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Mexico’s Liverpool chooses ArchiCAD’s BIM solution for growth

September 19, 2011

BUDAPEST, September 19, 2011 — Liverpool, Mexico’s largest department store chain, has chosen GRAPHISOFT’s award-winning ArchiCAD to implement BIM in expanding its chain of stores across Mexico. Liverpool embraced BIM as a means to plan, administer and control the processes involved in the construction, expansion, and modification of its stores. Â After considering both ArchiCAD and another BIM solution provider, Liverpool chose ArchiCAD as the BIM solution best-suited to meeting its

September 20th Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup

September 16, 2011

Date: Tuesday September 20, 2011 | 6:30PM – 8:30 PM | Location: Wilkus Architects 11487 Valley View Rd Eden Prarie, MN All about ArchiCAD 15. I started my first project in ArchiCAD 15 the first week in August and I know I’m going to have a lot to share. How about the rest of you? What do you think? Let’s get together and share. For anyone not on 15, this

GRAPHISOFT Signs MOU with China Academy of Building Research Architecture Design Institute

September 15, 2011

BUDAPEST, September 15, 2011 — Leading worldwide BIM software vendor GRAPHISOFT SE and the China Academy of Building Research Architecture Design Institute (CABR-ADI) recently signed a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding in Beijing. GRAPHISOFT VP of Product Development Miklos Szovenyi-Lux and President of CABR-ADI Ma Lidong signed the Memorandum setting out the terms of the strategic partnership. The parties have agreed to cooperate in a concerted effort to promote the application

Zumbro Zen

September 13, 2011

I’m particularly proud of this project. It’s the Star Tribune’s Home of the Month for September 2011 and is going to be on the Homes By Architects Tour in Minnesota on September 17th and 18th, 2011. I did the drawings back in late 2008 on ArchiCAD 11. You probably won’t see my name in the articles. I wasn’t the lead designer. But I https://shoegnome.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1d-2d-3d-intersection.webpd the project. I often join projects

GRAPHISOFT BIMx turns the iPad/iPhone into an interactive building model explorer

September 7, 2011

BUDAPEST, September 7, 2011 GRAPHISOFT announced today its latest innovation for the iPad/iPhone. GRAPHISOFT BIMx™, the ultimate communication and presentation tool for BIM projects, will soon be available for iOS devices as well. The integrated model sharing community on Facebook will help spread this innovative technology among architects and clients. BIMx (Building Information Model Explorer) is an interactive environment with game-like navigation, whereby anyone can explore full BIM models without

Take 14:36 to let Eric Bobrow teach you about Guide Lines in ArchiCAD 15

September 5, 2011

When I introduce my coworkers to ArchiCAD 15, I show them three new things and then say “get to work, we’ll cover the rest as it comes up”. I know that’s not the best way to learn a new version, but everyone using ArchiCAD 15 at SALA Architects happens to be on projects with tight deadlines. So they get the short, short version of my upgrade speech. Half of the

This IS Crunch Time

August 31, 2011

“I’m laid back at lunchtime, but I’m aggressive at crunch time. Let’s get it.” – Jacob “Crunch Time” Mann Many firms out there have figured out how to stabilize in this down economy. The hard layoffs and continued reduction of hours are over (note I didn’t say BEING on reduced hours is over). Many owners are now thinking that their firms will survive. Times will still be tough for a

Just in time for Fall Semester…

August 30, 2011

The Free Educational version of ArchiCAD 15 is FINALLY available for download (as are all the add-ons and Artlantis). Read more about it at the official ArchiCAD blog. More likely though, you’re already heading to www.myarchicad.com to download it.

Adventures in GDL – guest blogger Jeroen de Bruin talks about being a GDL Specialist

August 28, 2011

My adventure started after finishing a bachelor in architecture and working in several architects’ offices. I found that drafting in 2D really annoyed me: First draw the floor plan, then the elevations, manually add in shadows… and then the architect changes the design and you start over again. Those painstaking hours of checking if the elevation matched the floor plan… If only there had been an ArchiCAD feature like Trace

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