The Future of BIM in the Industry - BIM BAM BOOM!

Nice little video by Patrick MacLeamy (CEO of HOK) about BIM and what it means for the future...

 

  Thanks to Clark at VDCT for the find...

Revit in the Real World - HOK's Dali Museum

Cool article over at World Architecture News.com. I love seeing Revit being used at such high levels or design.  HOK has been doing it for quite some time.  Great images in the article too.

We have spoken to HOK in the past regarding the practice’s use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Autodesk products, such as Revit, that have helped to push the firm's design and constructional ambitions. The use of Revit and BIM in this case study has enabled the team at HOK's Tampa office to design intricate and structurally challenging elements in the Salvador Dalí Museum, efficiently and most importantly, successfully... Click here to read the rest of the article...

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Soft Shadow Techniques - Tip

HOK posted a great tutorial following Zach's post about soft rendering. This techniquw is explained by HOK:

What this actually does, is turns off the sun (as its night time ), but keeps the sky image map and the low level ambient lighting. As noted by Zach, to achieve the best results, it's worth setting your render quality to "best" to get the best shadow depth you can. Setting your render to "best" will obviously result in long render times, so it's probably worth doing a few low resolution renders in the first instance to be assured that the settings will work for you.

Check out the Post Here.