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This month's recommended reads from the Column articles are:

Print Organiser 101

Print Organizer has replaced Batch Plot. Go to File Print Organizer...

11th of June 2010

You can’t learn to BIM if you won’t get wet

This month, the soapbox returns to its roots with a good old rant. The whole direction of BIM, the way companies are handling its adoption - or not as the case seems to be - is drowning any benefits that it could provide...

1st of March 2010

The importance of health pt II: Acting on the results

This 2nd part of Nigel's look at getting your business healthchecked asks whether you should get tough, and if you really want to get healthy at all...

30th of November 2009

The importance of health

This month's sopabox looks at finding a needle in the haystack of construction information, how many of us can't see the wood for the trees, and several other cliches...

4th of November 2009

BIM: Fact or Fiction? Pt 4: BIG BIM little bim (cardboard box)

The final part of Nigel's extensive look at the practical reality of Building Information Modelling: starting small...

4th of September 2009

BIM: Fact or Fiction? Pt 3: Looking forward to a PIM

Nigel's continuing soapbox series on whether Building information Modelling is possible looks at how PIM = BIM + BIM + lemonade + cucumber + BIM +...

1st of August 2009

BIM: Fact or Fiction? Pt 2: Why BIM doesn't work

Continuing the series on the reality of Building Information Modelling, Nigel points out why BIM doesn't work...

1st of July 2009

The V8i right-press menu

The right-press menu - that is the pop-up menu that appears when you hold down the right mouse (reset) button - was a welcome addition in MicroStation XM. In V8i it has been expanded and now offers further context menus...

17th of June 2009

BIM: Fact or Fiction? Pt 1: Concepts

A discussion of the idealogical model of Building Information Modelling compared to the practical reality...

28th of May 2009

Rendering Materials 101: material priorities

A question that is raised again and again is which material setting has priority? You can apply materials to an element in many different ways...

12th of May 2009

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