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Why is AECOsim Building Designer crashing?
Vipul Jain
I work with Inox steel India , why is AECOsim Building Designer crashing on my PC?
over 1 year ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Upcoming Bentley Architecture V8i Workshops in the UK: Bring a Current Project for Review and Feedback
megan.wakelee
Attention UK architects: Get started on Bentley Architecture with three new workshops being held in December 2011 and January 2012 open to users with a fundamental knowledge of MicroStation 2D and 3D. These live sessions feature hands-on instruction and…
over 11 years ago
User Learning
Bentley Institute Blog
Interface and the Evolution of a User
TomWaltz
A speedskating coach of mine once told me that fitness is never static. An athlete is always getting slightly more or less fit. The same thing applies to any technical skill, like software. You are always either gaining skills or losing them. For…
over 13 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
Tom Waltz's Bentley BIM Blog
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
Looking for Bentley BIM Designers
Colleen Tonkin
I've been looking for Bentley BIM Designers in the Reading, PA area. I currently have two positions available for Electrical and Mechanical Designers. The candidates need to have at least 6 months experience using Bentley Building Electrical Systems or…
over 13 years ago
Everything Else
Everything Else Forum
FM Handover Aquarium and COBie2 Challenge
Steve Cocchi
On Dec 8, 2009, Bentley successfully participated in the ‘COBie Challenge' at ‘ecobuild' in Washington, DC. This ‘Challenge' was part of the FM Handover Aquarium project, which is organized by the buildingSMART Alliance of North America and sponsored…
over 2 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
Advanced Space Label ver. 1.4
Noel Page
Contains the files needed for the Advanced Space Label version 1.4
AdvancedSpaceLabel1_4.zip
over 13 years ago
Peer Files
Noel Page's Files
Toilet accesory and Plumbing Fixture Download
Noel Page
Contains compound cell libraries and datagroup catalogs for Vertical Grab bars, Air-Blade & High Speed Hand Dryers and a Lavatory system sink and waste receptacles.
ToiletAcc_and_PlumbingFixtures.zip
over 14 years ago
Peer Files
Noel Page's Files
Custom Space Labels in Bentley Architecture
Noel Page
Playing with vba leads to a better way to label spaces: Newly updated to version 1.6! Now supports Metric working units. See below: After helping a client with a custom datagroup annotation cell that used VBA to format the datagroup data,…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
How, When, What, Why, BIM.
Round Holes in a Square Wall: Creating Curved Perforators in Bentley Architecture
Noel Page
Did you ever feel like punching a hole in a wall? Bentley Architecture makes it easy... When you create compound cells in Bentley Architecture, you can define a perforator that will automatically create an opening in a linear form. Because…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
How, When, What, Why, BIM.
The "Superman" View - your xray vision to see through walls, beams, ducts, etc.
Noel Page
WHAT: Superman could see through walls. In Microstation we can too with the wireframe view display type, but we don't get any visual depth clues. The "Superman" view is a way to setup your models so that you can see through the other disciplines…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
How, When, What, Why, BIM.
Over the Top: Using the Bentley Architecture Roof Builder - part 1
Noel Page
What is the Bentley Architecture Roof Builder? First off, it is not a roof construction tool. It is a surface modeling tool that will help you quickly create sloped roofs, floors and ceilings. It can be quite powerful; once you know how to use it.…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
How, When, What, Why, BIM.
Luxology Material Palettes (non-dgnlib) for Building Apps
Jeff Ashley
The building applications support Luxology rendering, however the family and part systems does not yet support the changes made to the material palette management that encapsulates the material palettes in a dgnlib. Since some of the material preset and…
over 13 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Bentleys Content Options
HJM
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…
over 12 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Re: Problems running the latest Mechanical V8XM and V8i with Microsoft 7 PRO
mmates
Unknown said: Mark, do you anything similar to this? We recently overhauled and set up a new V8i workspace on the server and it is almost completely read only with the exception of a few files/folders such as the metadata folder within the BBES…
over 12 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Re: Connecting PAZ files with Bentley Architecture
Shawn Foster
Rabi: check the documentation in Bentley Architecture and look for "Establish Datagroup Systms Catalogs - Tutorial" Basically, you need to know what Catalog Type your PAZ file is (door, window, or a custom made one), and add a Catalog…
over 14 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Bentley Architecture Dataset Overview
Volker Thein [Bentley]
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
over 14 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Beta 2 - AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SELECTseries 3) Technology Preview
Jeff Ashley
I am pleased to announce that we have posted AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SELECTseries 3) Technology Preview (Beta 2) (v08.11.09.147) to SELECTservices: Downloads/My SELECT CD . This release can be found on SELECTservices by setting the Product “AECOsim…
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Bentley BIM Podcast Award
Shawn Foster
BTW, folks, didn't know if you knew this or not.... http://communities.bentley.com/Other/Old_Site_Member_Blogs/Peer_Blogs/b/shawn_fosters_blog/archive/2009/02/18/congrats-to-podcaster-for-award-bim-related-content.aspx
over 14 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
PB with extraction DEM
pjf
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…
Cellules.dgn
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
AECOsim SS3
Dennis Barker
I Finally got a chance to install this Beta, but when I go to start it the software continually asks to be activated. The Activation proces completes and says it is ready to use, but it doesn't start and always want to be activated, telling me my 30 day…
over 11 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
MCMC - Conference Attendence and Agenda help
Shawn Foster
Please check the thread in http://communities.bentley.com/programs/be_user_groups/mcmc_/f/792/t/19641.aspx#42305 Thanks, Shawn
over 14 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Adjusting Hollow Metal door heads
josh ray
I need to modify the head of a hollow metal door to be 4" without adjusting the rest of the frame. I am not sure if this needs to be done in PCS or in Bentley. When in bentley, if you double click on a door it gives you an option to adjust the frame thickness…
over 13 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Saved Views: Can't turn off 'cut' elements!!!
palscan
Hi all, I seem to be having trouble with my saved views when setting up 2d drawings in Bentley Architecture. I don't use 'sheets' or 'drawings', but rather set up a dynamic view in my reference model (with all floors, structures etc referenced in)…
over 12 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Bentley Architecture - Modify Window
Anonymous
In this quick tip we look at how to modify and adjust the windows we have just placed into our model. Download this video: ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/Building/Bentley_Architecture/video/Modify-Window.wmv Join the Bentley…
over 14 years ago
Peer Blogs
BentleyBIM's Blog
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