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DynamoBIM is a Visual Programming langauge created by Autodesk that works inside various Autodesk software including Revit. It allows you to create complex geometry or automate tasks. It was originally created by Ian Keogh as an open source project to give Revit the abilities like those of Grasshopper3D. It is now developed in-house by Autodesk. Read more

Revit is a ‘Building Information Model’ (BIM) software created by Autodesk. It probably is the most widely used BIM software worldwide, though I will show you some other similar software being used in the AEC industry. Revit has tools for creating Architectural, Structural and MEP elements so it used by both Architects and Structural engineers. Read more

In my opinion there are two distinct types of AI being used in the Architecture and Construction sector. These are 1. Classical AI systems that use ‘hard coded’ rules to control behaviour & 2. Machine Learning Models which can generate new versions of examples it has been trained on. In this article I will disscuss Read more

There are some common repetitive tasks that we do when we start a new Architecture project in Vectorworks. In this article I will show how these can be speeded up by utilizing micro-automation created in the Marionette AAD tool. I will show these three steps: creating Classes, Creating Design Layers and Creating Sheet Layers with Read more

Having now looked into the AI tool MidJourney I have a few opinions on what impact it might have on architectural design and the careers of architectural designers. I don’t mind saying that MidJourney is a better artist than me. When it comes to generating novel and interesting shapes and patterns for buildings. It beats Read more

Lets start with a definition of BIM – Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a process for creating and managing information for the construction of built assets. I think this can be simplified and you can think of BIM has being made up of 2 parts. 1. creating a ‘data rich 3D geometry model’ and 2. Read more