When you load a new project you will notice that the Master Layout will contain Autotext fields such as #Client Name and #Architect etc To fill in this information so you can use this handy Autotext fields go to File>Info>Project Info There you can fill in all the information about your project and be able
Solibri Introduces Solibri Model Checker v8, Emphasizing the Effectiveness and Ease of BIM QA/QC Solibri, Inc., the leader in Model Checking technology and innovation for design quality assurance and BIM analysis, announces the release of Solibri Model Checker v8 (SMC v8). This release emphasizes the ease and effectiveness of BIM QA/QC and model analysis by introducing
The Project – The Rock, Wellington Airport Winner, Transportation category, Inside World Festival of Interiors 2011 Finalist, Serve & Facilitate category, The Great Indoors Award 2011 Winner, Commercial Architecture Award, NZIA Wellington Architecture Awards 2011 Winner, Gold Award and Purple Pin, Spatial Design category, BEST Awards 2011 Winner, Interior Fitout Award, NZ Wood Timber Design
Sir Miles Warren is one of NZ’s most respected architects. He talked to the Australian Design Review about the recent Christchurch quake and efforts at rebuilding. SS: I read an interview where you say you’ve been lying in bed dreaming of redesigning Christchurch in your head. How far have you got? MW: Well, it was inevitable that
After 20,000 visitors have traipsed through you and you’ve been prodded and poked I think most people would want to hide in a dark container and set off to America. Having successfully travelled across the pacific and skirted the atlantic and hopefully sheltered from Hurricane Irene! The house now awaits its team who are arriving
We’ve got a great-looking new project up in our gallery from one of our clients, John Allsopp at Amonle Studio Workshop. His design, entitled Antillean Gothic, was modeled 100% in ArchiCAD 14, and used the Cadimage Extrusions, Doors + Windows, Stairs, and Cabinets tools. Rendering was done in Cinema 4D. The project recently won the
Recently Mark and I attended the Building Smart MESH Conference in Sydney: Sharing Information Building Innovation Building Smart is the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI): The key issue in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Facility Management (AEC/FM) sector is the lack of interoperability – the ability to share information, from the inception of a project,
Last week Mark and were out at UNITEC teaching our Introduction to ArchiCAD course to a group of 3rd year Bachelor of Architecture Students. The event was orgained by the Student Architecture Network of New Zealand. We had a great turn out with a full computer lab of enthusiastic students and a couple of tutors.
Since my last blog item Meridian has signed up as the major sponsor of the now Meridian First Light house. This has come just in time as construction in the warehouse has finished and the test has started with the dry run assembly / construction starting this week. The Teams Facebook page is great to keep
At the start of last week I was in Wellington running an BIM Introduction Course this gave me the opportunity to have a look at the FirstLight construction site. Whilst Monday was a quiet day due to material delays the past couple of weeks have seen a hive of activity in the shed (Check out