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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...
GRAPHISOFT Continues Support of Open BIM with Industry Certifications
ArchiCAD Receives IFC Certification 2.0, Passes buildingSMART alliance 2013 COBie Challenge GRAPHISOFT reached two important milestones in its support for Open BIM. ArchiCAD has successfully passed both IFC Coordination View 2.0 (Certification 2.0) and the buildingSMART alliance 2013 COBie Challenge. GRAPHISOFT first joined forces with buildingSMART® International and several leading software vendors to launch a global program...
DESIGNrealized Open BIM with ArchiCAD
Technology, a central factor for success under many circumstances, becomes even more so when architectural firms re-tool to increase efficiency. In the upcoming DESIGNrealized program, a series of expert speakers will present discussions that explore how to improve workflow and the design and construction process through technology such as BIM, project coordination tools, energy analysis...
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
ArchiCAD with an Audience
Eco Build 2012 I have a new gimmick for showing people ArchiCAD. I was at EcoBuild 2012 the first week of December and I spent one afternoon hanging out at the GRAPHISOFT Booth. A group of architects came up and started asking about ArchiCAD. They were new to the world of BIM and had some...
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
Collaborate on Monson MA Recovery at ABX
During the ABX Show from November 14th-16th GRAPHISOFT is working with the Community Design Resource Center of Boston (CDRC) and the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (WMAIA), in supporting a design charrette event to focus on ways to assist the town of Monson, MA in recovering from a local natural disaster. Last June,...
Process vs Happening: Templates are Not Optional
Hand Sketching and Watercolors We all love to see architectural images that cross the line into art, and are typically jealous of anyone with strong enough skills to use their handwork professionally.* But how long does a watercolor take? How valuable is a sketch beyond an initial feeling? How much is it lying to you?...
Open BIM at the AGC of California
GRAPHISOFT will be making a presentation on the ArchiCAD – Revit workflow at the upcoming AGC of California Fall Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 24th through the 26th at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells, CA. The theme for the conference “Come Together” is more than homage to the hippy-dippy-trippy 60′s....
Filed Under: ArchiCAD User / Collaboration / Graphisoft / IFC Data Exchange / OPEN BIM / Trade Shows
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