BCF Exporter for Navisworks 2015 released
You can get it through the Case addin manager: Not much documentation available yet, but you can refer to my previous post on how it works:Convert Navisworks Viewpoints into Revit 3D Views for rapid c…
2014
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Navisworks 2015 PDF Reader App
Something popped up on Exchange recently, got tweeted, and then disappeared… but now its back! This addin allows simple import of PDFs directly into the Navisworks 2015 Project Browser as sheets that …
Educating Manufacturers on the Worth of Good BIM Content, and being nice about it
I enjoyed reading a recent, brutally honest and candid post by Luke Johnston (not me 🙂 over at Britex. Here are a few pertinent points: “You only have to scan the room at the various ‘BIM groups’ that…
Revit Groups – Powerful when used correctly, Painful when used carelessly
A great way to test if you know What Revit Wants is to try and run a complicated high rise or health facility using model groups. The principle and general functionality of groups is fine, but they ca…
Navisworks 2015 Service Pack 1 released
Direct link:download.autodesk.com/SWDLDDLM/Updates/2015/NAVISWORKS/NAVMAN/153.114009/Autodesk_Navisworks_2015_Service_Pack_1_Multilingual_Manage_64bit.msp…
Adding globally available Aster GDEM Topography to Infraworks (and Infraworks Interference Checking using Drive)
The release of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Global Digital Elevation Model Version 2 (GDEM V2) was announced on October 17, 2011. This data can be downloa…
10 minutes of SARUG June 2014 with Steve Shell
via SARUG blog: Also see: What Revit Wants: Revit 2003 was still pretty great…
"Manipulating IFC sub-models in Collaborative Environments"
This 2007 research paper by Dr M M Nour gives an overview of IFC and some of the challenges of using it in a collaborative BIM environment. It posits a potential solutions that it calls FIOPE. It also…
Macro to change all families to the same Leader type by @troygates
Check it out at Revit Coaster:Macro to change all families to the same LEADER ARROWHEAD style viahttps://twitter.com/BigBadBIM/status/474353350910042112…
Links for Six BIM related audio webinars, available on demand
A case study of King’s Health Partners Centre at Guy’s Hospital A case study of Park House BIM for Small Practices: Implement and Collaborate Take up BIM now, or regret tomorrow BIM from manufacture t…