Digging Tunnels through Mountains
November 8, 2010
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.”
Jared Banks
The November ArchiCAD Usergroup is almost here
November 2, 2010
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 those topics are SEO, template development, Version 14, pen sets, and schedules. We’ll see how much we can cover. And as always bring anything you want to share and any questions
ArchiCAD 14 Patch for Java Update on Mac OS X 10.6
November 1, 2010
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 versions will incorporate this patch.
Bass Lessons
November 1, 2010
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 described as a balancing act between musician and architect. The tipping point from one to the other happened during my junior year of college, though I didn’t notice it for
Graphisoft BIM Bundle helps you go green! (aka ArchiCAD [hearts] EcoDesigner)
October 24, 2010
Graphisoft is running a promotion through December 15th, 2010. Buy ArchiCAD 14 with a subscription and get EcoDesigner as a bonus! You can see the full promo details here. E-mail or call me if you are interested or have any questions.
When did that happen? / I forgot about that!
October 20, 2010
I finally started a project in version 14 today. It’s probably more accurate to say I got distracted from working on my first version 14 project and spent time transferring over my version 11 template. The task is a little more daunting than I expected because I’m jumping so many versions. So I’m going to forge ahead on this project and develop the template as I go. I expect to
Design Sharing in BIM
October 16, 2010
Graphisoft has produced a very informative white paper on BIM Collaboration. It nicely shows the differences and advantages of the three basic types of BIM file sharing (which could be extrapolated to the original Teamwork, Revit’s new Revit Server, and ArchiCAD’s Teamwork 2). Here’s the white paper. It’s definitely worth reading.
BIM Breakfast (overdue thoughts)
October 13, 2010
I went to the September AIA BIM Breakfast. As anyone who’s talked to me about BIM knows, I’m a big fan of this group. We were all supposed to bring examples of BIM requirements so we could discuss how they impact the project delivery process. Twenty people attended. One person brought in an example for a new prison facility. The BIM requirements for this project (when various levels of modeled