Monthly archive September, 2012
BIMcomponents.com + manuBIM
In early September we got our first Wish Upon an Object from BIMcompenents.com. Now just a few weeks later comes the next installment: Ceiling Editor US Once again we get a wonderfully built object from manuBIM (learn more about their work via all the links here). The object is very versatile and there are numerous...
Filed Under: Contests / Free Stuff
Static Thoughts – Part 2
In Part 1 of this post from earlier in the week, I talked about the propagation of changes in an ArchiCAD model (for good and ill). I shared some thoughts on both preventions and cures. I now want to expand on some of those thoughts. Did you know you can lock both whole layers in...
Filed Under: Concept Design / Tips and Tricks
It’s Hammer Time and We Need You
Forgive the circa 1980s-90s reference, but we couldn’t resist. Don’t worry – no baggy pants or shaved hairdos are required. Voting is open for the 7th Annual Construction Computing Awards and GRAPHISOFT is a finalist in the competition in several categories. BIM Product of the Year 2012 (we won this one last year!) – this...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / ArchiCAD User / BIMx / Competition / Contests / Events / Graphisoft / Recognition
Static Thoughts – Part 1
Everything is linked! Changes made in plans propagate to sections, elevations, schedules, and 3D views! It’s all coordinated. This is the world we live in when we use ArchiCAD. And it’s great. But let’s look at the reverse for a moment… The intern changed a composite’s thickness and now all the dimensions on the plan...
Filed Under: Concept Design / Tips and Tricks
A Webinar Like No Other – Porsche Tower and BIMx
There’s still time to register for an upcoming online seminar that will examine the creation of an amazing 57-story ultra-luxury tower, created and rendered by Miami, FL based Archiform 3D. Read up on it in this article on it at ArchDaily Archiform 3D used ArchiCAD to initially create the Porsche Tower – the showpiece of the...
Missing and Lost, but Not Gone Forever
This has happened to all of us. You add a new object or make a change and then the element is gone. You know you didn’t delete it. But it’s gone. It’s not time to panic. It’s time to think… okay “It Makes Them Disappear”… what just happened? If it’s a wall, can you see...
Filed Under: Tips and Tricks
Emery Community Arts Center; Realized by designLAB
Boston based, design LAB has received awards for their work on the Emery Community Arts Center on the Farmington campus of the University of Maine (UMF) which opened last fall. The center was honored with a National Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture for a new building by the Society for College and University Planning....
Doing Residential Design? This Monday we have answers for you!
Jared, I’ve been testing with Complex Profiles to create an interior wall which has a 6″ base attached to it, which is simple to make, but I can’t set the base not to elongate with the wall if the wall height changes. My method at the moment is either creating a very small and thin...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD User / Tips and Tricks
Graphical Upgrade Calculator
This is cool. Keeping track of the changes between ArchiCAD versions is never easy. Not everything is as headline-smashing as the Morph Tool, Integrated Energy Evaluation, or (to look farther into the past) Teamwork 2. If you do some research, you can find ArchiCADwiki pages that talk about the changes in ArchiCAD 16 (and earlier...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16
Modular Joinery Object + BIM Components.com + ArchiPLUS
Remember “Wish upon an Object from BIMcomponents.com”? Soon after ArchiCAD 16 was released, Graphisoft announced a contest looking for objects that aren’t in the standard libraries. Well the first results of that are coming in. And those results are very exciting. Modular Joinery Object The Modular Joinery Object (MJO), in its latest version 16 incarnation,...
Quick Tip: Element vs Object
Here’s a quick test. Which is correct: A) “Hi boss, check out this BIM model I’ve been working on!” or B) “Hey boss, here’s that BIM you were asking for.” The answer is B. It’s not a Building Information Model Model, it’s just a Building Information Model. Teaching and writing about ArchiCAD has taught me...
Filed Under: MORPH / Tips and Tricks
Online Seminar: Rev Up Your BIMx Engines!
An amazing 57-story ultra-luxury tower, created and rendered by Archiform 3D, is the showpiece of our next live online seminar. From its office in Miami, FL, Archiform 3D used GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD to create the full BIM model and leveraged BIMx to visualize the Porsche Design Tower – a high rise residence features a one-of-a-kind robotic...
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