events, and they have a knack for selecting insanely amazing locations. Seriously who doesn’t want to go to Cardiff in September 2013 for the ArchiCAD Summer School!? We are pleased to announce that our Summerschool Website is fully up now and ready to take Early Bird bookings. This year we

Guest Blogger Shivang Rajvir: Top 9 BIM Myths in India

June 6, 2013

Jared’s Note: Shivang originally wrote this with his ArchiCAD students in India in mind. The issues are universal so I thought about shortening the title to just “Top 9 BIM Myths”, but I really like that the original title highlights that we’re all facing the same BIM implementation challenges all over the world. Whether Boston or Bangalore, we’re all fighting the same fight, trying to get everyone to see the

Revit 2014 & ArchiCAD 17, please meet your friend SketchUp Pro 2013

June 3, 2013

So this is big news. Lots to read. I was too busy with my impending move to get this out the day everyone else was freaking out about SketchUp Pro 2013. But that’s okay, news like this deserves to be mulled over. And I think it’s going to take a while, especially with what my Summer is looking like, to digest all the implications of this new release. In general

Creating 2D Symbols for ArchiCAD Objects

May 30, 2013

The most important ArchiCAD (Objects) video you’ll watch in 2013 Back in February 2013 I made a tutorial video on making ArchiCAD Objects. If you haven’t watched it, you should. It covers the basics of object making that I completely gloss over in this new video. I’m assuming if you’re watching this video, then you’ve already seen that one or the recent videos by Eric Bobrow (links in previous post).

Simple Solutions: Elevation, Latitude, and Longitude

May 28, 2013

I’ve been crazy busy the past few days: enjoying a four day weekend at home with my wife and daughters, trying to see many of our Twin Cities friends one last time before we head first West then East (then probably west again), staying up too late Sunday and Monday night watching all of Arrested Development Season 4 (my wife and I finished the last three episodes this morning), trying

Live Online Seminar: Introducing ArchiCAD 17

May 23, 2013

Just passing along some news… Introducing ArchiCAD 17 Learn what the new features in ArchiCAD 17 have in store for you! GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 17 provides a one-of-a-kind BIM-based documentation workflow. It simplifies the modeling and documentation of buildings even when complex models contain high levels of detail. ArchiCAD’s end-to-end BIM workflow allows your models to stay live until the very end of the project. Attend this Online Seminar on June

Help me make June 2013 “Guest Blogger Month”

May 22, 2013

You up for a challenge? I’d like to make June 2013 Guest Blogger Month. Interested in helping me? If you are a regular reader, you might know that there are some big changes afoot in my life. After eight wonderful years in Minnesota, my wife, daughters, and I are moving on. We’ll spend the next two years moving every six months or so for my wife’s new job. The details

My house has a better website than your Architecture Project

May 21, 2013

This post is going to bring together a bunch of themes on the future of architectural documentation that I’ve been writing about recently on both Shoegnome and BIM Engine. If all the hyperlink, URL, and QR Code talk doesn’t make any sense, read these posts. And if by some chance you’ve missed all my posts about going digital, catch up here. My house has a better website than your Architecture

Digital vs Analog: Lessons from Daft Punk

May 15, 2013

“We never want to do something twice… but at the same time, we’ve never done anything twice, so if we did do something twice, that might be cool.” -Thomas Bangalter Are you excited about the new Daft Punk album Random Access Memory coming out on May 21, 2013? I sure am. Let’s dissect a few things and relate it to what we talk about on Shoegnome. Specifically let’s see what

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