Tag Archives: Building Information Modeling

BIM Bots – Virtual 3D Robots

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Formfonts 3D Models

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 →

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BIM begins with Safety – A ‘no-killer’ App

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Formfonts 3D Models

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 →

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SketchUp 3.0

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Formfonts 3D Models

by Fred Abler Yesterday was a hugely exciting day in the SketchUp community. John Bacus announced a major reboot for the SketchUp team. They are leaving GOOGLE and being acquired by Trimble Navigation (TRMB). This was a big relief for … Continue reading →

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Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 Features Announced

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Formfonts 3D Models

For Revit to 3ds Max users it looks like they’ve got “Enhanced interoperability with Autodesk Revit Architecture: Revit files are now directly supported, enabling 3ds Max artists to select a data view of choice to load from within the Revit … Continue reading →

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