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BIM and IPD

October 18, 2012

All the credit for this cartoon goes to Austin Cramer, Managing Editor of DesignIntelligence. If you’re not aware of DesignIntelligence, you need to be. Here’s a snippet from their website: DesignIntelligence is the Design Futures Council’s bi-monthly report on the future, delivering original research, insightful commentary, and instructive best practices. Design leaders rely on DesignIntelligence to deliver insight about emerging trends and management practices, allowing them to make their organization

Fixing Error Messages and Ugliness with the Attribute Manager

October 17, 2012

This is the first time I’m cross posting something I wrote on BIM Engine here as well. If you use ArchiCAD, you’ll want to read about the Attribute Manager. And you’ll also want to download the .aat file that I provide at the end of the post. Be warned it’s a long post and it might require more than one reading. Please post comments there rather than here. Fixing Error

How BIM can Bankrupt Your Firm

October 15, 2012

Why do some firms embrace BIM and rave about its benefits while other firms try BIM and fail miserably? We all know this diagram: But here’s another diagram. This is the one that describes firms that panic, firms that succumb to Fear, Uncertainty, and Dread (FUD), firms that after one or two attempts let their boxes of Revit 2010 get dusty on the shelves or backslide into using ArchiCAD 12

Client Communications with BIM: I’m speaking at EcoBuild America!

October 14, 2012

Let’s end 2012 in a big way. Because if we don’t, 2013 will put it completely to shame. So here’s details on my lecture at EcoBuild America: S108: Client Communications with BIM Presented By: Graphisoft Schedule: December 4th, 2012 Tuesday, 8:30am – 10:00am Location: Rm 209A Tracks: Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Information Technology National BIM Conference Technology User Sessions Speaker: Jared Banks, Architect, Writer, ArchiCAD User, Shoegnome, LLC The

Let’s Dream a little about Orthograph Architect

October 11, 2012

Orthograph Architect is billed as a great survey tool and, from what I can tell, it is. Furthermore, the creators of this iPad app keep adding new features like crazy; I’ve lost count of the number of upgrades and improvements this not-so-little-anymore app has gotten since it was released in November 2011 (less than a year ago!). Now I don’t have an iPad, so I haven’t personally explored it yet.

BIM during early Design

October 10, 2012

This post on Stefan Boeykens’ blog is a must read for all of us interested in BIM. It’s a great list of 10 tips for using BIM during the early phases of projects. Think about it. We’ve all seen the diagram below. It’s that first part where we architects have the most say, have the most fun, and can do the most good. What’s my favorite tip? What’s the clear proof

All their songs are about Death, Girls, or Family

October 9, 2012

A former coworker of mine at SALA Architects introduced me to The Avett Brothers’ music a few years ago. I’ve since become a huge fan. They recently came out with a new album on September 11th and I bought it right away. Being fairly exhausted and worn out from my life these past few years, I find that working 8-10 hrs a day is difficult. And while I’m horrible at

Nautical Museum is ArchitectsJURY Winner

September 28, 2012

Shoegnome note: You can see more images of the winning project here on the ArchiCAD facebook page. BUDAPEST, September 28, 2012 — Nikola Rubic, a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany, has won an Apple MacBook Pro in the 2012 Spring ArchitectsJURY competition. His entry, the Nautical Museum of Split, was chosen by his peers in a global, online competition. Split is a Mediterranean city on

ArchiCAD 16 is a finalist in the UK Construction Computing Awards

September 26, 2012

ArchiCAD 16, BIMx and Graphisoft are up for some awards again this year at the UK Construction Computing Awards: BIM Product of the Year 2012Â — ArchiCAD 16 Mobile Technology Product of the Year 2012 — BIMx Product of the Year 2012 — ArchiCAD 16 Environmental Project of the Year 2012 — ArchiCAD 16 Editors Choice Award — GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 16, BIMx, and Graphisoft should win all of the above awards.

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