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This article provides an overview of vPlanner, a new visual planning tool developed by Ghafari Associates to facilitate collaborative project management in the AEC industry. Ghafari Associates is well-known for its advanced implementation of AEC technologies as well as its professional work in multidisciplinary design, technology consulting, construction management, lean construction, and IPD projects. With such a distinguished track record in …
AECbytes Blog 2013-01-24 18:27:54
This article by Jonghoon ?Walter? Kim, Michael Marchione, and Stephen Tolbert of DPR Construction describes a project in which the BIM model was used in a unique approach to project phasing for a large-scale MEP renovation of a medical research facility. Here, the model was employed as more than a strictly visual or geometry-based clash detection tool, by adding the component …
AECbytes Blog 2013-01-17 18:25:46
This article follows up on the recent article on Bentley?s Be Inspired 2012 conference, with a dedicated look at all the finalists? presentations in the building-related categories, including the winning projects, for Bentley’s annual Be Inspired awards. It provides a unique opportunity to learn in depth about leading AEC projects from all over the world that are using Bentley solutions. URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/feature/2013/BeInspired_Projects.html …
AECbytes Blog 2012-12-20 16:20:10
This article provides an overview of the software solutions related to the building industry that I saw in the Exhibit Hall at this year?s Autodesk University. These include new solutions such as REVIZTO, BIM C.A.V.E. from Assemble Systems, Content Studio, Oasys MassMotion, dRofus, and YouBIM, as well as updates from established products such as CodeBook, IES Simulex, Solibri Model Checker, and …
AECbytes Blog 2012-12-11 14:34:04
This article on Autodesk University 2012, which was recently held in Las Vegas, captures the highlights of the general session keynote and the two innovation forums I was able to attend, along with technology news relevant to the AEC industry news that was shared at the event. This includes an overview of the new Autodesk FormIt iPad app, which enables conceptual 3D …
AECbytes Blog 2012-11-29 07:08:10
This Viewpoint article by Scott Page, who specializes in architecture, fabrication, and laser scanning, demystifies reality capture from 3D laser scanners and the ?point clouds? they generate, and explores the state of the art of how this technology integrates with BIM. It also looks at the formats and standards for point clouds, and presents a “wish-list” of how laser scanning technology should …
AECbytes Blog 2012-11-21 19:18:07
This article provides a dedicated look at the business and technology updates shared by Bentley executives at the Bentley’s recent Be Inspired conference held in Amsterdam. Unlike Bentley’s Be Connect user conference, which is typically held in the summer in the US, open to anyone, and is more product-focused, the Be Inspired conference is an invitation-only event that is intended to …
AECbytes Blog 2012-11-08 18:25:26
This article is a case study of the implementation of BIM in KEO, one of the largest AEC/PMCM firms in the Gulf region that is consistently ranked in ENR in the top 200 International Design Firms as well as the top 20 International PM rankings. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Kuwait, KEO is a multi-disciplinary company with offices in about …
AECbytes Blog 2012-11-01 23:10:45
This article provides an overview of four leading books on BIM, all of which are general books that attempt to provide a more theoretical and broad-based understanding of the BIM phenomenon rather than “how-to” books focused on individual BIM applications. These books include BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors; The Impact of …
AECbytes Blog 2012-09-27 18:35:20
This article looks at the recent technology updates from AEC vendors including various new product developments from Newforma, the launch of Revit LT from Autodesk, the new Vectorworks 2013 product family that has just been released, the releases of the next versions of form?Z and Bluebeam Revu, the acquistion of SketchUp by Trimble, the acquisition of Deltek by Thoma Bravo, and …
AECbytes Blog 2012-09-20 18:53:55
This review explores the capabilities of Bentley’s new integrated multi-disciplinary BIM application, AECOsim Building Designer, which combines all of Bentley?s diverse BIM applications for different disciplines in one single product. It looks at the additional improvements made to its BIM capabilities including consistent tool dialogs, a new utility for clash detection, and hypermodeling which links all the drawings created from a …
AECbytes Blog 2012-08-30 17:17:41
On a visit to Bangalore in India this summer, I happened to meet the founders of an architectural firm that stood out among the crowd by virtue of their progressive outlook and relatively advanced implementation of BIM, in a country where most architects are still using AutoCAD and construction is still very much paper-based. This AECbytes article explores the BIM implementation …
AECbytes Blog 2012-08-16 19:31:51
The history of the IFC building model is fairly well known to those interested in AEC technology. Another standard that we have started hearing about in recent years is the National BIM Standard or NBIMS. But to many of us in the AEC industry, the NBIMS is still a relatively new standard, and we don?t know as much about it as we …
AECbytes Blog 2012-06-23 05:15:09
This review explores the capabilities of the recently released ArchiCAD 16 in detail, including the new Morph tool, which brings SketchUp?like conceptual modeling capabilities to ArchiCAD and also enables users to create complex freeform structures; the new BIM Components portal, which gives ArchiCAD users easier access to a wide variety of BIM objects from various sources, expanded built-in energy analysis capabilities, …
AECbytes Blog 2012-06-19 00:57:39
This review take a detailed look at Revit Architecture 2013, which packs a number of enhancements that continue to improve the usability of the application, such as the ability to specify an image file as the background in rendered views, a ray trace visual style that allows real-time photorealistic rendering mode, the ability to add real-world properties to materials to enable more …
AECbytes Blog 2012-05-31 20:51:06
This article continues with the descriptions of the products and services offered by AEC technology vendors at the recent AIA 2012 Convention and Expo that was held in Washington DC from May 17 to 19. It looks at what was exhibited by established vendors like Autodesk, Bentley, IES, Trelligence, and Cadalog; newcomers to the show including SMART Technologies and SmartBIM; and …
AECbytes Blog 2012-05-24 17:39:58
Last week, I attended the AIA 2012 Convention and Expo that was held in Washington DC, and devoted all my time at the Convention to exploring the technology products on display at the Expo, which are covered in a two-part article. In the current article, we will explore a new pedestrian simulation software integrated into Vectorworks that seemed to be nicely representative …
AECbytes Blog 2012-05-15 19:51:55
This article by Chris France, the author of two previous AECbytes articles demystifying the “cloud” in AEC and how it can be useful for BIM, focuses on what firms are doing with this cloud as the technology and business processes have matured to better serve their clients. The AEC industry has been traditionally very fragmented when it comes to designing and …
AECbytes Blog 2012-05-10 00:08:03
There is no doubt that BIM adoption in the AEC industry has come a long way since the term was introduced in 2002?most of the larger firms are using BIM on many of their projects, and it has come part of the standard lexicon of the AEC industry. We would be hard-pressed to find anyone working in the industry who has …
AECbytes Blog 2012-04-30 21:50:27
This Viewpoint article is by Josh Oakley, a BIM consultant, who argues that BIM is not just about software, but rather about organizational change that is wrenching and disruptive, which means that people and processes are far more important than technology. It is sure to resonate with many AEC professionals who are attempting to implement BIM in their firms. URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/viewpoint/2012/issue_65.html
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