The week that was in the world of BIM – for the week of May 15th, 2016 – May 21st, 2016.
Lets start this weeks Roundup off with a great recap of all the awesomeness that was RTCAUS 2016 last week in the land down under from Marcello on his blog Simply Complex.
Roundup – New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store for the Week of May 8, 2016
What’s Hot on Revit Add-ons for April 2016
Have you been wondering what will be new in the May 2016 update of FormIt, well wonder no more and head over to the FormIt 360 Blog.
Lets talk about Revit and meat…..okay not that type of fillets, just go to Daniel and Autodesk AEC Software and see what I mean.
Here are the AEC/BIM podcasts for the week.
E34-INSPIRE DESIGN (BIMThoughts)
Episode 52 – RTC Australiasia special with Nick and Marcello, pt 1 (The Architech Show)
E2-ASKING QUESTIONS (The Revit OpEd Podcast)
Episode 035 – Erik Verboon (Designalyze)
Episode 1.17 – Interview with Tracy_Young CEO of PlanGrid & Construction Tech News (ConTechTrio)
If you missed last weeks ConTechTrio, check the recap from the ConAppGuru Blog.
The ConTechTrio Podcast 1.16 (Procore) RECAP
Speaking about Podcasts, here is a post from LinkedIn by Bill Debevc about the 2 podcasts he does.
Lets take a look at all the news that’s fit ot be news from the world of RTC, from the RTC News Blog.
Speaker Sponsor Spotlight (v4)
Hello DTS, Sayonara RTC Australia
RTC Australasia 2016 Chairman’s Event Wrap-up
Blood, Sweat, Tears, Rewards – the RTC Committee
Speaking of RTC, last week was the RTCAUS 2016 Event, and here is a little news about that from the Parametric Monkey.
Here are a couple of interesting posts from In The Fold about the boundaries of BIM.
Autodesk Pushes the Boundaries of BIM in the Evolution of the Architect (Part I)
Autodesk Pushes the Boundaries of BIM in the Evolution of the Architect (Part II)
Let take a look at all the wisdom (and perhaps a little sarcasm) that Revit OpEd has for us this week.
My Ongoing Saga of Autodesk Desktop Application (FWIW I get the same thing)
Tags Dimensions and Linked Files
Not to be out done by Steve, Luke from What Revit Wants has been busy this week too.
Revit 2015 Update Release 14 Direct Download Links
Legal Issues of BIM Assessment Document for Download
Here is this weeks installment to the BIM Periodic Table from NBS. (learn about all part of the Periodic Table of BIM here)
Periodic Table of BIM – Digital Plan of Work
Introducing the Periodic Table of BIM
Keeping the ball rolling from last weeks post here is more on Slab Shape editing from landarchBIM.
Match Adjacent Floor Points (last weeks post here)
Jason over at RVIT is bringing sexy back……sorta.
If you are up to learn a little more Dynamo (for those past the beginner stage) check out the latest module from Learn dynamo.
Speaking of Dynamo this latest post from John over at sixtysecondrevit is pretty cool, I mean sending emails with Dynamo!
Revit, Piles, and Dynamo Oh My! Check it out in this post from Revit a Structured Approach
Revit Structure & Dynamo – Piled Wall Systems Tutorial
How about some MEP and ceiling heights with more Dynamo Love, this time from BIM 42.
There was also a new Dynamo Forum released this week, learn about the update over at the Dynamo Blog.
Last week I posted about this new to me blog called “There’s no BIM like home” where the blogger is posting about “BIMing” is new house, and this week there is a new post.
There is a little less out this week on new 2017 features, but in case you haven’t seen it yet this is a neat post and video on Depth Cueing from Ideate Solutions Blog.
Bring Your Elevations to Life in Revit 2017!
The RevitCat tells us about part two of trying to install Revit 2017.
Revit 2017 Install Take 2 – Using Physical Media (Part 1)
If you aren’t completely sure on how or when to use phasing in Revit, check out this post from the cadline BIM Blog.
Revit Architecture 2017 – Understanding Phasing
This a useful post if you were an early down loader of Revit 2017, in some early versions all the templates and families had to be updated to 2017. Check out the fix in this post from the IMAGINiT Support Blog.
Revit 2017 templates, families and libraries needs to update
Autodesk 2017 Deployment is missing Revit content
For those of you that are using fabrication in Revit, check out this post from cadline BIM Blog.
Revit 2017: Using Fabrication Parts
If you are going to AU this year here are so possible classes that you will likely want to attend, check them out over at Simply Complex.
Here are My AU2016 Class Proposals
This is an interesting post about a new app for lean construction and BIM collaboration (Extratnet Evolution).
GamePlan’s aim: ‘lean’ collaboration
Take a little time and make your 3D view look perfect…..okay at least really good. (BIM & Revit World).
Some useful Revit Tips to make your 3d views perfect
Check out whats new in the latest release of BIM 360 Docs, from the BIM 360 Blog.
BIM 360 Docs: Better than ever and still FREE!
For some of the latest COBie Info check out this post from TASK ABM
Its that time of the week again, time for the Guru’s gatherings, from the one and only ConAppGuru.
The Guru’s Gathering: A Collection of Blogs for Construction May 20, 2016
Lets check out the new post from Dynamo Nodes this week.
Workflow Repost: Batch Create Elevation Views with Dynamo
Workflow: Automatically Renumber Rooms with Level Detection
I will end this week’s Roundup with a cool tweet from Marcello on something he is working on.
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