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Meet Dowco Technology
Dowco Technology Services, Ltd., with offices in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec is the newest, official GRAPHISOFT Value Added Reseller. Dowco is a Construction Technology company specializing facilitating software solutions for Contractors, Architects, Engineers, Project Managers, and more. The company offers ArchiCAD to its clients in recognition of the software’s ability to give design control while...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 15 / ArchiCAD 16 / ArchiCAD 17 / ArchiCAD User / Construction / IFC Data Exchange
Announcing ArchiCAD 17 – BIM Lives in the Details
GRAPHISOFT announced the next version of ArchiCAD – a BIM software solution that makes it possible to pay attention to the smallest detail, bringing the model to life throughout every phase of design. GRAPHISOFT has developed a powerful modeling tool that can handle even the most complex designs. More than a compatibility update – ArchiCAD...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 17 / ArchiCAD User / BIMComponents.com / Graphisoft / IFC Data Exchange / MORPH / OPEN BIM / Sustainability
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...
CJMW’s Hotel Indigo Project Calls for IFC Exploration
CJMW Architecture is a full service architectural practice headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The firm is currently designing Hotel Indigo, a boutique hotel with mixed use retail which spans an additional 27,000 Sq feet near the Wilmington convention center site in Wilmington, NC . As described by Bradley Madison, BIM Manager for CJMW, the Hotel...
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...
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
OpenAEC Challenge: a Collaboration Competition
So let’s end this week of collaboration talk with something for students. While scanning Twitter last night, I came across the OpenAEC Challenge. This challenge’s goals, methods, and criteria for winning are atypical for a competition. It’s about working together and data exchange, not just proving who’s the next Starchitect. Here’s what the competition brief...
Interoperability Downloads – Add-ins for Revit Structure 2013 and Revit MEP 2013
Interoperability and Collaboration seem to be on my mind recently. Just a few days ago I wrote about all those .dwgs we deal with, and before that I discussed the various file types ArchiCAD can import and export. It’s good advice, but figuring out how to juggle countless .dwgs and pdfs feels a little antiquated....
Riverstone Structural Concepts and the Discovery that Delivered Success
Patrick Bird of Riverstone Structural Concepts has enjoyed success at his firm – in part because of his ability to spot the opportunities, technologies and areas in which to specialize that make his skills indispensible. Discovering ArchiCAD The first evidence of his knack for noticing a chance to stand out came in 2005 while working...
One of the Most Often Asked Questions About Collaboration
Every week I get a fair number of e-mails and phone calls from users looking for quick answers and solutions. I’m (usually) more than happy to help. This week’s calls and e-mails involved confusion about layer combinations, concern about a missing navigator, questions about rendering and movie making options, and some general file export/import options....
ArchiCAD Delivers High Performance with Open BIM Where Precision Matters
Renovations at the Landscape Building located at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) are underway. The plan is to incorporate some of the most extensive high volume, electron microscope imaging capabilities in the country into the building. The staff at HHMI opted to use this opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to cutting-edge science by requiring the design team use...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD User / Collaboration / IFC Data Exchange / OPEN BIM / Renovation / Revit files
Turning the Spotlight on ArchiCAD Firm, Orcutt|Winslow
Phoenix based Orcutt|Winslow has been featured on our blog before. Their most recent publicized project had their staff doing everything to stretch their capabilities to the limit. It is a project, aptly described by lead architect, Saravanan Balasubramanian, as one that “challenged their staff to the core”. The firm has been a long-time ArchiCAD user...
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