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New Blog for BIM Managers

CADDManager — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:41:06 +0000

I started another blog for BIM Managers. www.bimmanager.com

Take a look…

It is focused on BIM issues

Click Here or on the image above

Journal of Building Information Modeling – Fall 2008

CADDManager — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:13:16 +0000

Journal of Building Information Modeling

The Fall 2008 issue is out. You can view a PDF here.

The National BIM Standard of The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is pleased to announce the Fall 2008 issue of the Journal of Building Information Modeling, an essential information source on business, standards and technical issues related to BIM.

See prior issues here.

Revit Platform 2009 Technical Notes

CADDManager — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:17:16 +0000

I have long wanted Autodesk to suggest best practices…

Kyle Bernhardt of Autodesk wrote on his blog… under the heading of Required reading

Revit Platform 2009 Technical Notes – Direct from Autodesk

“it is a comprehensive paper that discusses best practices for optimal performance and productivity within the Revit 2009 family of products. It is required reading for all Revit users interested to know this information straight from the Product Teams themselves.

It is the result of a comprehensive effort among the Designers, Developers, Quality Assurance, Consulting, Customer Success Engineers, and Product Managers, and we are excited to get this information straight to users.”

Some major topics that are discussed:

Project Structuring
Worksharing
Linked Files
Hardware Optimization
Large Model Performance

He list where you can get it – but it used to be a subscription only location. Now it is available to everyone.

Click here to see… Revit Platform 2009 Technical Notes

For more info – go to the AUGI thread that started this whole thing…

BIM Libraries on WBDG site

CADDManager — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:54:59 +0000

“The Whole Building Design Guide (www.wbdg.org) in cooperation with the buidingSMART Alliance and the National BIM Standard Project Committee is pleased to introduce a new section on Building Information Modeling. These pages will explore BIM concepts and link to BIM-associated initiatives, publications and events.”

One of the interesting pages on the WBDG site is the expansive reading list…

BIM Libraries—contains information on reports, guidelines, roadmaps, white papers, articles and BIM tools.

* Relevant Codes and Standards
* Reports / Guidelines / Publications
* White Papers
* Articles
* Books and Criteria
* Road Maps
* Tools
* Curricula

BuildingSMART BIM Presentations

CADDManager — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:45:49 +0000

With the completion of the National BIM Conference on May 20-22, 2008 in Anaheim, California, they have posted some of the presentations that were given. They are still posting some of them, so you may want to check back every so often.

http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org/news/presentations.php

The size of the download is displayed next to the presentation title.

A Clue: the 91k file sizes are those that have not been posted yet or the author has chosen not to share it.

Journal of Building Information Modeling

CADDManager — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:26:08 +0000

The latest release of JBIM is out…

The National BIM Standard of The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is pleased to announce the second issue of the Journal of Building Information Modeling, an essential information source on business, standards and technical issues related to BIM. This publication is part of our continued effort with Matrix Group Publishing.

Click here to download the PDF or subscribe.

BIM Use – from Construction Industry SmartMarket Report

CADDManager — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:14:00 +0000

Finally – someone is publishing information about how much BIM is being used.

This is from the Interoperability in the Construction Industry SmartMarket Report – a 36-page printed report (available as hard copy or FREE PDF) that reviews the results of research conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics during late-Spring 2007.

This is from a very interesting report.

Purchase it or download the Free PDF here

BIM Survey leans toward Bentley

CADDManager — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:18:00 +0000

Bentley BIM Approach/Features Preferred Over Revit 58 to 38 Percent in BIM Survey

Click here to read

I was part of the press conference where they annonced some of the results.

“A quantitative analysis of the recent BIM survey showed that 58 percent of building professionals preferred the approach and features of Bentley BIM solutions while 38 percent preferred those of Autodesk’s Revit. Of those with “strongly preferred” responses, 69 percent chose Bentley BIM solutions and 31 percent chose Revit.” – from the press release

Huw Roberts of Bentley stated at the press conference “In a fair fight, we win”

They produced a BIM Wizard that helps in selecting software.

“The BIM Wizard allows AEC professionals to take the BIM Challenge online and then generates a recommendation of Revit or Bentley BIM

Autodesk Acquires NavisWorks

CADDManager — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:03:00 +0000

Here is some very interesting news… Autodesk rocks the BIM world again…

Acquisition to Enable Construction, Plant Design and Marine Design Customers to Leverage Building Information Modeling and Digital Prototypes for Increased Productivity and Collaboration

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 31 – Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire NavisWorks, a privately-held company based in Sheffield, England that provides software for 3D coordination, collaboration and sequencing in design and construction for approximately $25 million in USD cash, subject to a working capital adjustment. The acquisition underscores Autodesk’s commitment to help its customers derive the greatest possible value from the information created during all phases of the design process.

Read all about it