The week that was in the world of BIM and other Techie fun stuff – for the week of Aug. 23rd – Aug. 29th, 2015.
I will start this week’s Roundup off with a MUST read post form Practical BIM.
This week there is a new Podcast from Designalyze and this week’s guest is Stephanie Lin.
There is also a new podcast this week from the folks over at BIMThoughts and this week’s episode is an interview with Randy Deutsch.
Here is a post about Arcs……Concentric Arcs from Revit OpEd.
Dimension between Concentric Arcs
Keeping with Revit OpEd, Steve had some more helpful posts this week.
Windows 10 and Revit 2013 UI Glitch
Filter Dialog and the More Parameters Button
Options Bar – Common Overlooked Options
Another week and another bunch of great posts from Luke over at What Revit Wants.
How to Force Instant Windows 10 Upgrade onto any PC in 4 Easy Steps
Something big is coming… Construction Document Management Solution from Autodesk?
Get the Host Pipes of Pipe Insulation on a Given Workset in Revit
Set Worksharing Display Mode for All Views in Revit
Have you heard about project Expo? If not, then check out this post from the Revit Kid.
Autodesk Project Expo – Realtime Rendering for Revit
All that you need to know in the world of RTC from this past week from RTC News Blog.
Bring A Friend to RTC Asia! 3 for the Price of 2!
Bring A Friend to RTC Asia! 3 for the Price of 2!
RTC Asia and the Singapore Election
Here is the 5th installment of the AGC IT Conference Recap from the ConAppGuru.
AGC IT Conference Recap (Part 5) Future Trends
Looking to tweak your ACAD just a little bit? Then check this out from Synergis Blog.
TWEAKING AUTOCAD A LITTLE BIT MORE
You may have heard that Autodesk is making the move to a Desktop Subscription (rental) model with some of its products. This post from MicrosolResources Blog might help you figure it all out.
QUICK START GUIDE FOR DESKTOP SUBSCRIPTION – INITIAL STEPS ON HOW TO GET USERS UP AND RUNNING
This next post tries to provide a new view on what a Project Manger should be in the BIM age (BIM ThinkSpace).
BIM for Project Managers, A UK Perspective
What’s new in the latest release ofr IrisVR? Check out this post from the BIM Jedi for all the goodies.
IrisVR Release v0.2.3; Revit direct to VR
This next post from The Industry is a new blog to me but who doesn’t love a repeating Revit Repeating Detail, Revit Repeating Detail……
Revit Repeating Details… Now, Say That 10 Times Fast!
Now for some deep thoughts about spaces and rooms from BIM 42.
Some Thoughts About Rooms and Spaces
If you use Civil 3D or Vault then this next post contains some utilities you might want to look into (especially if your reseller is IMAGINiT, because then they are free!) this post from TenLinks.
IMAGINiT Ships Civil 3D, Vault Client, Server 2016 Utilities
Checkout this post from BIMopedia to learn more about Solibri and its Model Checker (SMC).
The Parametric Monkey has been quiet for a few weeks but is back at it this week with a couple of really cool posts.
Sydney Computational Design Group
The BIM Freak aka Laura Kay Smith has just launched her first eBook about BIM “Becoming a BIM Advocate“. Head on over to her Blog BIM Freak and check it out!
Peek into Becoming a BIM Advocate
Check out this post from Nate Miller from the Proving Ground about using Data in your Design. My favorite line is “Leverage BIM for what it is …not what it replaced.” Head over to the proving ground blog to read more.
Using Data in Your Design Process
Now for a little Navisworks love from Cadline BIM Blog.
Here is another Revit blog with multiple posts this week – be sure to stop by and checkout Revittize to learn nested components and project naming conventions.
Dimension to Nested Components
Revit Project Naming Conventions
Dynamo awesomeness…….I think that’s enough said! Check it out at Revit beyond BIM.
Dynamo awesomeness in Scandinavia
Here are the weekly gatherings from the ConAppGuru.
The Guru’s Gathering: A Collection of Blogs for Construction Aug 28, 2015
I will end this weeks Roundup with a post about what Clark Construction is doing with Kahua (Extranet Evolution)
Clark Construction deploys Kahua
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