BIMThoughts

This is the 3rd in our summer series of six of BoB episodes – Best of BIMThoughts. This episode goes back to June 29th 2015th, with the 3rd episode of the 2nd “season” of BIMThoughts for the first of 6 (so far) visits by Paul Aubin to the BIMThoughts podcast as a panellist or interview guest!

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Episode description from the original podcast:

“In this BIMThoughts podcast episode, we talk with Architectural Software Consultant and book author/publisher, Mr. Paul F. Aubin.  We explore his journey thought Architecture, AutoCAD, ADT, Revit, and how he stays a successful Architectural Software Consultant and book publisher.”

You can find all the original show notes using the link below:

S2E3 Paul F. Aubin

In this episode, the BIMThoughts crew has a candid conversation with John Pierson, Design Technology Specialist at Parallax Team. We talk about his dynamo packages and extensions, his work building Revit add-ons and why opens source and sharing are so important to the AECO industry. We also get into a couple of rabbit holes about VWs, and open source licensing…so as you can see this episode has something for everyone!

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #Doge

Here is where you can find John and Parallax Team World Wide Web:

John

Blog: sixtysecondrevit

LinkedIn: John Pierson

Twitter: @60secondrevit

Parallax Team

Website: Parallax Team

LinkedIn: Parallax Team

Twitter: @PrlxTeam

Check out the Parallax Teams “Products” page to learn about some of John’s Revit Add-ins.

Products

John and his wife love old VW’s and taking their dog Zero out exploring in said VW’s

Here is a picture of Zero and the Pierson’s VW bus.

Here is a VW Ghia

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

This is the video from the Aussie BIM Guru (Gavin Crump) John talked about.

Monocle for Dynamo

The Many faces of “Doge” from the Monocle Extension “Package Usage Doge”

The new “Package Usage Boring Mode” in version 2020.7.15 (note you can choose which version you wish to use, normal or boring)

Dynamo Primer 2.0

Dynamo Learning Videos

Adam Savage’s Tested YouTube Channel

Bill’s Mojave Desert Rover Playlist on his Read The Factory Manual YouTube Channel.

Hack and Black’s GitHub for “theDAM”

Pull request for Rhythm tweet

https://twitter.com/60secondrevit/status/1273268723168804868

John Git Hub class from AU 2018

Git It Together: An Introduction to Version Control for Revit Users

Kelly Cone’s BILT NA 2019 Panel session that John talks about in this episode (and was part of)

Joined the Dark Side: Switchin from abusing tools to making them

Note DBEI Membership needed to view above video

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This is the 2nd in our summer series of BoB episodes – Best of BIMThoughts. This episode goes back to May 2015th, with the 9th episode of BIMThoughts with an interview with the one and only Steven Shell!

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Episode description from the original podcast:

“This week Carla and I talk with Mr. Shock the Rock and Roll Architect also known as Steven C Shell about Speaking, Revit, hand drawings and how to make architecture art again.  And as a bonus yet another episode where we mention Steve Stafford. We also talked about how and why I started podcasting.”

You can find all the original show notes using the link below:

S1E9 STEVEN SHELL

In this episode, Dana takes the lead and moderates this great Women in AEC panel discussion. We had 5 amazing women from around the world with different roles in the AEC industry who shared about their experience with BIM and working in the AEC.

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #WomenInAEC

Our Panelists:

Ava Norton – Executive, Virtual Design & Construction at Clark Construction

Christina Holden – Associate, Director of Design Technology at Hastings

Twitter: @xtina_leigh

Melissa Thiessens – Design Technology Specialist at Parallax Team

Twitter: @MThiessens

Mercedes Carriquiry – COO / BIM innovation at ARCHSOURCING

Twitter: @Merececarr

Rebecca De Cicco – Director at Digital Node

Twitter: @becdecicco

Our Moderator:

Dana De Filippi – Associate, BIM Technologist at SmithGroup

Twitter: @danadefilippi

Women in BIM website

Twitter: @WomeninBIM

WIB mentoring Program: BIMentor

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Welcome to a new series for BIMThoughts called BoB or “Best of BIMThoughts”. Since the first BIMThoughts podcast was published on March 22nd, 2015 there have been 125+ episodes including what’s been published so far as part of the 2020 season. Many of those episodes, over 100 in fact, are from the back catalogue (from previous seasons) and they contain some great content worth a second listen. So over the summer, we will be publishing new content and BoB episodes every other week to make sure you get your BIMThoughts fix all summer long!

We start with the 2nd ever episode of BIMThoughts, which was an interview with Jim Balding originally published on April 1st, 2015.

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Episode description from the original podcast:

“In this special episode of BIMThoughts, I talk with Jim Balding about growing up with computers and technology, learning CAD in school. We also talk about attending Revit Technology Conference RTC this year and why you should attend.”

You can find all the original show notes using the link below:

BIMTHOUGHTS S1E2: JIM BALDING TALKS RTC

In this episode, the BIMThoughts crew learn what’s new with Ideate Software’s Richard Taylor, Technical Evangelist and Sash Kazeminejad, Customer Success Manager. We also talk about the cool new features of the 2021 release of Ideate’s Sticky Revit Add-in. If you stick around to the very end there is also some great bonus content not to be missed if you are a coffee lover!

Richard Taylor

Sash Kazeminejad

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #CoffeeTalk

Here is where you can find Ideate Software and Richard & Sash on the World Wide Web:

Website: Ideate Software

LinkedIn: Richard Taylor

Twitter: @Rwtaylor_Revit

LinkedIn: Sash Kazeminejad

Twitter: @sashpdx

What’s New in Sticky – May 2020

IMAGINiT Clarity

How are people filling the conference void?

YourDesk University

YouTube Channel

Stick around to the very end for some Bonus Content

Coffee Talk with Sash!

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In this episode, we have a great conversation with Joseph Mady the CEO at Digital Construction Technologies Group. We talk about BIM Standards, Building Codes, Education and how we are all dealing with the same BIM problems no matter where we are in the world. We should also note that Joseph who is based in Ireland was a real trooper and stay up well into his next day to record this episode, thanks, Joseph!

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #BIMProblems

Here is where you can find Digital Construction Technologies Group and Joseph on the World Wide Web:

Website: Digital Construction Technologies Group

LinkedIn: Digital Construction Technologies Group

LinkedIn: Joseph Mady

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In this episode, we talk with one of the co-founders and CEO of TestFit Inc. Clifton Harness.

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtags: #BIMesque

   #UnWonkify

  #FlippyFloppy

Here is where you can find TestFit and Clifton on the World Wide Web:

Website: io

Twitter: @TestFitInc

Twitter: @HarnessClifton

LinkedIn: TestFit Inc.

LinkedIn: Clifton Harness

Instagram: testfit.io

Facebook: TestFit.io

YouTube: TestFit

Checkout what UpCodes is all about.

UpCodes helps the AEC industry deliver code compliant buildings.

Francis Ching books we all had/have available on Amazon.

Checkout the Aussie BIM Guru episode with Gavin Crump.

E2010 – GAVIN CRUMP THE AUSSIE BIM GURU

Forget the 80/20 we are now at 90/10 rule

Just remember Clifton’s old saying…

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In this episode, we talk with Richard Schmitt who works with Dana at Smith Group as an Applications Developer. We get our full geek on as we talk Dynamo, Revit Journal Files, JavaScript, IMAGINiT Clarity, model health, PDQ Deploy, FormIt Pro and more.

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #OneOverZorro

Learn more about three.js at: js.org

Examples

Learn more about D3.js at: D3js.org

Examples

Learn more about IMAGINiT Clarity: Here

Bill uses it at his firm to help get the model health data

Learn more about PDQ Deploy: Here

Bill uses it at his firm to help deploy Dynamo graphs

Learn what’s new in FormIt 2021.

Introducing FormIt 2021

FormIt JavaScript Plugins

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In this episode the #BIMThoughts team gets to learn about Spot and other cool stuff from Brian Ringley the Construction Technology Manager at Boston Dynamics.

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #SeeSpotScan

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

Twitter: @brianringley

LinkedIn: Brian Ringley

Instagram: brianringley

The world famous “Spot” of Boston Dynamic fame

Spot is also entertainment famous

Early Spot in Silicon Valley

Spot on 2019 Episode of Emergence

Spot has even worked with Cirque du Soleil

Spot has also made friend with Adam Savage

Spot is TikTok famous too with the help of the ai-gen-cy (theaigency)

https://www.tiktok.com/@theaigency/video/6813538980399779077

Spot is also helping during the Covid-19 pandemic

Meet ‘Spot’: The Robot That Could Help Doctors Remotely Treat COVID-19 Patients

https://twitter.com/jchatterleyCNN/status/1260634533193494531

Dusty Robotics – layout robot

Designalyze Podcast with Zach Downey & Brian Ringley

Episode 6 – Dynamo Team – Matt Jezyk, Zach Kron & Colin McCrone

Designalyze Tutorial Website

Robotic arm video – we didn’t talk about this on the episode but it is really cool!

AUTOMATIC – Robots Vs. Music – Nigel Stanford

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