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Guest Blogger – Scott Barrington shares the BIMstop Manifesto

February 26, 2012

At BIMstop we like to think big. We’ve come from humble beginnings and credit our growth and development to our engaged user base, such as the dedicated followers of this blog. Our service enables Architects and Specifiers to connect with the Manufacturer specific 3D BIM model of their choice, meaning less time searching and more time designing. Our vision is to be the helping hand when dealing with anything BIM

Fun with Slabs – AKA Archi-treeStump and Slab ramps. Yes. Slab ramps.

February 20, 2012

Did you know you can make a ramp using just a slab and nothing else? Recently I’ve had opportunities to model quite a few schematic designs and imaginary buildings for the creation of renderings and walk-through movies. I love working on these types of models in ArchiCAD. A part of me would be happy to just get paid to design and model imaginary structures (take that as a hint). You

Tekla BIMSight, ArchiCAD, & REVIT

February 14, 2012

It’s Valentine’s Day, so let’s share some love between BIM platforms… It also happens to be a busy week at Shoegnome doing things I can’t talk about or share right now. So here’s some news that’s a little old, but still good. You can now download Tekla BIMSight directly from www.myarchicad.com. You can read about all the details here. This is a great step for the industry. We need convergence,

Photos have a date and time stamp…

February 6, 2012

I found an excuse to combine my love of art cars and ArchiCAD I can’t tell you how much time I’ve spent trying to match shadows in renderings to photos. Why didn’t I think of this before? All digital photos have a date and time stamp. Plug that into ArchiCAD (3D projection settings/more sun), pick your location, set your project north correctly and that should be that. This photo was

ArchiCAD 15 Hotfix #2 and ArchiCAD 14 Hotfix #6 released today.

February 1, 2012

ArchiCAD 15 Hotfix #2 (Build 3602) ArchiCAD 14 Hotfix #6 (Build 4204) Here’s something worth reading now as well, from the release notes: Notice to users who have both ArchiCAD 15 and ArchiCAD 14 installed Â ArchiCAD 14 Hotfix 6 (build 4204) should be applied together with ArchiCAD 15 Hotfix-2. This should be done, Â to address Activity Monitor problems common to both BIM Server modules. These fixes will only be fixed

Modify Wall – a video exploration of a great function

January 31, 2012

It’s time to demystify walls AND make your coworkers think you have magical ArchiCAD powers… Do you hate when walls don’t join properly or when hatch patterns in elevation randomly don’t align? In this video I talk about the Modify Wall menu and how it demystifies those issues. I won’t promise that the Modify Wall menu will solve every one of those problems. BUT once you are familiar with its

All the ways to Get the Latest from Shoegnome

January 29, 2012

Instead of writing a blog post and recording a video for the Youtube Channel tonight, I get to deal with a broken washing machine. Joy. I’ll get the post and video up either Tuesday or Wednesday night. In the meantime… There are a lot of ways to hear about my latest blog posts, news, and adventures. Here are the three biggest: Like Shoegnome on Facebook Follow Shoegnome on Twitter Subscribe

Interactive ArchiCAD Practice Manual – guest blogger Vaneshrie Sullivan shares insights into her book

January 22, 2012

The Interactive ArchiCAD Practice Manual came from the realization that, although there are numerous books on teaching ArchiCAD users how to use the tools and navigate around projects, there is not much guidance on how to apply this software in the most efficient manner in an everyday office environment. ArchiCAD is both user friendly and customizable, giving users the freedom to work in the software in countless ways. The price

Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup Meeting (January 30th, 2012)

January 17, 2012

It’s been a while, so let’s get together and talk ArchiCAD… Date: Monday January 30, 2012 | 6:30PM – 8:30 PM | Location: Wilkus Architects 11487 Valley View Rd Eden Prarie, MN Many of us have been using ArchiCAD 15 for half a year now. I’m sure we’ll talk about what we’ve learned and how we’ve been liking it. Does anyone have any projects they’d like to share? I know

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