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In this episode, the BIMThoughts crew is joined again by Alexis Kotzambasis as we chat with Marcello Sgambelluri about his brand-new book that is out NOW! Marcello tells all there is to know about his book: Dynamo and Grasshopper for Revit Cheat Sheet Reference Manual.  Use cases for the book, why Table of Concepts (not contents), reason for both Dynamo and Grasshopper together, the challenges of getting it published and so much more. Be sure to hit the link and get your copy now!

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #NotAPictureBook

Here is where you can find Marcell and his book on the World Wide Web:

Website: AEC Cheat Sheets

Website: Simply Complex

LinkedIn:Marcello Sgambelluri

Twitter: @marcellosgamb

Marcello’s book has its available now on Amazon as eBook and paper, with limited edition hardcover coming in early 2021.

Dynamo and Grasshopper for Revit Cheat Sheet Reference Manual

eBook (Kindle)

Paperback

The book has its own website.

The book also comes with a downloadable dataset on said website

We also learn that we all learned Dynamo for the first time from one of Marcello’s conference classes.

Marcello’s class he has been most excited about:

8 Years Worth of Dynamo and Revit Classes from 1 Speaker in 60 Minutes

8 Yrs’ Worth of Dynamo and Revit Classes from 1 Speaker in 60 Min Volume 2

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In this episode Bill, Dana and Carl have a good old fashion chatfest about whatever comes to their minds. Some topics include Bill’s new Mac book, Graphics cards vs Gaming cards, VR headsets for entire project teams, The Revit Roadmap, Talking in accents, 3D printing, OctoPrint, Raspberry Pi’s, CNC machines…and more!

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Episode Hashtag: #TheArmadillo

Parsec the remote desktop solution Bill talked about

Our Episode with Buck Davis from BIM BOX

E2007

Dan Stine, of BIM Chapters fame, moved to Texas this summer so we have updated his nickname from “The Polar Bear” to “The Armadillo” now that there won’t be any more freezing cold winter bike rides.

Dan’s episode from earlier in the year: E2003

The Oculus Quest 2

Revit Public Roadmap Update — November 2020

Live Revit Roadmap

Creality Ender 3 V2 3D Printer

Prusa 3D Printers

AU “Swag” 3D print files HERE

Raspberry Pi 4

OctoPrint to allow for wireless transfer of files to your 3D Printer

Check out Lee Valley Tools

Check out a Cricut cutter

Check out Bill’s Rover on his Great Mojave Rover Project page

 

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In this very special episode, the BIMThoughts crew interviews The Revit Kid (Jeffrey A. Pinheiro) Live on his YouTube show BIM After Dark Live. As it was recorded live on the Thursday night of #AU2020 we all have a beverage in hand to chit chat about what Jeff’s been up to, How Virtual #AU2020 was, 3D printing, fishing, and much more…

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #LetsGoFinshing

Here is where you can find Jeff on the World Wide Web:

Website: com

LinkedIn:Jeffrey A. Pinheiro, AIA

Twitter: @TheRevitKid

YouTube: TheRevitKid

Watch the BIM After Dark Live recording with the chat stream (which is worth the view) 👇

8 Months Later – Inside a Revit Livestream (Flipped Interview w/BIM Thoughts)

You can see the Video on the BIMThoughts YouTube Channel too (no chat stream)

E2034 – The Revit Kid (B.A.D Live Recording)

Links mentioned during the show:

Digital Built Environment Institute: https://www.dbei.org/

DBEI Community Info: https://www.dbei.org/about-the-dbei-community/

The DBEI Community: https://community.dbei.org/

3D Printing Directly From Revit: http://therevitkid.blogspot.com/2017/06/3d-printing-and-revit-yes-its-possible.html

Creality 3D Printers: https://www.creality.com/

Bill’s Workbench: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNUOOypg2KyRpchccaLiYEg

The BIM After Dark Shop (t-shirts!):https://shop.bimafterdark.com

BIM Box USA: https://bimbox.bimafterdark.com

BIM Box Live Demos (AU 2020): https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/conference/expo/BIMBOX

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In this episode the BIMThoughts crew chats with Randall Stevens the CEO of AVAIL about the current state of the AEC industry, what’s new with AVAIL, and what makes a good Bourbon.

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Episode Hashtag: #CantSpellFridge

Here is where you can find Randall and AVAIL on the World Wide Web:

Website: com (AVAIL)

LinkedIn:Randall Stevens

LinkedIn: AVAIL

Twitter: @RandallSStevens

Twitter: @AVAILecm

AVAIL Desktop 4.0 release

Wow AVAIL has seen over 700 different files types index using their system

Signup for the AVAIL webinars HERE

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In this episode, the BIMThoughts crew chat about AU 2020 and what it might be like as a FREE virtual conference. They also pick some of the classes they want to attend and relive some of the favourite AU moments from past years.

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Episode Hashtag: #AU2020

Here is where you can find Autodesk University on the World Wide Web:

Website: Autodesk University

LinkedIn: Autodesk University

Twitter: @autodesku

Blog: News from AU

Schedule for the AU 2020 Sessions

Dana’s Sweet Hogwarts Lego build!

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In this episode, the BIMThoughts crew is joined by Alexis Kotzambasis, a colleague of Bill’s and a huge fan of pyRevit so we all can chat with Ehsan Iran-Nejad about his amazing add-in for Revit pyRevit. We also chat with Ehsan about his work at McNeel on the Rhino.Inside.Revit integration. Be sure to check out the Video version of this podcast on the BIMThoughts YouTube Channel to see a great demonstration of the power of pyRevit in action.

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Episode Hashtag: #pyRevit

Here is where you can find Ehsan, pyRevit and R.I.R on the World Wide Web:

Website: pyRevit

Website: Inside

LinkedIn:Ehsan Iran-Nejad

Twitter: @eirannejad

Twitter: @pyrevit

What is pyRevit you ask?

“pyRevit (with lowercase py) is a Rapid Application Prototyping (RAD) environment for Autodesk Revit®. It helps you quickly sketch out your automation and addon ideas, in whichever language that you are most comfortable with, inside the Revit environment and using its APIs. It also ships with an extensive set of powerful tools that showcase its capabilities as a development environment. Download and install pyRevit, launch Revit, and note the new pyRevit tab that includes these tools. pyRevit also ships with a handy CLI utility for customized configuration and deployment of your tools, and a telemetry server to monitor pyRevit usage across your teams.”

What is Rhino.Inside.Revit?

“Rhino.Inside® is an open source Rhino WIP project which allows Rhino and Grasshopper to run inside other 64-bit Windows applications such as Revit.

It is now possible to:

Start Rhino and Grasshopper as an add-in to other applications.

Drive the host application with Grasshopper definitions.

Use the host’s APIs in a Grasshopper and Rhino plug-in.

Use Rhino’s APIs in the host’s plug-ins.

Create native objects in the host application with Rhino and Grasshopper.”

There is a YouTube Video for this episode on the BIMThoughts Channel

E2031 – Ehsan Iran-Nejad

 

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In this episode, we chat with original BIMThoughts Co-Host Carla Edwards about what she is doing these days working on “The Mothership” aka Autodesk, Autodesk University 2020, and BIM 360.

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Episode Hashtag: #TheMothership

Here is where you can find Carla and Autodesk on the World Wide Web:

LinkedIn:Carla Edwards

Website: Autodesk

Twitter: @ADSKCommunity

Twitter: @autodesku

Twitter: @BIM360

There is still time to register for this year’s Virtual Autodesk University, and it’s FREE

AU 2020

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In this episode we have a great chat with Timon Hazell about the current “semester” of YourDesk University, and what is to come for YourDesk University. We also chat about going beyond 101 level classes, the AEC community, and its love of sharing with others, and even a little sailing!

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Episode Hashtag: #YourDeskUniversity

Here is where you can find Timon and YourDesk University on the World Wide Web:

Website: YourDesk University

YouTube: YourDesk University

LinkedIn:Timon Hazell

Twitter: @TmnHzll

Want to propose a talk for YourDesk University or know someone who should? Submit your idea

Submit an idea for a future YourDesk University session: HERE

Keep the conversion going by joining the YourDesk University Slack channel with the link below

YourDesk University Slack

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In this episode, we try something different with a Zoom meeting so you can watch this episode on our BIMThoughts YouTube channel as well as listen to it in Podcast form! We had a great chat with Anthony Hauck CEO of Hypar about what they have been up to over at Hypar, their new website, what generative design is, and how the Hypar platform makes use of it…plus so much more!

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Episode Hashtag: #NowOnVideo

Here is where you can find Anthony and Hypar on the World Wide Web:

Website: io

LinkedIn:Anthony Hauck

LinkedIn:Hypar

Twitter: @anthonyhauck

Twitter: @HyparAEC

Discord Server: Hypar

Here is the BIMThoughts YouTube Channel

BIMThoughts

Search for E2028 to watch what Anthony does with Hypar.

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In this episode, we talk to Peter Marchese the Senior Technology Evangelist of Microdesk about early experiences in the AEC industry, AR/VR, heads-up displays, 3d printing, Cats and lots more.

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Episode Hashtag: #BIMCats

Here is where you can find Peter on the World Wide Web:

Website: Microdesk

LinkedIn:Peter Marchese

Twitter: @Peter_Marchese

Editors Note: When I looked on the Googles for an image to go with #BIMCats the below image came up. It is part of an article from Oct. 20th,  2016 from Construction Manager Magazine called “More than one way to BIM a Cat“. It’s a great picture, and the post is worth a read too.

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