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Weekly Roundup – 2014.08

September 12, 2014January 12, 2015 The BIMsider

The week that was in the world of BIM and other Techie fun stuff, for the week of Sept. 7th – Sept. 13th

I will start this week’s Roundup with the big news from Trimble this week, as they buy Gehry Technologies. Over the last couple of years Trimble has been slowly creeping into Autodesk’s world. First with the purchase of Teckla, then buying Sketchup from Google, and now Gehry Technologies. What’s that Autodesk did you hear something……is that footsteps? Below are a couple of links to stories from different blogs about this.

From BIM Colab

Trimble buys Gehry Technologies…. Look out Autodesk.

From ThinkBIM

Frankly, this is huge BIMnews! Perhaps. Trimble signs deal with Frank Gehry.

Here is a post from BIM Troublemaker about how to use Dynamo to give you live excel links in Revit (What Revit Wants lead me to this post)

Practical Dynamo – Excel Linking

Here is a neat little post from What Revit Wants about a work around for using Annotation Symbols in a 3D (locked) View.

Using Annotation Symbols in locked 3D Views in Revit

Are you wondering what this “new” Autodesk A360 is? How is it different from Autodesk 360? Does it cost money? These questions and more are answered (or attempted to be answered) in a blog post over at AECbytes Blog

Autodesk’s Rebranded A360 Cloud Solution

You ever want to make the “Switchback” feature in Navisworks and Revit work better, then do I have the blog post for you! Check out these nuggets of wisdom from the BIM Goddess herself (and friends) over at her blog Cn3D Construction’s Blog

Revit & Navisworks Switchback

Have a Great Weekend

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BIM, BIM Events, Fun

New Date!- BIM Networking Event: Innovation in Design & Construction – New Date Nov. 13th

September 10, 2014September 23, 2014 The BIMsider

UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled for Thursday November 13th

If you are going to be in Kelowna, BC on Thursday September 18, 2014 you should check out The BIM User Group of Kelowna’s

BIM Networking Event:

Innovation in Design & Construction

~~Thursday, September 18, 2014~~

Thursday, November 13, 2014

7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Horizon Room at the Coast Capri Hotel

1171 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, BC

Please join us for an informative and lively evening with presentations by distinguished industry speakers. This event is designed to keep you informed of the recent developments in innovation of the design and construction industry. This is also a great opportunity to network with other professionals in the architectural, engineering and construction industries.

Who should attend? Engineers, Architects, Developers, Contractors, Consultants and Construction Industry Professionals

The list of Speakers is now available on The Revit Jedi’s Blog

Follow the link below it will take you to the proper location for registration

http://bim4scottc.blogspot.ca/2014/08/bim-networking-event-innovation-in.html

By the way, did I mention this is a FREE event! So be sure to thank all the great sponsors that help to put it on!

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Weekly Roundup – 2014.07

September 5, 2014January 12, 2015 The BIMsider

The week that was in the world of BIM and other Techie fun stuff, for the week of Aug. 31st – Sept. 6th

This is an oldie but a good from The Revit Kid that was tweeted about this week, how to make using Revit on Multiple monitors just a little better.

Revit on Multiple Monitors

Check out this post from Revitdialog about workset filtering to control Visibility Graphics

Controlling Visibility/Graphics of a Linked Workset Using Filters

Some Revit Hotfix’s from Revit OpEd

Hotfix

2014 Hotfix (thanks Revit Clinic)

2015 Hotfix (thanks Revit Clinic)

A new BIM blog to me ThinkBIM has a interesting article on Reality Capture

Achieving BIM Certainty Through Reality Capture

What’s in a name you ask? Well head on over to Practical BIM for a Blog post on just that!

The Nature of Naming

This is a good read from Construction App Guru, if you are thinking about moving towards have ipads or other mobile devices in your office and part of your workflow.

Setting Up a Mobile Device Program

Another post from Think BIM – This time about an addin that can give you (or promises to) automated 3D views.

Automated Room 3D Views by ARUtils

Here is a post from What Revit Wants telling us about the new A360 Team offering from Autodesk

A360 Team

Here is a comic from a great Architect Comic site called Architexts – go check them out

Have a Great Weekend

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Weekly Roundup – 2014.06

August 29, 2014January 12, 2015 The BIMsider

The week that was in the world of BIM and other Techie fun stuff, for the week of Aug. 24th – Aug. 30th.

have you ever wondered what BIM really is? If so CADZulu has a post for you. Check out the video they post by Steve Ridge.

BIM in Construction What Does BIM Really Mean

How to get precise placement of your Revit selections. This post form IMAGINiT tries to help with Revit’s inability to snap or manually align annotation objects.

Precise Placement of Revit Selections

Do you like Rhino? Do you like Dynamo? Well why not try Rhynamo then! Hop on over the Nathan Miller’s Blog The Proving Ground and check out his post, you can even sign up to try the Rhynamo by applying for the Private Beta.

RHYNAMO

If you are in Construction and you enjoy the Apps and things Techie then you should check out Rob McKinney’s post over on Construction App Guru on his wrap up of the AGC Tech Forum.

Reflections on AGC Georgia Tech Forum

Free MEP Piping Content for Revit, What Revit Wants came across 2 good locations for all your MEP piping Content needs.

Free MEP Piping Content for Revit

The Revit Jedi wants you to learn more about Autodesk’s Cloud Rendering, he lets us know that you can do more than JUST renderings with the service.

Learn more about Autodesk’s Cloud Rendering capabilities

Here is a little something for you Revit Structure people out there, how to attached structural objects together courtesy of the Autodesk Revit Structure Blog

Attaching Structural Objects Together

I came across this review of SketchUp Pro 2014 on AECbytes Blog and thought it was worth sharing

SketchUp Pro 2014

Steve from Revit OpEd want to let everyone know about your chance to be a “Gunslinger” if you are a pro with 3DS MAX

Autodesk M&E 3DS MAX Gunslinger Summit – Montreal

A customer story about design and engineering collaboration with todays technology from the Autodesk 360 Blog

A Customer’s Perspective: Design and Engineering Collaboration in a Modern Era

Something a little different from Lifehacker on tablet Styli, in particular their pick for the top 5

Five best Tablet Styli

I will end this Weekly Roundup with a Funny

Have a Great Weekend

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eBIMc Meeting – Tourist Fly Over of Chicago RTC 2014 – Sept. 4th

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 The BIMsider

If you are going to be in the Edmonton area on Thursday September 4th between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm you should attend the eBIMc meeting, it’s FREE!

eBIMc Tourist Fly Over of Chicago RTC 2014

On Thursday September 4th, Mirra Maheden of SMP Engineering, Dan Doherty of Clark Builders and Brittany Mendiuk of Priority will be highlighting some of the sessions and events that were at the Revit Training Conference (RTC) in Chicago during June 19th to 21.

If you have ever wanted to attend and could not or are just interested at what is presented at this technology conference feel free come and attend.

You can register at the eBIMc website, or by following the link below

Date: Thursday September 4th

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: Clark Builders: 4703 2nd Avenue, Edmonton

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AU 2014 Registration is Open – You should check out class AC6640 (my class)

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 The BIMsider

Well the registration for AU 2014 in Las Vegas on Dec. 2nd – Dec. 4th is now officially open!

You can register here

If you are still on the fence about going its time to get off the fence and hop to it, as all the good classes with fill quickly. If you are having trouble getting your manager to see the value in you going, why not let Lynn Allen help you with her Convince Your Manager Tool Kit.

Now for the shameless self plug:

If you are looking for a class on the first day, (Tuesday Dec. 2nd) something that’s not to heavy and will let your brain rest a little have a hard first day of learning, then I have the class for you.

AC6640 – 60 Minutes, 30 Apps, 4 Categories, 2 Much Fun This class is designed to provide a little fun as we explore some of the apps and add-ins that are out there for Autodesk, Inc., software. While the general flow of this class will be fun, you’ll discover some helpful apps that can increase your productivity as well. The class will cover 30 different apps, which fit into 4 different categories during this 60-minute class. The 4 categories will be: mobile, production, add-ins, and fun.

The class is on Tuesday Dec. 2nd from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and the word on the street is that I may even have some SWAG to give away (more on that to come later).

Its only 91 days away!

Hope to see some of you there.

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Weekly Roundup – 2014.05

August 22, 2014January 12, 2015 The BIMsider

The week that was in the world of BIM and other Techie fun stuff, for the week of Aug. 17th – Aug. 23rd.

A quick tip from Steve over at Revit OpEd – “When in doubt right click!” Find out what this has to do with missing ribbon titles below.

Ribbon Panel Titles are Missing

A new (to me) blog I found about construction apps called Construction App Guru had a good post about Google Drive for Construction (or Business in general).

Cloud Storage for construction: The Google Drive Platform

Blow is a great heads up from What Revit Wants about a Revit Hotfix to help with performance issues related to Standard materials

Hotfix for Revit 2015 – Standard materials

Have you heard about BIM scope creep? Well you can find out more over at BIM ThinkSpace in a post by guest author Rexter Retana on his viewpoint on the matter.

BIM Scope Creep

For those of you out there than enjoy a bit of coding or API work here is a good post (and video) about getting linked file data without opening the Revit File. This is brought to you by the friendly folks over at Boost Your BIM

Getting Linked file data w/out opening the RVT

Can you Survive Without BIM? This is a question Jarod Schultz thinks about on his blog called Jarod Schultz, he also provides a couple links to some good BIM Business data.

Can you Survive Without BIM?

What Revit Wants in the weekly Roundup for a second time, this time with some helpful Building Analysis links

Autodesk Building Performance Analysis Links

Learn to fix thick lines in perspective views from The Revit Kid

Revit Tip – Fix the thick lines in perspective views: A Step-By-Step Guide

If you do much training for the AEC space especially on the GC end you will be interested in the next Blog post form Ascent about whats new in the 2015 Navisworks Essentials training guide.

What’s New in Navisworks 2015 Essentials Training Guide

This is an interesting read about coordination with Grasshopper from a new to me Blog called BIM 42

Coordination with Grasshopper

Another instalment of the “Dynamo for the 99%” series was released on Summit AEC’s bimblog this time they cover how to select objects a different way.

Dynamo for the 99% – Part 2

I know some of you out there might be doing your best to remove SketchUp from your designers toolbox, but trust me that’s easier said than done (however now that Trimble keeps raising the cost you might be getting some help). This video that I found on CADZulu might help you at least get “The Smarts” from the SketchUp model into your BIM workflow

SketchUp to Revit – Keeping “The Smarts”

Another post popped up today (Aug. 22nd) on Inside the Factory about “Sundial” the Revit beta. This time they talk about the new search box that can be found in the Type Selector.

Seek, and ye shall find

Brian from The Revit Geek tells us about a gremlin that might be in your Revit and playing with your views.

Loading Family Quirk

I know this is an older video, and I’ve shared it before on Twitter……….but somethings just need to be shared again and again. You should also check out James Vandezande’s Blog All Things BIM

Wow that was a busy week for a Roundup!

Have a great weekend

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BIM Networking Event: Innovation in Design & Construction

August 20, 2014September 10, 2014 The BIMsider

If you are going to be in Kelowna, BC on Thursday September 18, 2014 you should check out The BIM User Group of Kelowna’s

BIM Networking Event:

Innovation in Design & Construction

Thursday, September 18, 2014

7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Horizon Room at the Coast Capri Hotel

1171 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, BC

Who should attend? Engineers, Architects, Developers, Contractors, Consultants and Construction Industry Professionals

I found out about this event on the Revit Jedi blog, if you follow the link below it will take you to the proper location for registration

http://bim4scottc.blogspot.ca/2014/08/bim-networking-event-innovation-in.html

By the way, did I mention this is a FREE event! So be sure to thank all the great sponsors that help to put it on!

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Weekly Roundup – 2014.04

August 15, 2014January 12, 2015 The BIMsider

The week that was in the world of BIM and other Techie fun stuff, for the week of Aug. 10th – Aug. 16th.

This is a good wishlist item that Revit OpEd come up with for a right click Purge unused option.

Purge Unused Wish

This is a post by What Revit Wants, about a tool in the Revit Extension pack that allows you to add shared parameters to families automatically. There is also a tip of the hat to Ideate Solutions for writing the Blog post that reminded What Revit Wants about this tool in the first place.

Adding Shared Parameters to Revit Families Automatically

Jeff over at The Revit Kid put up this post about Autodesk FormIt, which was cool because in his post he links to new to me Blog by Jarod Schultz who goes more in-depth with all that is FormIt.

Getting Started with Autodesk FormIt

Here is a good post with from IMAGINiT Building Solutions Blog with a work around for getting your view titles rotated 90 degrees to match your rotated view.

View Titles for Views Rotated on the Sheet

Another post from What Revit Wants, but this time its about Navisworks and BIM 360 Glue. We learn a not so simple work around (or two) to get a Navisworks Viewpoint into BIM 360 Glue.

Transfer Navisworks Viewpoint to BIM 360 Glue

Take a trip with the Revit Jedi to see how close we really are to using VR (Virtual Reality) on today’s construction jobs and sites.

VR and the Construction industry

I’ve been hearing about about Advanced Steel from Autodesk these days around the office, so when I found this video on the Navisworks Facebook page I thought it was worth a look.

Steelway Building Systems and Advanced Steel

I will end this weeks round-up with a link to a cool contest from IMAGINiT where you can win a MakerBot Replicator Mini 3D Printer just by submitting your best rendering

RENDERiT Contest – Blog Post

RENDERiT Contest Page

Have a great weekend

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Weekly Roundup – 2014.03

August 8, 2014January 12, 2015 The BIMsider

The week that was in the world of BIM and other Techie fun stuff, for the week of Aug. 3rd – Aug. 9th.

I’m excited the have found out this week that one of my favourite Blogs is back this week after a 2 year hiatus, join me in welcoming back Inside the Factory. You can read about what they are doing with the updated site on there first new post listed below

REVITalizing Inside the Factory

Steve over at Revit OpEd goes into a little more detail about what or why Inside the factory is back so they can showcase the new Revit Preview called Sundial

Revit Sundial and Inside the Factory