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Getting into Interiors with ArchiCAD

Getting into Interiors with ArchiCAD

Tracy Stone, of Tracy A. Stone Architect has been working with ArchiCAD for many years. She has shared her design vision on projects both as an architect and instructor. Most recently, she employed the tools within ArchiCAD v15 & 16 on an interior design project in which she was asked to...
Project Migration and old versions of ArchiCAD

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...
ArchiCAD Designed Buildings Earn ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards

ArchiCAD Designed Buildings Earn ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards

GRAPHISOFT is proud to announce an honor achieved by Portuguese architects competing in the annual ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards. The designs made using ArchiCAD finished with high marks in the competition. In the Hotels and Restaurants category, Luis Rebelo de Andrade and Diogo Aguiar won the ArchDaily Building...
Taking on the 2030 Challenge - Starting at "Z" (for zHome)

Taking on the 2030 Challenge – Starting at “Z” (for zHome)

The Northwestern section of the United States has earned a reputation for encouraging “green” building.  For example, the mayor of Seattle, WA joined the mayors of Miami, Chicago and Albuquerque to present a resolution to the U.S. Conference of Mayors in May 2006 to adopt the 2030 Challenge.  While the...
CJMW's Hotel Indigo Project Calls for IFC Exploration

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...
Reference Lines and a Former US Secretary of Defense

Reference Lines and a Former US Secretary of Defense

Put aside your political views and your opinions on the War on Iraq. We are about to get some BIM advice from Donald Rumsfeld. [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now...
Missing and Lost, but Not Gone Forever

Missing and Lost, but Not Gone Forever

This has happened to all of us. You add a new object or make a change and then the element is gone. You know you didn’t delete it. But it’s gone. It’s not time to panic. It’s time to think… okay “It Makes Them Disappear”… what just happened? If it’s...
BIM - Explained in less than 3:30 (we promise!)

BIM – Explained in less than 3:30 (we promise!)

Do you see BIM as a type of software? Or is BIM a process? Are you in the group that considers BIM as an organized collection of all building data? This short video examines the debate over what BIM is, what is it used for and who should use it....
ArchiCAD Connects Working Drawings with Beautiful Design

ArchiCAD Connects Working Drawings with Beautiful Design

New approach lets Georgia’s Manley Spangler Smith Architects ‘Draw it once, and draw it right’ One of Atlanta’s premier architectural firms, Manley Spangler Smith Architects chose ArchiCAD BIM software for all design projects. Griffin, Georgia based MSSA , a general practice architectural firm specializing in designing public schools, noted an improvement...
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BIMx Mobile - it just keeps getting better

BIMx Mobile – it just keeps getting better

BIMx mobile for iOS and Android devices has been upgraded, with the addition of several new features.  The features of real-time 3D cutaway, improved rendering and increased performance further enhance BIMx as a cutting-edge communication and presentation tool for BIM projects. Real-time 3D Cutaway lets a user create a floor plan-like overview of the BIM...
Beautiful 3D Documents (Part 2)

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)

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

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....
EcoDesigner STAR – Thermal Bridging Simulation Part 4

EcoDesigner STAR – Thermal Bridging Simulation Part 4

In case you’re just joining us on the Thermal Bridging Simulation Adventure, here’s post 0, post 1, post 2, and post 3. We’re hitting the Start Simulation Button! Finally. Doing so gives us two results which we can subsequently place as images on our detail. Here’s what my simulation generates after I place the two potential...
Get a Winning Workflow - ArchiCAD in Practice

Get a Winning Workflow – ArchiCAD in Practice

There are many ways to integrate BIM into a successful design and documentation workflow and process – one method in particular from an award winning firm will be the focus of an AIA San Francisco event. San Francisco based ArchiCAD firm, Walker Warner Architects have  completed more than 200 projects in several different parts of the...
Think you can't construct with ArchiCAD? Meet Mota-Engil

Think you can’t construct with ArchiCAD? Meet Mota-Engil

The next GRAPHISOFT online seminar is scheduled for March 19th, featuring Mota-Engil, a Top 30 ranked European construction company. You read that right – CONSTRUCTION company. Mota-Engil will discuss and demonstrate the ways in which the firm implemented BIM using ArchiCAD in their construction practice. For the Mota-Engil Group, BIM is an integrated process that...
Carmel City Center, by Pedcor - Excellence Brick by Brick

Carmel City Center, by Pedcor – Excellence Brick by Brick

The team at Pedcor Design Group, LLC was awarded Best of Class in the Brick Industry Association 2012 awards program for the Carmel City Center, a one million square foot mixed-use project. Designed entirely in ArchiCAD, the $300 million project situated on a 15 acre site in the heart of Carmel, Indiana offers luxury residences, exceptional...
EcoDesigner STAR – Thermal Bridging Simulation Part 3

EcoDesigner STAR – Thermal Bridging Simulation Part 3

If you’ve been following along (post 0, post 1, post 2), we’ve got a detail that is ready to analyze. Almost. We’ve designated what’s air and what’s earth in the Thermal Bridging Simulation Window. We’ve also made sure our building is located in the right spot on the earth and set the elevation above sea...
Master More than Glitz. Produce BIM that Wows.

Master More than Glitz. Produce BIM that Wows.

In cinematic terms – special effects can impress – but if the plot is poorly constructed or otherwise not plausible, the reviews can ruin a movie’s chances at box office success. Being able to develop a 4D schedule and 5D estimate is very powerful and illustrates a domain-expertise that resonates with owners – but it...
A Man, a Plan, an ArchiCAD 16 Box

A Man, a Plan, an ArchiCAD 16 Box

One of the guys at Graphisoft North America had some time on his hands recently while being snowed in by Super Storm Nemo. This is the result: While the images speak for themselves, here’s the back story Everyone in the GRAPHISOFT North America office wanted to be able to listen to some good music while...