Hi everyone
Here is a copy of my handout which I prepared for RTC 2009. It has information about Revit Families, Revit Family API’s and Generative Components.
I will also be posting some of the entries seperately on this blog in case download or uploading becomes an issue for either you ro me ;-o (Smile) I hope you get a lot of value from what I have prepared and am willing to share with you. (Because @#$%^& that was a LOT of hard work!) Enjoy!
Regards
Michelle
Hi everyone
I’m working on a few exciting projects and time is flying by so forgive my brief invite but I wanted to at least make the time to let you know about this event and what I’m currently working on.
Many of you will already know about the Revit Technology Conference that is being held in Melbourne this year (2009) but for those of you who want to find out more please look up the following link:
http://revitconference.com/rtc2009/rtc2009_events.htm
To register for the RTC 2009: https://www.amlink.com.au/secure/ei/getdemo.ei?id=2168&s=_0RW11D6P2
I will be speaking at the event myself again this year and am looking forward to sharing more of my experience. I will post my talk handout on this blog after the event for anyone who can’t make it.
18th of June, Thursday, Stream 4 (1.4.3) – Industry Panel Bitter or Better
I have been invited to be a part of an industry panel. We will be talking about the lessons we have learnt through our various implementation journeys with Matt Rumbelow. I think this will be an invaluable talk for anyone who is beginning on their own implementation journey or for management who are finding the implementation process more difficult than they had originally anticipated. There will be a wealth of experience on the panel.
19th of June, Friday, Stream 2, (2.2.1) – Advanced Revit Families and Generative Components
I hope to provide some information on External tools, what that all means and what it makes available for Management and drafters. I’ve had to do a lot of research to get some of the information and am still in the process of finding out more… I’ll also be taking a closer look at how components can help you create a standardised and automated Revit office system.
Hope to see you there 
Michelle
I recently spoke to Richard Wang and Jack Lee from Tonkin Corporation in Sydney. They told me that there is a Building Information Conference called BIM ASIA 2009 being held in Singapore in late February and they are looking to encourage Australian companies to attend.
I found it interesting to hear that this event has been designed to focus on understanding and grappling with the strategy of implementing BIM (As a business case) rather than being another technical, software-specific focussed event. I am told that the classes will be presented in English so it may be an event that you may wish to attend? (I’m told it is also sponsored by Autodesk, Consoft and Tekla.)
I have offered to add this information to my blog as an extended invitation from Richard and TONKIN CORPORATION to join their event. I don’t think I will be able to attend but I look forward to hearing from Richard and any other attendants how it went. Please see PDF attached for the details of the event.
PLEASE NOTE: Jack lee has offered a unique offer to any Australian attendees that have not yet registered and that pay in full by 6th of February 2009. The conference price has been reduced to au$1500.00 per person, if you use the promotional code at the top of the registration form on the pdf below. (That is virtually HALF PRICE!)
Also you can pay the registration fee at any Commonwealth Bank in Australia and you don’t need to transfer money to Singapore to register.
CLICK PDF link to open download window and once more (in new window) to open: building-information-modelling-asia-2009
If you have any questions about the conference please contact
Jack Lee (General Manager)
TONKIN CORPORATION
jack.lee@tonkincorporation.com
http://www.tonkincorporation.com/
TO ALL WHO DO ATTEND ~ TRAVEL SAFELY & WE LOOK FORWARD TO READING ABOUT YOUR INSIGHTS AND IDEAS
Hi everyone.
I have removed the BIM contact list spread sheet since we now have a much better alternative ;-D
This spreadsheet was really was just an interim solution. May I suggest that you register on Cadway’s website now that we can add and edit their company data ourselves? Wayne Lamb and Chris Price from Cadway Projects, in Brisbane have done a GREAT job in setting up a web interface for us to use.
http://www.cadway.com.au/building-information-modeling-register-cadway.php
I still have links listed to companies that are exploring BIM capable solutions on this blog. Hope that helps With Thanks
Michelle
CLICK HERE TO VIEW SLIDES: bentleyslides
Recently I went to a Bentley event to find out more about Bentley Architecture. Fergus Dunn provided some great slides which I think summarize the process and opportunities of BIM quite well. Thanks to Bentley and Fergus for sharing these slides with me and giving me permission to add these slides to my blog. I walked away from the event being impressed with some of the unique features that belong to Bentley Architecture such as spaces and the amazing ability to create mesh forms by using points in 3d. Of course I remain a fan of Revit but I believe there’s the right tool for the right task and I think that it’s important to remain open to all BIM capable software’s that are out there in the industry.
To find out more about Bentley Architecture go to: www.bentley.com.au
Please go to BIM SERVICES LIST – OZ tab (ABOVE) on this blog to reply and add your company’s details if you wish to be added to the list of companies that are using recognised BIM-capable software. This includes services from all building industry disciplines (Architecture/ Interiors/ Landscaping/ Civil/ MEP/ Systems/ Structure etc…. The greater the variety of services that can be listed the more useful the list will become to everyone so please pass this link on and ask other companies which you have done collaboration work within the past to list their experience and software options accurately and honestly. If I get more demand for Inetrnational listings I will create seperate TAB.
What’s in it for you?
I’m sure most of you have had similar frustrations to me in finding consultants that are moving across to BIM in the past. If we all dive in and add our details hopefully we can begin to collaborate more easily, across Australia, in the future. I look forward to working on various projects with many of you in the future.
Thank you in advance for your contribution. Note this list is not a recommendation of any company in particular and I take no responsibility on behalf of any services provided by anyone listed on this blog. Please take the time to list comments to each outlined field so that the data may be as accurate and useful to others as possible.
Thank you for your comment Jack to my conversation” DISCLAIMER – I DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER. DO YOU?”. You have raised a few interesting points. One of which has let me to post this response separately… as a bit of a detour, if I may….
Your comments about what we were doing in the past (already) had me hop on the web, out of curiosity, to see how far back I could go in seeing what has changed…. (My brief search did not find much and I might try and find lil gems along the way- for interest sake.) I did however find something I did not expect and had not even anticipated. I am not going to even dare comments on virtual games but I did find this in my search and thought I’d post it as a separate topic for those of you who may want to peep outside the box a little…
Have a look at this… it’s called Construction and management simulation games (or CMSs). I guess these games could be seen another expression of BIM, after all here, in this virtual world, players are building cities and maintaining empires …. but it was this quote that intrigued me:
“….But pure CMS games differ from strategy games in that “the player’s goal is not to defeat an enemy, but to build something within the context of an ongoing process.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_and_management_simulation_games
(I’ll leave it at that) If you have any other interesting historical insights into the way we did Building information Management or even modelling in the past please feel free to send me your comments and I can stitch it on to this separate post.
I am not going to pretend that I know everything about this BUZZ word “BIM” because I don’t think it is that easy to grasp – The ramifications from a business and industry perspective is huge and so multi-faceted. The current enquiry for me is to move beyond any single software/supplier solution. BIM is so much more than a 3d model stuffed with heaps of “possibly useful” data and some sexy schedules. In this blog I will engage in a dialogue of “What is BIM really and how (as an Industry) do we actually pull this off? “ in the hope that this debate may lead to the expansion of my (and perhaps your) understanding of BIM beyond some of the surface solutions that are being promoted out there that seem to have little substance when I dig a bit deeper and challenge a typical software salesman’s solution.
Frankly – I’m bored of the conversation that everything should be stored in a 3d model and that schedule exports of quantity take-off’s equates to using “BIM”.
I guess technically it is – perhaps defined as “small BIM”. All I can seem to comprehend from my understanding and research is that the true concept of BIM in the context of industry change is far reaching. I have read journals and definitions of BIM that truly challenge the efficiency of our industry and exposes the depth of data mismanagement and the enormous challenge that lies ahead to address some of the issues. This inefficiency results in project costs blowing out, wastage of resources, materials and the duplication of knowledge multiple times within the life cycle of a project. (Some statistics claim 7-9 times in a project is the same data recaptured by various Departments and specialists) There must be a better way – and in my opinion it means thinking beyond a single platform solution.
I am beginning to grapple with the enormous challenge that comprehensive BIM is asking of the Design and Construction Industry and I am curious to see whether egos will be put aside and territories will be merged within our industry in order to accomplish this enormous task. Of course – there is hope. I remain committed to see a solution that provides a sustainable, duplicatable and comprehensive solution that does not result in information overload across Departments and just another version of chaotic Information management.
Does anyone have some insight or comments on how we could go about this?
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Welcome to my blog page and I encourage you to use this and other forums to begin to challenge our understanding of BIM (Building Information Modelling) to move beyond 3d modelling, automated drawings and some sexy schedules or dare I mention the promise of the golden egg… “ODBC”(Ahem…. I’m not convinced – yet)
To those of you who have just started the BIM journey I congratulate you in your steps to do so. It is an exciting time. I would also like to invite you to consider these snippets of dialogue in this blog as a way to consider what lies beyond “small BIM” and what it would take to create an explosion of consciousness in regards to Business solutions, Industry ego’s and territories and how BIM fits into that equation? (Across the lifecycle of a project from Design to Facility Management and beyond)
I don’t know about you…. but I feel like a change….
I have been in the world of Revit for 6 years now and I am a big fan of the software and still use it at work and in business but I really feel it’s time for me to expand way beyond just Revit. I’ve been swimming in the world of automated drawings, virtual building masses, live schedules and data base formulations for many years now. But I feel I’ve only scratched the surface of what is possible… and only had a glimpse of how Systems could change our world and how we function as a whole within the industry, how we communicate and interact and move forward into a more cohesive, streamlined and efficient response to designing, simulating, analysing, building and managing our built environment.
In my previous posts I have tried to collate some sort of archive of some of the knowledge and experience that I have gained in the Revit arena through Family creation and content and System development that is floating in this head of mine. I have taken the time to list many of my thoughts on Family creation on this blog in the hope that some people may find my notes useful.
From time to time I will still add a trinket here and there of Revit specific insights but I have set this blog up with a different agenda in mind…. and that is to invite some colleagues, strangers and friends to work with me to elaborate on where BIM ( in the context of an Industry solution) may evolve.
This research project is about looking beyond a firm based solution and I am engaged and intrigued by the enormous challenge that lies for the industry as a whole and how we intend to deal with the information overload and congestion that is already rife in our industry.
So feel free to join me on this debate if you wish as I grab a warm coffee, or smooth glass of wine and recline for a while and wonder what the future brings and how I, how we, can be a part of the solution….
