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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…
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…
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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…
via SARUG blog: Also see: What Revit Wants: Revit 2003 was still pretty great…
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…
Check it out at Revit Coaster:Macro to change all families to the same LEADER ARROWHEAD style viahttps://twitter.com/BigBadBIM/status/474353350910042112…
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…
This is one of the most exciting new addins to appear for visualizing your Revit model. It is simple to use, powerful and intuitive, and I recommend you try it out. Go ahead and click here to Download…
Interesting reading at: Keeping it Real | LinkedIn Some big players weigh in, including David Conant, Greg Demchak and David Baldacchino. Associated blog post: practical BIM: BIM is not so Real after …