Graphisoft Newsletter November 2010

Dear Subscriber, The last few months of the year have been an important time to reflect and assess how far we have come. With so many ArchiCAD Users winning awards around the country we wanted to show some of the winners in this newsletter. The topic of Building Information Modeling (BIM) still continues to be a focus for all with many of our clients realizing the benefits worldwide. It has been over 2 years since we hosted ArchiCAMP and we have heard loud and clear this is something our ArchiCAD users want, so please save-the-date now in your calendars 31 March to 3 April 2011. We hope you enjoy this issue of our newsletter, please feel free to send feedback if there is anything additional you would like to see. Morris Bray - designers of a winner! Triniti Business Campus at North Ryde in Sydney’s north-west has been named Australia’s best business park at the fourth annual Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards and awarded a 5 star Green Star Office As Built v2 rating by the Green Building Council of Australia. The business campus developed by Stockland was honoured with the Bluescope Building Award for Business Parks. read more Open Models do make for better BIM Anshen & Allen Design and construction team members working on a 289-bed hospital complex on the Mission Bay campus of the University of California, San Francisco, are relying on combining BIM with Alternative Project Delivery. Although the approximately $1.5 billion project will not be complete until 2014, they are already realizing the benefits of BIM. view presentation Meet the ArchiCAD 14 Signature Building - The Darmstadtium The new Science & Congress Centre in Darmstadt was named after the chemical element, "Darmstadtium" developed in 1994. The building has changed the city dramatically with its expressive, angular sculpture and dynamic design. read more Technical Support - submit your issue online! Reminder that you can submit your technical problem directly online at http://support.graphisoft.com.au/. Should you experience any issues please contact us on 1 300 USE BIM (873 246) or send email to info@graphisoft.com.au Congratulations Hayball/Monash on winning Proposition 2065 Graphisoft were extremely proud to be sponsors of the 2010 Proposition competition where design ideas were submitted for a site in St Leonards, NSW. The overall winner was Hayball/Monash. read more ArchiCAMP 2011 save-the-date Hope you received the ArchiCAMP 2011 save-the-date email and if you didn’t please let us know. Don't miss our 2 day intensive workshop for ArchiCAD and a great opportunity to network with other industry professionals. Put it in your calendar now; Novotel Twin Waters Sunshine Coast, 31st March to 3rd April 2011. view Tools for Success James Hardie have created a new online tool Accel that will assist Architects when designing and specifying. read more LIVE - WORLDWIDE - BIM COLLABORATION register now for the first ever worldwide BIM webinar where 11 GRAPHISOFT guys from all around the world in association with Tekla, DDS-CAD and Arktec will demonstrate collaboration using ArchiCAD view Don't miss it register now! 7:00pm AEST Tuesday 23 November 2010 McGraw Hill Report 82% of BIM users who formally measure ROI are seeing positive returns. 46% of BIM users in Western Europe who formally measure ROI are seeing returns of 25% or more on their investments versus 32% of users in North America. Users in Western Europe and North America agree that interoperability of software used by team members is an important factor in determining BIM's overall value on construction projects. read more Graphisoft-TEKLA presentation This presentation introduces how architects - using ArchiCAD, and structural engineers - using Tekla Structures, can exchange design information as well as manage changes by implementing the "Open-BIM approach" in their practice. view presentation Design Sharing in BIM How easy and quick is it for your team members to share the BIM model, and work securely on their own part of the design? Can your software minimise or eliminate editing conflicts? Can your project team coordinate their work regardless of where they are physically located? read more Movember Who can grow the best designer mo? Our friends over at Total Synergy want to get the entire AEC industry involved in a worthy cause and at the same time stir up some friendly rivalry between Architects and Engineers. read more Upgrade Process for ArchiCAD licenses and add ons For each add on you have you will have to go through the same upgrade process you went through when upgrading your ArchiCAD licence to ArchiCAD 14. Please go to the Graphisoft Support page for instructions http://support.graphisoft.com.au/ If you are asked for a 10 digit pin number please contact us on 1 300 USE BIM (873 246) assistance. VBE for ArchiCAD 14 With the release of VBE for ArchiCAD 14 the way in which this product is licensed has changed from a serial number and password entered into a licence manager to being licensed from the ArchiCAD dongle that it was initially attached to. Download the "International English" version on Virtual Building Explorer. Please refer to process above to upgrade your dongle. EcoDesigner & MEP Modeler for ArchiCAD 14 Free upgrades to both of these add ons are available from the links below. Download the "International English" version on EcoDesigner MEP Modeler Please refer to process above to upgrade your dongle. Artlantis Artlantis is a stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects & designers, ideal for quickly and easily creating high-resolution 3D renderings (Artlantis Render) and QuickTime VR Panoramas, QuickTime VR Objects and animations (Artlantis Studio). View demonstration. South Australia: six-star energy requirements in force for home builders Paul Holloway issued a reminder of the six-star energy efficiency requirements for new housing - effective 1 September. South Australia is one of the first jurisdictions to adopt the higher energy standards, making six-star energy efficiency requirements mandatory for all new homes and home extensions. read more 3D Mice Power for ArchiCAD 14 If you haven't used the 3Dconnexion mouse before, it is a real productivity saving. It attaches to the computer as a second mouse that can simultaneously pan, zoom, and rotate as if you were holding a model in your hand. This tool has been used widely in the mechanical space for many years now, and we think it would be a great asset for Architects. read more Winners & Finalists for recent BDA Awards announced 2 Oct 2010 Congratulations to all the winners!! Adrian Fratelle, Fratelle Group , Daniel Cassettai, Daniel Cassettai Design, Daniel Patterson, Domination Homes, Erling De Beer, Gavin Construction, Griff Morris/Ken Wibberley, Solar Dwellings, Daniel Lomma, Daniel Lomma Design, Peter Freyer, Peter Freyer Design, Michael Little, Michael Little Designs. Read more Congratulations fjmt Surry Hills Library and Community Centre, in Sydney (pictured) by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp won the Australian Institute of Architects' national award for sustainable architecture. Read more Free Demonstrations Kristian will be giving free demonstrations of his cutting edge ArchiCAD Library Parts in the Sydney and Illawarra regions over the coming weeks. The duration of the demonstrations will be approximately 30 minutes with additional time allowed for questions. If you are interested in having Kristian visit your office, please contact him at kristian@cadswift.com.au. View library parts at http://www.cadswift.com.au/ User Groups Back by popular demand! We had over 300 ArchiCAD users attend User Groups across Australia in the month of November and some were lucky enough to have Viktor Varkonyi (CEO of Graphisoft Hungary) as their special guest. We will be continuing these meetings in the future and look forward to seeing you there. Refer to user groups online for future dates. NSW South Coast User Group As a Registered Graphisoft Consultant, Kristian is considering running an ArchiCAD User Group, on behalf of Graphisoft, for the South Coast of NSW. This will provide a forum for companies between Wollongong and Eden to ensure they are getting the most out of ArchiCAD and keeping up with ArchiCAD's top users. If you are interested in being a part of this User Group please contact Kristian at kristian@cadswift.com.au Graphisoft Australia P: 1 300 USE BIM (873 246), W: www.graphisoft.com.au Graphisoft Newsletter Header: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia, A Plenary Group Public Private Partnership, Architects: Woods Bagot and NH Architecture, Photograph © Peter Bennetts

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