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BiLT ANZ 2018 Finale | BLAUGI

Wrap up report of BiLT BiLT ANZ 2018 Finale | BLAUGI Conference attendance & travel sponsored by Autodesk User Group International Part One Here Part Two Here Text from AUGI Article There is more to BIM than technology and BiLT ANZ 2018 reflected an increasing focus on the human side of BIM and related AEC professions. One prominent sign of this was a panel discussion, “Gender diversity in AEC: Challenging our industry sponsored by Central Innovation”, which featured on the Friday plenary mainstage. Moderated (with contributions) by Justine Clark (Parlour); Elizabeth Harper (GHD), Glenda Caldwell (QUT) & Todd Bartley (AECOM)... Read more →

BiLT ANZ 2018 tees off | BLAUGI

Half time, day two, report from BiLT BiLT ANZ 2018 tees off - BLAUGI blog Conference attendance & travel sponsored by Autodesk User Group International Part One Here Text from AUGI Article The BiLT ANZ 2018 opening plenary began with sponsor sessions - from Autodesk & Newforma - then Omar Awny introduced the remarkable Ashraf Habibullah whose keynote lit up the room with his personality, presentation and (literally) with his illuminated foil jacket. He's a Structural Engineer, President and CEO of Computers and Structures, Inc (products including ETABS) but didn't talk about that other than to illustrate his point. The... Read more →

Phil Read’s BiLT ANZ tips

Phil Read offers advice to Americans travelling ‘down under’ for BiLT ANZ 2018 Tips for Avoiding International Incidents During BILTanz BILTanz is only two weeks away. If you’re planning to attend from North America, it’s very important to take a moment and understand the critical differences between the A and the NZ in the BILTanz. This will help avoid accidentally creating an international incident between Australians and New Zealanders… I must admit most of it is pretty accurate apart from his bizarre notions that Aucklanders want to live in Sydney and Sydney has a better harbour? The first overlooks the... Read more →

Melbourne Revit Technology Conference BIM book hunt?

Back in 2006 I wrote a post “ What’s in a name” asking is “CAD BIM or is BIM CAD?”. A web image search for BIM turned up this rather unusual, if appropriate, image. It is the cover of a children’s book: “The Story of BIM – Written for 3 year old Charlotte”, Kathleen Mellor, published Melbourne : Georgian House, [1945] I wonder if—although long out of print—any copies are lurking in one of the, many, excellent Melbourne pre-owned book stores? http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/936317 Bib ID 936317 Author: Mellor, Kathleen, 1906-1978 Printer(Adelaide : Vardon & Sons) Description Melbourne : Georgian House, [1945]... Read more →

Revit Technology Conference Australasia 2014

Sadly I won’t be there but, having attended RTC Au/NZ last year (see posts here), know I will be missing a fabulous event. If you can get to Melbourne, my favourite Aussie city, hurry up and register! RTC Australasia 2014 www.rtcevents.com/rtc2014au/ Pullman Hotel, Melbourne Thursday 29 - Saturday 31 May Well, it’s only a few weeks out from the event now, and we wanted to share with you more about some of our speakers and sessions that will be presenting at this year’s event… David Conant was the first architect to work for Revit Technology Corporation, and was a member... Read more →

RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 5 – Scanning and BIM’ing

One feature of RTC was the increased application of 3D scanning and point cloud technology in architecture. In some ways this topic showed the breadth of RTC as all aspects of scanning were covered. In the exhibit hall the capture technology was represented by hardware suppliers and consultants offering scanning services. Sessions covered a variety of topics including: The capture process: Scanning consultants and their clients sharing the reality of reality capture. Practical advice to get the best captures and avoid pitfalls. Use of Revit tools and add-on packages to import, manipulate and process point clouds into a working BIM.... Read more →

RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 4 – Three speakers, three approaches

One of the joys of the Revit Technology Conference is the variety of content offered. Sessions include technical demonstrations, hands on labs, discussions and reviews of industry. The problem is you can’t see all the sessions. I’m going to cover a some I attended in the next few posts. Unfortunately that means omitting many brilliant sessions, some I saw, others I heard about from other attendees so hope those speakers are not offended by omission. Three sessions I attended demonstrated different approaches to getting what you want, what you need, sometimes what you don’t need, out of Revit: Exploit Revit... Read more →

RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 3 - A surprising keynote

I must admit to being underwhelmed when I first saw the Revit Technology Conference organisers had selected, self described, Clinical Psychologist, Author and Wearer of Socks Nigel Latta as the keynote speaker. I haven’t seen much of his TV work but was once rather surprised how much credence he gave the New Zealand show “Sensing Murder”. It was a ‘reality’ show where Psychics supposedly help with long unsolved murders (with little or no actual success). The episode is covered in detail at www.sillybeliefs.com. I thought “Sensing Murder” was a cynical and appalling exploitative abuse of families who had already suffered... Read more →

RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 2 – Welcome Back, you never really left!

As Wes pointed out in his opening address this wasn’t the first Revit Technology Conference in Auckland. It doesn’t seem like seven years since the one day travelling RTC Australasian road show came to town but it left a lasting impression. At the end of the day Wes encouraged attendees to form local user groups and Revit User Group Auckland was one result (along with Wellington and Christchurch) RUGAKL is a valuable way to meet, share knowledge and grow the Revit community. So, although RTC took seven years to return to Auckland it never really left. It is fitting that... Read more →

RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 1 – Close to home

Revit Technology Conference Australasia recently came to Auckland and I had the privilege of attending (for the mere cost of admission!). I started writing what became a lengthy review then I saw most probably wouldn’t read it anyway. Since it was a personal, somewhat random, recollection of my RTC experiences I’ve decided to make this the first in a series of short posts. So close to home… It was a bit strange to arrive at a CAD* conference without enjoying, enduring, a flight halfway around the world. Even with heavy Auckland morning traffic it was only a 40 minute commute... Read more →