ARTICLES

Adopting Revit pt V: How is drawing production affected by Revit?

One of the main outputs from a BIM model is the drawings. Revit fundamentally changes the approach you take to building sheets and managing them. Part 5 of the Adopting Revit "BIM Brief" looks at what you need to think about...

4th of July 2012

Adopting Revit pt IV: Do you need to adjust your procedures?

Continuing The BIM Brief on Adopting Revit, this month Nigel looks at how your workflows and procedures might be affected...

30th of May 2012

Latest Versions of MicroStation: SS3 released

There's always an update you miss. Use EYC to keep up-to-date with the most recent versions...

20th of March 2012

AUGI Top Daug 2011 results

This makes very interesting reading... the difference in peoples perception of their own abilities is so different to the figures that are exposed by something as independent (and completely non-subjective) as KnowledgeSmart.

Only 4.5% scored about 75% in the AutoCAD 2D test - which is terrible considering the test is really straightforward.

Revit Architecture surprised me, as the results were totally skewed the other way, demonstrating that good Revit users might be hard to find, but if you can, they really know how to drive the software well.

And a special mention to 3DS, where the results were appalling! Look at the average of the top 10, and ask yourself whether the amount your company pays out on 3DS for those people who "must have it, it's the only thing they can use" is money well spent. To put it into perspective, Evolve's Mr Heselwood (when he could tear himself away from socialising) scored over 30% by guessing the answers! The people who actually tried clearly don't know the product as well as they should!

by Nigel Davies, 9th of December 2011

Adopting Revit pt III: Is Revit capable of producing your models?

This third part in a mini-series on migrating to Revit, specifically for Bentley users, looking at whether your buildings can be modelled using Revit's tools...

25th of November 2011

Adopting Revit pt II: Financial Considerations

This first part in a mini-series on migrating to Revit, specifically for Bentley users. Part I looks at the overall importance of understanding how your business might be affected (adversely or advantageously) by the switch.

Over to Nigel...

21st of October 2011

Adopting Revit pt I: Considerations when migrating from Bentley products

This first part in a mini-series on migrating to Revit, specifically for Bentley users. Part I looks at the overall importance of understanding how your business might be affected (adversely or advantageously) by the switch.

Over to Nigel...

5th of October 2011

Firm caught with pirate software

An interesting news article from BD Online. It just highlights that pirated software can be tracked. Our advice is to make sure you are legal!

by EatyourCAD, 2nd of September 2011

Using Group Policies to Configure SELECTServer

Using Windows Group Policies it is possible to configure SELECT Server to manage groups of licenses...

by Bentley Systems, 1st of September 2011

Smart Geometry 2011. Copenhagen, Denmark, 28th March – 2nd April 2011- Review

The Smart Geometry (SG) is the biggest conference about parametric design and the latest developments in computational design worldwide. Since 2001 architects, engineers and programmers meet once a year in a different part of the world to practice, discuss and exchange the latest developments in the field of computational design. This year’s conference was hosted by CITA in Copenhagen, the Danish hub for computational design...

15th of April 2011