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🎙️Imagining Canada's Digital Twin

There are some interesting and exciting initiatives in Canada to build a digital twin of the entire country. Lara Chow, Julie Ivanoff and Nicolas Arellano are presenting the very important and ambitious work they are doing. 

👧🏻Lara is Associate Director at Carleton Immersive Media Studio.

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De-Black-Boxing BIM with Nicolas Arellano

Nicolas is a Ph.D. student at Carleton University and Research Team Lead at Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS), with a background in Architecture.

He is passionate about open-source and has a mission to de-blackbox BIM.

Chime in and listen to his inspiring story and mission!

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BIM Coordinator at Work | Dan Vlasceanu from PORR Romania 🇷🇴

We are following up our previous chat with a hands on presentation, on how Dan is employing digital tools and processes on his projects.

Some of the things Dan is covering in this video: 

Dan Vlasceanu is a BIM Coordinator working in the Innovation Department of PORR Romania.

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BIM Coordinator in Romania with Dan Vlasceanu from PORR Romania 🇷🇴

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Partner Selection to Develop Tooeen is undergoing at full speed

You'll find out what is the status in the process of selecting partners to develop Tooeen, and how this selection is being conducted.

Tooeen, the next cloud-based open-source developer platform to create and sell your own BIM-based Digital Twin apps.

Are you happy with Autodesk Forge? Do you have any other reliable options available?

Can you imagine having a solution...

✅ Open Source

This is what Tooeen aims to be. And much more.

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Validating IFC Models with BlenderBIM | Vukas Pajic

Vukas Pajic is a BIM Process Expert, at Porr Design and Engineering in Vienna, Austria.

Vukas is using BlenderBIM at work to check models that are not modeled internally, and he started using the BlenderBIM Add-on because he was so frustrated with all the other software he was using.

This is the first part of our series of interviews, so stay tuned for the future ones!

Vukas is also an active contributor to the BlenderBIM Add-on. Thank you for your contributions, Vukas!

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Learn Grasshopper with Krzysztof Wojslaw from BIM Corner

This is the 1st step to become what he describes as an Engineer 4.0.

You can learn more about the 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 course Kris is launching here: http://bit.ly/3A3e189

Kris is a Parametric Design and VDC Specialist, International Speaker and Bridge Engineer. He is also a co-founder of the BIM Corner blog, which is one of the best resources IN THE WORLD when it comes to the practical use of BIM. 

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Jesús Valderrama Rodríguez: Another Key Person Behind IFC.js

Jesús Valderrama Rodríguez is an architect, application engineer, educator and entrepreneur. But more than that, he is one of the key figures behind ifc.js. 

Jesús is the General Director of Apogea, COO of BIMmaster.PRO and Board Member of IFC.js.

IFC.js is a JavaScript library that allows you to load, view, and edit IFC models in your browser. This allows developers of architecture and construction applications to work in IFC effortlessly and focus on the functionalities that add value to their business.

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Quoting Jesús Valderrama Rodríguez from ifc.js

Here are some ideas 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 we are working on:

✅ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Of course it will be 100% open source, make no doubt about it. Since we started IFC.js our vision was to create a community-driven growth model that would allow us to obtain resources to make 100% open and free technology available to anyone. Now the project is moving towards being more than just JavaScript libraries, but that premise is not changing at all. Tooeen's technology will be 100% open and free.

✅ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧: We want to hear from you. The community will continue to grow and we will involve you in everything. With this call, we also want to listen to all the companies that we know have been waiting for something like this for a long time.

✅ 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥: We have been working for some time on creating a system so that you can display as many models as you want, regardless of their size, on any device. It is already a reality. We have the technology, and we are going to create something great.

✅ 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞: Not all businesses have the same needs. We want to produce a real change and Tooeen is born to satisfy those companies that prefer to delegate service and infrastructure under a SaaS model, those that prefer to keep control of their data under an on-premise model with delegated maintenance, and also those that want to implement and manage everything in their own infrastructure, which will have free access to the code.

✅ 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: Web, Desktop, Mobile and XR. Plug and play is the key. We want to delight developers using our platform, so that integrating or innovating on it is a piece of cake.

✅ 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞: We will create an application marketplace on our platform that allows us to address more use cases and needs, faster thanks to the community, while also becoming a way of innovation and business for everyone.

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IfcOpenShell

IfcOpenShell helps you build digital platforms and tools for the built environment. Read, write and modify Building Information Models using IFC, a diverse digital language from design to construction and beyond.

Thomas is the founder of a company called AECgeeks that specializes in software development and generative design for the Architecture Engineering and Construction industry. 

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