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In this article, John Tobin, an architect and Principal at EYP Architecture & Engineering who spearheads the BIM implementation for EYP’s five A/E offices, suggests that even though many designers continue to use BIM to produce drawings, we would be better served by looking beyond using BIM merely as a more powerful representation tool, and instead to treat the models we create as “proto-buildings,” as in the word “prototype.” He also presents the current state and the likely future trajectory of BIM by looking at it as three different generations, which he calls BIM 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/buildingthefuture/2008/ProtoBuilding.html
This article captures the highlights of the technology updates and new solutions that were on display in the Exhibit Hall of the AIA 2008 National Convention that was held in Boston from May 15 to 17.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/newsletter/2008/issue_34.html
Four years ago, the architecture and planning firm Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company created a strategic technology committee to see what leading firms were doing to improve project delivery. This was born from a high degree of frustration with the technology the firm had at that time, from CAD to communications, which seemed inefficient at a time when clients were demanding more in less time. In this Viewpoint article, Design Principal Stephen C. Wright, who chaired the firm’s strategic technology committee, reflects on the changes that have restored the firm’s operational excellence.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/viewpoint/2008/issue_38.html
This review explores the improvements in the latest release of Autodesk’s BIM application for architectural design, including the new mental ray rendering engine, expanded library of predefined materials, new navigation tools, color fills in sections, macros that users can write to access the Revit API, and many others.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/review/2008/RevitArch2009.html