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Macro Solutions vs. Micro Solutions: it’s time to talk ArchiCAD 17
Tuesday May 7th was a busy day for me. With the announcement of ArchiCAD 17, I was posting on my own blog, jumping between Twitter and Facebook, fielding questions, writing e-mails, and finally starting the ArchiCAD 17 blog posts I’d been wanting to write for months and months. As an aside, if you’re anywhere near...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 17
Connecting to Non-Local Data: Hyperlinks and ArchiCAD (Part 4)
If you’re just joining us, here’s Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this series. I think this is the last post on hyperlinks, for now. We’ve already covered internal links Let’s now look at two ways to connect the documents to the wider digital world. The PDFs created from ArchiCAD are smart. We’ve...
A Question of Labeling: Hyperlinks and ArchiCAD (Part 3)
This is Part 3 in my series on hyperlinks in ArchiCAD. Although I think it’s better to say Part 3 in my series on creating Powerful Digital Documents from ArchiCAD. Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2. I’m sure there are many examples of how powerful a PDF set created correctly from a...
Hyperlinks and ArchiCAD (Part 2)
In the previous post we talked about hotlinked markers in your multi-page PDFs. Today let’s talk about some other implications and possibilities of a multi-page PDF created from the Publisher in ArchiCAD. Imagine you’re laying out your sheets to work well digitally first, and print second. Instead of putting as many drawings on a sheet...
Hyperlinks and ArchiCAD (Part 1)
Did you know that the PDF sets you have been printing for years are WAY more powerful than you ever knew? In fact, after reading this series of posts, you might stop printing physical sets altogether. Well that might be a little extreme, but you’ll WANT to stop printing sets— and not just because you...
Project Migration and old versions of ArchiCAD
After writing the post on all the different ArchiCAD key and license types, I think it’s worth talking more about project migration and old versions of ArchiCAD. We touched on this topic in that post, and I’ve mentioned it a few times on both BIM Engine and my blog, but I’ve yet to really dedicate...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / ArchiCAD User
All the Many Different ArchiCAD Keys
Did you know there is more than one type of ArchiCAD license? For whatever personal reasons this is on my mind recently. So let’s talk about license and key types. And yes I admit this is more nerdy than day-to-day helpful. Nevertheless, I think you’ll enjoy the post and learn a thing or two. First...
Filed Under: Graphisoft
I’m Thinking of Buying a New Computer, any Thoughts?
As we all get excited for a new version of ArchiCAD to come out, or for those of you sitting on old versions wondering whether it’s time to upgrade or not, it’s a good time to think about hardware requirements. No one likes to get a shiny new version of their favorite software only to...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16
Beautiful 3D Documents (Part 2)
This is the second part of my series on some very nice 3D Documents created by Patrick May, a residential designer and BIM Manager at Christian Gladu Design Studio. You can read the first half here. Jared Banks: What gave you the idea to do the documentation of the fireplace framing as a series of...
Beautiful 3D Documents (Part 1)
One of the many benefits of blogging about ArchiCAD is that I get to know a lot of wonderful users around the world. I keep telling myself (and my wife) that—once we start traveling again (we want our daughters to be a little older and my wife is in school through May, 2013)—there are so...
EcoDesigner STAR – Thermal Bridging Simulation Part 6 (Bonus!)
BONUS POST! I thought I was finished with my Thermal Bridging Simulation Adventure; turns out I was wrong. To help you review my coverage of the topic, click through for post 0, post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4, and post 5. As I was waiting for post 5 to be shared, Scott Newland of...
EcoDesigner STAR – Thermal Bridging Simulation Part 5
We’ve reached the end of our Thermal Bridging Simulation Adventure (for now). As a recap here’s post 0, post 1, post 2, post 3, and post 4. Now that we know what we’re doing, let’s go back a few steps and see how everything is easier if we make a few changes to our processes....
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