3D Laser Scanning: As-Built Reality Capture for BIM

§ November 28th, 2012 § Filed under Viewpoints § 1 Comment

This Viewpoint article by Scott Page, who specializes in architecture, fabrication, and laser scanning, demystifies reality capture from 3D laser scanners and the “point clouds” they generate, and explores the state of the art of how this technology integrates with BIM. It also looks at the formats and standards for point clouds, and presents a “wish-list” of how laser scanning technology should evolve going forward.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/viewpoint/2012/issue_66.html

Bentley’s Be Inspired 2012 Conference

§ November 21st, 2012 § Filed under Newsletters and Features § No Comments

This article provides a dedicated look at the business and technology updates shared by Bentley executives at the Bentley’s recent Be Inspired conference held in Amsterdam.  Unlike Bentley’s Be Together user conference, which is typically held in the summer in the US, open to anyone, and is more product-focused, the Be Inspired conference is an invitation-only event that is intended to allow senior-level executives of AEC firms to learn more about how Bentley’s solutions are continuing to be implemented in cutting-edge projects around the globe. Also, it is typically held in an international location that can be easily accessed from anywhere in the world, reflecting the growing international footprint of the adoption of Bentley solutions.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/newsletter/2012/issue_60.html

Getting into BIM in Kuwait

§ November 8th, 2012 § Filed under Newsletters and Features § No Comments

This article is a case study of the implementation of BIM in KEO, one of the largest AEC/PMCM firms in the Gulf region that is consistently ranked in ENR in the top 200 International Design Firms as well as the top 20 International PM rankings. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Kuwait, KEO is a multi-disciplinary company with offices in about 20 other locations in the Middle East, covering macro to micro, from master planning, infrastructure, architecture and engineering, costing and estimating, through project and construction management. The case study is authored by Han Shi, Systems Manager at KEO, and provides a first-hand perspective on how BIM started, gained momentum, and is currently being implemented at KEO.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/feature/2012/KEO_CaseStudy.html

A Quick Look at Four Books on BIM

§ November 1st, 2012 § Filed under "Building the Future" articles § No Comments

This article provides an overview of four leading books on BIM, all of which are general books that attempt to provide a more theoretical and broad-based understanding of the BIM phenomenon rather than “how-to” books focused on individual BIM applications. These books include BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors; The Impact of Building Information Modeling: Transforming Construction; Green BIM: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling; and Building Information Modeling: Planning and Managing Construction Projects with 4D CAD and Simulations.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/buildingthefuture/2012/BIM-Books.html

AEC Technology Updates, Fall 2012

§ September 27th, 2012 § Filed under Newsletters and Features § No Comments

This article looks at the recent technology updates from AEC vendors including various new product developments from Newforma, the launch of Revit LT from Autodesk, the new Vectorworks 2013 product family that has just been released, the releases of the next versions of form•Z and Bluebeam Revu, the acquistion of SketchUp by Trimble, the acquisition of Deltek by Thoma Bravo, and the latest developments of the cloud-based collaboration solution, CadFaster|Collaborate. It also explores two brand-new solutions, Sefaira Concept in the area of sustainable design, and Rendra, which is a BIM model viewer for mobile devices.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/newsletter/2012/issue_59.html

Bentley AECOsim Building Designer V8i

§ September 20th, 2012 § Filed under Product Reviews § 4 Comments

This review explores the capabilities of Bentley’s new integrated multi-disciplinary BIM application, AECOsim Building Designer, which combines all of Bentley’s diverse BIM applications for different disciplines in one single product. It looks at the additional improvements made to its BIM capabilities including consistent tool dialogs, a new utility for clash detection, and hypermodeling which links all the drawings created from a model and the sheets on which they are placed. It also looks at how a new project is set up in the application, given its preferred distributed file approach.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/review/2012/AECOsimBuildingDesigner.html

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