Archive for May, 2007

Supporting Technologies for BIM Exhibited at AIA 2007

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

This article provides a more detailed look at some of the supporting technologies for BIM that were being showcased at the AIA 2007 National Convention. Many of them are in the area of BIM content and content management, and they raise an interesting question of how exactly the AEC industry wants its BIM content.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/buildingthefuture/2007/AIA2007_Part2.html

Parametric Modeling in AutoCAD

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

In this Viewpoint article, Neil Katz, who has spent over 20 years at SOM working on the computational design aspects of many projects, shows how he has been using AutoCAD–which is typically not considered as a parametric tool–as a perfectly acceptable tool for applying parametric modeling as a design approach.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/viewpoint/2007/issue_32.html

AIA 2007 National Convention and Expo

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

This article captures the highlights of the technology products and services that were on display at the 2007 AIA National Convention and Expo, held in San Antonio from May 3 to 5.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/newsletter/2007/issue_30.html