What OpenBIM Does For You (and the life cycle of BIM)
October 30, 2014
Have you and all your collaborators watched this video about OpenBIM and why the AEC industry needs to change? I’m going to guess no.
IFC
How to Add IFC Properties to any element in ArchiCAD
October 6, 2014
Do you know how to add IFC Properties to any 3D element in ArchiCAD? You should. Here are two short videos that will show you how.
Nemetschek joins buildingSMART International’s Strategic Advisory Council for better interoperability
July 9, 2014
Munich, July 9, 2014 — Nemetschek AG (ISIN 0006452907) announced today that, together with Autodesk, Trimble and HOK, it has joined buildingSMART International’s start-up Strategic Advisory Council (SAC) as a founding member to foster better interoperability between stakeholders in the built environment industries. The aim of the buildingSMART International initiated Strategic Advisory Council is to gather a group of senior representatives from the world’s leading international businesses operating in or
ArchiCAD 18 — Join the Creative Flow
May 6, 2014
“BIM innovation has been shifting from adding new features to introducing innovative new workflows – this is exactly what ArchiCAD 18 offers end-users”
SketchUp Pro 2014 and IFC: welcome to the new world of BIM
April 13, 2014
What does it mean that SketchUp Pro 2014 can now attach IFC (and other) data to elements? It means SketchUp is now BIM. This is big news.
GRAPHISOFT’S ArchiCAD 17 Scores 100% in the COBie Design and Construction Documents Challenge
March 12, 2014
BUDAPEST, March 12, 2014 — GRAPHISOFT announced today that it has successfully completed the buildingSMART alliance January 2014 Challenge in the COBie Design and Construction Documents Category. With zero errors, ArchiCAD 17 fulfilled 100% of the COBie requirements.
Putting the “I” into your BIM Documentation
February 19, 2014
Nathan Hildebrandt follows up his previous post with more on how and why you need to focus more on Information when working with ArchiCAD and BIM.
Auditing your ArchiCAD Model using Building Materials and Surfaces
January 23, 2014
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 a piece of software will make you a more valuable member of the AECO team. Even if you don’t use ArchiCAD, this is a must read.
KUBUS launches BCF Managers for both ArchiCAD & Revit
October 22, 2013
Are you familiar with Building Collaboration Format? The BCF Managers for ArchiCAD and Revit bring this functionality directly to your BIM authoring tool.