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Luke Johnson

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Automated Google Earth 3D building creation

Looks like the BIM (model) of the Earth is going to be built by computers, not people: Google is using a new technology to automatically generate 3D buildings from 45-degree angle aerial photography m…

2012-06-06 · Luke Johnson
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Manually created Keynote Schedules

You want to make a Keynote Schedule (or Legend) that is manually populated (you pick which Keynotes show in the Schedule). Given that your filtering options are limited, here is one way: SHORT VERSION…

2012-06-06 · Luke Johnson
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A scary but slightly funny video

RFO user revittotd has come across an interesting anomaly: Open embedded content: gibsonhh.info view full screen version via thread atThe Trouble with Tribbles……

2012-06-05 · Luke Johnson
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Free content from the Mastering Revit books

… will soon be available on their Facebook page, according to this post: In the Mastering Revit books, we’ve gotten some great people to so some great chapters and essays for us in years past and we’r…

2012-06-05 · Luke Johnson
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Ian and Aaron talk about the Cloud

Interesting Twitter exchange between Ian Keough (father of Dynamo) and Aaron Maller (Malleristic Revitation): Ian:I’m beginning to think that any BIM data stored locally is a dumb idea. Anything you w…

2012-06-04 · Luke Johnson
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Soft2base for quick install and update of common programs

Soft2base has an auto-updated catalog of free softwares, it will highlight outdated or missing applications and propose to download and install them in a single step. Direct portable exe link Main sit…

2012-06-01 · Luke Johnson
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30 free videos from KA Connect 2012 conference

From their website:KA Connect is a community of AEC professionals driven to transform the way the industry creates, captures, and shares knowledge. Thought leaders from all over the world come togethe…

2012-05-31 · Luke Johnson