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

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Almost thirty years ago, I was first talking about computer modelling of buildings. 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.

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BIM Viewers in the Cloud vs. PDF Spatial Re-constructors on Earth (Part 2 of the overdue PDF trilogy I promised some time ago)

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Commonly they offer the ability to view BIM models of various origins, maybe combine them, rotate, zoom, filter information. Some have mark-up tools, others provide fancy gadgets for tracking model-revisions. The models are usually stored on remote servers, they live in the Cloud, so to speak. Some are better than others.

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PDFs and BIM: A trilogy of posts investigating what the PDF format’s role may be in strategies transitioning the industry to BIM? First part: PDFs within current AEC – Important yet neglected?

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This approach is somewhat surprising considering that in most contemporary construction contracts PDF’s as the digital representations of drawings have often higher standing than model files or even DWGs. Why are there no more efforts made to guide PDF users through thousands of drawings by the originators?

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DebunkTheBIM: ?Committed to making nRAH an exemplar for the.

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I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Monday, April 23, 2012. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Archicad at its best). No disclaimers, no hesitation!

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DebunkTheBIM: The entertainment value of BIM

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I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Friday, April 20, 2012. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Archicad at its best). The entertainment value of BIM.

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DebunkTheBIM: Stop shouting: learn BIM instead!

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I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Thursday, April 5, 2012. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Archicad at its best). That tool being: shouting.

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DebunkTheBIM: Design managers working in the AEC: specify what.

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I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Archicad at its best). The entertainment value of BIM.