ArchiMag the International ArchiCAD Users magazine - Issue 1-2010

This is the first issue, #1 1/2010

ArchiMAG is an international version of ArchiMAD magazine with a global distribution. The readership consists of architects, educational institutes, students, municipalities and co-operators from all over the globe. Its primary purpose is to provide knowledge and support to ArchiCAD users. It carries notable news from the CAD – especially ArchiCAD – front. Furthermore, new hardware and softwares are introduced.

ARTICLES

9 Next Evolution of BIM: Open Collaborative Design Across the Board
One may argue about the degree of productivity increase brought about by BIM, but it is beyond dispute that the previously unseen wealth of information provided by virtual building models has put designers in a completely different position with their design decisions, ultimately resulting in far better designed buildings.

30 The Bim Is In Practice – No More Just A Theory! The international buildingSMART Summit in Denmark, from 6 - 10 September 2010. Speakers from around the world presented the latest implementations of BIM in actual construction projects. GDL

17 Prisms and Rounded Corners in GDL Extruded polygons, or prisms, are among the most versatile 3D elements in GDL. This is a discussion of status codes for some types of prism.

29 To Save or Save As? How to avoid missing objects? This article provides a few answers to questions relating to editing existing objects and object identification, i.e. GUID. Software

3 ArchiCAD 14 ArchiCAD 14 continues to lead the way among building information modelling tools. Special emphasis has been placed on compatibility and efficient data transfer between different softwares.

6 Cadimage – the Mathematics of Beauty The aesthetic of any building is only the tip of the iceberg. The main body of the ice below the water is the mathe- matics that define the structure. For a small technology start-up in New Zealand, the craft and care in the documentation of a design has its own special beauty.

22 Ecodesigner EcoDesigner is an add-on to ArchiCAD that enables the leveraging of data from a building information model for a topic of current interest: evaluation of the energy consumption and energy conservation of a building.

26 An Electronic Sketch Pad in Your Pocket Having an iPhone or an iTouch is much like having a pocket-sized mini-minilaptop, with lots of potential to exploit. Support

32 Texture workshop - create your own textures for visualisation This tutorial shows you how to make suitable texture images for ArchiCAD, Artlantis or some other program that uses textures to give a ‘real-life’ feel to the modelled surfaces. Users

12 An Interview with Michał Kazłowski and Joanna Wachowicz An interview with architects from Archi-Med Sollers, an architecture office in Warsaw, Poland, on the International Centre of Hearing and Speech project in Kajetany, Poland.

18 Novo Orlovsky

20 Restaurant In A Tree A rather special building has been created in a redwood forest in new Zealand: a restaurant high up in a tree.

25 Getting It Right the First Time! On July 14, Graphisoft organized the Industry First Webinar, where the architects who worked on Australia’s first true BIM high-rise related their experiences.

NEWS
Vote for ArchiCAD 14 and Tekla Structures 16 in Construction Computing Awards

Tekla Structures is BIM software for structural engineers. Tekla models can be used to cover the entire building process from conceptual de- sign to fabrication, erection and construction management. Last year Graphisoft and Tekla announce a global partnership to offer a best- in-class software solution for architecture and structural engineering practices. Workflow-level integration of ArchiCAD and Tekla Structures software enables true BIM collaboration between the AEC disciplines.

Both ArchiCAD and Tekla have been nominated in the CAD product of the year category of in this year’s Construction Computing Awards. All in all Tekla has been nominated in the 6 categories. Voting is now underway and finishes on November 15th, with the awards being held on November 25th at the Tower Hotel London. You can vote your now in: www.constructioncomputingawards.co.uk

Solibri Provides Tools for Korea Power Exchange (KPX) Design Competition

Korea Power Exchange is a non-profit organization, which campaigns for ensuring the re- liability of power supply in all regions of South Korea. Sport- ing BIM and high standard construction KPX launched design competition for their Head Offices. Together with competition launch KPX introduced first ever BIM guidelines in South Korea to ensure BIM technology will be used from the very beginning of the project.
KPX has requested technical support and business cooperation for the design competition from Solibri, Inc., which is the globally leading provider of BIM quality assurance software. Solibri has agreed to sup- port the KPX design competition by providing the participants with free Solibri Model Checker licenses for quality evaluation of BIM mod- els, educational program on BIM quality assurance for the participat- ing companies and cooperation for BIM quality evaluation work during the competition. To learn more about Solibri Inc. go to: http://solibri.com/

Autodesk Releases Mac-compatible Version of AutoCAD

AutoCAD is usually associated as Pro-Windows software as there hasn’t been a Mac-compatible version of AutoCAD for ages. The lat- est AutoCAD that worked in Macintosh was AutoCAD 13, released in 1994. Time has passed since and now Autodesk is releasing a new AutoCAD that is compatible with Mac. Autodesk also announced the AutoCAD WS mobile application, a new free app soon to be available through Apple’s App Store that will extend AutoCAD to Apple’s iOS. The AutoCAD WS mobile application will enable AutoCAD users to edit and share AutoCAD files on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The developer of ArchiCAD, Graphisoft Ltd., believes that release of Mac AutoCAD creates positive competition on software market. Also, this piece of news confirms that Macs are gain- ing more recognition in construction industry.