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ABD to Revit
jkknighton
Our primary client is in the process of deciding to switch Revit. This client accounts for about 90% of our workload so obviously this concerns us greatly. We definitely do not want to switch from using ABD to Revit. It's far too costly and we have been…
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
AecoSim BD - Floor manager
Ian Lapper
All Is it possible to constrain the vertical heights of a 3d model to that of the floor heights as specified by the Floor manager. Thus, if the floor heights with in Floor manager change the associated floors move to suit. Ian
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
AECOsim Building Designer - QuickConfig Standard
Marc Thomas
QuickConfig Standard deploys a simple AECOsim Building Designer SS5 network configuration for immediate use or as a template for testing and/or further customisation. In brief run the: first batch file to set up the workspace and a test project…
over 9 years ago
Peer Blogs
Looking under the bonnet...
Attempt to render glowing light strip at night time
Kelvin Siu
I am exploring night time rendering, and trying to put a 'glowing' light strip at the ground level a building to give it a 'floating' effect. I have turned off all solar + skylights + ambient + flash in light setup. Then I made a rentangular…
over 15 years ago
Visualization
Visualization Forum
Bentley Architecture vs Revit vs Archicad
pbrooks81
Hi I am a long time MicroStation user currently reviewing a number of the leading BIM platforms out there - namely Bentley Architecture, Revit, & Archicad. Now I am not a 'die-hard' Bentley fan and so my remit is to simply try and evaluate each…
over 12 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Cached DV Updates
rklaschka
Is it possible to batch update cached visible edges references?
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Configuring AECOsim Building Designer V8i - Index to posts
Marc Thomas
Note added 11 August 2018. For advice regarding CONNECT Edition, please see CONNECT Edition - Configuration : Customization Guides . Updated 11 August 2014. For convenience here is a list of my posts about configuring AECOsim Building Designer V8i…
over 9 years ago
Peer Blogs
Looking under the bonnet...
Constraints, Relationships, and Parameters
TomWaltz
My last few posts have mostly just offered my opinion. This time, I’m really hoping to get responses from you, the reader! One of the hot topics when we talk about BIM is “parametric design.” I hear people talk about constraints and relationships…
over 13 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
Tom Waltz's Bentley BIM Blog
DETAILING SYMBOL STYLES
ChrisRev
Coming to grips with the DV annotation styles, this is my current understanding of this and I am looking for feedback to know if I'm on the right track... Not sure if the defaulting to the active Dataset's dgnlib is a bug or a faulty setup...Overall…
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Dynamic Views: Organizational Methodologies
Boyd Johnson
Note: This post is more about: 1. The organization ascpects of creating a drawing set from a 3D BIM and less to do with what buttons to push to get a view. 2. Generating as much information (drawing sheets) from ONE source vs. multiple…
over 14 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
How to disable Customizations loading from DGNLIB
Leonard Jones
Applies To Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 08.09.01.20 Environment: N\A Area: Configuration Subarea: Workspaces Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group…
over 9 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Wiki
Hypermodeling - Instructions for Use
Rob Snyder
simple instructions: 1. place a callout symbol on a drawing document or in a 3D model. Name the callout, in the subsequent dialog box. 2. Drag and drop the named callout from the project explorer list onto a drawing document to express the drawing…
over 13 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
Rob Snyder's Blog
IFC
Volker Thein [Bentley]
Executive Overview IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) are a vendor-neutral data repository for building information models (BIM) including both geometry and properties of ‘intelligent' building objects and their relationships, thus facilitating the…
over 10 years ago
Building
Building Wiki
Luxology limits
Jacques Jacobs
The Luxology-rendering of large interiors with an according amount of lights is a little frustrating to me. The final rendering took 50h 50m. Even on the Modo-gallery I can´t discover similar interiors.
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over 14 years ago
Visualization
Visualization Forum
Network Databasing
Isaac Strong
Hello, I'm looking for some answers, I've been searching this site and others for hours and cant seem to find any clarification. my Dad's Custom Home company is trying to switch from Microstation v8i to Architecture v8i and I'm working out the kinks for…
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Revit Family Import
JordanH
Loren Cook Fan Company provides Revit Families of all of their fans use with Revit MEP 2009. I have a couple of questions regarding this. 1. How can I open these files Microstation or a Bentley Building Product? 2. If I can't open these…
over 14 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum