Shoegnome Open Template for ARCHICAD 19
The Shoegnome Open Template for ARCHICAD 19 is finally here. Go get it!
The Clean Template for ARCHICAD
The Clean Template is a work of art and perhaps more useful than any other ARCHICAD template you'll see this year.
ARCHICAD training advice from Ken Good
Ken started using ARCHICAD in the 1990's, and since that time has spent over 15,000 hours training individuals and groups of up to 200 throughout the UK.
The Digital Transformation of CRAN
Like many people, my involvement with CRAN started by checking the box when renewing my AIA membership.
Oakland ARCHICAD User Group – September 2nd, 2015
You all know I love user groups. I'm not involved with this one, but Patrick May is. I'm a huge Patrick May fan. You should be familiar with Patrick and the blog he runs.
GRAPHISOFT’s Marketing Campaign, “Faster than Ever” Wins Bronze Stevie ® Award in 2015 International Business Awards
GRAPHISOFT's “Faster than Ever” marketing campaign for ARCHICAD 19 was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie ® Award in the Marketing Campaign of the Year
Here We Go Again
Jon recalls the transition from hand drafting to CAD and sees some frightening similarities to our current struggle with the shift from CAD to BIM.
ARCHICAD Summer School 2015 — September 10th and 11th
ACUA is running another ARCHICAD Summer School. Once again they are returning to Liverpool for two days of ARCHICAD awesomeness.
Modelport by AECobjects.com now available for ARCHICAD 19
The Modelport add-on by AECobjects provides a way to import 3DS, DAE, FBX, and OBJ files directly into ARCHICAD and is now available for ARCHICAD 19.
Redefine what Design means to Us
I had to change my thinking on my position in my firm and in my profession if I was going to stay in the field of architecture and grow as an architect.
buildingSMART alliance Releases NBIMS-US ™ Version 3
The National Institute of Building Sciences buildingSMART alliance® released the latest edition of NBIMS-US (Version 3)
Hidden Patterns: Learning from Street Fighter
If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, you played Street Fighter more than once. And like me, you didn't appreciate the amazing design of the game.
Architects Are Irrelevant, So You Better Hire An Architect
The architect is the great generalist of the project team. The architect knows a good deal about every other discipline on the team.
Fight for recognition: UK Construction Computing Awards 2015
Wouldn't it be nice to win some awards and show off all your amazingness? Perhaps it's time to nominate yourself for the UK Construction Computing Awards.
Compatibility notes: ArchiCAD on Mac OS X El Capitan Beta (10.11) and Windows 10 Beta
Your BIM application is the most important software you own. Remember that before you try using the Windows 10 or OS X 10.11 El Capitan Beta.
ARCHICAD 18 Update 6000
There is a new ARCHICAD 18 update. Go get it. But first read the release notes and think about whether today is the day to update.
Hundreds of Students Turn Out for ARCHICAD BIM Competition in Vietnam
In just one year, this BIM competition has attracted 3 times the number of students from the first year, as well as gaining additional sponsors.
The Proper Design of Design Criteria
Design criteria is the content that your organization creates to convey the design intent for your concept to the consulting architects and engineers that are hired to design individual locations for your chain concept around the region, country or world.
GRAPHISOFT Ships ARCHICAD 19 / Users can now download ARCHICAD 19
It's time to download ARCHICAD 19. Or almost time, if your localization isn't ready yet. Read on for details!
GRAPHISOFT’S BIMx and BIMx PRO Now Offer Extended Cloud Storage Access
This isn't the GRAPHISOFT press release you wanted today, but it's still good. BIMx and BIMx PRO now have extended cloud storage access and a few other great new features.
Basic Unchangeable Decisions
I look at the roads in Australia and think about BIM. It feels so simple and easy to declare that they are wrong and the majority of the world is right.
8th Annual CRAN Symposium: September 19-23, 2015 | Minneapolis, Minnesota
The AIA CRAN Symposium for 2015 has been announced. I'm super excited to be on the list of speakers. Plus I get to visit Minnesota! Will I see you there?
Be Open, My Friend: Bruce Lee and the secrets of OpenBIM
Guest blogger Jon Buerg shares his thoughts on openBIM. This post includes both the best BIMpoem and best BIM image of 2015.
DWG output from ARCHICAD via Worksheets
A brilliant way to get bullet proof DWG output from ARCHICAD. Your archaic DWG using consultants will be amazed and extremely happy with the results.