BIMThoughts

Bill and Kristina start the exploration into Model Health.  We talk though our current strategies and what we look for, we also discover there is a lot to learn of the topic.

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Thank you Ryan Cameron for the word cloud.  This brings more perspective to the discussion.

In this episode, Bill, Kristina and Charlie recap their experience at the BiLT North America conference.  Bill and Charlie talk about the classes they presented:  an Integrated Model approach with all design disciplines in one single model, and Bill’s top 3 tips from his Bluebeam lab.   Other topics from classes discussed are BIM Level 2, Collaboration for Revit, Journal Files, Generative Design, Model Health Checks, and the wonderful keynote address from Dr. David Rendall.  The episode ends with a few tips on how to get the best ROI from conference attendance.

Links:

BiLT Schedule of Classes:  https://www.rtcevents.com/bilt/na/schedule/

Classes highlighted in this episode:

Integrated Firm, Integrated Model (Charles Williams, LPA, Inc., Co-Speaker:  Bill Debevc, LPA, Inc.)

LAB: Not a BIM LAB, A BLUEBEAM One! (Bill Debevc, LPA, Inc.)

How to Row a Boat with 20 Oars Paddling in Different Directions (Doug Williams, LEO A Daly)

Speaking a Common Language – Lesson Learned from BIM Level 2 and 8 years in the UK (Krigh Bachmann, DIALOG)

The Good, Bad and Ugly of C4R (Philip Chan, HKS Architects)

Collaboration for Revit Product Page: https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/collaboration-for-revit

Revit Journal Files: They Aren’t Just For Autodesk (Brian Mackey, BD Mackey Consulting)

Generative Design with Project Fractal (Anthony Hauck, Autodesk Inc.)

https://home.fractal.live/

Keynote Address: The Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness (Dr David Rendall)

http://www.drendall.com/

 

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In this episode, Bill and Charlie talk with Kelly Cone, Vice President of Product Management at ClearEdge3D about reality capture. Kelly shares insight about the tools, software and processes for capturing the real world and how to translate that into BIM. Along the we talk about the challenges associated with accuracy, adoption and the future of reality capture.

Links:

Episode Sponsor – Enscape

Kelly’s LinkedIn Bio

Kelly’s Twitter

ClearEdge3D

Leica Laser Scanner

USIBD

Paracosm

Carl Sagan Quote

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Kristina and Bill talk about the new apps in IdeateApps.

IdeateApps is a set of Revit applications designed to increase the productivity of the entire project team. Developed with specific tasks in mind, these tools address the challenges identified by people who use Revit software every day. IdeateApps will decrease the time spent on common tasks and increase the accuracy of BIM data in a Revit model, helping to keep projects of all sizes and complexities on time and on budget. Tools include:

SpellCheck – NEW!

Align – NEW!

Clone – NEW!

SheetManager – NEW!

Renumber

XRay

SmartDelete

QuickSelect

Here is a great link to their video presentations / learning videos about IdeateApps.

If you would like to try Ideate Apps for yourself here that link.

If you would like a live Demo from our good friend Richard Taylor, well you can contact him here.http://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/E88_IdeateAppsUpdate.mp3 | Open Player in New Window

In this episode, Bill, Kristina and Charlie talk with Elaine Lee, Senior Associate at Perkins Eastman about her “5 BIM Planning Lessons from Interior Designers Willing to Incorporate Revit into Their Design Process” session at BiLT NA 2017. Elaine shares how her work with interior designers has evolved her firms use of BIM.

Links:

LinkedIn Bio

Free by Chris Anderson 

Catch Phrases:

Thinking though the problem

The effort level that it takes

Can we change the standard?

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In this episode, Bill and Charlie talk with Chad Speas, Design Application Manager from Corgan Associates, Inc., about his “Design & Practice Applications Training Initiative; Overcoming the lack of training for a 500+ person firm” session at BiLT NA 2017. Chad shares insight into Corgan’s process for separating work flow and the use of design tools as its basis for education within the firm.

Links:

Chad’s LinkedIn Bio

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This week Bill talks with Carl Storms about his sessions at BiLTna and what trends he is seeing in the industry.

This episode of BIMThoughts is sponsored by AVAIL you can find out more about AVAIL here.

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Bill talks with Bill Allen and Mark Mendez and they introduce us Helix, the first SketchUp To Revit tool that converts Sketchup faces and components to Revit walls, doors, windows, roofs, and curtainwalls without the use of dynamo. The components are fully schedulable and use your template and your content. Simply map your SketchUp file using the Helix interface, and send your geometry over to Revit as real Revit information.

This episode is sponsored by AVAIL, learn more about AVAIL here

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In this episode, Bill, Kristina and Charlie talk with Glenn Carels, Chief Design Officer at LPA, Inc., talk about technologies role in architecture and its contributions to the design process. While exploring the development of his career with us, Glenn shares his perspective on the relationship between the designer and the tools we use every day.

Links:

LPA, Inc. Bio

Ghery Talks

Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour

 

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In this episode, Bill, Kristina and Charlie talk with Aaron Vorwerk from Autodesk about Insight and his session “Better Design Insight = Better Building Performance” at BiLT NA 2017. Aaron talks about the evolution of Green Building Studio and Ecotect into Insight, which is software for conceptual energy analysis. The episode dives into how to approach the conceptual energy analysis design process and what is necessary within a firm to advance conceptual energy analysis.

 

Links:

LinkedIn Bio 

Insight Product Page

Insight Blog

 

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