• BIM Workflow - Infrastructure

    Hi All, I am looking for the best practice/workflow for achieving a BIM reach model. The ultimate goal is that every 3D element should have instance data attached. I will be using custom definitions and I can create catalogue types and items as per…
  • OpenBuildings Designer Live Session #4 - Freedom For Design Anything - Registration now available

    Save the date - on September 29th my dear colleague Meenakshi Sharma will host the next #OpenBuildings Designer Live Session #4 - Freedom For #Design Anything. Let her and Katarzyna Włosowicz get you on a fast track to unleash the potential of #BIM in…
  • PB with extraction DEM

    Hi i have a pb when i extract. i'am going to migrate from V8 2004 + TRIFORMA to 8I + Arhitecture. My pb is that the DEM don't calculate me some cells and i don't know why. I attach a file with some cells and a drawing def. This cells are calculated…
  • BIM for Glazing Industries

    Now-a-days Glazing and Curtainwall industries are also utilizing BIM technology to survive in the competition. They are also making models for Glass and curtain walls for future reference. For more information please visit the following article which…
  • Re: Class on building a Part - wall - wall assembly and DGWALL

    Eric, There is a class that covers creation of Single/Compound walls and the parts that make them up. Take a look at the AECOsim Building Designer - Advanced User Customization class on the Learn Server. This is an on demand class with a video walking…
  • AECOsim Building Designer - Scheduled Training

    The AECOsim Building Designer LEARN services team, Dan Tanner, Paul Wagner and Mary Chib, would like to announce the September schedule for online distance learning classes. The online distance learning classes are offered in convenient modules to…
  • ECQuery Files creation help

    Hi, I'd like some help to make the ECQuery Files for my i-models created with AECOSim. Regards, Adolfo
  • Bentley Architecture Dataset Overview

    A slightly revised Bentley Architecture Dataset Overview , dated July 23, 2009, is now available from the Resources. See the Blog or go straight to the download page . Kind regards, Volker Thein
  • Bentleys Content Options

    Anyone, We have a client requesting Bentley BIM, eventually AECOSim and I’m trying to get a handle on the different Bentleys content options. what works with the dataset catalogs and what doesn’t, what is parametric and what isn’t. From what I can…
  • BIM Extractions

    I have been having a problem with calculating my extractions. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. The problem I'm having is that when I calculate my extraction, all the levels turn off, even though they were on before I calculated the extraction…
  • Re: Revit Family Import

    Thanks for such informative discussion. As per Nasscom we are one among the top 50 IT innovators and extensively use the latest BIM software, AutoDesk, Revit, Navisworks, Microstation, CAD-Duct and CADPIPE. Can you provide some information on Revit 2010…