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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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Today’s Global BIM is in worse shape than the one we started off 20 years ago (Note to myself: Brace for hate-mail)

DebunkTheBIM

Skeptics will say, that was no BIM, just 3D, but the fact is that I used 3D for documenting full buildings from the first day I learned ArchiCAD (4.5), applied appropriate materials (meta data!) – and jumped on the first opportunity of doing 4D models when I came across, the then extremely buggy and highly temperamental Construction Simulation.

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DebunkTheBIM: Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the.

DebunkTheBIM

There exists a significant number of commercially available tools to collect, track, distribute, measure-off, even mark-up these drawings electronically. Archicad at its best). sections, details, elevations…); Should not be too difficult, should it? Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Now, these are nice!

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Revit Beginners: Remodels in Revit. the untold story

Revit Beginners

At least half are remodels in either commercial or residential. A demo phase would likely not be necessary for many types of commercial remodels and tenant improvements but it has saved me a lot of frustration and time on more awkward remodels like in custom residential projects. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

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training BIM

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Our CEO has already drawn the line in the sand, he expects us to be 100% BIM in 3 years, this is HUGE , the first reaction is probably one of shock, consider our market sectors for a moment, health care, higher ed, mixed use development, high end multi family residential, sci tech, k-12, and commercial/retail.

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Revit Beginners: Revit News & Resources

Revit Beginners

TechtonicStudio also has a library of 100,000 commercial interior finishes for those of you who do a lot of photorealistic rendering and could use a new source of material maps. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Its called techtonic and includes many very attractive features. Knowledge Base. Partner Products. Product Activation. Request Manuals.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

This has included “CAD” using PEAC, GDS, MicroGDS, AutoCAD, MicroStation, SketchUp, ArchiCAD and “Raster” using Cadcore/Hitachi PrEditor, ScanGraphics, Scan2CAD, etc. FM Global is one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management organizations specializing in property protection.

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