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Comment on Alibre Parametric CAD offer by John Minto

John Minto — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:28:54 +0000

The price for Alibre Design Standard is now £89.00 plus VAT in the UK. You can read the press release at http://www.mintronics.co.uk/alibre/special-offers.
The new price is not an offer, this is the price ongoing. The software is genuine Alibre Design Standard, opening the door for anyone and everyone who wants their own 3D CAD

Comment on An incongruous BIM obsession by Rob D

Rob D — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:19:23 +0000

Thanks for your comments Paul. If you get in touch I’d really like to take a look at that course. SketchUp Pro is immerging as a contender for a lean BIM solution, especially for small projects (say < £5m) which are the majority of building projects in the UK.

Comment on An incongruous BIM obsession by Paul Lee

Paul Lee — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:22:26 +0000

It’s great to hear these comments. I am of the same opinion and just published a comparison between Sketchup and Revit. I am writing this on my phone so don’t have the link but hope to get back later with it. I have bee carrying out full architectural projects with SketchUp since 2006 and have written a course to show how to use SU Pro to produce outstanding construction documents.

Comment on An incongruous BIM obsession by Rob D

Rob D — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:58:36 +0000

Hi Nenad and thanks for your illuminating comment. Where SketchUp differs, and will triumph, compared to Catia/Rhino or others is that it can be adopted by all parties in the design process because it’s free, easy to learn, and widely adopted by architects (who tend to be the driving force on construction projects, at least in the UK). I agree also on what BIM is: If you were to create a scale model in paper and card, colour coded to a paper index system, and controlled using set rules for model changes, then you have an example of BIM!

Comment on An incongruous BIM obsession by Nenad Stjepanovic

Nenad Stjepanovic — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:43:35 +0000

I think biggest fallacy is with misunderstanding the idea of BIM technology. Any 3D application that has extendable system can be turned effectively into BIM application. At the high end Catia is one example; Rhino 3D is also an example. Each of these application use C, or C++ to extend capabilities based on the main program libraries. The libraries can even be added if necessary such as in Rhino 3D. As you can see any favorite application can become the BIM solution. There is nothing inherent technologically speaking in this acronym. It simply implies an intelligent construct. In reality this means if you move door, or window, an opening in the wall also moves. Everything is instantly updated. Likewise, if you are inserting window or door of any kind, the system knows that it also has to alter the wall itself. The main part of the BIM is in its dependency on the modular instance system built on the object libraries. The first thing is an intelligent component system as this is the term used in the Sketch Up (BIM right?) or object libraries which contain intelligent elements. Some of the characteristics of the intelligent object/components is that they can be made into a complex elements that contains many presets, parameters, and behaviors. This way you are designing on the file since the whole library of elements is based on the real products – real windows, storeframes, doors, manufactured modular systems etc. Further, these objects can be expanded to contain information about each element such as price, product index, material type etc., which, again, through specialized functions inside the extended module of the preferred 3D application this information can be reused for calculation of cost, accounting and logistics. SketchUp is BIM ready but not fully accomplished application through the native functions/tools or the third party plugin.