What are you doing May 25th & 26th, 2012? Well let me give you a recommendation: ArchiCAD 2012 Spring Academy in Riga, Latvia. Here’s some info from the ArchiCAD Users Association’s website about the event: “ArchiCAD Spring Academy 2012 is a two day celebration that will educate, entertain, and immerse you in the ArchiCAD community. You will be offered access to ArchiCAD BIM related products and services, paired with expert
It’s been a while, so let’s get together and talk ArchiCAD… Date: Monday January 30, 2012 | 6:30PM – 8:30 PM | Location: Wilkus Architects 11487 Valley View Rd Eden Prarie, MN Many of us have been using ArchiCAD 15 for half a year now. I’m sure we’ll talk about what we’ve learned and how we’ve been liking it. Does anyone have any projects they’d like to share? I know
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
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
Daniel Dusoswa, Chairman of ACUA (ArchiCAD Users Association), forwarded me Ray Elysee’s recap of the 2011 ArchiCAD Spring Academy. After reading it, I am even more jealous of everyone who was there. I hope that in coming years I’ll be able to attend and that some of us users in North America will create similar events on this side of the Atlantic. I want to thank Daniel and Ray for
Date: Tuesday May 17, 2011 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Location: Wilkus Architects in Eden Prairie, MN 11487 Valley View Rd Eden Prarie, MN There will be a presentation on the curtain wall tool and hopefully a short presentation on how ArchiCAD was used in the University of Minnesota Solar Decathlon House. I’m sure we will also discuss tips, tricks, examples of members’ recent work, and anything else
Our March 2011 usergroup meeting was one of my favorites: there was a wonderful turn out and a lot of lively discussion. The main topic for this meeting was what is everyone doing to leverage BIM / ArchiCAD to get and retain clients? While we did cover a lot of how-to stuff, it was all structured around that basic question. BIM offers a lot of great opportunities. Better coordinated documents,
Date: Tuesday March 8, 2011 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Location: Wilkus Architects in Eden Prairie, MN Among other things, we will be discussing opportunities for leveraging ArchiCAD to help get and retain work. It’s a big topic and a little different from what we usually discuss. But there are a lot of ideas floating around the group and it’d be great to share. And as always bring
Winter Usergroup meetings in Minnesota are an adventure–snow, ice, sub-zero temperatures. I’m always so glad to see a mixture of new and old faces make the trip. This month, even with a location snafu, we had about 1/3 newcomers. Below are some highlights. There’s plenty more that we covered (complex profiles, attribute manager, library updates in v14, among other topics), but this post is already my longest to date. I
