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Monson Charrette Part 2 – Diagrams You Can Walk Through
In my first post about the Monson Charrette, I talked about the general experience of the event; how ArchiCAD 16 and the BIM Server via Teamwork 2 acted as a giant collaboration machine for the large group of participants. I shared some examples from the event, but didn’t focus on the actual final product. That...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / BIM Server / Cloud Computing / Collaboration / Trade Shows / Value of BIM
Monson Charrette Part 1 – BIM Server and Collective Design
At the 2012 Architecture Boston Expo, GRAPHISOFT with the Community Design Resource Center of Boston (CDRC) and the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (WMAIA), held a design charrette to focus on ways to assist the town of Monson, MA in recovering from a local natural disaster. Since I was at ABX,...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / BIM Server / Cloud Computing / Collaboration / Events / Trade Shows / Value of BIM
Cloud Surf for BIM Components
Designing a house, apartment building, office space? It needs furniture to make the model really sing – so why spend time creating those components when you can click and drag and drop? But it is more than just indoor elements; you can choose shrubbery to liven up the exterior landscaping. Make the city surroundings more...
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...
Some Bonus Material from My Last Post About BIMx
On Friday I wrote a post about the BIMx Premium Account. After I published it, there was one thing that bothered me. You can see screenshots on the ArchiCADwiki and other blogs. You’ve been told that it’s easy for your clients to use and download files. You’ve got a good imagination, so you can probably...
BIMx Premium Account, Surprise! You’ve Got More Features.
Editor’s note: Jared shared some cool extras to supplement this post about BIMx. We think you’ll really like it, click here to check it out. BIMx in ArchiCAD 16 With the release of ArchiCAD 16, BIMx got some improvements. I have three favorite new features. First, BIM information is displayed for elements. You can now...
BIMx for Android is here!
We are proud to share some huge news from GRAPHISOFT. The app rated #1 by ENR readers in an online survey, GRAPHISOFT BIMx™, is now available for download for a wide range of Android devices. For the first time ever, Android users will be able access the 3D viewer app and use it to demonstrate projects and...
BIM Components Webinar Download
A comprehensive overview of ArchiCAD 16 including the BIM Components cloud-based offering available for download now. ArchiCAD 16 has 100% web integration through the BIM components website – and the recording of the BIM Components online seminar will help you learn more about that resource. Solutions in ArchiCAD 16 ease the creation, sharing, and finding...
Build London Live – We are Winners!
The team using ArchiCAD, GRAPHISOFT’s BIM solution software has been selected as the winner of this years Open BIM Build London Live 2012 Award for creating the best overall BIM effort as voted by the judges. Teams from all over the globe competed in the event, which is part of the collaborative collaborative design challenge series...
Filed Under: Cloud Computing / Competition / Contests / Events / Graphisoft / OPEN BIM / Unique Project
Cloud-Integrated BIM Add-on for ArchiCAD 15
Cloud-Integrated Building Information Modeling technology is now linked to ArchiCAD 15 – from 1st Pricing, a Southern California-based eCommerce and Technology Company. The add-on seamlessly integrates BIM into the design process – automatically creating a detailed bill of materials with pricing and an online shopping cart pulling precise specifications from various Cloud sources – called “5e” by...
Grounding Cloud Computing to Reality
A recent article authored by Graphisoft CEO, Viktor Várkonyi explores issues floating around cloud computing. In it, Várkonyi provides us with a very clear breakdown of the four most popular approaches to cloud computing, which is not actually a specific technology – but an umbrella concept over different methods of sharing resources over computer networks....
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