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Category Archives: BIM
The 3D ‘Content Problem’
by Fred Abler A problem with most CAD software companies is they are not abundant thinkers. They operate in a paradigm of scarcity. The market is a zero-sum game. There are ‘winners and losers’, and so content creators and other … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Models, 3D Printing, 3D Tech, BIM, Digital Fabrication, History, Maker Movement, Physible, Reviews, SketchUp, Theory & Concepts, Uncategorized
Tagged Apple Maps fiasco, CAD content, CAD Marketing, copyright on 3D objects, DEP for 3D, Digital Rights Management, DRM for 3D, Google Maps, Intellecutal Ventures, Nathan Myhrvold, Patents for 3D Printing, quality 3D content, software industry, the content problem
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ESRI just got a whole lot more… 3D
Esri announced this week the availability of CityEngine Web Viewer in ArcGIS Online this week, allowing anyone with a WebGL-enabled browser to navigate and explore uploaded 3D cities and environments created in CityEngine 2012. It is, in a word, awesome. … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Models, 3D Tech, Architecture, BIM, GeoDesign, Reality Hacking, Reviews
Tagged 3D GIS, 3D Maps, 3D Models, City of Philadelphia, CityEngine, ESRI, Geodesign Tools, Sam Pfeifle, Spar Point Group., Urban Design tools
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BIM Bots – Virtual 3D Robots
by Fred Abler In the early oughts’ (2000) while working in a CAD research lab at CAL POLY, SLO, I became intensely interested in 3D ‘object-agents’. Today CAD/BIM users might call them “smart objects”, but there’s really a lot more … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Models, 3D Tech, Architecture, BIM, History, Reality Hacking, Revit, SketchUp, Smart Objects, Theory & Concepts, Virtual Design and Construction, Virtual Reality
Tagged 3D Scanning, BIM bots, Building Information Modeling, CAS Royal Institute of Technology, Curiosity Rover, Flesh and Machines, iRobot, Kinect, Kinect@Home, Microsoft Xbox 360, MIT AI Lab, model-based vision, Nouvell AI, Object avoidance, Rething Robotics, Robotics Research, Rodney Brooks, Subsumption Architecture
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Pipe Dreams – BIM is (still) the broadband killer-app
By Fred Abler Nearly ten years ago I attended my first Internet2 conference. I was presenting my research project the Objective Networks Collaboratory. It was a free 3D model server for sharing SketchUp components funded by @Last Software and Cal … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Architecture, BIM, History, Revit, SketchUp, Theory & Concepts, Uncategorized, Virtual Design and Construction
Tagged 3D Model Server, @Last Software, AEC, Andrew Odlyzko, Autodesk, Autodesk acquires Vela Systems, BIM, BIM Marketing, blueprint markup, Box, Box Blog, Box.net, broadband, broadband killer app, CAD Research Center, Cal Poly, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chris Yeh, Construction Management tablets, construction markup, enterprise Mobility, extreme portability, fred ab, Fred Abler, Grid Computing, high bandwidth environments, interconnecting networks, Internet2, Ipad App, killer app, NYC Building, Paradoxes of Broadband, PlanGrid, PlansandSpecs.com, TechCrunch, Turner construction, ultility penetration paradox, VDC, Virtual Design and Construction, Y Combinator
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BIM begins with Safety – A ‘no-killer’ App
By Fred Abler Building Information Modeling (BIM) passed a major milestone last week, and hardly anyone noticed. The historic event was that New York City accepted, for the first time, a BIM model for the required site safety plan. In … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Architecture, BIM, Building Permits and Approvals, Revit, SketchUp
Tagged Bently, BIM, Building Information Modeling, conflict identification, conflict resolution, construction finance, Construction Safety, cost avoidance, CPM, critical path, decision making, deconflict, disruptive technology, Facility Management, Graphisoft, high rise, HOCHTIEF, killer app, killer application, mission critical, New York Building, New York City, PRACTICAL BIM 2012, pragmatists, process fail, public safety, Revit, Safety, Site Safety Plan, Sketchup, software marketing, Technology, TRIMBLE, Trimble acquiring SketchUp, Turner construction, USC Architecture, VDC, Virtual Design and Construction
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