Jared Banks, Author at Shoegnome Architects

Nautical Museum is ArchitectsJURY Winner

September 28, 2012

Shoegnome note: You can see more images of the winning project here on the ArchiCAD facebook page. BUDAPEST, September 28, 2012 — Nikola Rubic, a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany, has won an Apple MacBook Pro in the 2012 Spring ArchitectsJURY competition. His entry, the Nautical Museum of Split, was chosen by his peers in a global, online competition. Split is a Mediterranean city on

Guest Blogger Willard Williams: BIM is a Distraction

September 27, 2012

This is an expansion of some comments that Willard Williams made on a LinkedIn thread. I really liked what he had to say and asked him to expand it into a guest post for Shoegnome. Enjoy! In the end it is the final product that is of greatest importance. The reality is that both ArchiCAD and Revit (as well as the rest of the BIM software family) have done something

ArchiCAD 16 is a finalist in the UK Construction Computing Awards

September 26, 2012

ArchiCAD 16, BIMx and Graphisoft are up for some awards again this year at the UK Construction Computing Awards: BIM Product of the Year 2012Â — ArchiCAD 16 Mobile Technology Product of the Year 2012 — BIMx Product of the Year 2012 — ArchiCAD 16 Environmental Project of the Year 2012 — ArchiCAD 16 Editors Choice Award — GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 16, BIMx, and Graphisoft should win all of the above awards.

IFC and the Tower of Babel

September 24, 2012

Quaint, sad, and yet hopefully. The first IFC promotional video from 1994. A big thanks to Stephen Hamil for finding this and sharing it on Youtube. I have a feeling I’ll be talking a lot more about IFC and OpenBIM this fall. It’s WAY more important than you think. Even if you already think it is important. Stay tuned. Oh and isn’t the Tower of Babel just a killer analogy

Ownership of the BIM Model

September 21, 2012

What do fluffy kittens and vile blog posts trashing software have in common? Their hatred for the phrase BIM model. In days past, those of us using ArchiCAD or Revit didn’t talk about BIM. We just worked in a superior way to the flatcadders and were happy about it. In fact ArchiCAD 1.0 was released in 1984 and Revit 1.0 came in 2000. The term BIM was only coined in

Mac Application Switcher + ArchiCAD

September 18, 2012

I just started using Command-Tab to pull up the Mac Application Switcher. I’ve accidentally used it before, but never intentionally. It’s AWESOME for quickly switching between multiple ArchiCAD files. Which happens to be something I’m doing a lot of right now. If you’re not familiar with the Mac Application Switcher, a quick Google Search will reveal a bunch of tricks that it can do. But what I’m really loving right

ArchiCAD 16 Hotfix #2 released

September 17, 2012

ArchiCAD 16 Hotfix-2 package (build 3270) was released today. You can read about all the details and download the hotfix (if your ArchiCAD isn’t set to automatically notify you) here. I know this hotfix solves an OpenGL anti-aliasing issue with ArchiCAD 16 and Mac OS X 10.8. Additionally it also contains fixes for several Energy Evaluation problems, IFC bugs and improves display quality on Mac computers with HiDPI display. Remember

The Sound of Doom, Reflections, and What’s Next

September 16, 2012

I figured out how to easily change the tag-line on the website. One more thing to experiment with. The Sound of Doom Stippling. If you’ve heard me talk about being an architect in the 21st century, then I’ve probably referenced this. I’ve worked with architects who still stipple by hand. One time I heard this noise while doing some intricate automatic scheduling in ArchiCAD per a client’s request. I paused

What’s your Horrible BIM blog name?

September 14, 2012

Rebranding and Evolution I’ve been spending a lot of time working on what’s next with my career, my company and my writing. This year has been one of upheaval, risk, and experimentation. Remember the last two weeks? I think next week I’ll share some more news about this fall. And then later about what’s coming in 2013. Once I figure that out. Lots of exciting stuff. This week and last

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