On Land: Thanks for the Inspiration.
When I started this blog, I looked to one place for inspiration: James Murray's www.onland.info. Last week James left a comment on my blog. Much like when I got comments from Finith Jernigan and Link Ellis, I was super excited and
This won’t help me win, but let’s not lose Miguel Krippahl’s ArchiCAD blog.
Miguel Krippahl has been blogging about ArchiCAD since October 2006. Back then I'd been using ArchiCAD for only 9 months. Miguel has decided that after blogging for so long, the BIMx competition is a turning point. If his readers don't
ArchiCAD + Zombies + BIMx = PURE AWESOME
Of e-mails and iPads Have you had a chance to read all the great articles about architecture-related iPad apps on ArchiCADmonkey? There are a ton of apps out there and more being announced everyday (I haven't forgotten about you OrthoGraph). All
CADspeed talks Computer Performance & ArchiCAD
CADspeed has two articles on their blog about ArchiCAD and computer performance. They are both quick reads and well worth it. I will now be sending people to read both these articles when they ask me about upgrading ArchiCAD and
Connecting the Dots, making ArchiCAD Easier: Master Template
Okay that title was both lame and a stretch. But whatever. This isn't about my attempts for humor and continuity with the previous post, it's about Eric Bobrow and all his ArchiCAD offerings. And he wants to and will make
Connecting the Dots has NEVER been easier (aka churn the rumor mill some more)
By now you've probably been told to read the recent AECbytes article Viktor Várkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft, on cloud computing as it relates to the AEC industry. If you haven't, it's a good read. Two things caught my eye. At
Korean Professional Video Game Players & ArchiCAD
Can you make a living playing video games? If you work hard. It also doesn't hurt if you're South Korean. Want to hear more about that lifestyle? There's a great Tech Stuff podcast about it. What does this have to do
One Year of Blogging and some Great Screencasts
So July 11th will be one complete year of blogging for me. I haven't missed a week, even though my wife and I became parents for the second time in late March, we spent two weeks in Wyoming with little
A great Spanish language ArchiCAD Blog (don’t worry Google Translate is here to help)
Last week I tweeted (@shoegnome) and posted on facebook (www.facebook.com/shoegnome) a link to an old post I did. Here it is. It was a short post about two things. There were some great tips from the ArchiCAD Forum. Real little
Don’t Worry, that was just my brain exploding: ArchiCAD 15
Many of us will be downloading ArchiCAD 15 in a few days. In preparation, read this very exciting in depth look at ArchiCAD 15 from Architosh.
I upgrade, you upgrade, we all upgrade
Or at least you better. No one should be running ArchiCAD 6.5 on Windows 2000. It just doesn't make sense. And it is a huge loss of value and wasted effort. No one should have to deal with plotmaker ever
Thanks CNBC, way to get your facts right
Nice interview with Christopher “Kit” Johnson AIA, LEED AP, CNU of Texas firm, Architecture 365, Inc. If only Amanda Drury could have mentioned ArchiCAD (which is what Chris used) instead of arbitrarily name dropping Revit and Autodesk a few times. It's
Your 7 Day Window to Register for the Best Practices Course Just Started
If you use ArchiCAD and have the internet, you probably know about Eric Bobrow's Best Practices Course. I talked a bit about it in this earlier blog post. Since that post, I've heard a lot of good things about the
Great Tip from the Cadimage Blog
Every day Cadimage posts a tip on their blog. Every day. Some are specific to their products, but many are little gems for everyone. The tip from March 1st is a great example of one of these hidden treasures for
IFC Certification: The Next Step on the Road to True Interoperability
A good article from Green Building Pro on the future of IFC, BIM, and the promised land of real model sharing. Take the time to read it.
Eric Bobrow wants to make you Better
Many of you have probably heard of Eric Bobrow. He's the guy behind ArchiCAD Master Template. Eric was a major Graphisoft reseller for 21 years and is now focused on improving our ArchiCAD skills. Eric has put together
Rabbit Hole Blog
Okay. Time to learn GDL. Check out Rabbit Hole Falling into GDL. It's a new blog with a beautiful name by ArchiCAD-Talk regular Erich. It was started just last month (January 2011). There are only 3 posts so far, but
Aligning 3D Textures on Slabs
Aligning 3D textures in ArchiCAD should be easier. It needs to be done in 3D and this can be tricky if you don't have a node in the right place to snap to. Sometimes I'll make a temporary object or
Assigning Information in ArchiCAD for Material Takeoffs
This AECBytes article by Thomas M. Simmons of ARCHIVISTA is great. Material takeoffs are a lot easier and closer at hand than I thought. Worth a read. I have some experimenting to do.
ArchiCAD Blogs
There are some other very interesting things going on in the ArchiCAD blogosphere. Graphisoft has a growing list of blogs devoted to ArchiCAD here. Don't want to sift through all that? Here's three to look at first: http://www.thebimr.com/ This blog focuses on