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Open BIM is not a utopian dream, rather a dream come true.

No longer is BIM focused on my platform vs yours, or yours vs mine. It is now an exciting arena filled with pushing limits, not creating boundaries. Open BIM is no longer something simply spoken about during lunch, rather something WEBBER Australia and our fellow colleagues put into practice each day on this exciting, collaborative focused project - 480 Hay.

http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/perth-s-first-5-star-hotel-in-30-years-revolutioni

Great article!! It feels rewarding to be a part of something so important in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry. BIM is not the future... it is the present and future of this industry.

http://www.brw.com.au/p/sections/professions/scarce_skills_send_wages_soaring_2wHB0SnNhD4h1htvn3Bp3H?hl

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Congrats to an ex client of mine, Dane Richardson of Dane Designs, for his many awards won at this years WA building design association awards over the weekend, including winning the overall best design award... for the second time.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/building-designer-dane-richardson-takes-clean-sweep-at-building-designers-australia-awards/story-e6frg13u-1226499573190

Building designer Dane Richardson takes clean sweep at Building Designers Australia awards THE winning projects at this year's Building Designers Australia WA Design Awards are a strong indication that the state has truly upped the ante when it comes to residential design, with the BDA WA Chapter confident that our talent pool will once again win the lion's share of national category awar...

Hi All,

I started a discussion on Linkedin last weekend. The focus of this discussion is 'Methods for minimising file size'.

There have been some great responses thus far. I highly recommend taking a look as you get an insight into how some of Australia's leading ArchiCAD users and BIM Managers tackle extremely large files (2-6GB on the BIM Server).

Click on the link below to see this discussion, although I am unsure whether you need to be registered with both Linkedin and the group within Linkedin named 'Graphisoft Australia ArchiCAD User Group'. This may be a perfect reason for beginning a Linkedin profile as it is proving to be a great social bump space for BIM users.

Get involved! Get social!! Gain knowledge!!! And spread it!!!!

Saying this reminds me of an image a colleague posted on Facebook recently. I'll add it below also. Cheers Mr S.L

http://lnkd.in/pmgzkB

With the release of ArchiCAD 16 comes the ability to schedule teamwork project backups to not only save as .BIMProject files, but also as .pln files. If you have ever discovered something within your model has been deleted, modified or even broken (curtain walls) you will know the time delays associated with accessing .BIMProject backups. However, the introduction of .pln backup files, saved within the BIM server and accessible for download via the Project settings > Backup panel allows users to efficiently open a backup alongside the current file so as to copy & paste the required elements.

http://youtu.be/TssyFlHXHME

ArchiCAD 16 - BIM Server - Scheduling a Project Backup ArchiCAD 16 New Features - BIM Server Setting Project Backup Creation Roles You may set a schedule for PLN Backup creation in the Project Settings Dialog on ...

The change in the info box when shift is held down is a great little addition.

http://youtu.be/RkfPKZiM7lo

ArchiCAD 16 - 3D Interactions - Selections Options in Info Box for All Tools ArchiCAD 16 New Features - 3D Interactions Selections Options in Info Box for All Tools The Arrow tool has three options available in the Info Box. As a new ...

http://archicadwiki.com/VideoCardsForArchiCAD16

VideoCardsForArchiCAD16 - ArchicadWiki The latest 3D editing OpenGL improvements include, realtime shaded feedback for morph editing, surface snap rectangle feedback to the cursor and rotation feedback for 3D (and 2D floorplan as well). Antialiasing is applied to the lines of a selection or to the lines highlighted in 3D. Editing plane e...

http://aecbytes.com/review/2012/ArchiCAD16.html

ArchiCAD 16: AECbytes Product Review AECbytes Product Review of ArchiCAD 16

I just discovered a great Australian website for finding the longitude and latitude values for places in Australia. Simply type in the town or city and it will give you a list of locations in that area.

This is perfect for creating accurate sun studies as you can input the longitude and latitude values into the 'more sun settings' found within the projection settings.

See link below and please do not hesitate to ask questions.

http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/

Place Names of Australia Search - Geoscience Australia Enter the first few letters of a place name and click the Submit Query button. To refine a search, either select the Place Type or State from the lists. To clear the information, click Reset.

http://youtu.be/CKwtGbTUXxU

ArchiCAD 16 - The MORPH Tool - Modifying the Segmentation Level of a MORPH ArchiCAD 16 New Features - The MORPH Tool Modifying the Segmentation Level of a MORPH ArchiCAD 16 introduces direct modeling capabilities into the native BIM...