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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

Obayashi Signs Agreement with NEC and GRAPHISOFT to deliver “Smart BIM Cloud”

August 26, 2011

Building next-generation BIM cloud-computing environment will increase customer satisfaction TOKYO, August 26, 2011 — Obayashi Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement on the joint development of a BIM cloud-computing platform with NEC Corporation and GRAPHISOFT. The goal of the agreement is to provide technology leadership for Obayashi through integrated building information modeling workflows and company-wide BIM-based information sharing. Obayashi has been working on reforming the use of BIM

CADspeed talks Computer Performance & ArchiCAD

August 23, 2011

CADspeed has two articles on their blog about ArchiCAD and computer performance. They are both quick reads and well worth it. I will now be sending people to read both these articles when they ask me about upgrading ArchiCAD and their machines or tell me things like “I don’t do much modeling, why do I need to upgrade from ArchiCAD 7 to ArchiCAD 15?” http://cadspeed.wordpress.com/tag/archicad/

From AutoCAD (to ArchiCAD) to SketchUp… a race

August 21, 2011

Recent History Over the past few months I’ve made a couple of terrain models in ArchiCAD 14 and then exported them to SketchUp 8. At first this was done to figure out a way to collaborate with a fellow architect who is an avid SketchUp user. We both wanted to work in the program we knew best. After I modeled the first site it became evident that it was incredibly

ArchiCAD School 2012/2013 in the USA?

August 14, 2011

There’s been a lot of talk on LinkedIn about trying to do an ArchiCAD School similar to the Spring / Summer / Winter Schools that are done in Europe. What level of interest is there for doing one in the United States and/or Canada sometime in 2012 or 2013? I’ve created a poll on the forum. Take a moment and vote. And then add your voice to the discussion on

Old ArchiCAD Libraries Available for EVERYONE!

August 11, 2011

Need every Library shipped with any version of ArchiCAD since 1995? Here’s how to get all the old ArchiCAD Libraries.

ArchiCAD 14 Hotfix released today

August 9, 2011

ArchiCAD 14 Hotfix (Build 4044) Remember to update everyone using Teamwork 2 (including the BIM Server) at the same time.

Connecting the Dots, making ArchiCAD Easier: Master Template

August 5, 2011

Okay that title was both lame and a stretch. But whatever. This isn’t about my attempts for humor and continuity with the previous post, it’s about Eric Bobrow and all his ArchiCAD offerings. And he wants to and will make ArchiCAD easier for you. Eric Bobrow is fast approaching his 500th licensed client using Master Template. Congratulations Eric! That’s huge. To celebrate this milestone he’s offering both discounts AND incentives.

Connecting the Dots has NEVER been easier (aka churn the rumor mill some more)

August 3, 2011

By now you’ve probably been told to read the recent AECbytes article Viktor VÃ¡rkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft, on cloud computing as it relates to the AEC industry. If you haven’t, it’s a good read. Two things caught my eye. At first I thought it was going to be an article by Zolna Murray who writes the DebunkTheBIM. But it’s not; just a coincidental title. Too bad. I was excited that

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