Ameri-CAD Aquired by ITW

Ameri-CAD, the company that has created one of the most comprehensive residential BIM solutions on the market, VisionREZ, has been acuired by ITW. This could be very good news and the validation of ACA as a viable BIM platform. To learn more about VisionREZ check out the following links;
http://www.visionrez.com/
http://www.archidigm.com/Coverpage/cover4-06/lounge-set_vrez_review.htm

Building Performance Analysis and Carbon Footprint

Green Building Studio is launching a BIM platform independent training course focusing on hands on approach in integrating the existing available software within the context of Building Performance Analysis. The name of the course is “Carbon Neutral Building Design” and if you long to find more about it, the course outline is posted on their web.
I am really looking forward to this event, and just in case that any of ACA (former ADT, still can't get used to it!) users are wondering what happened to their gbXML plug-in, the word is out that it will be released in a couple of months.

Where did BIM go?

At the center of SOM’s visionary design process was AutoCAD®. “AutoCAD was incredibly valuable, and not just from a final documentation standpoint,” says Frechette. “We took individual parts of the building, modeled them in 3D in AutoCAD, extracted the information, and imported that data into a variety of other programs for analysis. It offers a common language that can be used in so many different areas.”

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Revit Architecture 2008 - Review

...it is important for BIM vendors like Autodesk to continue to invest some of their resources into broader R&D efforts rather than on simply improving what they have developed so far. The latter is undoubtedly important for day-to-day usability but it is the broader research and development that will lead to real innovation and ultimately shape the future of BIM.

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by Lachmi Khemlani, 27th of June 2007

BIM Buzz

Another unbiased article that tries to shed some light on the methodology whose definition is still quite illusive, Behind Building Information Modeling Buzz .

Nurbs Surface in Autocad Architecture

Approximating Nurbs Surface in Autodesk Architectural Desktop... the article was published in Hagerman & Co. Technology bulletin in June of 2005

Learning how to walk.....

I would definitely recommend this article to everyone that contemplates their position and role in the brave new world of BIM. Nigel Davies is one of the very few people out there that manages to circumvent BIM hysteria and deliver a sober and measured view on how to adopt the new methodology while maximizing its capacity within the boundaries of one’s true need assessment...(Mis)understanding BIM