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Turning the Spotlight on ArchiCAD Firm, Orcutt|Winslow

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...
A Happy Reason to Have the Open BIM Blues

A Happy Reason to Have the Open BIM Blues

Collaborating across BIM platforms can give anyone the blues. Especially when that collaboration is not fully supported and data is lost or collision detection is non-existent. Platform collaboration can leave gaps in sharing data rich models created in BIM. Rock out your workflow integration issues, say goodbye to those blues and say hello to Open...
Unlock the Power of Collaboration with Open BIM

Unlock the Power of Collaboration with Open BIM

GRAPHISOFT® has joined forces with buildingSMART® International, Tekla® and several leading software vendors to launch a global program in order to promote Open BIM collaboration workflows throughout the AEC industry. The announcement represents GRAPHISOFT’s continued commitment to Open BIM collaboration. Collaboration is increasingly a driver of BIM adoption throughout the industry. With this in mind,...
ArchiCAD. Different from other BIM in more ways than one.

ArchiCAD. Different from other BIM in more ways than one.

Yours is no ordinary firm. ArchiCAD is no ordinary BIM. In today’s economy – design firms need ways to get an edge, open doors and overcome obstacles in order to succeed. Is software the way? Surely a BIM solution that creates conflict and difficulty is not. BIM promises success and workflow optimization and all the benefits of...
IFC Made Easy

IFC Made Easy

Because more firms are embracing BIM as the preferred design tool, questions are arising about how to work together more efficiently. As the old standards of DWG and PDF exchange are slowly fading away, BIM offers a better exchange of information allowing the exchange of intelligent 3D data. This is obviously more valuable as the...
Graphisoft Director Takes on Interoperability at Design DC!

Graphisoft Director Takes on Interoperability at Design DC!

DesignDC! a three-day interactive conference and exhibition is taking place June 21 – 23, 2011 In keeping with the conference’s aim to offer unique access to cutting-edge technology, projects, and practitioners there will be a panel discussion on Interoperability: The Facts not the Fiction. The goal of the panel discussion will be to move beyond the hype and allows the...
Italian Embassy Project - Il Palazzo

Italian Embassy Project – Il Palazzo

The team at Trout Design Studio, a full- service Architectural and Interior Design firm and long-time ArchiCAD user, is successfully expanding the firm’s scope of work from high-end, single family residential projects to include condominiums and apartment buildings.  As part of that expansion; Trout Design took on a renovation project with the Potomac Construction Group and Valor...