BIM, the Built Environment and Stuff

Sustainable Retrofits Projected to be $400b US Market by 2030

Jim Foster — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:18:56 +0000

Buildings are key to achieving climate stabilization, representing roughly 40% of global energy consumption and 25% of global carbon emissions. In addition, energy efficiency retrofits represent a massive latent market, projected to reach an estimated worth of $400 billion by 2030 in the U.S. alone. Related posts:

Rapid Energy Modeling : Sustainable Retrofits : The Market, Tools & Techniques : BIM There is a virtuous circle afoot and it's not just...
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Disney BIM : 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D, More. Jack Blitch from Disney presents BIM at NASA Info Tech Summit

Jim Foster — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:43:01 +0000

Jack Blitch, VP Disney Imagineering, presented at Day 2 of the NASA Information Technology Summit on August 17 and discussed BIM and IPD. His comments really start at 1:06 mark and move forward from there. What I find interesting and really reiterates the process of BIM, call it IPD, call it smart, but bringing in the sub-contractors early to reduce rework and make sure the designers are creating anything that can't be built or is too expensive. Related posts:

Using BIM for Sustainable Design Like AARA funds and the stimulus package put every...
A Better Blueprint in Maine : #bim Many small construction firms still rely on AutoCAD drawings and...
SketchUp IES Build Partnership : Energy Analysis : Building Performance : Simple BIM? : SketchUp Wins? SketchUp continues to gain traction from users and developers, and...

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We’re Going Inside : Buildings and BIM

Jim Foster — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:05:48 +0000

"Incredible. Between PKNail and emergent technology like this, I see a real future in gathering existing facilities information into BIM databases..." Related posts:

Public Beta Open in January : Capture as builts in Revit in the field: #Revit #BIM #asbuilt #laser #pplt PKNail was developed by field surveyors and software engineers to...
Revit As Built : Field BIM : Existing Conditions ...PKNail converts measurements directly into a Revit workstation-wirelessly, measure a...
BIM As Built : Laser Technology So we're in agreement, capturing as-builts and existing condition surveys...

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Autodesk taking as builts seriously : Photo Modeling and PointClouds in next release?

Jim Foster — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:49:15 +0000

With all the stuff flying out of Autodesk Labs recently one maybe blinded by the technology slant rather than the strategy. Looking specifically at Photofly and their new PointCloud tools with shape extraction Autodesk is putting together a strong effort in capturing the built environment within their CAD platform. Looking at the ribbon from an AutoCAD beta you can see that Photo Modeling and PointCloud are options available directly within the menu. Related posts:

Rapid Energy Modeling : Sustainable Retrofits : The Market, Tools & Techniques : BIM There is a virtuous circle afoot and it's not just...
Revit Existing Conditions and As Builts Picking Up Pace : #BIM #Revit My company’s primary focus is to document existing conditions and...
Photofly : Real 3D from Photos : Cloud Computing Magic : #bim #cloud Too many times software presupposes too much knowledge or interest...

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Survey Angled Walls in Revit with a Disto and PKNail

Jim Foster — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:20:07 +0000

One of the tougher issues and part of any surveyors work flow is to capture non-orthogonal (i.e. angled) geometry correctly the first time. This increases in importance if the angles are played throughout the building and especially if they are part of the exterior. In order to help users capture a building's geometry in Revit while in the field PointKnown has incorporated triangulation and a close room function as part of our PKNail Building Surveying Software. Related posts:

Revit As Built : Field BIM Technology : Build Digitally As You Measure : #BIM #Revit PointKnown is getting closer to releasing the commercial version of...
Public Beta Open in January : Capture as builts in Revit in the field: #Revit #BIM #asbuilt #laser #pplt PKNail was developed by field surveyors and software engineers to...
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BIM CAD Throwdown : Dassault Takes Aim with Catia Live Building and Draftsight

Jim Foster — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:32:01 +0000

Dassault, the french producer CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) / Solidworks is making a strong move into the world of architecture. CATIA, generally used in the aerospace and engineering fields, has also been used successfully by Gehry to produce his curvilinear buildings. They are now introducing 2 products aimed squarely at the Autodesk Bullseye, a CAD application developed through the IntelliCAD Consortium (ITC) and the Open Drawing Alliance (ODA) called Draftsight and its going to be free, yup free. Related posts:

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A Better Blueprint in Maine : #bim

Jim Foster — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:21:53 +0000

Many small construction firms still rely on AutoCAD drawings and more traditional planning tools for smaller-scale projects, says O’Dea, but they would be wise to adopt the BIM technology — the 21st century version of a blueprint — because demand is increasing. “The genie’s never going back into the bottle,” says O’Dea, whose organization represents 250 members. (Reported by Robert Cook, MaineBiz) Related posts:

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Department of Energy (DOE) Launches New Blog : Energy Blog : Yawn? : BIM

Jim Foster — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:04:24 +0000

Alone, generally, this should be met with a collective YAWN. However, as a thread of the whole fabric it adds strength to the perception and reality of the move to a sustainable future and the real investment that is happening around it. And get this from a post on July 23. Related posts:

CALGreen is Coming : More Markets for Energy Analysis : Green Building : #BIM Signed in 2004, mandatory in 2011 Executive Order S-20-04 set...
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CAD Rendering in the Cloud : Project Neon

Jim Foster — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:30:36 +0000

until (companies) come along to put a pretty bow around (emerging software and technologies) and make it more intuitive the percentage of the population who is going to use it would remain small, better software, better interface, bigger pie, exponentially bigger pie. With their most recent releases from the labs Autodesk is really bringing this notion home. Related posts:

Project Twitch : #Revit #SaaS #Cloud, Cool in comes Project Twitch from Autodesk, which is the "remote...
Project Butterfly : Autodesk continues with SaaS : #BIM #CAD #saas Autodesk continues to move forward with their Saas (software as...
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BIM Malaysia is on Board : BIM Adoption increasing

Jim Foster — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:30:06 +0000

Like the GSA, the State of Wisconsin, the State of Texas, now the country of Malaysia is on the board according to to this recent article in the Malay Mail...The theme of this brief article seemed to be get on board or get left behind...I do understand the legacy tail of 2D and traditional CAD is long and will be with us for a very long time, not only that, I believe there will be a large market for hybrid technologies and also ones making CAD better but no one ever argued the development of the jet engine and its almost complete adoption in the aviation industry, except for maybe those companies just making propellers. Related posts:

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