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Please don’t clean up my wall intersections.

DebunkTheBIM

I should start with a disclaimer: I model in Archicad 13; That is whenever I need to assess something quickly and am not constrained by other project-needs nor the limitations of the software itself. So, what I am about to write may no longer be an issue in Archicad 14, nor the other modelling packages people use.

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Same, same but different – My mother is not getting paperfreeconstruction, the concept.

DebunkTheBIM

I documented full houses in 3D ArchiCAD 20 years ago in our design studio, while she looked after our children. I designed and modelled iconic commercial buildings in Teamwork Architecture when we moved to a bigger town 15 years ago. Almost thirty years ago, I was first talking about computer modelling of buildings.

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Forget “BIM”, and Get on Board with BLM – Building / Built Environment Life-cycle Management

Building Information Management

That said, BIM has been preoccupied with 3D visualization to the extent that many/most feel that Revit, Archicad, et al are all that’s needed to implement BIM. Despite the above there remains surprisingly little collaboration within the AECOO sector(s) (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner).

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Revit Beginners: Some New Bloggers on the Block

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. I've fortunately been busy lately working on some residential projects but do have a couple of new documents in the works for posting. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop.

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BIM Objects, Data, and Information – More than a 3D Pretty Picture – Soooo Much More!

Building Information Management

In traditional documentation we would ‘say it once, and in the right place’, however with BIM, we want to ‘author it once, and in the right place, to be able to report it many times’ Figure 1: Appropriate location of information. The specification is part of the project BIM, and objects live in the specification.

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Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. The model is not clean enough to develop construction documents so we have passed along that task to another architect. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. Revit Beginners.

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Revit Beginners: Instance Parameters: The Double Agent

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Some of you may already be aware of it, but I havent seen it documented anywhere so here goes. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners.

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