WARUG NEWS

Its been a busy year for all of us here in Perth .The Western Australian Revit User group has moved to Tafe and grown stronger. But you have nothing seen yet.
2013 should see us become more active,professional and useful than ever and …
WE NEED YOU
So please feel free to complete the attached membership application forms we have an exciting line up of topics and presenters for next year commencing February 6th 2013.
2013 WARUG Membership Form pdf  Link
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End of Year drinks 2012

Join us, the Western Australian Revit User Group, at our end of year drinks!
Date: Wednesday 19 December 2012
Time: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: Moon and Sixpence
300 Murray Street, Perth
West Australian Revit User Group Website
WA-Revit-User-Group- LinkedIn     have any suggestions and topics this is the place
WA Revit User Group Twitter       
Meeting are at most of the time
Central Institute of Technology (Perth Campus)
30 Aberdeen Street, Perth
Level 3, Lecture Theatre 54

Autodesk and M-SIX have partnered! Revit and VEO

Something to get excited about

Veo will get online; and Autodesk is buying in: Wonder if Phil had to go to Canossa.

After six years of Research and Development, M-SIX's VEO™ Platform will launch January 31, 2013.

M-SIX recently closed a Series A investment round led by Autodesk®, a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. This investment has provided M-SIX with the resources needed to scale up our team and operations prior to launch.

M-SIX Announces Partnerships and VEO™ Launch Date

http://www.m-six.com/Announcements.html

http://revitworx.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/newforma-licenses-m-six-veotm-platform.html

Hilti BIM/CAD Library Objects now available in Revit Format

Maybe not what you need every day but check it out
Hilti now provides a possibility of directly inserting Hilti BIM objects into Revit software. All the objects in the Hilti BIM/CAD library are now available in Revit compatible format and this makes the import of BIM objects in to Revit software efficient and easy.

Hilti BIM 

http://hilti.cadclick.com/ 

BIM research will benefit energy and mining industries

A new international research centre aimed at improving the productivity of energy, minerals, infrastructure and construction projects was recently launched at Curtin University.

Woodside Energy supported Curtin in hosting the delegation by organising a field trip to the remote Pluto LNG plant 1,800 km north of Perth for the visiting delegation, Curtin representatives, and the general consul of China in Perth.

read more

Pace-research-will-benefit-energy-and-mining

The Fight for the BIM Cloudscape is heating up

 

Autodesk® BIM 360 services

There is not a week we don't her from Autodesk's BIM 360 services

 

Autodesk views its new cloud based service, BIM 360, as heralding the next generation of Building Information Modelling

Autodesk Acquires Qontext Social Collaboration Platform

Autodesk Agrees to Acquire Horizontal Systems

Autodesk acquires Vela systems

BIM 360 Glue On The Go

BIM in the Cloud

Autodesk Agrees to Acquire Horizontal Systems

Autodesk views its new cloud based service, BIM 360, as heralding the next generation of Building Information Modelling

BIM 360 | Civil Collaboration Arrives in the Cloud

 

Trimble continues its quest to be a mayor player for BIM in construction.

It has acquired in recent times  Accubid Systems, PlanCal, QuickPen, SketchUp, Tekla, and Meridian Systems. But two of its more recent acquisitions, WinEst and Vico Software, are concentrated on the 5D aspect of BIM. It goes to show just how far and reaching BIM has moved into the construction operation.

 

RIB Group

And now we see a move from technology providers on an international level? For example, RIB Software, www.rib-software.com, Stuttgart, Germany, which recently acquired MC2,

With over 15,000 customers, the RIB Group is one of the leading providers of technical ERP software solutions for the construction industry.

RIB has become a market leader in Germany. The world’s largest construction companies, the public sector, architectural offices and engineering companies as well as key accounts in the process industries all around the globe use RIB’s software systems to optimise their engineering and construction processes.

RIB has its own sales and service offices in EMEA, North America and APAC

RIB acquires a leading Cloud software provider in Australia

Model-Based Engineering and Construction Processes Efficiently Implemented in Real Estate Projects

New COBie Toolkit for Revit

Autodesk now provides a COBie Toolkit

The COBie Toolkit produces COBie v2 deliverables in conjunction with a Revit model
Installs into new and existing Revit project models

• Creates Revit parameters for objects that need to track COBie data fields

•  Contains an update macro that can keep parameters in sync with a set of standard COBie fields

• Provides export capabilities to a COBie formatted text file for intake into a MS Excel COBie spreadsheet objects that need to track COBie data fields

• Contains an update macro that can keep parameters in sync with a set of standard COBie fields

• Provides export capabilities to a COBie formatted text file for intake into a MS Excel COBie spreadsheet

      http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk

More Modern Furniture Revit Families released

More Furniture manufacturer  release their Free Revit Families

KnollStudio_revit_downloads
BIMobject - German furniture manufacturer ClassiCon releases their... - Mynewsdesk
Revitworx Family Links

Unifi Beta a different kind of Revit content browser

First i thought oh no not another family browser but i gave it a try and i liked what i saw. Its different, much more like a Desktop on steroids. Why not have a look for yourself its free for now.
That what the makers have to say about it
Unifi natively integrates into Autodesk Building Design Suite including Revit® & AutoCAD® providing users a powerful tool to better manage, organize, find and rate content across an array of public sites.
Users can organize BIM content, ACAD content, applications, documents and other electronic resources within a customizable desktop environment. 
linkedin.com/Post
www.inviewlabs.com
unifi download

Specialist contractors struggling with BIM in UK

A briefing prepared by the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group (SEC), which represents a range of interests including those of plumbers, electricians and the heating industry in the UK says.

"Poor practice" by 'tier one' contractors - larger companies contracted to provide a project, which then sub-contract more specialised parts of the project to the type of contractor represented by the SEC - is also resulting in additional costs further down the supply chain, the briefing said. It accused larger contractors of not bringing specialists into the design process early enough, offering poor value 'BIM seminars' and "dumping" responsibility for information management and data coordination onto sub-contractors  http://www.building.co.uk/bim/specialists-warn-government-over-bim-costs/5043303.article
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles

Use of BIM rises dramatically

A study by McGraw-Hill Construction indicated that architects, engineers, contractors and owners are increasingly embracing Building Information Modeling (BIM) in their building projects.
This is for America.We have certainly seen a steep rise in Australia too, but i don't think it would be of the same magnitude.
Read more from | Home Channel News
Use of BIM rises dramatically | Home Channel News

Green Furniture Sweden BIM objects

Green Furniture Sweden produces sustainable furniture for public places - visual and functional Corporate Social Responsibility.Get their free Families
http://greenfurniture.bimobject.com/

BIM 360 Glue On The Go

Autodesk just released BIM 360 Glue On The Go for the iPad
glue-on-the-go.
Here are a few useful links to find out more, and importantly, where to get the app:

• View the App in the iTunes AppStore
• Learn about the Autodesk BIM 360 platform
• Mobile Access for BIM 360 Glue WikiHelp
• Haven't got an Autodesk ID yet? Create an Autodesk ID, it's free!

New Free Families BIMobject

This is a relatively new site I came across
It is from Sweden mainly European based and Multi Software
At the moment the Revit content is thin… but still check out the Furniture and Tork Dispensers
The Furniture is all modern and very usable the Tork dispenser get used quite a bit in OZ.
A word of warning thou, as usual with most manufacturers Families they are over-modeled and are in need of cleaning….Sill faster than starting from Scratch.

http://bimobject.com/ 

http://bimobject.com/Product 
 

OK Phil this is really cool "Zoom To Awesome"

Have a Beer on Phil Read who shared this awesome Plug.

http://www.architecture-tech.com/2012/09/zoom-to-awesome.html

New York City Sets BIM Standards

The New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has issued building information modeling (BIM) standards for new public building design projects valued between $15 million and $50 million. The DDC hopes requiring BIM for these projects will establish framework for future construction.
DDC_BIM_Guidelines.pdf

LOD Managment finaly gone Sensible

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and the Civil Engineer of the Air Force have released the USACE BIM Minimum Modelling Matrix (M3)
It is the most sensible Document regarding LOD Management in BIM i have seen so far.
If the Matrix from the NATSPEC National BIM Guide or the Object Element Matrix from the VA BIM Guide simply scared the hell out of you.

Have a look at this
USACEBIMMinimumModelingMatrix


They also updated the USACE BIM Requirements
https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/

And if this is not enought for you, have a read throug all the links here
http://revitworx.blogspot.com.au/p/standards-guides.html

New Revit Content from Stonepanels

Stonepanels 
Makers of Light Weight Stone cladding have added Revit content
http://stonepanels.com/cad-bim/
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/08/22/bim-technology-stone-panels-inc-offers-unparalleled-advantages

I added it to the growing list of Manufactures that supply Revit Content.

http://revitworx.blogspot.com.au/p/revit-family-links.html

IFC where it all started 1994 - 2012

What happened
Why does this great Idea of IFC remind me of Linux, Open GL, World peace....
Watch this promotional Video from 1994  its 18 years now what happened...
better what didn’t
Would IFC have truly happened with a capitalistic concept driving it.
Enjoy the video of a truly great idea from 18 years ago.

IFC - Where it all started - The End of Babel - Part 1/2