OrthoGraph Architect for the iPad has been released!
So yes this official press release is about a month old, but October was a crazy month at Shoegnome World Headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. Watch the video; OrthoGraph looks FREAKING AWESOME. I’d...
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OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module has been unleashed
A bit more exciting news about OrthoGraph, from their blog: Many of our users have asked and we listened. The beta version of OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module has just been released, a dedicated...
View ArticleOrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module SE has launched
This is great news from last week. Now you can start using OrthoGraph on the iPad with direct, NATIVE export to ArchiCAD for under about 150 euros. Note, you’ll need both OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import...
View ArticleOrthoGraph gets +1 dimension
2012 is way more interesting than 2011 Are you familiar with Orthograph? OrthoGraph Architect for iPad (which was only released Fall 2011) is getting an upgrade: the 3D preview. This will assist...
View ArticleLet’s Dream a little about Orthograph Architect
Orthograph Architect is billed as a great survey tool and, from what I can tell, it is. Furthermore, the creators of this iPad app keep adding new features like crazy; I’ve lost count of the number of...
View ArticleOrthograph 4.0
A few things have changed since the last time I mused about Orthograph. I got an iPad (well my wife and I bought an iPad mini for ourselves, though it’s mostly hers) I got a copy of Orthograph 4.0...
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Digital over Paper Documents: This is Solvable
We need to move away from printed documents. Not to save the forests and not to save on money, though those are nice benefits. We need to evolve beyond what we’ve always done because paper documents...
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Could a 21st century pencil be the better tool Architects are looking for?
There are a lot of architects, designers, and drafters out there that aren’t convinced by my ruminations on better tools. Either they refuse to be persuaded or just feel the pencil has some ineffable...
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The Structure Sensor for iPad and a game I want to play with my kids (or...
A fellow ArchiCAD user alerted me to the Kickstarter campaign for Structure Sensor. The Structure Sensor is an attachment to an iPad that gives the mobile device the ability to sense, understand, and...
View ArticleBIMx Docs Brings Fully Integrated BIM Projects to the iPhone/iPad
Jared’s note: here’s the official press release on BIMx Docs with a bunch of videos added in. I know this is a week old. It’s been a busy week. Whether you use ArchiCAD or some other BIM program,...
View ArticleLive Online Seminar: Introducing BIMx Docs with Hyper-model Capability
Jared’s note: if you don’t know about BIMx Docs, read this. WHO: GRAPHISOFT, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software vendor WHAT: GRAPHISOFT’s next live, online seminar will take place...
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BIMx Docs pricing explained perfectly, well actually not really.
Jared’s note: before you read the official press release from Graphisoft, here’s a simple graphic I created that explains everything about the new pricing scheme. Oh and then there’s a few hundred word...
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Trimble Launches SketchUp Mobile Viewer for iPad at Basecamp 2014
Jared’s Note: See what I was saying? SketchUp + Trimble is a force to be reckoned with in the BIM world. This press release fits a bit too well with my recent posts: SketchUp is BIM and BIMx Pricing...
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BIMx Docs is Dead. Long live BIMx Pro.
First a simple chart, then my thoughts, and finally the official press release. Remember this? We fixed it! Okay Graphisoft fixed it, but we spoke and they listened. At the end of this article there is...
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My house is full of wires I don’t need
When a previous owner remodeled my house in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he probably thought he was creating a futuristic, high end palace for him and his wife. Things didn’t turn out so well. I do...
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GRAPHISOFT’S BIMx and BIMx PRO Now Offer Extended Cloud Storage Access
BUDAPEST, June 22, 2015 – GRAPHISOFT®, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has introduced Cloud storage access for its award-winning BIM presentation app,...
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A brief history of living rooms and their televisions
Once upon a time there were no televisions. For thousands of years living rooms and their precursors were focused inward—inhabitants interacted with people or things within the space. There was no...
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