Generative Design and Parametric Structures

At the July New York Revit Users Group meeting, Robert Otani, PE, LEED AP and Jonatan Schumacher with Structural Engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti hsoted an interesting presentation titled 'Generative Design and Parametric Structures' that looked at the strategies and tools Thornton Tomasetti is developing to engage the Architectural, Structural and Fabrication teams at an early conceptual design phase and allow for a holistic, collaborative design process.

By creating a collaborative dialog with the designer at the conceptual phase, the architectural, engineering & fabrication models can be developed simultaneously from the same geometric reference model, allowing a holistic design process. Robert and Jonatan elaborate on this concept with case studies of actual project work with a variety of architectural firms.
-James Vandezande
All Things Revit

The Generative Design and Parametric Structures presentation starts at about 7 minutes into the recording

Generative Design and Parametric Structures with Thornton Tomasetti from James Vandezande on Vimeo.

Collaboration with Navisworks and Smart board Technology

Check out this video for a glimpse at how Turner Construction is using Navisworks and Smart board technology to help their teams collaborate on real world construction projects.

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Misc. BIM images

Rendered with transparencies in Navisworks.  Items selected using search sets.

Transparencies applied to show coloured 3D occupancy stacking.  Items selected using search sets.

Image one and two above combined in Photoshop.

Defining BIM

Phil Bernstein, Vice President of Industry Strategy and Relations at Autodesk, discusses BIM and what it means to the AEC industry today.

Group2 BIM Blog - It's Alive!

The Group2 BIM Blog is alive but needs feeding!  What we're looking for are best practices, tips, tricks, useful links and general experiences with building information modeling.  Doesn't matter whether it is Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, Revit MEP, e-Specs, Project Neon, Project Vasari, Solibri Model Viewer, Navisworks, EcoTect, RISA, eTABS, COBie - if it is BIM let's share it!  We're also looking for header images.  If you have a building information modeling image you're exceptionally proud of let us know.  We'll swap out the blog header images to keep the site fresh and interesting.