Orbit Design Technology Consulting

26/11/2012

http://www.architecturalevangelist.com/building-information-modeling/sustainability-and-bim.html

Daniel Lindahl identifies the five broad areas of focus for sustainable building and elaborates them in more detail: context, labour, materials, operation and longevity.

16/11/2012

"Using color, lighting, and layout, though, architects may be able to design places to provide the sensory experiences that neuroscience demonstrates produce the best brain response."

What role might design technologies play in testing and predicting these brain responses? Interesting.

http://www.psmag.com/culture/corridors-of-the-mind-49051/

ARCHITECTS HAVE BEEN talking for years about “biophilic” design, “evidence based” design, design informed by the work of psychologists. But last May, at the profession’s annual convention, John Zeisel and fellow panelists were trying to explain neuroscience to a packed ballroom.

13/11/2012

Know the BIM players.

Program: Navisworks
Company: Autodesk
Discipline: AEC

Navisworks® project review software products help architecture, engineering, and construction professionals gain control over project outcomes. Integrate, share, and review models and multiformat data with all your project stakeholders.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYRhJCU0XgA

Autodesk Navisworks software supports the integration of a wide range of file formats, design applications, and extended data, enabling whole-project analysi...

05/11/2012

Know the BIM players.

Program: Tekla Structures

Tekla Structures is Building Information Modeling (BIM) software that enables the creation and management of accurately detailed, highly constructible 3D structural models regardless of material or structural complexity. Tekla models can be used to cover the entire building process from conceptual design to fabrication and construction management.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XiQyLDQk7kQ

This film expresses how Tekla as a company shares the ambition of our customers. We work in the dream sector. Our surroundings embrace more beauty than we ca...

01/11/2012

Great article by Brian Lewis, the Senior Principal of the Caribbean Architecture firm Acla:works.
http://aclaworks.com/

He speaks on the effectiveness of BIM as a delivery tool.

Article is two years old but still very pertinent.

http://businessbarbados.com/industry-guide/construction/building-information-modeling-the-cutting-edge-project-delivery-tool/

31/10/2012

Some light-ish BIM afternoon reading.
Pdf on Green BIM in the design and construction industry.

http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/mhc_smartmarket_rep2010.pdf

30/10/2012

Familiar with geographic information systems (GIS)? You should be. It's quite similar to BIM but used on a planning scale.

What would happen they were to Mix?:
http://urbantimes.co/2012/03/architecture-planning-bim-gis/

Architects and planners work at two different scales and use two different sets of software.

26/10/2012

D1 Canopy - Dubai
Designed using ArchiCAD and C4D

http://www10.aeccafe.com/blogs/arch-showcase/2012/09/25/d1-canopy-design-in-dubai-creek-uae-by-innovarchi/

Article source: Innovarchi D1 is an 80 storey & residential tower on the shore of Dubai Creek in the UAE. It is to be one of the showpieces of a new development area called “the Culture …

24/10/2012

Some Facts...

“Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. A BIM is a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decision during its life cycle; defines as existing from earliest conception to demolition”

http://allaboutbim.blogspot.com/2012/02/some-facts-about-bim.html

17/10/2012

Need a Rendering?
Sometimes still rendered images just don't cut it, so until the end of October we're offering a special on Interactive and Virtual 3D models.

See, experience and inhabit your building project before that major financial investment.

Walk through and around your building with game style controls:

* Use it to gain investment and support.
* Reassure neighbours and the community.
* Explore design options.
* Aid contractor in pricing and construction.
* Present to stakeholders and consultants.
* Know exactly what you're getting and what it'll feel like to inhabit.

Here's an example of an Interactive Model being used on a Tablet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=821Br8SMjAE

Example of a VR Model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGrT1RIM65Y&feature=youtu.be

17/10/2012

Building Information Modeling and Sustainability go hand in hand....

http://architosh.com/2009/08/green-bim-sustainable-design-with-building-information-modeling/

Architosh continues its new Viewpoint article series with an excellent contribution by Matthew W. Brewster, founder of AEC software consulting firm BIMiDEAS. Matthew is one of the top ArchiCAD consultants in the United States and his experience in the Pacific Northwest has informed his understanding...

16/10/2012

Ok. Here it is again. Demo video definitely will work now it's coming through youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGrT1RIM65Y&feature=youtu.be

A short video showing how a VR model functions. Essentially you click, hold and drag. http://www.orbit-designtech.com/