PAS 1192-2:2013 now available for download

PAS 1192-2 specifies requirements for achieving building information modelling (BIM) Level 2. The requirements within this PAS build on the existing code of practice for the collaborative production of architectural, engineering and construction information, defined within BS 1192:2007. Now available as a free PDF download.

by BSI, 1st of March 2013

AccuDraw shortcuts printout

If, like many others, you have trouble remembering the AccuDraw shortcuts, this download could help...

22nd of June 2012

Independence Day pt II - Disaster Movies

The traditional release of the year's blockbusters is summer, so this month the soapbox stays at home to watch a DVD...

22nd of August 2011

Rationalising Rasters

To optimise your PC’s performance and maximise the effectiveness of MicroStation, it is worthwhile taking time to rationalise the image files first. This article gives you a few pointers...

25th of August 2010

BIM Deliverables: CAD Managers Action Plan

The CAD Managers Forum began what might turn out to be a lengthy series discussing what it is people ask for in a BIM deliverable, and what it is they actually use it for. Typically, they are not the same thing...

8th of July 2010

The Recession: CAD Managers Action Plan

The CAD Managers Forum addressed how we can learn from the recession and produced a CAD Managers' Action Plan...

5th of July 2010

MicroStation V8i: Function Key Menu

A printable template guide to the default function keys in MicroStation V8i...

14th of January 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 in the Parametric World

Or should that be parametrics in the BIM world?

This presentation was given by Nigel at the CAD Manager's Forum "Introduction to Generative Components" evening 21 October 2009.

Nigel discussed the use of parametrics to provide pre- and post-rationalisation of architectural and structural form and how that fits into the wider picture of Building Information Modelling and Integrated Project Delivery (or collaborative working as it used to be called).

The presentation aimed to raise the awareness of the importance of procedural approaches and effective data management strategies to reduce the "haystack" of unnecessary, uncoordinated and unmanaged information. Sometimes we don't need to "bale and stack" our project data, we need a flamethrower to incinerate all the waste!

by Nigel Davies, 23rd of October 2009