BIM Blog Posts
BIM & Green Building
Everywhere I go recently I hear about green building, who's using, who isn't and who should be.We all know that being more green in everything we do is the future and buildings are no different. The problem is that green building involves getting people to think dif... Read More
BIM Content On Your Phone
If your like us and obsessed with BIM (Building Information Modeling) then you'll love this.Now available is our BIMstop (BIM Content Network) mobile site. Now where ever you go you can check the latest Revit, ArchiCAD, Sketchup content from your phone. The app allo... Read More
BIM In Japan
We are now in Japan and ready to serve the BIM (building information modeling) needs of Japanese building product manufacturers for both Revit & ArchiCAD.We've now finished translating this website, which has taken a bit longer than expected. As anyone who's run... Read More
DesignBuild Expo - Perth
We are currently in Perth at the DesignBuild 2010 Expo, along side our partners Ecospecifier Global.If your near Perth make sure to come down & say hi! It has been a great event so far, with a very interesting seminar series. Today was a great seminar series on... Read More
Building Live Tokyo 2010 - Finalist!
A quick announcement to say that our team (The Skunkworks team) is a finalist in the Building Live Tokyo 2010 collaborative BIM (building information modeling) competition.This is great news, everybody in our team put in a huge effort and it is good to see that payi... Read More
IFC & BIM Explained
There's more and more being heard about IFC lately, but what is it and what does it have to do with building information modeling (BIM)?To quote wikipedia:The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data model is a neutral and open specification that is not controlled by... Read More
Building Live Tokyo 2010 BIM
The Building Live Tokyo competition is now over and we are waiting for the results to be announced.You can read more about it & see the other entries here: http://bltokyo2010.seesaa.net/article/165770508.htmlIt's been great working with Maeda, Skunkworks & e... Read More
Building Live Tokoyo 2010
Tonight we are participating in the Building Live Tokyo 2010 competition.It is an exciting 24 hour event, where by teams work together using collaborative BIM software in servers, to construct a full building in 24 hours.We are excited to be working with the team at... Read More
Barrington Arch Home Page Redesign
Running a website, involves constantly monitoring & refining it (at least when you want your website to be effective).As a part of this process we like to refine our website, at least a couple of times a year. So last week we took a good look at our homepage, it... Read More
BIMstop has Arrived
After months of planning & coding (not to mention a few too many late nights) we are excited to announce that our new depositary for BIM content has arrived; BIMstop.comWe like to think of BIMstop as a place for all building information modelers to source &... Read More
Speed Changes Everything
Everyday we want something done faster, or as you'll sometimes hear "we need it by yesterday".This is why BIM is growing so rapidly, it speeds the construction and documentation process up, streamlining everything, so that is can be delivered fast. With the recent C... Read More
ArchiCAD Objects, Available from Cadimage World
We've recently been working on some exciting objects for ArchiCADselect customers, these will soon be available for download from our friends at Cadimageworld.comThey have all been built to work with ArchiCAD version 13 and higher. If anybody has any ideas for new o... Read More
Manufacturer's Website Quick Fix
We work with a lot of building product manufacturers, helping them integrate their products into BIM (ArchiCAD & Revit) and generally get them ready for the future.Whenever looking at their websites we often find one thing that is very annoying and often not wor... Read More
Under the Hood: Barrington Arch 5 Step Process
When developing BIM content, at Barrington Arch we use our own custom developed 5-step process. This helps to make sure that the content is not only built to the highest of industry standards, but also meets the needs of your company's target market. The process goe... Read More
BIM Content vs Magazine Advert
An advert in a magazine, goes out to your target market once. Is seen very briefly one time (normally a few seconds), then it gets put away forever. It is also an interruption.A manufacturers BIM (building information modeling) content goes out to its exact target m... Read More
Objectstop.com Revamp
Some of you noticed that our Objectstop marketplace for BIM (Building Information Modeling) content is now redirecting to BIMstop.comAll we can say for now is good spotting! & stay tuned for more updates....
Barrington Arch
We are proud to now be a member of the Nextspace 3D cluster. As we do a lot of work in the 3D technology sector such as 3D parametric models for ArchiCAD & Revit, which integrate into Architects BIM workflows.The Nextspace 3D Cluster is a great way for us to net... Read More
Good-Bye Mouse
A couple of days ago Apple released their Magic Trackpad, and it's safe to say we are pretty excited.The mouse has been around for well over 15 years now and really hasn't changed much, but we see these multi-touch trackpads as a huge stepping stone. It will be inte... Read More
High Speed Doors BIM Content
Recently we've been hard at work building some BIM content for High Speed Doors in New Zealand.This content has been built in both Revit & ArchiCAD formats and we expect it to yield great results for them. Below is a screen cast of the ArchiCAD High Speed Doors... Read More
BIM Content Shouldn't Be An Add-on Service
More & more we are seeing companies that run "building product directories" adding BIM (building information modeling) content as an add-on service for their already advertising clients, this in a lot of ways makes sense, as it helps to promote BIM & helps m... Read More
BIM models add value to your technical data.
A BIM is often thought of as simply creating 3D smart models of your products... This is partly due to the companies pushing it, but a thought process we'd like to change.At Barrignton Arch BIM content is more than just 3D models, they also become a technical soluti... Read More
What BIM Means For Doors
At the moment we are working with two doors manufacturers to bring their products to BIM (building information modeling), for both the ArchiCAD and Revit formats.Maybe your company manufacturers doors & you're looking for a new way to market them to architects &... Read More
What Will The iPad Mean For BIM?
The iPad. Apple are pinning it as a revolution, the anti-apples are calling it a giant iPod and everything in between.What do we think and how will it change building and architecture? (let's face it that's pretty important, at least in our world).First I'd like to... Read More
Barrington Arch @ CDC High tech Launch Night
Although it doesn't compare to todays announcements at Apple's WWDC conference, we will be doing a short key-note presentation at this years Canterbury Development Corp (CDC) Hi-tech launch evening.We've recently been working in close with CDC and New Zealand Trade... Read More
Thanks to our partners
Just wanting to take a minute to thank our great partners!We try to work in with other great companies & people, so if they are in your area feel free to support them as well! Graphisoft New Zeland Graphisoft New Zealand is the exclusive distributor of ArchiCAD... Read More
BIM & Concrete Products
Concrete products are huge part of all buildings now days. Not so surprisingly they can also benefit hugely from being integrated into BIM!If your company manufacturers any of the following products you should start thinking about getting them into a BIM format such... Read More
BIM & Beam Manufacturers
At the moment we are building some BIM content for ProWood NZ who manufacturer engineered timber beams. BIM provides a huge oppotunity for beam or "structure" manufacturers to get their products into a project early and become more apart of the design team.When putt... Read More
BIM & Window Manufacturers
How does BIM affect window & door manufacturers??We've been working with a couple of window & door manufacturers recently, they've noticed the move to BIM (building information modeling) software & have wondered how the growing use of Revit & ArchiCA... Read More
Barrington Arch BIM eBook
We've made a few updates to our Guide to BIM (Building Information Modeling) eBook. Whether you're a consultant or a product engineer feel free to download your copy. It will help you to better understand where you & your company fits into the "BIM" process/cycl... Read More
The time difference from someone specifying, to actually buying.
There's always been a huge difference in the time from when someone specify's a manufacturers product, until the product is actually bought (and/or built). This can be anywhere from months to years.As everything now days is speeding up, construction times, manufactu... Read More
What I'd like in a BIM server
There's a few different BIM "server" options showing up and to be honest we'd like a cross between all of them.Graphisoft's BIM server for ArchiCAD has brought some fantastic features to the table, as does BIMserver.org (open source). Rather than dwell on what we do... Read More
Questions about BIM? (Building Information Modeling)
We've got a new website on the way, which is very exciting!We get a lot of requests for information about "BIM" (Building Information Modeling) and our new website is going to have a lot of great content which we hope will answer a lot of questions for people.In the... Read More
Great Buildings Designed With BIM (Building Information Modeling) Technology
We always keep an eye out for great buildings being designed and constructed using BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology. On a recent trip to Melbourne, Australia (to work with a client) we stopped to have a look at the new Melbourne Convention Centre.This... Read More
Autodesk Revit Door Families
Here are a couple of images of some recent door families we have been building for a client, for use with Autodesk Revit. Door families (and door & window BIM content in general) are quite difficult to build as they often have a lot of parameters & setting b... Read More
New Zealand interest in Revit & ArchiCAD - still about even.
There's a lot of content being released by manufacturers in New Zealand at the moment, which is great to see.However we think that most of these manufacturers have missed a huge opportunity, what about all of those ArchiCAD users?ArchiCAD users make up around 50% of... Read More
Revit Families For Blue Giant
We are currently working on on some BIM content for Blue Giant USA.Below is a quick screencast of one of the finished Revit Families for Blue Giant.Need BIM content or Revit families built? Click here to learn more about our BIM development services >
BIM in 2010
We are all back and feeling refreshed!2010 is an exciting year for our company (and the rest of the world). As it's January loads of manufacturers are sitting down and figuring out their plan of attack for the year. It's great to see more of them embracing the move... Read More
Covering all of the BIM bases.
We are finding more & more manufacturers are coming to us for Revit families of their products. It is great to see them embracing BIM (building information modeling) & we are happy to help create the families for them. As well as help distribute the finished... Read More
What's new @ Barrington Arch
As usual we've been busy! We've been working a range of different projects in different areas, which is great. From developing BIM content (for Revit & ArchiCAD) to launching some web apps for the iPhone - more on this next week.We are currently helping to devel... Read More
Introducing Chris - Getting on The BIM Boat
Editors note: Chris is a Architectural designer at the UK based Architectural practice of Ellis Belk Associates ltd. and has over seen the BIM process of many large projects over his years as a professional in the AEC industry. He takes personal interest in the dire... Read More