All Things BIM / DC

When the Kansas Cit Revit User Group was first formed, one of the first sessions was on Revit Implementation by Dave Willard, who I believe was with Gould Evans at the time. His presentation was on the trials and tribulations of Implementing Revit as a BIM Manager at his architectural firm. The following document came from that presentation. Project Team Training Scenarios There are various ways to approach training. The following training scenarios are some of the most common. Each method has its pros and cons, some of which are listing below each scenario: • Send employees out for vendor supplied training. i. Uses their facility – no I.S. resources needed to setup a training room ii. Certified trainers do the training iii. Learning environment is away from work pressures iv. Cost associated per person v. Usually a 2-3 day course vi. Most of the time you have a typical training syllabus provided, less customized for your firm. vii. Not so flexible training schedu

BIM is permanently change the way we work. Here are additional concepts: 2D: Only 2-dimensional flat. 3D: Contains 3-dimensional (x, y, z) and can be manipulated from several points of view. 4D: The notion of time to a project (phases or sequences) 5D: The concept of the cost of a project (estimated) 6D: The management of the building (Heritage management or FM) Each of these concepts take it in the source and BIM can make an enormous difference to a project. Here are some software that will allow you to use the BIM in these concepts: 4D: Innovaya, Naviswork, MS Project 5D: Excel, Innovaya, Timberline 6D: FM Desktop, Archibus This blog is a translation of Daniel Hurtubise's RevitIt French Blog

Dominic Gallello, president and CEO of Graphisoft , says building information modeling (BIM) managers are the new “must have” for AEC firms. The difference between CAD managers and BIM managers is a focus on collaboration, integration, and synchronization on a project, Gallello said in a recent AECBytes Viewpoint . He added: A BIM manager can be “a fundamental member of a model-based design process.” The resulting “streamlined workflow provides architects more time for design, more value for clients, and more profit.” Click to read the entire article»

Is your company interested to have some of your nice Revit Structure 3D model images of your projects to be included in our Revit Structure 2009 installer-infotainment (i.e. while user is waiting during the installation, there will be a slideshow showing all those nice Revit Structure 3D model project images from different worldwide customers). Autodesk's upcoming Revit Structure 2009 will be released soon and our product team is in the process of selecting some images to be included in the final commercial release version. If your company is interested, please send the images (in .jpg format) to wai.chu@autodesk.com by March 3 rd , 2008. When submitting those images, please give me the name of the project. If the name is confidential, please tell me at least what type of project is it (commercial, residential, hotel, school, mixed-used, stadium, etc.). P.S. Please don't forget to obtain the approval from your client/architect/owner, etc. that you can use an

One of the most difficult aspects of my job is training. Finding options that meet the needs of every user is well, impossible. One group that I know gets ignored is that group of users that take s the initiative to learn new things outside of the training lab. I have found a couple pretty good " FREE " self-paced training options for these users, both from AUGI . In order to participate, you must be a member of AUGI and registration is free and they don't spam. The first program is the AUGI e-Learning Program a program that offers AUGI members a selection of video tutorials focusing on various Autodesk products. AUGI, in conjunction with CADLearning , is making video lessons available every month to AUGI members at no charge. These video lessons teach individual product concepts and features. Every month, new lessons in each course series will be available. Completion of the full course will take 12 to 18 months at the one-section-per-month

I can across this AUGI post from David Kingham about an app that allows you to resize any window that normally would not resize. I have not loaded on my work machine because of company policies, but some of the Revit Guru's on AUGI seem to like it, so I though I would pass it along. The app is called ResizeEnable.zip

RISA Technologies will be visiting Kansas City and making a presentation to the Kansas City Revit User Group on RISA and their Revit Structure link. The date for this presentation is Friday, April 18 over the lunch hour and will be held at the offices of HNTB at 715 Kirk Dr, KC, MO. The date and time have been confirmed by RISA Technologies. As we get closer to the presetation date additional details to follow.

WinEstimator, Inc has released DesignEst Pro to help produce conceptual and detailed cost estimates from your Revit models. For more information, click on the link above.

According to the following press release Autodesk has acquired analysis technologies from Green Building Studio and Carmel Software. You can read the Press Release more details.

Revit Structure subscription users can now download all 16 Robobat Extensions for Revit Structure with full functionality from your subscription site. I am sorry to report that these tools are not available to Revit Architecture & MEP users. For more information, visit BIM & Beam for all the details.

If you are looking for a Revit class in Kansas City, look no further than Johnson County Community College . JCCC is teaching their first Revit class and I will be the instructor for it. The class is entitled DRAF 243 - Architectural Desktop : Revit . While the class is entitled "Architectural Desktop : Revit", there will not be any instruction on Architectural Desktop. This will be just a Revit class.