All Things BIM / DC

See the link for an interesting example of how BIM and Oculus Rift are being used to take architectural visualization to the next level. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11506689.htm  

From Beyond Design How to resolve coordination issues with BIM 360 Glue Some people working with or implementing BIM 360 Glue ask us about best practice for managing clashes with BIM 360 Glue. Ultimately the goal is not to manage clashes but to resolve the issues causing these. Have this in mind when working through the process outline below, as it focuses not on individual objects clashing but about issues. For example, a single duct in the wrong location can cause 100 or more clashes. 100 clashes, but really just a single issue. And issues are what your design teams need to focus on for resolution. So here's how you do that with BIM 360 Glue. Start by running your clash analysis. Use the visual heatmap to identify problematic areas in your model (here's a quick video of how this works). Did you know you can get a quick metric using the 'Overview' link of all clashes? It also lets you drill down further using the automatic grouping of clashes based on

From Beyond Design BIM 360 Glue – Easy, Accessible Reviews for the Extended Project Team Today sees the launch of the BIM 360 Glue Reviewer role, which provides simplified web and mobile access for everyone on the project team to participate in connected project review workflows. With the addition of the Reviewer role, BIM 360 Glue project admins can invite project stakeholders and occasional users not experienced with BIM to participate in collaborative project review workflows anytime, anywhere. And reviewers like owners or project executives with no hands-on BIM experience can easily go directly to a specific model view. The reviewer is not exposed to the coordination environment and can't get confused by multiple versions of the model. So, how does this work? The Reviewer role provides an easy way for the project admin to provide the appropriate level of controlled access and the right information to the right person at the right time. Once a BIM 360 Gl

A hotfix for Navisworks 2014 has been released from Autodesk to resolve an issue with Manage and Simulate that may force Navisworks to close unexpectedly when refreshing a NWF file. The hotfix can be downloaded here : FYI, be sure that you have Navisworks 2014 Service Pack 1 installed.