The most important ArchiCAD (Objects) video you’ll watch in 2013 Back in February 2013 I made a tutorial video on making ArchiCAD Objects. If you haven’t watched it, you should. It covers the basics of object making that I completely gloss over in this new video. I’m assuming if you’re …
I’ve been crazy busy the past few days: enjoying a four day weekend at home with my wife and daughters, trying to see many of our Twin Cities friends one last time before we head first West then East (then probably west again), staying up too late Sunday and Monday …
Just passing along some news… Introducing ArchiCAD 17 Learn what the new features in ArchiCAD 17 have in store for you! GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 17 provides a one-of-a-kind BIM-based documentation workflow. It simplifies the modeling and documentation of buildings even when complex models contain high levels of detail. ArchiCAD’s end-to-end BIM …
You up for a challenge? I’d like to make June 2013 Guest Blogger Month. Interested in helping me? If you are a regular reader, you might know that there are some big changes afoot in my life. After eight wonderful years in Minnesota, my wife, daughters, and I are moving …
This post is going to bring together a bunch of themes on the future of architectural documentation that I’ve been writing about recently on both Shoegnome and BIM Engine. If all the hyperlink, URL, and QR Code talk doesn’t make any sense, read these posts. And if by some chance …
“We never want to do something twice… but at the same time, we’ve never done anything twice, so if we did do something twice, that might be cool.” -Thomas Bangalter Are you excited about the new Daft Punk album Random Access Memory coming out on May 21, 2013? I sure …
I’ve written another article for the AIA CRAN Chronicle. This time I talk about the relationship between residential architects and technology (for both design and production). Specifically I discuss what holds many small firms back from testing new methods and then I explore Morpholio Trace, which I find to be …
This is my third video on modeling chimneys in ArchiCAD. The first covered Complex Profiles and the second discussed the Morph Tool. A HUGE thank you to Gorazd Rajh of Pilon AEC (the reseller of ArchiCAD in Slovenia) for sharing this bonus modeling tip with me. While building the chimney …