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Comment by Francois Swanepoel on November 17, 2011 at 21:25
OPEN BIM™ is a unique approach to the collaborative design and realization of buildings allowing project members to participate regardless of the tools they use. In contrast to CLOSED (or “proprietary”) BIM the OPEN strategy offers great benefits to building professionals: . . .
www.graphisoft.com/OpenBIM/Workflow
Here is the YouTube Videon series for this document:
www.youtube.com/user/Archicad/playlist/OpenBIM_Workflow
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Graphisoft is proud to announce the winners of the ArchiCAD BIMx Competition!
CONGRATULATIONS: The winners of the 3 iPads are...
1) In the "PRO" category - Union Terminal by Michael Rensing
2) In the "EDU" category - Modern Concrete House by Manuel Buchacher
3) Best BIMx model overall (picked by the editorial team) - Woonhuis aan de Groenstraat te Melick by Ben Wolters
In category #1 and #2 models won that were uploaded to www.gsBIMx.com and collected the most Facebook „likes” by end of the day October 31.
www.facebook.com/archicad_BIMx_Competition
Comment by Alastair Armstrong on July 14, 2011 at 14:12 Hi All
I have just posted some photos of our latest Rammed Earth project.
Done on the upmarket estate, Monaghan Farm, in Lanseria, Johannesburg.
Go Take a Look, all feedback welcome (do comments on the blog page, pls):
Follow this link:
http://insynch-projects.blogspot.com/
All feedback or questions welcome!!!
Enjoy.
Alastair
Comment by Alastair Armstrong on June 24, 2011 at 12:21 Apologies, I am told the courses are between R950 and R900 each, still well priced.
The R750 to R700, was without CPD points.
Al
Comment by Alastair Armstrong on June 24, 2011 at 12:15 Hi All
We (InSynch) are running a series of Green Building Design and Construction Courses in The Western Cape (Stellenbosch).
All Courses offer 1 CPD Point and are very reasonably priced (R750 to R700 each)
See this link for more details: CLICK HERE (on DesignMind)
Hope To see some of you or your friends and colleagues there!
Regards
Alastair
Comment by Francois Swanepoel on June 3, 2011 at 15:00 Just added new blog post on DesignMind http://bit.ly/iqxrdt
INNOVATIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Eskom invites Entries for the 2011 eta Awards
Comment by Francois Swanepoel on May 30, 2011 at 23:58 Daily Paper on @MultiCadDesign/totalcadsc
http://bit.ly/jXt1Yx Most discussed
ART - dawidtheron: http://goo.gl/1XReK
- Shell Tool Talk | BIM Engine by ArchiCAD

Comment by Francois Swanepoel on May 5, 2011 at 18:47 ARCHICAD 15 is HERE!!
(SHELL - ARTechnic architects - www.artechnic.jp - Photography © Nacasa & Partners Inc.)
– Broaden Your DESIGN Horizons http://bit.ly/jE6Pb7 enriching architectural forms available for designers to unleash your creative minds & expands the scope of BIM workflow to include renovation & refurbishment projects

This is also brand new: BIMStart 2011 http://bit.ly/kh5AQr The entry level to start with ArchiCad. We offer 10 different price options from R9500 +VAT & comes bundeled with your favorite Add-on tools & software to suite your needs
Francois Swanepoel
Western Cape Regional Office
OFFICE: +27 (0)87 807 7753
E-mail: francois@multicad.co.za
Comment by Alastair Armstrong on April 15, 2011 at 14:03
Comment by Alastair Armstrong on April 15, 2011 at 12:42 Some Exciting News for Capetonians..
CPD Accredited: Sustainable Building & Design Courses - CPT Houtbaai (This Weekend)
InSynch will be running a number of courses on 'Green Home Design' and' Natural Building' Construction Techniques, in Cape Town during the Easter break 2011, by popular demand. (This Weekend..!)
The Course Line-up:
1. Green Home Design Course (Saturday, April 23rd)
2. Straw Bale Building (Sunday, April 24th),
3. Cob Building (Monday, April 25th),
4. Natural Paint & Plaster (Tuesday, April 26th) and
5. Rammed Earth (Wednesday, April 27th).
If you are interested in attending any of these courses, please book ASAP. Limited space available!!
If you would like to get CPD points for the courses attended, please contactCIFA for bookings and/or sonia@insynch.co.za
Hope to see some of you there..!
For more info see: DesignMind Event Link.. (click the link).
Comment by Alastair Armstrong on March 30, 2011 at 17:01 Hi All
As requested, please see my blog post on Solar Power Cost Analysis, using a typical medium sized, up market SA Home.
We used Solar Hot Water, Gas and Solar PV (Electrical) to effectively make the home independent of the ESKOM grid.
The results Surprised me, See: http://www.designmind.co.za/profiles/blogs/save-r1-million-over-20-...
All comments welcome.
Alastair .
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