BIMuzer


  • In the World of Software, or Really any Process, Migration, is Idealism Wrong?
    In recent weeks I’ve been told that I am idealistic and that I wear my ideals on my sleeve.  My answer was that in my job, I had to be.  But it made me start to think about how any big change happens.  Usually, it’s a small group of people who, not only have a [...]

  • Shifting to Building Information Modeling: Don’t be Afraid to Make Big Changes
    On June 12th of 2009, the United States government mandated that television stations nation-wide must broadcast exclusively in digital format. Did some people have difficulty with this transition (i.e. rural communities, the elderly, etc.)? Yes. Did the government make an effort to help with the transition (i.e. vouchers to be used towards a low-cost converter [...]

  • How Does BIM Change Your Project Processes and Where Does Revit Fit In?
    As I’ve stated before, BIM is a paradigm shift from the way we’ve worked before.  That goes for whether you’re in the architecture, engineering or construction industry.  We’re not swapping out one software application for another.  I’m not even sure there’s a “one to one” swapping of 95% of the traditional (usually CAD) project process [...]

  • You Want to Integrate BIM into your Business but You Don’t Know Where to Start
    “BIM!  BIM!  BIM!  I’ve heard about BIM, and I want to…  What is BIM?  I don’t want BIM, I want Revit.  I don’t want Revit, I want BIM.  OK, BIM, Revit, I get it now, how can I integrate into my…” I’ve heard this a lot and and what I have found, as someone who [...]

  • How to Talk about BIM/Revit without Knowing that Much about BIM/Revit
    I decided to write this post for a certain family member of mine in the construction industry who needs to be able to talk about BIM/Revit, but doesn’t really need to know all the little in’s and out’s of it. So here’s my list: Understand the differences between BIM and Revit – What is BIM? [...]

  • The Need for an Experienced BIM User on Every Revit-based Project
    Happy New Year all!  The transition to Revit from (fill in the blank) continues throughout the industry and I wanted to comment on the need for an experienced person on every Revit-based project.  I often mention to people that nowhere within the Revit help files does it mention the specifics of how to complete uniquely [...]

  • Google…it’s all about the little things…
    This is a quick post, but I had to mention it.  I was just emailing someone in my GMail account and wanted to attach a file.  In the email I wrote, “I’ve attached a file…” and I hit Send before I actually attached the file.  The following message popped up: I just thought this was [...]

  • Last Pratt Class and a Different Way of Using a Background Image and mr Physical Sky
    This past Thursday night was my last class at Pratt for a while and, ironically, the same exact last question as last year was asked: how can I use the mr Physical Sky as well as a custom background image at the same time.  At the end of the last semester, I did some research [...]

  • Archiving a File in 3DS MAX
    I definitely plan on posting about 3ds Max 2011, but I get questions a lot to look at peoples MAX files and the first thing I usually tell them is to archive the file and send it to me.  Archiving files in 3ds Max creates a zip file containing not only the MAX file, but [...]

  • AAAAAnd We’re Back….
    Hey All. Well, BIMuzer is finally up and running and I’m very happy it is because you might have noticed some new software releases (the Autodesk 2011 product line) and I’m just itching to comment on it. In the mean time, I wanted to mention that a colleague of mine, James Vandezande (http://allthingsbim.blogspot.com/) with Eddie [...]