Your first task when switching to BIM
When learning BIM, the first task is always the same, no matter what program you use or why you made the switch.
Ten Tips for Successful BIM Implementation
So you're thinking about making the jump to BIM. What can you do to make the transition smoother?
BIM advice from Pantera’s Reinventing the Steel
I love Pantera's BIM advice to such a degree that I've been referencing Pantera song titles in every lecture I've given since at least 2012.
Be Open, My Friend: Bruce Lee and the secrets of OpenBIM
Guest blogger Jon Buerg shares his thoughts on openBIM. This post includes both the best BIMpoem and best BIM image of 2015.
What does your BIM content say about you?
Luke Johnston, the former Marketing and Development Manager for the Britex Group (Australia) has some great advice for BIM content creators.
How to Sharpen Pencils
Everything is about craft. Whether you are doing BIM or sharpening pencils, there is a right and a wrong way. There is a way to do it with care and a way to just half-ass it.
Unconscious BIM and Ugly BIM
Some lessons from being too busy to write: remembering shortcuts by forgetting that I had forgotten them and suffering through the ugly BIM phase.
The convergence of 25,000 years of Art History leads to BIM
I love creating diagrams. But this BIM Diagram is by far my favorite. It probably should become my new logo. Find out why it took 25,000 years to make.
BIM Bang! Expanding Applications for Building and Enclosure Modeling
I'm giving a talk at the CSI Products Fair in Charleston, South Carolina on April 9th, 2014.
BIM Content With Too Much Detail — It’s All Your Fault
Are you frustrated with all the over detailed BIM content out there? Or all the under detailed content? It's all your fault. Luke explains why.
Auditing your ArchiCAD Model using Building Materials and Surfaces
I love this post. Guest Blogger Nathan Hildebrandt starts with Building Materials, then leads you down a path towards reinventing how you think about BIM and use ArchiCAD. It's a great example of how focusing on improving how you use
Complex Profile Siding in ArchiCAD
Once I figured out this technique to create Complex Profile siding in ArchiCAD, my models became about 20% cooler.
When are you a machine gun and when are you a sniper rifle?
Video games have a lot to teach us about being an architect. You should play more video games to verify this theory.
The Fallacy of Design Intent – An Awesome BIM Presentation
So this is my month of travel. I've so far driven from Minnesota through South Dakota to Wyoming. I'm now in southern Colorado; tomorrow night my wife, kids, and I will sleep somewhere in the northeast corner of New Mexico.
I want to see your plan Printed Out. And Soon.
FACT: Ugly drawings are the bane of many people in the early stages of using understanding BIM. Don't fight your coworkers. Instead draw them in. Teach them. When starting a project, whether it's new construction or a remodel, I always want to see
Pantheon of Workmonsters
In a world of shoegnomes, there are workmonsters
Facebook, Twitter and Shoegnome
Late last night the Shoegnome Facebook page reached 500 Likes. That's awesome. The Shoegnome Twitter feed is a little smaller at 381 followers. Thank you everyone. There's plenty of information on both those sources that doesn't show up on the
BIM and IPD
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
BIM during early Design
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
More lessons from children’s TV
Don't talk about the brontosaurus in a room full of dinosaur lovers The other day on Sesame Street they did a segment on dinosaurs. They mentioned a brontosaurus. Dinosaur Train would never mention a brontosaurus. Why? Because it's not a real
Two models for ArchiCAD vs Revit
I don't know why the two software packages are on my mind so much recently. Probably because of recent stories about people being scared or bullied into using a particular software, municipalities requiring a proprietary file type, clients demanding deliverablesÂ
Redlines vs Pinklines
Redlines We all know what Redlines are. Either digitally or by hand, someone is reviewing a set of drawings and marking them up to be corrected. Redlines are a critical part of the chain of command. A younger staff member can
Guest Blogger Endre Ilauszky: We call it manuBIM…
At the end of last year, an ex-colleague of mine and I — after 18 and 12 memorable years spent at Graphisoft — decided to carry on with the work we did as GDL fans in our former workplace with heart
BIM for Small Projects II: Case Studies in Innovative BIM Use by Small Firms
In early March 2012, I was one of three panelists for the BIM for Small Projects II AIA-TAP webinar. If you missed it, or just want to watch it again, it's now up on YouTube. Here's a link to the
BIM Dream Team
Hopefully the era of firms trying to fix their BIM credentials through misplaced hiring practices is nearing its end. But probably not.