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Graphisoft SA welcomes Wispeco to 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference

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GRAPHISOFTScreen Shot 2013-05-04 at 12.35.38 PMGRAPHISOFT SA welcome the participation of Wispeco at the 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference, to be held at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, from 7-9 May 2013.

Wispeco representative, Lee Barlow will be attending the 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference in Johannesburg. He will be heading up development of product specifications to be available to ArchiCAD users throughout Southern Africa. Wispeco recognises the need to create a platform that can be understood by all BIM applications.

For further information about Wispeco, contact Lee Barlow.

For further information about GRAPHISOFT and the 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference, contact Dean Naidoo, Business Development Manager at GRAPHISOFT SA

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AutoSpec to attend 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference

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GRAPHISOFTScreen Shot 2013-04-24 at 11.05.57 AMGRAPHISOFT SA announce the participation of AutoSpec at the 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference, to be held at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, from 7-9 May 2013.

AutoSpec will attend the ArchiCAD conference as a technology partner, hosting a workshop session on 8 May 2013.

“The participation of AutoSpec at this year’s conference, marks the start of an intended technology partnership between our two companies.  We have the express intention to offer the clients of both companies access to the market leading SADC specific, product benefits, manufacturer and project data features, that both companies have available. With the array of legislative and regulatory changes the local building industry has seen in recent years and the fierce economic pressure under which it finds itself, building designers are increasingly pressured to access the best performing, most cost efficient and reliable product, which we believe this intended technology partnership will aid tremendously” says André Strauss, MD of GRAPHISOFT in SADC.

For further information about AutoSpec, contact André Claassen, Specifier Executive at AutoSpec.

For further information about GRAPHISOFT and the 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference, contact Dean Naidoo, Business Development Manager at GRAPHISOFT SADC

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What local product would you like to see connected to ArchiCAD in SADC

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Screen Shot 2013-04-10 at 1.41.49 PMAs today and tomorrow are local manufacturer and specifier interview days ( see related post here: http://archicadsa.org/2013/04/10/manufacturer-supplier-interviews-jhb-15-16-april-2013/ ), we thought it would be a good opportunity for you the users in SADC to express your views on which manufacturer product and specifier systems you would like to see connected to ArchiCAD.

Several opportunities exist to connect suppliers and specifiers to your ArchiCAD project, such as:

  • supplier 3D objects, for modelling & scheduling
  • supplier BIM objects, for modelling, scheduling, specification & energy calculations
  • product specifications without objects, for scheduling, specification & energy calculations

If you use specific supplier or manufacturer products or a specification system regularly, take this opportunity to highlight them to us. We will endeavour to establish contact with your supplier, manufacturer or specifier and attempt to connect their systems to ArchiCAD. You may start the conversation by commenting at the bottom of this post.

Modular Joinery Object

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Modular Joinery Object (MJO) for ArchiCAD 16, is now available to all users on Software Subscription Agreement (SSA). To download it launch ArchiCAD 16, open up the “Door/ Window Default Settings”, and search for ‘modular’ with the option “On BIM Components Portal” or “Both” selected. Then select the Modular Door/ Window object and click on the button “Download and Embed” at the bottom. Please note: You need to do this in both “Window Default Settings” and “Door Default Settings”.

Thanks to our partners at GRAPHISOFT UK, who commissioned Ralph Wessel of Encina Ltd. to create a window/door/panel/storefront/curtain wall GDL object, called Modular Joinery, for kindly making it available for Southern Africa users on SSA contract. Special thanks go to Simon Gilbert from GRAPHISOFT UK, who assisted me with this process, and of course Levente Filetóth and his team at GRAPHISOFT HQ.

MJO allows for amazing complexity and unifies both window and door options into one Object. MJO for ArchiCAD 16 also includes an update. This update has now been extended to incorporate typical uPVC and timber profiles along with improved representations enabling the objects to be used in conjunction with the default library of doors and windows in ArchiCAD. Download the “Modular Joinery update.pdf” for more details.

Modular Joinery update

Download the “Modular Joinery Manual. pdf” for help with using MJO.

Modular Joinery Manual

For a “quick guide” to using MJO please refer to the following two images:

GRAPHISOFT and BIMobject Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement

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MUNICH, January 16, 2013 – Leading BIM technology providers GRAPHISOFT® and BIMobject® announced today at BAU 2013 that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement, which aims to serve the ArchiCAD community with the broadest range of intelligent BIM components available on the web and in their native BIM environment.

“Building components are as mission critical to the design and realization of buildings as standard construction elements are,” said Akos Pfemeter, Director of Global Marketing at GRAPHISOFT. “We expect our customers to greatly benefit from the extended range of product families and manufacturer content that will be directly available to them with the addition of BIMobject.com as a content source to both ArchiCAD and BIMcomponents.com,” he added.

“BIMobject is committed to assisting architects and designers in realizing their designs with premium quality BIM objects of real, confirmed and approved products from existing manufacturers,” said Stefan Larsson, CEO of BIMobject. “We believe that ArchiCAD’s GDL technology and the end-to-end workflow that we are building from the manufacturers to architects and designers will greatly improve the quality of the BIM process throughout the entire lifecycle of BIM projects,” Larsson continued.

GRAPHISOFT and BIMobject have started to work on building direct links between their respective systems to make content from BIMobject.com directly accessible in ArchiCAD and BIMcomponents.com in the near future.  For more information, please visit GRAPHISOFT Booth #431 in Halle C at BAU 2013, and/or BIMobject booth #329.

About BIMobject

BIMobject AB’s mission is to increase measurable sales of products in the AEC field by generating visibility of accessible objects used in the BIM process. BIMobject offers software tools, web solutions and services to assist its customers in the creation, conversion, and publication of BIM objects on the web, by creating a straight path to the users of any BIM software.  BIMobject AB is a brand-neutral, innovative platform committed to providing cost-effective marketing and sales solutions to manufacturers.

About GRAPHISOFT

GRAPHISOFT® ignited the BIM revolution with ArchiCAD®, the industry first BIM software for architects. GRAPHISOFT continues to lead the industry with innovative solutions such as the revolutionary GRAPHISOFT BIM Server™, the world’s first real-time BIM collaboration environment, and the GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner™, the world’s first, fully integrated building energy modeling application. GRAPHISOFT’s innovative solutions have fundamentally changed the way architects around the world design and collaborate. GRAPHISOFT® has been part of the Nemetschek Group, since its acquisition in 2007.

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Door & Window Schedules using the Interactive Schedule

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I recently posted a blog titled Door/Window Functionality Survey (Wish-list). One of the respondents to the survey made the following comment "Neither of these items are a matter of life or death to me - but I use the window and door scheduling frequently and have many other suggestions in this regard."

I have posted a number of blogs that discussed this subject in the past.

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ArchiCAD SA News

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From GRAPHISOFT:

  • ArchiCAD 16 has been released!

The definitive OpenBIM modeller, generation 16, the new version of ArchiCAD has been released……and it’s a “morphing BIM object” triumph…well done to the chaps from BUDAPEST!

Let me quickly cover the highlights, before starting the glowing, flowery praise, eulogy…

  • Morph Tool – not just for concept level freeform stuff, but full end to end functionality, you could morph a bubble in concept, you could morph an existing door or window during design development, you could morph some 2D lines in the 3D window, to create a detailing element for construction, the morph tool includes a revolutionary interaction with the ArchiCAD GDL functionality, which allows users to morph existing library parts at any time and return these to full fledged GDL again, and again, and again, and…
  • BIMcomponents.com – it’s GDL online, one click search and upload from ArchiCAD, we are now one global ArchiCAD user family, able to share any library part we create, anytime, search functionality includes user defined keywords…don’t forget that you can use morph to further edit any library part you find online…manufacturer specific PARAMETRIC elements should be a breeze now!
  • EcoDesigner in ArchiCAD – ArchiCAD 16 now ships with EcoDesigner built-in, it’s energy analysis “OUT-THE-BOX”

A host of other functions roll-out with version 16:

  • improved 3D editing
  • expanded teamwork back-up options
  • enhanced IFC, DWG, DXF interoperability…we are OpenBIM
  • faster hotlink updates
  • library enhancements
  • more…more…more…

Glowing, flowery praise statements by the author, look more like facts though:

  • If you do not have ArchiCAD 16, you are going to have less fun, creating fantastic architecture, than the architect who has ArchiCAD 16!
  • GRAPHISOFT have again reinforced their market leading position as architectural BIM authoring tool of choice, with the release of ArchiCAD 16!
  • The new BIM Server backup functionality enhancements in ArchiCAD 16, set the GRAPHISOFT product range as the industry leading large project, complex data model leaders!

As the new version has so much too offer in it’s long list of new features and in the extensive depth and maturity of the functionality build into these new features, the best way for users and potential users to explore these, will be by face-to-face interaction with expert instructors. Join GRAPHISOFT SA as they will be hosting a full roadshow series in SADC, from 18 June 2012 to 27 July 2012, where a 3 hour new feature demonstration and a 6 hour new version migration and feature training will be offered for each region/city on the schedule. For further details and registration, visit the event schedule page here.If you simply cannot wait, download brochures or view online videos www.graphisoft.co.za . For further details on ArchiCAD 16, BIM Server, BIMx, EcoDesigner and BIMcomponents.com, visit our product detail pages at www.graphisoft.co.za

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From African Tenders:

  • Knysna Municipality Remedial works to the sea walls in the Greater Knysna area.  This involves environmentally sensitive work in the Knysna and Swartvlei estuaries, Action Deadline: 2012-05-04, Country: south africa
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