BIM Blog Posts
Open BIM Launched
Here's a great new initiative from buildingSMART International, members of the Nemetschek Group, Tekla and other leading software vendors.They are joining forces to launch a global program to help promote "Open BIM" collaboration workflows throughout the AEC industr... Read More
Horiso BIM content for Revit and ArchiCAD
Horiso BIM content for Autodesk Revit and Graphisoft ArchiCAD is now live on the BIMstop network.BIM content has been built for the following Horiso products: External venetian blinds (EVB) Rack arm systems Solarai controller These BIM models allow you to quickly ap... Read More
Woven Image BIM content coming soon
Woven Image (website link) BIM content is soon to be available on BIMstop.comWoven Image is an International textile and interior finishes company specialising in commercial interiors, including offices, hotels, restaurants, airports and theatres.Woven Image was est... Read More
Making BIM easier to explain
We're getting more interactive, starting with our BIM solutions for manufacturers page.Pictures tell a thousand words (so the saying goes), so our goal is to combine beautiful interactive graphics with great informative content to help explain our story and messages... Read More
BIM feedback loop
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is about speeding collaboration and effective feedback. One of the stake holders who have been mssing out on valuable feedback from projects are the manufacturers as they are often one or two steps removed from the process.Today w... Read More
BIMstop profiles
We've pushed a lot of updates to BIMstop in the last couple of weeks and we are especially excited about today's release of BIMstop profiles.Profiles are a great way to get an overview of all the BIM content which has been uploaded by a particular Manufacturer or BI... Read More
Embed BIM everywhere
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is all about collaboration and sharing information.So to follow this passion we've decided to make sharing BIM content really easy. On each BIM content page you will now see a new Embed tab (next to Tags), this gives you two excit... Read More
BIM quote of the week from Todd Lewis
"When we are designing a building, we have very specific ideas about the look we are going for. BIM software has made it possible for us to now see on our screens exactly what the end result is going to look like. When looking for products and/or materials to use in... Read More
BIM and the Panama Canal
Here's a great article I discovered on constructiondigital.com (link) on the latest redevelopment of the Panama Canal. The interview is with Nick Pansic, deputy design engineer, and Michael Newberry, design engineer, of MWH Global, one of only two U.S. firms involve... Read More
Living on the sea with BIM
Here's an interesting concept from the designers at Wally Power. It's a concept of a large new type of boat (almost island) designed to be a stable place to live on.From the wally site: A private island of unimaginable space, light and tranquility, it is the worlds... Read More
Get Woody the BIM man!
We love great models & BIM objects. Here's our latest creation; Woody the BIM man.This wooden human object is great for presentations and giving clients a sense of space. With a number of preset poses, you can quickly make your BIM models look far more alive.The... Read More
BIMstop smarter search launched
We are always looking for ways to make BIMstop smarter, more elegant & efficient. This week we've launched our new homepage redesign & our new search design.Searching for the BIM content (be it a Revit chair or ArchiCAD tank) you are after is now even easier... Read More
BIM is unstoppable
Today I was reading this article by Paul Morrell (article link), where by he has described the uptake of BIM (Building Information Modeling) as "unstoppable". I couldn't agree more. It's great to see people this high up in the UK government taking such an interest i... Read More
Apple's new campus
Here's another floor plan we were just sent of what must be one of the most anticipated new office buildings to start construction this year, Apple's new HQ.It looks like its been designed to allow easy reconfiguration within the main offices.An interesting fact I r... Read More
Happy New Year!
We trust everybody had a good break and are now getting back into the swing of things. We've got an exciting year a head of us with some great things in the works for all you BIM users!For all you building product manufacturers we've just push an update to our resou... Read More
Merry Christmas from BIMstop
Christmas day is almost upon us. So we thought we'd take a second to wish everybody Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!We've had a very busy year and have some exciting releases set for the new year, so stay tuned and thanks for your support!
BIMstop BIM badges & widgets
Do you love BIM (building information modeling) or are you a die hard Revit fan?BIM is a great shift in the architecture and construction industry. One thats well worth supporting. Here at BIMstop we've decided to make it really easy for everyone to show their suppo... Read More
Revit plugins update
We've recently posted an update to our popular Revit ribbon plugin.The Revit plugins are available as a free download from our tools page here.Our BIMstop Revit plugins are available for versions 2011 & 2012, for both 32bit & 64bit systems. They allow you to... Read More
Using BIM in secret
I was recently reading an interesting article by Robert Klaschka a Principal Director at Studio Klaschka (the full article can be viewed here).It was a good article on the Long view of BIM from the point of an architectural practice. The part I found particularly in... Read More
Start a BIM Group
An area we are very interested in is the information & communication layer around the Building Information Model (BIM).In order for BIM to be used effectively and efficiently, there is a lot of communication that has to take place. To some extent this works fine... Read More
Chrysler Building modelled in BIM
Below is a great video showing how powerful the latest BIM (building information modeling) tools are getting. Here you can see how quickly (4mins!) someone can model the form of New York's famous Chrysler Building.With free form tools becoming easier to use, I think... Read More
BIM user testimony from William Berry Architects
When building the BIM or "electronic model" of my project, I am far more likely to use a ready made library part to insert than to build my own from scratch - it takes a lot of time to build one's own library parts. If BIMstop has a suitable library part available... Read More
BIM content testimony
We've recently been running a survey to collect testimonies and insights into how architects & specifiers use BIM content (Revit families, ArchiCAD objects etc) and why they find it so valuable.The results will be reported here on this blog. With the first one h... Read More
New building on dominion st.
I just drove past this great new building that has just been finished on Dominion Street in Auckland, New Zealand.It has an all frameless glass facade, with a black tint. The glass panels are set at different angles which gives it a striking effect. The building has... Read More
Ground zero memorial opens
The National September 11 Memorial Opens this weekend in New York.The design was chosen from a pool of 5,200 submissions in what was the largest design competition in history. The winning design was by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker. It... Read More
BIMstop login error
Update: This error has now been fixed, back to business as usual!We've had a flood of emails saying there is currently an error with the BIMstop (our BIM content network) login system. No panic, one of our engineers is currently investigating what the error is and w... Read More
What scale to model to?
One issue with the growing BIM (building information modeling) adoption is around standards. Most offices are currently working to an in house standard that works best for them. This is fine for now and is normally the case with new technologies, but over time stand... Read More
Fads vs Trends
A huge part of running any company is marketing and it's a topic I study constantly; how companies are positioning themselves and how they communicate their products.I recently read an article that talked a lot about marketing fads vs trends. By focussing on trends... Read More
More images of Apple's proposed new campus.
Here's some of the latest images of Apple's new mothership, designed by Foster + Partners. I wondered if they have managed to convert Foster's over to macs yet?
World's next tallest building - The Kingdom Tower
Below is what is set to be the world's next tallest building - the Kingdom Tower.The tower is designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and when/if built is set to be the worlds tallest building about 1000+m in total. It will be located in Jeddah, Saudi Ar... Read More
Christchurch Cathedral
The beautiful Christchurch Cathedral took a bit of a hit in the recent earthquakes, however I'm sure it will be repaired to its former glory! Below is a photosynth I made a while back which was featured by Microsoft.Photosynth is a clever technology which ties photo... Read More
BIMstop Add-on for ArchiCAD out now.
A core goal of ours is to give all BIM (building information modeling) users better and faster access to the BIM content they need.Search is a key part of this, but until now you still had to go to the web each time. Shouldn't this be easier? Well today we are relea... Read More
Apple's new mothership
I was pretty excited last week when Apple announce they were building a new campus. They had bought a large amount of land from HP late last year, so it was interesting to see what they were going to be building.They've now annouce that it is going to be a new "spac... Read More
Facebook meets BIM
Our first Facebook app is now live in the Facebook app directory: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=214292845250622This allows BIMstop users to easily share and get recommendations from their friends & contacts. Making the process of sourcing build... Read More
Library layouts
Library layouts are normally an after thought and each BIM user (be it Revit, ArchiCAD or Bentley) tends to have a different opinion on it and their own custom way of keeping everything organized.This is fine up until a certain point, when lots of people are involve... Read More
Temporary glitch
We had a temporary glitch with our web servers in the USA yesterday. Luckily everything is back up and running now though. Sorry for the inconvenience to any of the users out there who were trying to access BIM content from BIMstop.com
BIMstop In The (Vectorworks) News
We're in the Vectorworks News today. You can read the full post on the planet Vectorworks blog here.It great to be able to now support all the Vectorworks users out there and help to improve their building information modeling (BIM) efficiency.There's already a lot... Read More
Bimlet V2 - BIM Communication Everywhere
With our BIM content network (BIMstop.com) growing strong, we thought it was time to launch our phase two.The need to speed up collaboration is getting larger , with the increased use of BIM (building information modeling) and ever shorter build times, the flood of... Read More
BIMstop.com Growing
BIMstop.com - Our BIM Content Network, is still growing and we are pleased to announce that some more exciting partners are in the pipeline to come on board.BIMstop is now a host to a huge amount BIM related files, in Revit, ArchiCAD & Sketchup formats.The first... Read More