RELICS OF THE PAST, OR JUST AN AEC ENDANGERED OCCUPATION? Are you one of the disappearing, high on the AEC endangered list, Design Draftspeople? A relic of the past where a set of Drawings were created without the handheld approach [...]
We all like new toys to play with new toys. I remember working on projects and hearing the Revit buzz around the office or at a project meeting, when some over-excited person would say “Hey Revit 20 blah blah has [...]
This year saw the continuation of the greater BIM theme that RTC Events are delivering with their BiLT direction. It gave an opportunity for one of my favourite Sessions that discussed Automating the home, completely left-field from a Revit Direction that several years [...]
I was in class the other day, when one of the Clients asked me about modelling a Planter Box, “The corners have a radius, can I make a Revit Family for that?” Sure I say, but I worry about their [...]
Original article published and written by Building Design + Construction Network https://www.bdcnetwork.com/project-frog-announces-autodesk-investment Autodesk’s investment in Project Frog creates a common data environment, streamlines design and engineering processes, and optimizes architectural design for manufacturing. Project Frog, a leading technology and building [...]
December 7, 2017
A2K News, Technology
BIM challenges tend to be cultural rather than technological. I keep this on my Desktop to remind me that we, as Humans, have a tendency to not like change. This sentence immediately makes me think of the old saying, “If [...]
A2K Technologies together with Novius ran a series of events delivering on exciting new way to better manage engineering data in the cloud. View the full presentation here [...]
Overview Since signing an Enterprise Business Agreement (EBA) with Autodesk in October 2014, Beca has developed significant digital and BIM delivery capability. Under the EBA, the customer’s accomplishments include developing Virtual Reality (VR) capabilities via Revit Live; delivering projects using [...]
I recently flew up to Albury to meet with the Southern Vale Homes (SVH) Drafting Team to work their Revit documentation. I feel that there is a stigma out there that BIM is only for the medium to big players, [...]
Getting straight down to the nitty gritty. This post will be short and straight to the point. That button in the bottom right-hand corner of Revit called Drag Elements on Selection, is pure evil! Okay, post done! Hold on, what [...]