Over on BIM Engine (the Graphisoft North America Blog which I also write for), someone had a question about how to cut a hole in a 2D Morph. Well the easiest way to explain that was to do a quick video. So here’s the answer. Thanks and Enjoy! And here’s a link to the original blog post where you can learn about some surprising benefits of the Morph Tool. Like
The above rendering is fairly typical of what I show clients these days. It’s not the most complex image, but it’s fast and easy. And you could imagine that with a little more effort scalies, trees, etc. could be easily added. The final rendering is a combination of images from the Sketch Rendering Engine and the Internal Rendering Engine found in ArchiCAD. The images were combined in a 3rd party
Let’s Do This. You should all know my feelings on comparing software by now. Especially ArchiCAD vs Revit. All I really know about the two light versions of ArchiCAD and Revit is what I’ve read and heard. I haven’t used either. But when has that ever stopped me or anyone else from voicing an opinion? I want to look at what is missing from these programs in relation to their
Fun Fact: YouTube was officially launched in November 2005. I first learned ArchiCAD in January 2006. While writing my post on ArchiCAD heroes, I realized I was defining them very narrowly. I wanted to focus that post on those shining lights that kept me going when I was a new user, deep in despair, and feeling alone. Those giants showed me the way. But that’s only part of the story.
Unfortunately I can’t just share the video directly on my blog. So the link below will take you to the 3 minute video where I talk about Improving Client Communications with BIM, which I realized on the flight back from Washington DC is what I really should have titled the talk. Oh well. Maybe when I revise it and give the talk a third time! Enjoy: Jared talks to US
Have you watched this 4 minute video on modeling the Sagrada Familia in ArchiCAD 16 with the new Morph Tool? It’s insane. Take some time and watch it. Too busy? Just skip through a few parts of it. And then be prepared to end up watching the whole thing anyways. Now I can already hear many of you screaming at your computers “But this isn’t BIM! This is just fancy
Dimensions in ArchiCAD are super basic, right? Well here’s a video on some tips, tricks, and cheats regarding this essential tool. I cover about 15 to 20 different aspects of ArchiCAD’s Dimension Tool. So clearly not an exhaustive or comprehensive discussion. If there’s interest, I’ll gladly do more videos like this for various tools and features with ArchiCAD (ei, back to basics videos). Hopefully regardless of your skill level a
Quaint, sad, and yet hopefully. The first IFC promotional video from 1994. A big thanks to Stephen Hamil for finding this and sharing it on Youtube. I have a feeling I’ll be talking a lot more about IFC and OpenBIM this fall. It’s WAY more important than you think. Even if you already think it is important. Stay tuned. Oh and isn’t the Tower of Babel just a killer analogy
While doing some experimentation on an ArchiCAD 15 file that I’d opened in ArchiCAD 16, I came across a weird quark with the Morph Tool. The pet palette for the Morph Tool wasn’t showing me all the options. I was bewildered and annoyed. I wasn’t sure what was going on and I just wanted ArchiCAD to work the way I knew it should. I was pissed. Fortunately I did what
