Category Archives: BIMINO™

BIM BREAKTHROUGH

In previous blogs we made reference to BIM breakthrough, because we believe that is what BIM needs to get to the next level of its development journey. Archicad’s new building materials and priority-based connection (PBC) is an excellent example of what we mean by BIM breakthrough. It is a powerful tool that goes beyond simply imparting intelligence to objects and materials and call it the day. We believe that it would be a fundamental mistake to underestimate the significance of PBC as a major …

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Date June 16, 2014 Author syllablog Category 3-D, Archicad, Architect, Architecture, BIM, BIMINO™

WHO IS DRIVING BIM? (PART 2 of 2)

In Part 1 of Who Is Driving BIM?, we explained how some BIM companies cater to large AEC giants with bundled BIM programs to do mega-projects and try to convince us that the bundling is the best direction for BIM. They use the all-catchy and -encompassing expression of “Sustainable Infrastructure” to justify their bundling strategy. In Part 2 of this blog, we argue specifically why software bundling is not good for most design firms and the future of BIM, because it slows down its development …

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Date May 19, 2014 Author syllablog Category AEC, Archicad, Architecture, BIM, BIMINO™, IPD

bim driving

WHO IS DRIVING BIM? (PART 1 of 2)

The most striking transformation to the AEC landscape in the aftermath of the ’08 recession is the business consolidation that witnessed giant AEC firms swallow up their wounded and limping competitors and then spread their wings around the world, ready to offer AEC services to anyone anywhere with an infrastructure project. There has been so much acquisition and mergers in some cases that we have lost track of who cannibalized whom. To make matters more confusing, some takers preserved the names …

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Date May 4, 2014 Author syllablog Category AEC, Archicad, Architecture, BIM, BIMINO™, IPD

Bim or Bimino

BIM OR BIMINO™

We, at SYLLA International, a modern design-oriented firm in Tampa, Florida, like to write about Building Information Modeling (BIM) in non-technical terms because of our history of using BIM-related technology, which predates BIM. About 18 years ago, when we started using a 3-D approach to designing our projects, it was not because we were enamored with the impact of computer technology on architecture. We were simply yearning for design tools to make our lives and work in architecture easier. …

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Date April 25, 2014 Author syllablog Category 3-D, Archicad, Architecture, BIM, BIMINO™