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At SALA Architects, we’ve been using ArchiCAD since v6.5 (1999). However I didn’t join the firm until 2007, at which point I spearheaded the transition of a hodgepodge of v8.1 users following no uniform procedures to a larger number of v11 users following company wide standards. We are now approaching the next big transition period. Over the next year we’ll be moving first to version 14 and then quickly to
Read all about it here. Then check out some of the other great projects by lead architect Tima Zoltán. My favorite is the Riverloft project: a really well done modern addition to an old brick and stone structure. Want to know a little more about who Tierney Clark was? Enjoy.
Are you saving a backup every day? Your answer better be yes. Data safety and organization is the subbasement/foundation of BIM. Your BIM model is only useful if it’s accessible, readable, and existent. Don’t lose your data. It’s not just about file corruption and lost computers. Projects change. And change back. A backup a day allows you to copy and paste changes back and forth between files. – about to
If you’re in the Twin Cities this weekend, check out these two homes designed using ArchiCAD: Project # R56Â -Â Minneapolis – built by Vujovich Design Build, Inc., designed by SALA Architects. Project # R52Â -Â St. Paul – built by Ispiri, LLC, designed by SALA Architects. I talked a bit about the kitchen from R56 in this post (referred to as 03221). You can also learn more about these two houses at the
In the ArchiCAD LinkedIn group, Michael Scarmack, AIA, recently started gauging interest in a global experiment using the ArchiCAD BIMserver that he’d like to conduct. There’s a lot of excitement about this grassroots project and I think it will lead to some big things. What things? I don’t know. But it is entrepreneurial experimentation and group collaboration like this that will bring our industry into the future and prevent our
If you haven’t read Parts One or Two, you might want to start here. At SALA Architects, I use 6 pen sets on a standard project. In this post I’m going to discuss the basics of two: one pen set, for structural drawings: HALF TONE (STRUCTURAL) one pen set, for electrical drawings: HALF TONE (ELECTRICAL) As I mentioned in Part One, setting a view to grayscale in the layout book
Cool fountain designed by Ondrej Cisler using ArchiCAD. I love that they modeled the whole square to better design the fountain. You can check out more of the firm’s work here. Both their designs and their ArchiCAD abilities are very impressive. There are some great examples of efficiently and legibly modeled urban sites. Also while you’re at their site, check out the Nikola Tesla Memorial. I know I’m a sucker
I got a weird error message recently. An attribute went missing. Find and Select with the criteria set to ‘element type is All and attributes are Missing’ didn’t work. It seemed likely that it was an attribute of an attribute that was bad (an image associated to a material, for instance). Thus I needed a different solution. How do you find that? Backups. And thinking about what changed. I did
