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To BIM or not to BIM that is the question

spencer — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:34:57 +0000

Today I came across an e-mail informing me that Autodesk had released the new 2011 versions of their CAD and BIM software, AutoCAD and Revit. If you are familiar with these products feel free to skip the following two paragraphs for my opinion about BIM and CAD, if not, read on. For those of you [...]

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To BIM or not to BIM that is the question

Virtual autoCAD

spencer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:11:46 +0000

One of the most expensive purchases of any architecture and design office is drafting software. Not only does it cost anywhere from $1000 to $3000 a seat but the software changes yearly and every three versions the file formats tend to change as well. Whenever that happens firms either need to buy into the new [...]

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Virtual autoCAD

Autodesk meets Barbie Dream House Architect

spencer — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:40:51 +0000

I just read a great article on the New York Times about a new product from Autodesk (Design Your Dream House, Lamps and All – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com). It looks like Autodesk is getting into the 3-D home architect/interior design business with their new product “Project Dragonfly”. But instead of charging an arm, a [...]

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Autodesk meets Barbie Dream House Architect

Breaking the Autodesk Hegemony

spencer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:32 +0000

In the modern architect’s office there are no more drafting boards; if they exist, they serve as extensions of the desktop and become semi-permanent homes for check sets, red lines, specs and trace paper sketches. Instead, we work in CADD – Computer Aided Design and Drafting – usually short for Autodesk’s AutoCAD or Architectural Desktop/AutoCAD [...]

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Breaking the Autodesk Hegemony