What is it? Devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), Pecha Kucha Night was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. Yeah yeah, I already hear you say "been there, done that, ..." but here's what makes this initiative stand out. Every presenter (designer, architect, ...) can present 20 images (designs). Each image is shown for…
Pimp-up my PDF
Did you know you can easily share all your 3D MicroStation designs via an interactive PDF document? Just imagine, instead of sending your customer a long boring document with flat drawings of your project proposal, you can now - by the push of a button - provide them with an intelligent and interactive model of what the end result will look like. As long as your customer has Adobe Reader 7 installed, he/she can not only view your…
Everything you always wanted to know about Bentley's BIM apps... but were afraid to ask
If you're looking for practical tips 'n tricks on how to use the Bentley BIM applications (and even MicroStation), than check out this BIM PodCast page. It's setup and kept up to date by my fellow Bentley colleague, Lawrence Eaton... outside office hours of course (Lawrence, if you're reading this, you really do need to get yourself a hobby :-).
The PodCast sessions are rather technical in nature, but thanks to Lawrence…
BeLux CAD-people unite!
Are you a CAD-user located in Belgium or Luxemburg? Are you eager to learn about new trends and improve your CAD skills? Than mark 19 September in your agenda because the BE User communities from Flanders, Wallonia and Luxemburg are hosting their annual BeLux user meeting in Brussels. CAD-users from various industries will be attending, as well as Bentley's CEO Greg Bentley.
Full details about this event, as well as…
A tribute to the (Bentley) user
The following is probably one of the most usefull and interesting pieces of Bentley content I've seen since I joined the company last year: The Project Yearbook 2006. Unfortunately we kindo keep it hidden away quit well :-)
OK it's Bentley content, but that doesn't mean it's not interesting for non-Bentley users as well. In fact it's even more relevant for non-Bentley users I'd say. Just have a look and browse…