Pen Sets, Part Three
If you haven't read Parts One or Two, you might want to start here. At SALA Architects, I use 6 pen sets on a standard project. In this post I'm going to discuss the basics of two: one pen set, for structural
ArchiCAD-designed Fountains Grace 2015 European Capital of Culture
Cool fountain designed by Ondrej Cisler using ArchiCAD. I love that they modeled the whole square to better design the fountain. You can check out more of the firm's work here. Both their designs and their ArchiCAD abilities are very
MNAUG #12 Recap
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
High / Low. You backed up, right?
I got a weird error message recently. An attribute went missing. Find and Select with the criteria set to 'element type is All and attributes are Missing' didn't work. It seemed likely that it was an attribute of an attribute
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
Graphisoft Newsletter, Q1 2011
Graphisoft just published the latest edition of their Newsletter. It's great to see Shoegnome get a mention! Is anyone else feeling a bit more optimistic about the future than we were a year ago? Enjoy.
March 8th Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup (Next week!!!)
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
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.
AIA MN BIM Breakfast Club – February 22nd – CANCELED
CANCELLATION OF TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2011 SESSION The BIM in the Clouds meeting scheduled for 7:30 am Tuesday, February 22, 2011 is canceled due to weather related travel problems for one of the speakers. That sucks.
Pen Sets, Part Two
If you haven't read Part One, you might want to start here. At SALA Architects, I use 6 pen sets on a standard project. In this post I'm going to discuss the basics of two: one pen set, with colors: STANDARD (COLOR) one
Tekla BIMsight
Tekla just released a new BIM collaboration / Clash Detection program to compete with Navisworks and Solibri. It's built around IFC, which is awesome. We need more programs that put neutral source IFC collaboration as a priority. Down with the
ArchiCAD 14 Hotfix released today
ArchiCAD 14 Hotfix (Build 3636)
AIA MN BIM Breakfast Club
BIM Breakfast Club Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:30 am to 9:00 am Location:Â AIA Minnesota Office International Market Square, 275 Market Street, Suite 54, Minneapolis Discussion Topic: BIM in the Clouds Cloud computing is the new computing platform shift. The cloud is really just
Backup! Seriously. Backup.
How often do you back up your files? Daily? You better. Anything longer is a wrong answer. Here's Part One of why: My brother is in IT; when I was younger he excitedly told me about a new server he'd installed. 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
From Scott’s Bathroom to SketchUp to ArchiCAD
At the Usergroup meeting in January we talked about working between SketchUp and ArchiCAD. You can read the recap here. Scott Newland of Newland Architecture (digress for a moment and check out his website) wasn't able to attend the meeting,
Have You Tried Turning it Off and On Again?
Is ArchiCAD not acting properly? Object movement or 3D navigation is sluggish. The cursor keeps disappearing. Have you tried turning it off and on again? My brother is in IT and I've learned it's a truism of computers. Don't
MNAUG #11 Recap
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
Zonematic
Micro Aided Design, the Graphisoft Reseller in Finland, has a really cool Add-On for ArchiCAD. They actually have a couple, but Zonematic really stands out. It will create zones from a text file--which from a programing and planning standpoint is
January Usergroup Location Change
Unfortunately we ran into some complications and couldn't get a room at the UofM for our meeting. No worries. We'll just meet at the offices of SALA Architects in Minneapolis. I'll work on getting us onto campus in the future.
Black & White Hidden Line Renderings
I like adding 3D views of the major facades on my cover sheets. I first did this about 3 years ago using the sketch rendering engine. I knew it was a good move when in a client meeting we hardly
Pen Sets, Part One
History lesson. My two favorite changes between version 9 and version 10 where the merging of Plotmaker into ArchiCAD and the arrival of multiple pen sets. There is a lot of power and utility with multiple pen sets. At SALA Architects,
January 26th Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup coming fast!
Date: Wednesday January 26, 2011 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Location: SALA, Minneapolis In January we're inviting students from the UofM to join us. This will be a great opportunity for professionals and students to share insights about ArchiCAD. If there's