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Happy 40th Graphisoft!

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When I started with ArchiCAD some 27 years ago, I did not think we’d grow old together. I learned to use the blimming thing and added to the knowledge over and over, wore the badge of the weirdo ArchiCAD user with pride. Where is the Archicad equivalent of their time? picture of an old Archicad project) Yet we had.

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DebunkTheBIM: Now, these are nice! (Archicad at its best)

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I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. Archicad at its best). Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Design managers working in the AEC: specify what ‘ How well can you tell? (…If the drawings in front-. Archicad at its best). DebunkTheBIM.

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

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I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the Great Pretenders. Something is fundamentally wrong with the way AEC manages its information: We have numerous solutions available to handle large amounts of paper-based (flat) drawings in a reasonably sophisticated way.

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DebunkTheBIM: How well can you tell? (?If the drawings in front-of.

DebunkTheBIM

I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. How well can you tell? (…If the drawings in front-of you have been produced via 2D or 3D methods?). The moment you are exposed to drawings (hard or soft copies) you become extremely vulnerable to them. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G.

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I’m onto some rose-coloured BIM issues…and here is a tip for ArchiCAD users as a bonus

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So let’s talk BIM, the rosy, and pink, and lemon-yellow and forest-green… For a long time I’ve been a strong advocate of proactively using colours in construction information management, often provoking condescending comments from ‘architects that wear only black’.

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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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PDF as a digital file-format is generally frowned upon by those in charge of creation and management of project information within the AEC industry. Some sophisticated Cloud Document Management systems claim to have solved the issue by focusing on the even bigger issue with PDFs that is managing the quantities they tend to be coming in.

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

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I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. Design managers working in the AEC: specify what ‘type’ are you! Are you primarily concerned with managing the people on the project or managing the project information? Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. DebunkTheBIM.