Here are some additional survey results…

The first question below is about the average size of the project team that firms are using for BIM development.  This confirms the gneral feeling evidence that teams can and are actually smaller for BIM projects than traditional CAD.

When asked how long their firms had been using BIM, the results show that most are on track with progressing along the BIM adoption path.

Revit and NavisWorks are the overwhelming winners when firms purchase tools for BIM.

Now for the real question that I am looking for…  how much of yuour work is dont in BIM?  The numbers may be lower than you expect.

Here are a few results from the BIM Manager Survey that was conducted in April/May 2009.

The slides below compare the 2008 survey to the 2009 survey.  By comparison, you can see the increase in some of the areas we covered.

This is an opportunity for some free online training…

Here is the information they provided to me…

Venue/Location: Live and OnDemand Formats
Date: Starting June 23, 2009 through November 30, 2009
Register Now by visiting www.bentley.com/BeConnected

Bentley Systems’ Be Connected online seminar series gives architects, engineers, builders, geospatial professionals, and owner-operators a chance to learn about applying information modelling from some of the world’s leading infrastructure practitioners.

The conference series begins on June 23, is free of charge, in both live and OnDemand formats, and takes the place of this year’s Be Conference.

Be Connected offers two types of online seminars:

1) Best Practices Seminars. Presented by leading infrastructure professionals around the globe, these sessions bring a project perspective on best practices for the design, construction, and operation of specific types of infrastructure projects, including a series of seminars on each of the following: bridges, cadastre and land development, communications, electric and gas utilities, high performance buildings, mining and metals, oil and gas, rail and transit, roads, and water and wastewater.

2) Product Seminars. Presented by Bentley’s product executives and designed for both current and prospective users, these technology-focused sessions demonstrate the latest features and capabilities of Bentley’s comprehensive V8i software portfolio for sustaining infrastructure.

You may have heard about the 2010 Revit User Interface…  now you can see it.

From the Autodesk Site

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 New User Interface Tour
Learn how the improved desktop organization, larger drawing space, and quicker access to tools and commands in Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 software can help you work more efficiently.

Autodesk Gallery at One Market Awarded LEED Platinum Certification

USGBC Recognizes Autodesk San Francisco Design Gallery and Office Space; Second LEED Platinum for Commercial Interiors in California

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 — Autodesk announced that its Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco and newly renovated office space in the historic Landmark Building at One Market has received Platinum certification in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) rating system. The Autodesk offices are one of only four Platinum-certified projects in San Francisco, and second in the state of California under the commercial interiors rating.

Read the rest…

I attended the Revit User Group – Inland Empire (RUGIE) meeting.  The group has been meeting for some time and it has been hosted by WLC Architects and HMC Architects.  The meeting was at HMC Architects.

The first item of business was a demo of SmartBIM Library by Andrew Arnold of Reed Construction Data.  SmartBIM Library is a Revit content hosting program with Revit Families collected up directly from manufacturers.

RUGIE sent out a survey of the members and reported the following:

Membership rated themselves as: 38% beginners, 32% intermediate and 30% advanced
Presentation levels desired: 40% beginner, 15% intermediate, 10% advanced and 35% said mix it up.

Topic One: Workarounds (I have not tried these yet)

Adding 3D engraved model text to your project.  Add text to the wall – introduce a negative value so ti pushes into the wall.  Use the Join Geometry tool to link the text to the wall.  Then set the model text material to 100% transparency.

Switching Model lines to Detail lines and back.  Model lines show up everywhere – Detail lines only show in the View.  The workaround is that anything you paste from the clipboard takes on the attributes of the Mode you are pasting into.

1. Draw some Model Lines.
2. Cut the lines to the clipboard.
3. If you need detail lines start a new Filled Region. (or a floor – to got from detail lines to model lines)
4. Paste the clipboard into the sketch –  this converts the model lines into detail lines.
5. Select the lines again and copy them back into the clipboard.
6. Quit the region
7. Paste the lines back into the model