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Post pandemic AEC: BIM to the rescue? Don’t get your hopes up!

DebunkTheBIM

As often is with ‘unprecedented’, people try to relate to precedence for reference, my personal experience is, that tough times don’t generally help AEC improve on itself. Global uptake of BIM will rise, companies will see the opportunity to clean up their operations under this ‘rebirthing’ and work smarter.

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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?

DebunkTheBIM

Two points to illustrate this claim (based on Version 16 – 2 years outdated ArchiCAD and used on a clunky computer): Numbers: One can import literally hundreds of PDFs into one file with little impact on performance. These can be placed in plans/elevations/sections making them an excellent base for either 2D or 3D based work.

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I never knew her name was Kate.

DebunkTheBIM

Not talking royal-brides here – the Kate I am referring to is ‘sort of imaginary’. A kind of Archicad ambassador too – you saw her, you knew the software behind. A kind of Archicad ambassador too – you saw her, you knew the software behind. We met about 15 years ago. She wore a red dress. but then, had we?

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

Building Information Management

While the specification system has detailed guidance and links to standards, regulations and suggested values, geometric BIM software has great visualization analysis and instance scheduling functionality. A reference to the object for the user if one or more is used with the project. NBSDescription. The full description of an object.

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Revit Beginners: Revit Factory

Revit Beginners

I am looking for references on tutorials and teaching aids. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Other BIM Software. David Duarte. at 4:50 PM. 4 comments: architectnote. hii david i am user of autodesk revit 8.1 too, since i was 2005 in institute. i have a blog to share my experience using revit in www.architectnote.com hope you like it.

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Revit Beginners: Wall Layer Wrapping Control

Revit Beginners

First thing you have to do is open the door (or other) family and add a reference plane (as shown below). Now select that reference plane and make sure that under its properties you change the Wall Closure parameter to TRUE. You can also add a second reference plane to control exterior and interior wall layer wrapping separately.

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Revit Beginners: The Data Manager

Revit Beginners

Some people refer to these individuals as Data Managers or Data Leaders. Ive been following NBIMS somewhat and was under the impression that it was A) still in development and B) a standard more for vendors developing BIM related software. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Other BIM Software. The Data Manager. David Duarte. CAD Digest.

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