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Category Archives: Virtual Design and Construction
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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SketchUp Tips Hand – 3D Basecamp Registration
Registration for SketchUp’s upcoming 3D Basecamp opened earlier this week. SketchUp’s own Aidan Chopra said Basecamp half-sold-out in the first two hours of registration. There are still a few dozen spots left, but he doesn’t expect them to last through … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Models, 3D Tech, Dynamic Components, Services, SketchUp, Theory & Concepts, Virtual Design and Construction
Tagged 3D Basecamp, AEC Industry Tech, Aidan chopra, App Stores, Boulder CO, CMU, Distimo, Global Construction, Product Line practice, Ruby Job Opportunities, Ruby on Rails, Ruby Scripting, Sketchup, Trimble Sketchup
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Sunglass 3D Cloud Share – A Future So Bright?
by Fred Abler I love startups with odd names and sunglasses. That’s why Sunglass.io caught my eye. Such a unusual name for a cloud-based 3D collaboration platform (including SketchUp). I still can’t offer any real insights as to the name, … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Models, 3D Tech, Architecture, GeoDesign, SketchUp, Theory & Concepts, Tools, Uncategorized, Virtual Design and Construction
Tagged 3D Collaboration, Box, CAD Industry, CAD Marketing, Collaboration Portals 3D, Conceptual collaboration, dplan, Kaustuv DeBiswas, MIT Design Computation, Nitin Rao, Sunglass, Sunglass.io, Ted Talks Sunglass Project
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3D Printing with Concrete – The Future of Construction?
by Fred Abler The ability to ‘materialize’ 3D geometry with additive manufacturing has revolutionized rapid prototyping and design, and in some cases replaced machining of limited-run parts or specialty fittings, etc. However, it has yet to replace any significant manufacturing … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Architecture, Maker Movement, Theory & Concepts, Uncategorized, Virtual Design and Construction
Tagged 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, building components, CAM, CAM in Construction, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Concrete archtiecture, Construction methods, Contour Crafting Inc., Dr. Kohshnevis, expressive geometry, Foster and Partners, Future of Construction, geometric complexity, Loughborough University, NASA construction on other planets, USC
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IKEA adds AR to 2013 Print Catalog – Meh!
by Fred Abler As a whole, the publishing industry has been decimated by the Internet. So if you still have a global publication with a circulation of 211,000 million copies per annum, you don’t just end it. Instead, you leverage … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Augmented Reality, Interior Design, Pre-viz, Services, Theory & Concepts, Virtual Design and Construction
Tagged 2013 Furniture Catalog, 3D model, 3D Models, Andreas Dahlqvist, Augmented Reality, catalog publishing, creative officer, e-commerce, FormFonts, FormFonts 3D, Free IKEA App, Gabriel Concha, IKEA, IKEA 3D Models, McCann Creative, merchandising, Sketchup, X-ray vision
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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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FormFonts 3D Models 