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One of the many reasons why I love Blogging (about ArchiCAD & BIM)

November 8, 2011

On Sunday I briefly wrote about an ideal job posting I saw a few months back. The post generated some nice traffic to the blog and stirred up some good comments in various places. BUT most importantly it spurred one Southern California firm that uses ArchiCAD to post this comment. Anyone in that area looking for a job? Hopefully I just helped connect someone with a great forward-thinking firm. If

Why isn’t your next job posting like this one?

November 6, 2011

A while ago I saw a job posting. Here are some highlights. If you could hire someone tomorrow, would your job posting look like this? Why not? Small, award-winning firm seeks licensed Architect/Project Manager. 60% multi-family housing, mainly for non-profit developers of affordable housing. 40% single family residential, commercial and institutional work. 100% thoughtful, beautiful design. Our work is varied, exciting, and creative. Everyone from drafters to the Principal use

OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module has been unleashed

November 3, 2011

A bit more exciting news about OrthoGraph, from their blog: Many of our users have asked and we listened. The beta version of OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module has just been released, a dedicated application for extending ArchiCAD to read OrthoGraph Architect’s native “.srvd” file format. The current beta version supports the conversions of up to 5 rooms with full functionality from drawings made using the iPad version of OrthoGraph. This

OrthoGraph Architect for the iPad has been released!

November 1, 2011

So yes this official press release is about a month old, but October was a crazy month at Shoegnome World Headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. Watch the video; OrthoGraph looks FREAKING AWESOME. I’d love to get my hands on a copy and try it out. But then I also need to get an iPad… 9/27/2011 – Nuremberg, Germany – InterGEO exhibition – The first professional iPad compatible bulding survey software

Locked Doors and Red Doors… guiding clients through BIMx

October 27, 2011

As I was developing my BIMx competition entry, I tried to give each room or area in the file something special. There was the zombie soldier with the axe in his back walking towards the tank, the horde of zombies in the yard, the blackened trees, the ominous sky, the burned out upper story, the hole in the floor when you enter the master bathroom that drops you down to

BIMx Hall of Fame and MORE Zombie Screenshots

October 26, 2011

There’s now a BIMx Hall of Fame for BIMx projects with over 100 likes. This BIMx project (ZOMBIE ATTACK 2011), as of October 27th, 2011, just crossed the 100 like level to join the Hall of Fame! Click here and like it. Help share all the great and crazy things BIMx can create, like fake first person shooter games.

BEST BIMx Screenshot ever.

October 23, 2011

Sunday night, time to share my favorite screenshot from my BIMx competition entry. Want to know how this screenshot was created? Here’s the explanation.

This won’t help me win, but let’s not lose Miguel Krippahl’s ArchiCAD blog.

October 22, 2011

Miguel Krippahl has been blogging about ArchiCAD since October 2006. Back then I’d been using ArchiCAD for only 9 months. Miguel has decided that after blogging for so long, the BIMx competition is a turning point. If his readers don’t help him win by liking his entry, he’s going to stop blogging. If no one is willing to make the gesture, then his blog isn’t having a significant impact on

BIMx Competition Entry Screenshots – Those aren’t the Neighbors coming up the back steps

October 21, 2011

So it’s Friday; time to enjoy some screen shots from my BIMx competition entry. Have you voted yet by clicking the like button below the image of the house and tank in this link? I’ve got some more screenshots I’ll post between now and Halloween.

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