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Review: 3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook (Packt)
Disclaimer: I received an offer from Packt Publishing to review the book “3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook”, written by Richard Salinas. Packt Publishing is a print-on-demand service, from which I...
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Review: PDF to AutoCAD iOS App
Disclaimer: I was asked (politely) by somebody from Cometdocs if I would be interested in reviewing this iOS app. This is my personal review and there was no financial compensation, but the software...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 0 - Introduction)
This post reflects on work that I carried out, elaborated during my guidance of a few Master thesis students, to better integrate BIM models into Unity.This will be a multi-part post. This makes each...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 1 - ArchiCAD)
This is part 1 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.After our introductory post, we go through the basics of getting an ArchiCAD model into Unity.Getting from ArchiCAD & UnityThe...
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Two decades of Graphic Design & Drawing software
Moving from CorelDRAW to …I have been a longtime CorelDRAW user. Around 1997, I bought a license for CorelDRAW 7 when I was working as an architect. And till today, I have good memories of its decent...
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Migrating to Udemy: Free Artlantis Course available
I recently got a chance to take a few online courses on the Udemy platform. This is an online market-place for courses, which are mainly video-based. It serves both as a teacher and student platform...
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Get any Packt Video for $10 till 20th of November 2014
As part of a temporary promotion of Packt Publishing’s video tutorials, you can order any video course for the fixed price of $10. I can honestly recommend my own video course on “Building an...
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BricsCAD v15 for Architects
This week, for the first time, BricsCAD is released for the three major Operating Systems available: Windows, Linux and now also OSX. After getting rid of its IntelliCAD legacy, the Belgian company...
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Using BBEdit or Textwrangler? Here are some BIM goodies
I have been using TextWrangler as my OSX power text editor for quite some time. It is free, runs fast and efficient and is quite versatile.For many code formats, there are adequate syntax highlighter...
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Best time to get my Unity book & video for $5 each
As you may know, I have published my official Unity tutorials as a book and video with Packt Publishing. If you want to order any of them (or any other book or video from the Packt Catalog for that...
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Having fun with Unity and PlayMaker
While I normally post on architectural CAD, BIM and visualisation, this post will show you a more playful endeavour: making a small Game.Udemy Learning PlatformI've started migrating my tutorial videos...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 2 - Revit)
This is part 2 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.In the first post, we managed to get an ArchiCAD model into Unity. This time we’ll tackle Revit.Direct export from Revit to...
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Model complex 3D architectural geometry with Rhinoceros
For my introductory classes on 3D Freeform modelling, I re-recorded my Rhino video tutorials. This time, they are in English, so should appeal to more people.What can you expect to learn?This is a...
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Develop Parametric Architecture with Grasshopper
I’ve recently launched my new course on Grasshopper for Rhinoceros. Maybe you are familiar with this parametric design software. It is widely used in innovative architectural design offices and in...
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Get my book "Unity for Architectural Visualization" free (11th of May 2015 only)
Each day, Packt Publishing is releasing a free eBook from their back catalogue. These are usually slightly older books, but mostly usable and valid still. They give a good opportunity to dive into a...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 3 - Exporting a Schedule from ArchiCAD)
This is part 3 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.In the first two posts, we introduced the basic of getting an ArchiCAD and Revit model into Unity. We hinted on the option of...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 4 - Exporting a Schedule from Revit)
This is part 4 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.We discussed ArchiCAD in a previous article, but this time, we look at Revit. Getting our information into a schedule is not...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 5 - Parsing a Schedule in Unity)
This is part 5 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.In our previous posts we looked at how to get information from our BIM Model into a Schedule: a text file with data about the...
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About Classification and Properties in BIM
IntroductionWhen Manufacturers create custom objects for use in BIM software, they often want to embed as much relevant information as possible into the objects. In BIM-software such as ARCHICAD or...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 6 - Popup Info Dialog)
This is part 6 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.In this post, we’ll discuss how we can display our parsed metadata, which is now attached to our GameObjects, on-screen.Picking...
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10 things you may not know about IFC
This is a short post, to elicit discussion. It was written in the context of IFC-bashing and people insisting that only the use of proprietary data formats gives reliable results. As I’m not the...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 7 - Alternative 3D transfer)
This is part 7 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.In this post, we’ll discuss alternative approaches to the FBX import from the first two articles.This is not a coding post, but a...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 8 - Strategies to tackle IFC)
This is part 8 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.In this post, we’ll discuss IFC as a transfer format towards Unity.As with the previous post, this is not a coding post, although...
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Getting BIM data into Unity (Part 9 - using IfcConvert)
This is part 9 of a series of posts about getting BIM data into Unity.In this post, we’ll discuss the IfcConvert utility from the IfcOpenShell Open Source IFC Library to preprocess an IFC model for...
View ArticleIfcOpenShell: Minimal Console Application in Python
This is a first, very basic example of a minimal console IFC application, written in Python and using the ifcopenshell library.First steps - preparationCreate a file called minimal.py.Let's start with...
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