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Process, Product AND Lifecycle Use
There is a lot of debate over the acronym of BIM. I like the ‘brief primer’ from EcoDomus: BIM is an acronym for a few things: 1) Building Information Modeling (virtual design process), 2) Building Information Model (a set of … Continue reading
3D or not 3D – that is the question
First off – not EVERYTHING in a virtual 3D model needs to be in 3D. This is an important concept to emphasize, as the first impulse of a team is that everything will be 3D, and that can be overwhelming … Continue reading
Living Walls lecture
When: Tonight, February 16, 2012 - 6:30-9:30pm Where: SFAIA Office (130 Sutter St.) Find out more here.
Putting the I in IPD
More and more, subconsultants are being provided a Building Information Model rather than traditional 2D backgrounds, and are being asked to return a 3D deliverable in kind. And with that, comes questions: Q: Do I have to use Revit, too? … Continue reading
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Tagged customization, IPD, ProjectManagement, Revit
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Customizing PAT files
Most architectural firms are using Revit heavily for the visualization benefits, and as such want to get as close to reality representing key materials as possible. While some requests just don’t weigh out in the ‘pros/cons’ analysis (modeling battens on … Continue reading
Is ‘the cloud’ still a dream?
Technically speaking, no. ‘Working in the cloud’ is already a reality – look at your cloud-hosted email services and customer management tools – a tremendous amount of daily data exchange is already up there. But should your team’s design data … Continue reading
Double-clicking files from a browser
Teams new to Revit often fall back on old habits better suited to other programs – a common behavior I see is double-clicking files from a network browser to open them. Not a good idea for Revit files! Here’s why: … Continue reading
PARK(ing) Day with Green Roof Alliance
PARK(ing) DayIn the spirit of recapturing real estate devoted to motor vehicles and using that space to benefit the general public, I teamed with three other members of the Green Roof Alliance to design and construct a demonstration living roof … Continue reading
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Geometric Formula Parameters
Content creation is an evolving skill. Training team members to create symbolic furniture or equipment families is at the lower end of the skill set, where creating multi-referencing parametric families involving rules of proportion are at the higher end. This … Continue reading
