In this Viewpoint article, Doris Pulsifer, Associate at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, talks about the many and timely reasons to make knowledge management (KM) a focus in today’s A/E practice, and provides a comprehensive discussion of what KM is and how it should be implemented.
This review explores the new NavisWorks product line-up for 3D design publishing and project review, repackaged as four stand-alone products after its acquisition by Autodesk in 2007, and looks at its capabilities including model aggregation, real-time visualization, and review, 4D construction simulation, and clash detection.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/review/2008/NavisWorks2009.html
This review explores the speed, design, and documentation enhancements in the new version of ArchiCAD, including multi-processor support, new Curtain Wall tool, the ability to use the model to create 3D documentation, partial structure display, better visualization of hotlinked modules, new options for modeling stairs, improved fills for 2D presentation drawings, DWG conversion, and improved dimensioning.
This article by John Tobin addresses the problem of the massive, singular datasets created by current BIM applications. Not only are these getting rapidly unmanageable, they also do not address the need for distributed and ever-larger, greater granularity of data that is going to be vital for the future, collaborative process. As a solution, Tobin proposes the concept of atomicBIM—BIM in small, discrete pieces of data that would provide granularity and rapid access so that subsets of BIM information could be more easily accessed without a massive download.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/buildingthefuture/2008/atomicBIM.html
