Download the new BIM guide for Masonry

The Building Information Modeling for Masonry Initiative provides useful guidelines for architects, engineers, and mason contractors to generate Revit models for creating models of masonry buildings with the help of various tools.

The Masonry Society (TMS) and the Building Information Modeling for Masonry Initiative have teamed up to sponsor and supervise the creation of this guide. Industry experts from CAD Technology Center (CTC) and Integrus Architecture built up building models and narratives that outline their work and experience.

Their independent reports encompass the greater part of the guide content. The Masonry Society is the publisher of this guide is.

The guide can be downloaded from masonrysociety.org

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Rajib Dey

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Modifying Geometry in Families in Revit 2014

In this video we explore some of the fundamentals of working with solid geometry within Revit Families. We use a door as an example and discuss how you can use different views and view settings to easily navigate and manipulate the geometry of your families.

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Arka Roy

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Experience innovative BIM workflow through ArchiCAD 18

GRAPHISOFT declared the availability of the latest version of its BIM software alias ArchiCAD 18 to transform the BIM workflow to the next level.

The important feature of this new application is the integration of CineRender, a sophisticated render engine having superior photorealistic rendering capabilities at par with the professional visualization application Cinema 4D. The cinema 4D users will now be able to put in highly developed graphics and animations to their projects as well as perform the rendering job within the BIM application. With quick preview and background processor support, the rendering progression becomes smoother.

ArchiCAD 18 records and automatically documents alterations to the building model so that any dispute can be resolved easily in future. ArchiCAD 18 comes with the most updated Revision Management solution that is incorporated into the complete BIM workflow, facilitating 2D, 3D or any kind of hybrid workflows.

By introducing BIM-related intelligence and data hierarchies into PDF files, ArchiCAD 18 provides PDF-supported smooth workflows for the various types of collaborators in the AEC industry by bringing in BIM-allied intelligence and data hierarchies into PDF files.

ArchiCAD comes with various IFC-related enhancements along with professional scheme-motivated data management and data mapping and high-class (certified) export procedures. ArchiCAD 18 offers complete BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) support. It is an open file format facilitating users to include textual comments and screenshots on top of the IFC model layer to make improved communication process amid the coordinating parties. ArchiCAD 18 amalgamates BCF information natively into the BIM model through ArchiCAD Mark-Up entries. Therefore, ArchiCAD connects leading BIM applications like model checker, structural and MEP engineering software compatible with the BCF format.

ArchiCAD 18 is completely incorporated with GRAPHISOFT BIMcloud® that facilitates industry-first, real-time BIM collaboration irrespective of the size, location or setup of the collaborating team.

GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD® 18 will be available for commercial application in June, 2014 with an remarkable list of 26 local versions rolled out by the end of Q3 2014.

Download the full documentation

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Arka Roy

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Setting up the Chameleon Component in Grasshopper for Revit

Learn how to set up the Chameleon Component in Grasshopper for transferring Geometry from Rhino into Revit. View the entire course here: http://blackspectacles.com

  

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Arka Roy

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Revit Architecture 2015 Release Overview

Join us as we take a closer look at Autodesk's newly-released Revit Architecture 2015 - see the new tools and workflows than can enhance your productivity, tighter integration with Autodesk cloud services, and how it can bring greater value to your business than ever before.

Revit Architecture 2015 - Free Trial - Download

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Arka Roy

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An improved version of SpecLink-E is released to link construction specifications directly to BIM

Now it is possible to synchronize specifications with BIM by linking construction specifications directly to BIM.

Atlanta based Building Systems Design Inc (BSD), first time introduced an improved BSD LinkMan-E software product that can be applied to coordinate specifications through a model generated in Revit.

SpecLink-E is an automated specification writing product that illustrates correlations and inconsistencies amid information in Revit and the subsequent specifications text in SpecLink-E through two new completely reconstructed dashboards.

A project manager can review and coordinate with the help of an interoperability tool that provides data from Revit and SpecLink BSD LinkMan-E. The two new dashboard views that match the data from the two applications can be disrupted. Thus, they easily demonstrate divergencies, and any omitted information in the specifications are automatically turned on in SpecLink from inside the LinkMan program.

As BSD has pre-linked many Revit components to SpecLink-E, the users normally generate their own Revit libraries of objects ranging from wall and door types, which necessitate the formation of links inside LinkMan-E to link them to the specifications. Now, Revit users will be able to relate any of BSD’s 1,700 pre-linked materials to their customized building elements inside the Revit software, devoid of opening the LinkMan program at all. With the most updated edition of LinkMan-E set up, any Revit objects containing these materials utilized will become visible in LinkMan-E already connected to SpecLink-E.

Download a free evaluation copy

 

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Arka Roy

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AHS Gordon Hospital Revit Models

This exclusive video tutorial is presented by McVeigh & Mangum Engineering. This video shows a composite of the Revit models for the AHS Gordon Hospital Addition designed by Gresham, Smith & Partners. McVeigh & Mangum Engineering was responsible for the structural engineering and modeling on this project.

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Tuhin Maity

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How to link files in Revit Architecture

This exclusive video tutorial is presented by BIM-CAPRICOT Deepak Mehta.

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Tuhin Maity

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College Uses Christie 3D Visualization Solutions for its BIM Lab

Kitchener, Ontario: Toronto’s George Brown College, one of Canada’s largest colleges, has decided to use Christie’s visualization solutions for its BIM Lab in the Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies (CCET) at the Casa Loma campus.

BIM Lab can be used by industry professionals, business partners as well as students to develop 3D digital models and visualize them on a custom Christie-designed demonstration solution, driven by three 120Hz stereoscopic 3D DLP Christie Mirage WU7K-M projectors. The college aims at staying ahead of trends and technology in the construction industry with continued innovation, improved practical as well as theoretical teaching & learning. And this mission of the college is well supported by the enhanced, immersive, simulation space.

Christie’s improved stereoscopic Mirage WU7K-M projector, with WUXGA resolution at 6,300 ANSI lumens from dual lamps offers clear images, bright colors, uniform brightness, and with Christie Twist, users can control warping and blending to ensure that the image fits any dimension or shape. And the George Brown College has opted to use Christie’s visualization solutions after realizing that using the latest technology can facilitate learning and prepare their students for the future.

Zoran Veselic, Vice President of Visual Environments, at Christie, said that the Christie Mirage M series projectors are compact, very competent, and offer a low cost of ownership.

Pietro Ferrari, who is the professor and coordinator at the School of Architectural Studies at George Brown College, informed that the college will provide a program of BIM-related courses, which will also include an extensive post-graduate BIM Certificate program. This modern facility will provide learning opportunities to cover all aspects of virtual design and construction starting from project procurement to building processes and facility management.

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Tuhin Maity

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The Legal BIM Frontier: New Contracts and Recent Case Developments – An exclusive event on BIM

WPL Publishing is going to sponsor an event entitled as “The Legal BIM Frontier: New Contracts and Recent Case Developments”, highlighting the latest legal developments concerning building information modeling (BIM) technology and how these developments are persuaded by construction professionals. The webinar will continue for 90 minutes and be held on Feb. 12, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. (EST).

BIM execution involves a multifaceted new set of risk-allocation and management challenges. To cope up with the situations, numerous sets of BIM contract addendums and implementation guides have come out from diversified institutes. But if BIM is applied perfectly, it can lessen claims and legal issues to a great extent.

The webinar will facilitate the construction professionals to realize and deal with issues in this area.

Upon completion of the webinar, the attendees can perform the following activities:

• Walk around risk management concerning digital information necessary for initiating a BIM project.
• Apply supplementary BIM contract forms to include to standard project contracts.
• Set up a BIM execution plan for a new BIM project.
• Use the concepts of the information manager, project participant, and contributor to plan staffing for a BIM project.

Rebecca McWilliams, an attorney and licensed architect will perform as the keynote speaker. She focuses her practice on helping design professionals by offering contract reviews, business entity advisement, risk management evaluations, claims monitoring, and associated legal services. She has in-depth knowledge on BIM and sustainable design projects. Before starting her legal career, she practiced architecture for 10 years, with a portfolio including single- and multi-family residential units, design-build retail, commercial offices, religious facilities, condominiums, and K-12 public schools.

After her presentation, there will be an interactive 10-to-15 minute question-and-answer session addressing relevant topics.

Webinar tuition is based on location, not number of participants, so each registration site can have multiple participants for one low price.

Register online www.tinyurl.com of the Infinite Skills.

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Tuhin Maity

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Infinite Skills Inc offers an exclusive training video on revit rendering and visualization

Infinite Skills Inc, the leading software training provider, just releases “Revit - Rendering and Visualization Tutorial,” a superior level training program that focuses on Revit's tools for generating photorealistic, information-rich, 3D models concerning any building projects.

Ed Cotey, a commercial interior design, a construction project manager, a CAD consultant as well as a college professor, performs as the course other. He also conducts classes on Revit, AutoCAD and Sketchup at the college level.

This training guide is very useful for advanced level Revit users to sharpen their skills with all the elements of producing and rendering highly detailed Revit construction models as well as designing 3d models of building & their components.

Cotey starts with the fundamental setup for visualizations, highlighting how to make an exterior perspective view, adjust the camera view, generate an interior perspective, and build and export a complete walk-through.

Cotey then explains lighting features, providing details on how to set up a solar study, characterize the site's true north and sun path, and make still and single-day, along with multi-day solar studies.

At the end of the course, Cotey briefly describes how to organize an exterior view for rendering, how to manage the rendering with settings, how to deal with light groups, and lots other.

The participants can produce consequential analytical visualizations communicating designs in most realistic settings possible after successfully undergoing the course.

Free demo videos and a full list of course contents are accessible on the Revit - Rendering and Visualization training page of the Infinite Skills.

The users can download Infinite Skills offers its Revit - Rendering and Visualization Training Video directly from the company website at a retail price of $24.95.

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Tuhin maity

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Knowing BIM

BIM or Building Information Management helps in keeping the workflow smooth between “the designed” and “the constructed” by managing information precisely. BIM is essential to coordinated and incorporate modifications, whenever & wherever required, between the conceptualized model of the building and the end result. It aids in enhancing the accuracy of the data the subsequent costing incurred.

We usually find a vast difference between what was conceived and the final result as in the entire construction process the design information is often replaced by alterations as per the requirement of the client, engineer and others. The raw data of the differences between the design and the construction create BIM diary that includes photographs and scanned copy of all the data, information of the design before anything is hidden concealed, or buried. These photographs support to detect alteration later when the construction is concealed by walls, floors, ceilings etc. The BIM diary also helps to check the activities on site and detect the conditions before, during, and after activities. This also provides the assurance that facts are accurately followed and ensures the planners, the design team, construction management, logistics
teams, manufacturers and health & safety. Besides, the clients can obtain a true picture the status of the construction and know what they are paying for.

BIM helps in maintaining the level of accuracy and creating an accurate costing analysis. Through BIM, the entire team of construction can remain well coordinated. The two major advantages of BIM are that it helps to complete a construction project on time and within the proposed budget. It is not surprising hence, to find the increased employment of BIM in varied projects to keep delay and over budget of projects in control.

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Achieving Spatial Coordination Through BIM : A Guide for Specialty Contractors

It is a useful publication written by David Quigley, the MD of Emerson in collaboration with three national mechanical, electrical and plumbing associations involving the Mechanical Contractors Association of America Inc. (MCAA), the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA) and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).

The book contains several years of professional experience as well as challenging approaching, execution lessons gathered by leading contractors. The book comes up with practical guidance for specialty contractors that focus on how they implement BIM processes and technologies for spatial coordination through building information modeling in their organizations.

The book consists of 170-pages and is completed in two years. This well-organized guide-book consists of comprehensible interpretations, checklists, glossaries and even references concerning hardware, software, and internet and cloud services. The book also provides great advantages for any subcontracting firm by providing necessary steps and preventative measures for any projects executed with BIM.

The introductory part of the book commences with primary information and gradually follows the instruction for evaluating the competences of the staff necessary to form a BIM team. Also learn how to make and figure out execution plans as well as regulate procedure and documentation. The other chapters of the book highlight support for leveraging business profits from one project to the next; assessing contract BIM prerequisites and the nitty-gritty of technology implementation.

The members of the organizations can access the digital edition of the guide at free of cost whereas it will cost $25 in print version. Non-members should provide $25 for a digital version and $100 for print.

In order to read the book online, go through the following link -www.issuu.com/dave.quigley/

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Content Writer

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