BIM Goes Virtual

See the link for an interesting example of how BIM and Oculus Rift are being used to take architectural visualization to the next level. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11506689.htm 

Repost: Beyond Design - How to resolve coordination issues with BIM 360 Glue

From Beyond Design

How to resolve coordination issues with BIM 360 Glue

Some people working with or implementing BIM 360 Glue ask us about best practice for managing clashes with BIM 360 Glue. Ultimately the goal is not to manage clashes but to resolve the issues causing these. Have this in mind when working through the process outline below, as it focuses not on individual objects clashing but about issues. For example, a single duct in the wrong location can cause 100 or more clashes. 100 clashes, but really just a single issue. And issues are what your design teams need to focus on for resolution. So here's how you do that with BIM 360 Glue.

1. Start by running your clash analysis. Use the visual heatmap to identify problematic areas in your model (here's a quick video of how this works). Did you know you can get a quick metric using the 'Overview' link of all clashes? It also lets you drill down further using the automatic grouping of clashes based on the originating models, e.g. mechanical model vs. structural. This is crucial as you cannot handle 3008 clashes this week and the grouping is the divide & conquer tool that helps you tackle it.
   
   Now you don't see single items clashing, but rather groups, e.g. a duct clashing with 3 other objects. The number in brackets tells how many objects the one you have selected is clashing with. And this also gives you the single issue to resolve.
   
   
2. Create a markup for this issue. To keep track of issues, setup folders (Open, Pending and Closed). Move this markup to the open folder. As you move through the process ultimately all markups should end up in the Resolved folder.
   
3. Notify the relevant design team of at least the clash, so they can resolve the issue. If you have some particular instruction which you didn't add in your comments it will be useful to also notify of the markup. It is crucial to notify them of the clashes as they can then use the Clash Pinpoint feature inside their design application to locate and resolve the problem.
   
4. After the design teams upload new versions of the model verify if the issue has been resolved. If true move the markup to the Closed folder, if not move to the Pending folder. You can use the Pending folder to bring up all unresolved issue for review during the next coordination meeting.
   
   
5. Rinse and repeat.

I hope you found this useful to resolve design coordination issues more rapidly and retaining an auditable trail of actions to create accountability along the way!
-Thomas

Repost: Beyond Design - BIM 360 Glue – Easy, Accessible Reviews for the Extended Project Team

From Beyond Design

BIM 360 Glue – Easy, Accessible Reviews for the Extended Project Team

Today sees the launch of the BIM 360 Glue Reviewer role, which provides simplified web and mobile access for everyone on the project team to participate in connected project review workflows.
With the addition of the Reviewer role, BIM 360 Glue project admins can invite project stakeholders and occasional users not experienced with BIM to participate in collaborative project review workflows anytime, anywhere. And reviewers like owners or project executives with no hands-on BIM experience can easily go directly to a specific model view. The reviewer is not exposed to the coordination environment and can't get confused by multiple versions of the model.
So, how does this work? The Reviewer role provides an easy way for the project admin to provide the appropriate level of controlled access and the right information to the right person at the right time.
Once a BIM 360 Glue administrator adds Reviewers to the project, other project members can share project views and markups with any Reviewer on the team. The Reviewer receives an email notification with a "one click to BIM" link that goes directly to the specific view shared with them.    The reviewer's inbox maintains a list of all shared views and markups, so they can go back any time to review what was previously shared.

The latest BIM 360 Glue iPad app, available today on the App Store, now supports the new Reviewer role, including round-trip collaboration. Upon opening a notification via email on the iPad- or from the Apple Notification Center - the Reviewer has the "one click to BIM" experience to go directly to the message and specific view or markup. Reviewers can add markups and send notifications to other team members on the BIM 360 project team, providing a simple collaborative workflow for the extended project team.

Making BIM accessible to everyone on the team has never been easier. You can try it out today – sign up for a free 30-day trial.

Navisworks 2014 Hotfix Released

A hotfix for Navisworks 2014 has been released from Autodesk to resolve an issue with Manage and Simulate that may force Navisworks to close unexpectedly when refreshing a NWF file.

The hotfix can be downloaded here: FYI, be sure that you have Navisworks 2014 Service Pack 1 installed.

Revit OpEd: Room Separation Line Overlapping a Wall Error

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Repost: Beyond Design: Invitation to beta test Navisworks Ivanov

From Beyond Design

Invitation to our beta program for Navisworks Ivanov

We'd like to invite our Navisworks users to our Ivanov beta program. This is great chance to get early access to our next software release, understand how the new features can benefit your workflows and provide us with input, feedback and suggestions for improvement. If you are interested in participation then please sign up using the link below with a valid work email address (i.e. not Gmail, Yahoo etc.) and complete a short survey.
All feedback and software downloads will be handled through the Autodesk Feedback Community website. The Navisworks Ivanov Beta Team will closely monitor this beta community for questions and reported problems. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and is essential in helping us to make a better product.
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Sign me up now to the Navisworks Ivanov Beta program!

Revit OpEd: Change a Level Association for a Room

Revit OpEd: Change a Level Association for a Room: I read a wish at AUGI asking to be able to change the associated level of a room via the Properties Palette. My initial reaction was, "...

MEP-BIM-Guru: Equipment Maintenance Clearance

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Revit Rendering vs Autodesk Revit Cloud Rendering - iRevit Repost

Craig Barbieri over at IRevit has a very interesting blog post about the differences between cloud rendering and rendering using local hardware.

Revit OpEd: Level Matching in Schedules

Revit OpEd: Level Matching in Schedules: If you've used the Level parameter in a door or room schedule to sort and group them you may have also been surprised when you attempt t...