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- Photofocus: Better Skies with Lightroom’s Graduated FilterPublished: February 22, 2010Source: Lightroomers
Check out my guest post on photofocus.com to learn how to get better skies with Lightroom’s Graduated Filter tool. I love the Graduated Filter! It is one of my favorite additions to Lightroom 2 and can really make applying a combination of settings to a large area really easy and customizable.
- What's in your Add-ins?Published: February 18, 2010Source: Inside the FactoryWhat is in your Revit 2010 Add-ins tab? Can you post a screen shot to show us? We are trying to put together a picture of what a "typical" Add-ins tab looks like. We are aware that there a issues with the Add-ins tab: specifically related to scalability and context, and we want to improve it. If you do not mind sharing on a public site, you can email your screen shot directly to my Flickr page: working95draw@photos.flickr.com Feel free to comment here about your experience accessing tools from the Add-ins tab.
Addendum: as an experiment, I am embedding linking to the Flickr slideshow to create a bit of a feedback loop.
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- Lumitectura: Light, Music and ArchitecturePublished: February 16, 2010Source: Digital UrbanLumitectura is a music video by barno about the relation of light, music and architecture. The clip is defined by 3 elements.
-One videofile, shot between 2 and 6 pm.
-The speed of playback of this file, which is synchronised manually to the music.
-Approximately 50 different masks, which define where the underlayed movie is going to appear on the screen. This makes it possible to have multiple light situations in the same moment.
The concept is expertly executed:Lumitectura from barno on Vimeo.
The sunlight caught from the building is the "natural" palette for the entire colors of the clip and its up there with some of our favorites here on du. - Take A Virtual Ride On The Trans Siberian Railway Courtesy Of Google And The Russian RailwaysPublished: February 17, 2010Source: OhGizmo!
By Andrew LiszewskiIf you’re looking to kill a few hours online, and by a few I mean enough to cover the almost 10,000km route between Moscow and Vladivostok taken by the Trans Siberian Railway, then head on over to Google.ru where they’ve teamed up with the Russian Railways to create a virtual version of the trip.
Not only do you get a small snippet of Google Maps keeping you constantly updated on your current location, but a series of YouTube videos provides an actual view out of a passenger window as well. And if you find the scenery lacking or the trip a bit boring, you can even choose to listen to a small collection of Russian literature along the way including Tolstoy’s War and Peace, which is sure to liven things up and make the trip fly by!
[ Moscow-Vladivostok: virtual journey on Google Maps ] VIA [ FAZED ]
- RAC 2010 - The New Curtain System by LinesPublished: February 16, 2010Source: REVIT Rocks !
Here's the new way to create a 'Curtain System by Lines'.In previous versions of REVIT there was a simple straight forward way to create the curtain system as illustrated above by using a tool called 'Curtain System By Lines'.The first thing we noticed in RAC 2010 is that tool is gone without at trace. Not only is it gone but if you go to the help menu to the 'Where is my Command' tool and search for it you will discover that it does NOT tell you where that command went to. It has been erased from the face of REVIT without any direction as to the 'NEW' way to do it . . . . . . that is until now of course : )1. Create a new In-Place Mass Form by picking existing geometry or linework.2. Turn the linework into a 'Form' and finish the mass.3. Use the Curtain System by Face tool.4. Add the Curtain Grids.5. Add the Mullions.6. Bob's your Uncle !See the CADclip below for a complete demonstration. - Prefab veggelementPublished: February 12, 2010Fant ut at dette gjøres enklest ved å ta utgangspunkt i "Prefab rektangulær søyle". I tillegg til avfasing på sidekantene i søylens høyderetning, må man legge til avfasing langs kantene i topp og bunn. Jeg brukte void til denne jobben, som jeg låste mot øvrig geometri.Neste skritt er å sette ut veldig brede søyler (like lang som veggelementet). Disse forholder seg til nivåene og settes gjerne med
- Cheap, Green & Diffuse: A Paper & Binder Clip Light TentPublished: February 10, 2010Source: The Mostly Color ChannelDoes the web need yet another how to post on making your own light tent? There are certainly other good options out there for DIY light tents.
But using just paper and binder clips it's possible to make an even cheaper and even simpler light tent. And if for some reason you get beet juice on it, it can be recycled.
Start with three A3, 11" by 17", foolscap, B, tabloid or similar size medium-thickness pieces of paper. Then get 4 binder clips. In a pinch paper clips will work.
Take one of the sheets of paper and fold it in half lengthwise (1). Then make a roughly one inch fold on one of the ends perpendicular to the first fold (2). Cut a roughly 2.5 centimeter slit on the other end of first folded edge (3). Finally fold a T-shape with the slitted end (4). This is the first side of your light tent.
Attach a binder clip to the folded side near the T-fold side to clip together the edges of the paper that were formed with the very first fold.
Take a second piece of paper and fold it in half lengthwise (5). Then make a roughly 2.5 centimeter fold on one of the edges perpendicular to the first fold (6). Note that folds 2 and 6 mirror each other. That is fold 2 above is to the right while fold 6 is to the left. This step isn't critical but will result in sides that are mirror images. Once again make a roughly 1 inch slit (7) and T-shaped fold (8).
Attach a binder clip to the second side in the corresponding position as was used for the first binder clip.
Almost done. Take the third piece of paper and make a fold on one of the short ends of the page. This page will be the back and bottom of the light cube. The fold will be used to attach the paper to the sides and should be about thumb wide.
Take the two sides and position them in front of you with the T-folds away from you. The sides should be about a page width apart. The mirroring of folds 2 and 6 should be evident and in this case they fold out from the center of the light tent.
Use the last two binder clips to attach to the folded edge of the back/bottom page to the T-folds of the two sides. The folded edge of the back/bottom should sit on top of the slitted edge of the inner T-folds of the sides.
That's it.
There are plenty of variations. More binder clips can be used to add stability. Double folds can be used if the paper is thinner. Different colored paper can be used for different colored light tents. A fourth folded page can be added as a top. I typically shoot with indirect office lighting or reflected daylight so the four sided cube is adequate.
This light tent can also be scaled up and down. How else to take photos of your new light tent but inside of a larger light tent? Cheap railboard is great for larger versions. In the intrest of brevity, instructions for matryoshka light tents will not be covered in this post. Given the wide availability of paper and paper clips it's also quite handy to be able to construct a light tent as needed, especially when traveling, in a co-worker's cube or on the beach. It takes me about a minute to make one from scratch. The binder clips can be removed for lay-flat storage of the light tent. The resulting images, for example the composition below, are sufficient for many uses, even blogging.
And remeber if you get beet juice on your light tent it can easily be recycled.
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Happy Curbing!
- Create your toposurface as normal - making sure your elevations, etc are nailed down prior to moving on the the next step. :)
**TIP: I like to mock-up my roadways, etc with detail lines prior to splitting the surfaces, it gives me nice points to snap my sketch lines to when I am splitting surface later on**
- Use the Split Surface tool to split the surface into 3 parts, forming your road - you'll have to do this twice as the Split Surface tool only allows you to split the surface into two parts each time.
- On each side of the road, use the Split Surface tool again to split the surface into (2) 6" (or whatever your specs) pieces or slivers outward from each side of your road - this will later become the top of your curb and your gutter.
- Go to an elevation view and move the road, and the two inside most 6" pieces (your gutters) down your required curb height.
- Assign the appropriate materials to the roadway, curbs and topo (asphalt, concrete and grass) - now you can see things shaping up.
- Now, using the Split Surface tool again, Split each of the four 6" spaces 1/8" from the their shared edge - creating (2) 1/8" slivers of curb in between each of the two 6" pieces.
- Finally, go to a 3D view and use the Merge Surfaces tool and select the lower 1/8" curb piece and then the upper 1/8" curb piece - this will join the two 1/8" pieces to create your curb wall.
If you pick one of your topo pieces and try to edit them, you can see it doesn't bring you into sketch mode but into the actual Toposurface edit mode where you need to modify the elevation points in order to modify the surface. This is where it can get rather tricky and cumbersome if you need to modify your topo after you go through this process.
- Thumbnail Previews and Locked Files in Windows Explorer - The Revit ClinicPublished: February 16, 2010
Repost: http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/02/thumbnail-previews-and-locked-files-in-windows-explorer.html
Lately, I have been hearing about problems with Thumbnail previews displaying in Windows Explorer along with odd behavior of the locking of Revit files by the explorer process that prevent the files from being renamed, moved, deleted, or even opened by Revit. I found that often the problems have to do with older Revit files and families.
There are a few things that you can do to resolve these thumbnail and file locking problems.
For files that cannot be moved, deleted, renamed, or opened in Revit, there is a free tool that you can use to at least temporarily unlock the files so that they can be fixed. Try out www.lockhunter.com for the free tool to unlock these files. I found that the file locking happens a lot more with 64 bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, but this can occur on any operating system. This tool works pretty well.
The root reason that these files get locked is because Windows is having a issue generating a thumbnail preview for the file using the Revit preview component. What may be worse, is that every other file (or at least files that follow the file that is locked) also will not display the Thumbnail preview in Windows Explorer.
In order to fix the root cause of this problem there are a couple of options.
- Disable Thumbnails for Revit files
- Correct the Thumbnail display problem for the file
To disable the thumbnail previews for Revit files all together, you can do either of these. You could display thumbnails at the OS level by editing the registry, but below I give you the ways to disable just Revit thumbnails.
- Navigate to the C:Program FilesAutodesk Revit Architecture 2010Program directory and locate the Revit.FilePreview.dll file and rename it something like Revit.FilePreview.old.
- You could also unregister the preview component by using the command prompt by entering regsvr32 /u Revit.FilePreview.dll
To fix the a Revit files thumbnail preview so that it displays properly, you can follow these steps:
- Open the File in the Revit. You can choose to Audit the file or not, for this, it does not matter.
- Go to the Application Menu and select Save As, and
- In the Save file dialog box click on the button for Options.
- Under the Preview section of the File Save options select the box so that it is checked for "Regenerate if view/sheet is not up-to-date."
- Choose a Source view to generate the thumbnail preview with.
- When finished, select OK
- Save the file with a New name.
Low and behold, the Thumbnail preview will now be generated for the new file in Windows Explorer and the file wont continue to get locked by the explorer process.
As I said, often, I have seen this problem with older Revit files or families that haven't been upgraded for a while. It is a good idea to upgrade your content with each release of Revit. The Content Batch Upgrade Utility can help you do this a lot easier. Check out a video I created on how to upgrade to a new release a while ago which might help explain the tool.
Hope this helps.
Thumbnail Previews and Locked Files in Windows Explorer - The Revit Clinic - RevitTV Releases RTV Paint for Autodesk Revit 2010Published: February 15, 2010Here's another great tool from another one of my product partners, RevitTV. It's free, so please add this to your Revit arsenal.
http://revitdrawingmanager.com/products/
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan 19, 2010 - RevitTV Limited (RevitTV.com) releases RTV Paint for Autodesk Revit 2010“We are thrilled to add to our growing list of BIM plug-ins with the recent release of RTV Paint, a free add-on to Autodesk Revit” said Jason Howden, co-founder of RevitTV Limited (RevitTV.com). “RTV Paint allows the end user of Autodesk Revit 2010 to seamlessly create render-able Revit materials directly from manufacturer’s specific color palettes.”
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Create manufacturers paint colors as Revit MentalRay materials for photo realistic renderingRevitTV’s Paint application automates the creation of manufacturer’s paint color palettes in Autodesk Revit. Users can quickly search, select and add naming convention prefixes to manufacturer’s specific paint colors. The ability to import hundreds of individual paint colors into RTV Paint from existing Autodesk Color Book files (.ACB) and automatically create render-able Revit paint materials with ‘one click’ is now available.
“We are very proud of our RTV Paint application, a world-first for Autodesk’s Revit software platform which is already in use in design firms in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. We are now looking forward to releasing our 2011 range of plug-ins for Autodesk Revit which includes our Drawing Manager (RTV DM), Shared Parameter Manager (RTV SPM) and a new Revit Family Manager (RTV FM) in June 2010” explains Jason Howden.
About RevitTV.com
Founded in 2007, RevitTV has quickly grown to have users in over 70 countries around the world. RevitTV develops stand-alone and plug-in applications that work with Autodesk’s Revit software platform. RevitTV also designs and develops customized software solutions for other companies looking to integrate their solutions with Autodesk’s Revit platform.
For additional information about RevitTV, visit http://www.revittv.com/
- CADclips - Lab Exercises Double Car GaragePublished: February 15, 2010Source: REVIT Structure Learning Curve
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Click Here to see CADClips Purchase Options (link Updated).---------Below is series of FREE CADclip 'Lab Exercises' on how to model and document the drawings for a double car garage. This is a great training aid / resource for anyone who is teaching REVIT or learning to use REVIT (Architecture or Structure).
Daryl Gregoire has these as a single playlist on Revit Rocks! The playlist starts at Lesson 1 and moves on. Listed below are links to the tutorials posted on YouTube.
Remember, these are 'Lab Exercises' and not a Tutorial. They are best utilized after getting familiar with REVIT. For more detail tutorials visit CADclips. Don’t forget to use the 10% Discount Cadalot coupon if you buy anything because you get a discount, and I get some commission ;0)
The Lab Exercises start with grid lines and levels, then walls, doors, windows, footings and a roof. Then a sloping slab and notched foundation wall at the overhead door. Then we put the plans, elevations, section on a sheet and annotate them for documentation. The we will create Schedules and Material Takeoffs that include Totals and Costs.
We also constrain and align the walls, grids, roof and slab to establish a nice neat parametric project.
Move a grid line and the entire project updates right down to the sheets, schedules and costs.
YouTube Listing01 - Startup (1:26)
02 - Grid Lines (2:58)
03 - Dimension Grid Lines (1:16)
04 - levels (2:46)
05 - Walls and Wall Types (6:05)
06 - Roof (5:06)
07 - Foundation Walls (6:05)
08 - Footings (3:32)
09 - Wall Roof Cleanup (2:19)
10 - Constrain Model and Flex (8:44)
11 - Windows and Doors (6:22)
12 - Constrain Windows and Doors (5:32)
13 - Lower Garage Door (3:02)
14 - New Floor Type (1:30)
15 - Create Sloping Slab (6:57)
16 - Slab Overhead Door Detail (4:28)
17 - Crop Regions and Sheet Placement (8:17)
18 - Annotate Floor Plan (4:12)
19 - Annotate and Cleanup Foundation Plan (7:11)
20 - Annotate East Elevation (5:49)
21 - Annotate Other Elevations (6:53)
22 - Annotate the Section (6:57)
23 - Materials Investigation (7:45)
24 - Material Takeoff Foundation Walls (2:36)
25 - Material Takeoff Footings (1:51)
26 - Material Takeoff Roof Plywood and Shakes (3:13)
27 - Schedule Wall Studs (7:05)
28 - Material Takeoff Walls (4:58)
29 - Material Takeoff Floor Slab (2:50)
30 - Cost Foundation Wall Schedule (4:40)
31 - Cost Footing (2.24)
. - Guest Post: The Magic of Dusk/Dark Photography by Tony CorbellPublished: July 22, 2009
Sweet light. Magic light. Whatever name you give it, we all know it is that time of day when the light level drops from the sunlight and the night starts to “rise.” The evening lights are beginning to come on in buildings and homes and it can be a spectacular time to take pictures. It requires patience and an eye for detail. But when you balance everything just right, the pictures come to life.
The light in the sky at times like this will drop dramatically fast over a period of just a few short minutes and before you know it, your session is over and the night falls. The desired time for many is when the time between light and dark is equally split. Since time is of the essence, it’s a good idea to take extra cameras in order to keep up with the rapidly changing light.
Scouting the Location
Make sure you have scouted your location and that there are no annoying bright lights that will be in your frame. A bright security light aimed at your camera can take an otherwise really great view and turn a nice picture into the average category. Also, be aware of people in your pictures. Some exposures will be long and people in the pictures would likely have movement. Of course that swirling motion effect of people moving during a long exposure can also be an exciting effect.
Exposures
Shooting this time of day can be tricky in terms of exposures and everyone will have their own style. It is always a good idea to test your exposures and vary any brightness differences at the time of exposure as opposed to the variations you might create in post-capture editing. Always remember that it will be best to get it the way you want when you capture the image. At least as close as you can get. However, keep in mind anything you think you may want to enhance later and in fact, taking notes in the field is very helpful. There are several different ways to measure the exposure for this type of picture.
-In-camera meter: Consider using the meter in your camera set to spot. Measure the light in an area in the sky that appears to you as a middle gray or 18% gray.
-Hand held meter: Almost impossible in the incident mode but certainly works in this situation in the spot mode (see above).
-Standard “non-measured” exposure: Try what a friend, Bob Gallagher, once taught me as “the rule of ones”. Try f11, ISO 100, one second. It’s a really good place to start. You can go lighter or darker from this standard to suit your taste and the city or subject brightness.
Camera Technique
Remember the basic techniques we all learned when we started out. A sturdy tripod is essential. Personally I love to work with a quality ball-head outfitted with a spirit level. Also, a locking cable release will come in handy for exposures when the shutter speed will be set to bulb. A small Mini-Mag flashlight will be handy since it is always dark when you finish shooting this type of work. In addition, try to remember the basics of composition. Usually, there will be a horizon line of some type in your picture. Be sure you place it in the frame where you know it will generate interest and create drama. And make sure, if water is in the scene, it is perfectly straight and horizontal.
Color Balance
Personal taste is a big part of this type of work. For a picture that looks true and correct try using a daylight color balance. This will make the sky look normal and might warm up the buildings and foreground. However, to more creatively stylize the picture set the color balance on tungsten and look at the blue or cool look to the overall picture. This can be a very powerful tool for creating drama.
There are so many variations and styles of working in this beautiful light. I recommend lots of tests and taking lots of pictures. When I say the time goes by very quickly, there are times when the light is gone after only three or four minutes. This requires that special attention be paid to all of the details such as focus, camera movement, etc. After all, your next shot at a picture like this won’t happen until tomorrow.
- Travel Photography How-to Week. Day 2: Breaking A Rule - One of My RulesPublished: July 28, 2009Source: Rick Sammon
Those of you who listen to the PhotoFocus podcast that I do with Scott Bourne know that one of my favorite photo expressions is: Exposure for Highlights – meaning that you don’t want the highlights in the scene overexposed and washed out. Expose for the Highlights was the credo for slide film shooters, too!
Exposing for the highlights is a basic guideline. For example, if you are photographing a cityscape, seascape or landscape, you want to exposure for the brightest part of the scene – even though in ACR, Lightroom, Aperture and other RAW converters – you can recover up to about one stop of over exposed areas (from a RAW file). If the highlights are overexposed, by more than one stop, they probably will be gone and lost forever.
Well, friends, like all photo rules, this one is meant to be broken, too.
This picture, one of my favorites from a trip to Cuba, illustrates my point. Had I exposed for the highlights – the windows – the young couple, with their beaming faces, would have been way too dark.
The story behind the photo: While I was walking down a street in Old Havana before sunrise, I spotted two cool, vintage blue cars. I experimented with creative composition and got the shot you see here.
After shooting for a while, several people started getting in the shot in the distance, “ruining” my picture. However, keeping in mind that photo opps are everywhere, I walked up to the car and noticed the cute young couple that had just jumped in the back seat. I asked if I could pop in for a photo – using sign language because I don’t speak Spanish. Okay was the answer. I jumped in the front set and fired off a quick shot – because the car was running and I felt that the people wanted to leave in a hurry.
Sure, I could have used a flash to balance the inside light to the outside light – but I think that would have destroyed the spontaneity and feeling of the moment. Also, I kinda like the way the couple is surrounded by the bright windows.
And by the way… did you notice the interior of this car? Looks at all the stuff that is missing!
Hey, if you don’t agree on all this, let me know – as always. Either way, I love this photograph because it not only captures the couple totally at ease with a total stranger, but it also illustrates the all-important point in travel photography: it never hurts to ask. And… I guess it also illustrates one of my photo skills – photographing strangers in strange lands.
If you want to learn more about light, check out my book: Exploring the Light.
I hope you enjoy this week’s photos and the tips. If you want some hands-on experience, hope you can join one of my workshops.
If you are interested in joining one of my Cuba Workshops (after it opens and Americans can go legally (you need a license from the U.S Treasury Department now), keep checking my Events page.
Explore the light,
Rick - Morrisseys helterPublished: June 18, 2009Source: Øyvind Holen
Lørdag 20. juni skal jeg på Morrissey-konsert. Jeg er ingen stor fan, men lar meg dras med på konsert av to kompiser som er nesegruse idiotfans. Det eneste jeg noengang har skrevet om fyren er anmeldelsen av dette gløttet inn i surpompens platesamling. Enjoy!
Morrissey
Under the Influence
DMC/Goldhead 2003
4/6Morrissey presenterer sine helter.
Første plate med Steven Patrick Morrissey på omslaget siden 1997s Maladjusted er intet nytt studioalbum, men en samleplate med utvalgte favoritter. ”Don’t hang the DJ” med andre ord, men samlingen er så eklektisk at Morrissey neppe bør satse på en karriere bak platespillerne.New York Dolls er selvsagt med (Morrissey skrev en liten bok om dem før The Smiths), og ellers er platen spekket med obskur britisk pop, divaer, rockabilly og glamrock. The Ramones og Patti Smith representerer New York, og en godbit er CD-debuten til sistnevntes ”Hey Joe”.
Om ikke dette er variert nok, innledes samleren med cajun-bandet The Sundown Playboys og avsluttes med disko/postpunk/opera-sangeren Klaus Nomis tolkning av Henry Purcell. Har du et nært forhold til The Smiths gir samlingen et fascinerende og svært interessant innblikk i sangeren, tekstforfatteren og musikkelskeren Morrissey.
- Autodesk EcotectPublished: June 15, 2009Source: technology4designThis will be my first blog here (in fact, my first blog anywhere!), so here goes; Last week I attended a series of online training sessions for Autodesk® Ecotect™ Analysis 2010. Customers taking out subscription will also receive access to Autodesk’s web service for whole-building energy, water and carbon analysis, Green Building Studio. In this, my [...]
- Book MobilePublished: June 3, 2009Source: Blurberati Blog
Creative book mobiles by Lisa Occhipinti of Shophouse.
- BIM In Action: Different Approaches for Different ProjectsPublished: May 14, 2009Source: What's the Word on BIM?Today is BIM Training day for the Alliance for Construction Excellence (ACE), an organization that is promoting the smart use and growth of BIM in the construction industry. CADsoft is presenting a panel demonstration showing how different members of the team share information and can work on a project. So far, though, we’ve seen some [...]
- Blacksad og kamikazekaniner i EonPublished: June 4, 2009Source: Øyvind Holen
Lars Lauvik har fått sitt eget blad, men du trenger ikke å være fan for å kjøpe Eon. For blant biseriene finner vi den glitrende spanske krimserien Blacksad og den svarte humoren i Kamikazekaninene.
Etter Pondus, Nemi, M og Kollektivet er Eon neste norske stripeserie som får sitt eget blad. Hvem blir neste? Kan det bli Zofies verden? Uansett, Eon har flere gode biserier, og heldigvis har man ikke lagt seg på en reinspikka humorlinje. Her er mine anmeldelser av Blacksad og Kamikazakaninene. Men Lars Lauvik, Blacksad er ikke fransk, som du sier i et intervju med Serienett, den er spansk. Les mer om Eon her.
Juan Díaz Canales og Juanju Guarnido
Blacksad
Egmont Serieforlaget
5/6Tegneseriens George P. Pelecanos.
Innen krim står George P. Pelecanos i en særstilling, der han i flere romaner tegner et goldt bilde av Washington D.C. med sikker sans for dialog, hverdagskriminalitet og menneskelig desperasjon. Han skriver også manus til dagens beste tv-krim, The Wire, og den spanske ”krim noir”-tegneserien Blacksad er i god Pelecanos-ånd.Dette er hardkokt krim med dyr i hovedrollen, et triks kjennere husker fra Benoît Sokals Canardo. I en New York-aktig storby anno 1950 møter vi John Blacksad, ensom ulv og privatdetektiv, som roter seg inn i saker som koker over av sjalusi, hat og mord. Serien bruker ganske tradisjonelle krimintriger som et påskudd til å tegne opp komplekse nett av politikk, rasisme, korrupsjon, klassekamp, arbeidsledighet og andre sosiale utfordringer, men det viktigste er at disse tre albumene samlet i én bok er ypperlig tegnet og fortalt.
Andy Riley
Kamikazekaniner
Bazar Forlag
4/6Nusselige kaniner tar blodsprutende selvmord. Fabelaktig i små doser.
Engelskmannen Andy Riley tjener til smør på brødet som tekstforfatter for humorshow på TV, men med Kamikazekaninene (The Book of Bunny Suicides) er han i ferd med å bli en engelsk Gary Larson. Om Larson utelukkende laget vitsetegninger om suicidale kaniner.Dette er nemlig en samling vitsetegninger og miniserier om kaniner som på utspekulert og vanvittig vis velger å forlate denne jammerdal. De limer seg fast til ubåter, sniker seg med på invasjonen i Normandie, gjemmer seg i tekjeler og kiler vektløftere under armene. Hvorfor de er så ulykkelige vites ikke, men Rileys enkle og sjarmerende strek formidler livstrettheten til disse nusselige skapningene på utmerket vis. Fort lest og best i små doser, men da er Riley både svært morsom og oppfinnsom.
Anmeldelsene er opprinnelig publisert i Bergens Tidende, og begge seriene er tidligere utgitt i bokform på norsk.
- Nixon... Confused and MourningPublished: May 16, 2009Source: Tinselman
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How delightful! A confused Nixon... talking to Spiro Agnew. Or below, Nixon (rapidly) mourns the death of the Hulk.
For more presidential cameos from Marvel comics, check out photontorpedoes' Marvel Presidents set.
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- Google Wave New Revolution On CommunicationPublished: June 2, 2009Source: skyje
The current revolution in the Internet is Twitter.Today, a new revolution coming from Google called wave.
It will be available this year.
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. Watch the demo video below, sign up for updates and learn
what is wave?
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- Doors in curtain walls: 2009 vs 2010Published: June 3, 2009Source: Revit ProgrammingIn Revit 2009 if you place a door in a curtain wall it gets categorized as a Curtain Panel, and to select the door you need to highlight and right-click the wall, choose 'Select Panels on Host', and then click the door. Rolling over the door reveals its classification (you can click the image to zoom in):
In Revit 2010 however things have changed. A door in a curtain wall is understandably categorized as a Door. And this image shows the same file as previous that was created in 2009 but opened in (and converted to) 2010:
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INTEGRATED refrigerator 700__+__736 >> by:Published: May 30, 2009Source: Revit Components30.05.09
INTEGRATED refrigerator 700__+__736 >> by: SUB-zero
""it is getting hot. _ time to chill-out."" - The perfect pocket HD camera?Published: June 3, 2009Source: Philip Bloom
Could this little baby be the best pocket HD camera currently available? Certainly from my, albeit limited, experience with these little point and shoots, I think so. I paid around £270 for it and love it. it’s the TZ7 in the UK and the ZS3 in the US. Why have different names? It’s confusing!It shoots AVCHD lite which is basically 720p not 1080p onto SDHC cards. Got all those cool feature that the GH1 has, facial recognition, OIS etc. Has a great focal range, something like 35mm equivalent of 25 to 300mm…it’s small, light, hey it even takes REALLY nice pictures. But it’s that video mode that really caught my eye. It’s sharp, got nice colours and the resolution is great. It’s not brilliant in low light though…
This sucker stays in my man bag 24-7, it’s not going to give you shallow DOF, any manual controls or anything fancy. It really is point and shoot for those times when all you want to do is point and shoot! Be great to carry my Canon 5d mk2 around with me everywhere or the GH1 when I get it, but in reality a go anywhere camera should be tiny and this is.
I have the nice brown one!
Here are the specs:
Product Features
- 10.1-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for poster-size prints
- 12x MEGA optical image-stablilized zoom; 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens
- Capture HD video in “AVCHD Lite” format
- Intelligent Auto (iA) mode; Face Recognition feature
- Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
Technical Details
- Brand Name: Panasonic
- Model: ZS3 Black
- Optical Sensor Resolution: 10 MP
- Optical zoom: 12 x
- maximum_aperture_range: F/3.3-4.9
- Minimum focal length: 4.1 millimeters
- Maximum focal length: 49.2 millimeters
- Lens Type: Zoom lens
- optical_sensor_size: 1/2.33″
- Included Flash Type: Built-in flash
- Display Size: 3 inches
- light_sensitivity: ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 80, ISO auto, ISO auto (1600-6400), ISO 1600, ISO 3200
- Image types: JPEG
- Shooting Modes: Frame movie mode
- Exposure Control Type: Candle, Beach, Transform, Beach & surf, Snow, High sensitivity, Starry sky, Soft skin, Baby1, Baby2, Portrait mode, Aerial photo, Hi-speed burst, Film grain, Pin hole, Party/indoor, Night portrait, Self-portrait, Pet, Scenery, Food, Fireworks, Low light, Night scene, Underwater, Sports mode, Sunset
- Viewfinder Type: None
- Width: 4.1 inches
- Depth: 1.3 inches
- Height: 2.4 inches
- Weight: 7.2 Ounces
and here is an utterly daft video blog I shot with it whilst in Boston last week…
I love this little baby, seriously. Everyone I showed it to, especially Tom Guilmette, loved it! Steve Cahill wanted one after eating at Legal Seafoods with me last week but all he could find left was the pink one. He didn’t buy it. Don’t know why…
- Photoshop Photo FramePublished: June 4, 2009Source: Digital Photography School
Put this one in the ‘quirky’ basket (it’s from our friends at Photojojo - they’re a quirky bunch).
It’s a Mac OSX Photoshop Photo Frame - your photo will look like it’s in a photoshop window sitting on your shelf.
The dimensions of this photo frame are 5.5 inches x 4.75inches and it takes photos 4.75 inches x 3.75 inches.
It’s not the cheapest photo frame going around but it’s certainly unique and only available from Photojojo which will ensure not too many of your friends will have one.
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- 3ds Max 2010: Control Viewport Lighting with LayersPublished: June 1, 2009Source: CADuzer
I’ll admit it, I don’t use layers much in 3ds Max for architectural visualization. A new feature of release 2010, however, will most likely get me to change my ways. As I’ve mentioned before, the quality of lighting, shadows and exposure control within the viewport is greatly improved over version 2009. You can now use the Layer Manager to enable and diable the viewport rendering effects of groups of lights (it will also effect your renderings). In the following scene – I’ve got three rooms, each with 2, shadow-casting, photometric lights and a cylinder:
The above image is from the viewport and not a rendering. It can be achieved by turning on the settings in the following image:
Each of the lights, for each room, were placed on their own layers (the targets for those lights were separated out onto a single layer called lightTargets):
Now, by clicking the teapot icon in the Render column of either the Layer Manager or the Layer pull-down menu, you can control whether or not those light are active in the viewport (as well as in renderings). For example, if I turn off the rendering feature for the lights within room 1, I get the following result:
This feature can be particular helpful to speed up viewport response time as well as render length. Also, by applying this technique to lights imported from Revit (via FBX), you can have greater control over those lights as well.
- Tilt Shift Mini Cities - Scenes from a RooftopPublished: June 3, 2009Source: Digital Urban
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- Revit 2010 & Shared CoordinatesPublished: June 2, 2009Source: The Revit Clinic
In Revit 2010 the shared coordinate system is now more visible to the user. By default you can click the "Reveal Hidden Elements" button to see the coordinate points. I want to go through some typical scenarios where shared coordinates would be utilized, along with a few quick videos to better illustrate the workflow.
Acquire Coordinates
Common scenario for "Acquire Coordinates" would be where a project file exists such as a CAD or Revit file containing the site information. This linked site file is at the correct location, and will serve as the coordinate system basis. The file would be linked into the main Revit project, and the "Acquire Coordinates" option would be used.
Additional information is in the Revit 2010 Help file, under "Acquire Coordinates". Video example below:Publish Coordinates
This scenario is used where the Revit project will serve as the coordinate basis. This workflow actually modifies the linked file. For a Revit link, the host project's True North and shared origin are recorded in the linked project, based on the current location of the linked instance. For a CAD link, the shared coordinate system will update the UCS in the CAD file. You will be prompted to save these changes to the CAD file before closing out of the Revit project or after moving the link at any point.
Additional information is in the Revit 2010 Help file, under "Publish Coordinates". Video example below:
Project Base Point and Survey Point
The project base point defines the origin (0,0,0) of the project coordinate system.
The survey point represents a known point in the physical world, such as a geodetic survey marker.
When Shared Coordinates are being utilized, you will see the Survey Point change to reflect the shared coordinate system. For example, acquiring coordinates from a linked CAD file will move the survey point to the origin of the CAD file by default.The Help files have additional information on these topics and more. I would recommend starting on the "Shared Positioning" page and working through the various topics.
- REVIT 2010 Opens ArchiCAD IFC FilePublished: May 28, 2009Source: REVIT Rocks !
Above is a 3D Camera view of an ArchiCAD IFC file opened in REVIT Architecture 2010.
You do this by using the 'Open' button on the new Application Pull Down Menu. This is not an Import it is 'Opened'. Then you can save it as an RVT file.
I got two warnings when I opened the file. One for detaching certain elements and one where I had to click 'delete' on some 'cut out' objects.
Then there was some massing objects I could not figure out so I deleted them.
All the wall, door, roof, window, furniture objects etc get converted to Families and organized by category in the Project Browser which are usable.The walls stretch with grips etc. but I could not get them to 'attach' to the roof.The hosted objects like doors and windows are usable as they are but not really modify-able even if you 'open the family' for editing.
Materials do not seem to come through either hence the 'default' material everything is inheriting.The floor plans look good.The Levels come in ok and the views all get setup in the Project Browser.I don't see any annotations or dimension so I will have to check with my ArchiCAD source.I also opened this IFC in REVIT Structure which looked the same after I did some discipline related changes.
So in summary, I am somewhat impressed and depending on what you needed the file for, it is usable as is. I would still re-create my new objects with native REVIT objects. Be it Architectural or Structural objects. - The Yas HotelPublished: June 2, 2009Source: REVIT Rocks !
Ever wonder if anyone actually uses the freeform massing design tools and curtain systems that REVIT (and others) have to offer?
I cannot varify which Software Asymptote Architecture uses but this sure looks like the cover of the REVIT DVD case to me.
You just have to look to Abu Dhabi, UAE to see just how imaginative the archiotects of today can be.
"New York based Asymptote Architecture nears completion of The Yas Hotel project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Yas Hotel is a 500-room, 85,000-square-meter complex now under construction. Asymptote was awarded the commission to design the buildings and environs from a closed competition two years ago targeting an opening date of October 30, 2009 to coincide with the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". - Når Linda Thompson vil spille inn en ny plate…Published: June 1, 2009Source: NRKbeta
Linda Thompson var en av de mest interessante folk-artistene på 70-tallet (en stund gift med Richard Thompson fra det originale Fairport Convention) . Som de fleste andre, har også hun blitt rammet av endringene i musikkbransjen. (Selv ikke en så dyktig artist får platekontrakt i dag!) Hun planlegger å spille inn et nytt album men trenger hjelp til å finansiere prosjektet. Hun tilbyr derfor fansen å bli med og investere, fra $10 til $100.000 gjennom The Hector Fund. Hvis noen skulle være så greie å spytte i $100.000, lover Linda Thompson at hun ikke skal spille inn albumet det første året:
“For $100,000 I won’t make the record at all – in fact, I won’t make a record for the next year. You can say you’re responsible! Hell, I’ll even tell everyone you’re responsible. Imagine the rush, the power, the heady trip! It will be like being a record executive in the eighties all over again!”
Les mer her: Linda Thompson og The Hector Fund
Her kan du også laste ned gratis en av hennes nye sanger
- Twitter-kotymePublished: June 2, 2009Source: Martin Bekkelund
I kjølvannet av artikkelen om hvordan man oppfører seg på nett i 2009, følger jeg her opp med et par tips for hva som er ansett som god Twitter-kotyme.
Følg de som følger deg
Når en person starter å følge deg, er det ansett som en hyggelig gest å følge vedkommende tilbake. Det er en slags anerkjennelse på at jeg setter pris på at du som følger meg faktisk vil lytte til det jeg har å meddele. Legg merke til hvordan de mest populære brukerne på Twitter gjør dette. Jeg følger alle, uansett om det er norske eller utenlandske brukere, bedrifter, organisasjoner eller enkeltpersoner. De eneste jeg ikke følger er det som er åpenbare spam-konti.
I tillegg har Twitter en teknisk grense som gjør at dette ikke lenger bare blir en hyggelig gest, men en direkte pådriver for at Twitter som verktøy skal fungere når man følger mer enn 2000 personer.
The art of RT
RT står for re-tweet, og betyr at du gjentar det en annen har sagt, fordi du finner det spennende, interessant eller morsomt. Et eksempel er en melding jeg sendte ut nylig, som følger:
MartinBekkelund: Dette er hysterisk. Feilsøking alá Microsoft. Se «Method 2»: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168702
Som respons sendte omlag 25 personer denne videre med RT, noe som er en god indikasjon til meg på hva som fungerer og ikke fungerer av det jeg skriver. En typisk RT ser ut som følger:
AudunS: Enormt bra! RT @MartinBekkelund: Dette er hysterisk. Feilsøking alá Microsoft. Se «Method 2»: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168702
En RT fungerer også som et slags barometer i forhold til ting jeg selv publiserer på nett. Populære saker om aktuelle tema får massiv respons.
Thou shall not spam
Selv om det ikke er ment slik fra deg, kan mange meldinger rett etter hverandre lett oppfattes som inntrengende for den som følger deg. Gull er et verdifullt og ettertraktet metall fordi det er sjelden. Anse dine gullkorn som det samme. Blir det for mye gull, mister det sin verdi.
Hold deg oppdatert
For å få dette på stell bør du abonnere på e-posten Twitter sender ut, som gir deg beskjed om nye følgesvenner. Det kan bli mange av dem, så bruk gjerne et filter for å putte dem i en egen mappe, eller opprett en egen e-postkonto for formålet. Denne e-posten er den enkleste måten å holde deg oppdatert på nye følgesvenner på.
Sett det i system
Når mengden følgesvenner øker, reduseres samtidig oversikten. Det er begrenset hva du klarer å følge med på i det tradisjonelle webgrensesnittet til Twitter.
Derfor må du skaffe deg et godt verktøy for å filtrere, sortere og kategorisere alle meldingene. Selv benytter jeg TweetDeck som har blitt helt uvurderlig for å kunne klare å følge med på det som skrives. Her har jeg opprettet forskjellige kategorier og søkefraser jeg vil følge med på. For eksempel har jeg en kategori hvor jeg putter alle venner, en kategori hvor jeg samler på tips og smarte triks, og så videre.
Logg av!
Det viktigste du gjør er å logge av og gjøre noe annet. Twitter er vår tids IRC. Samtalen går uavbrutt hele døgnet, og det er begrenset hva du kan og bør bruke tid på. Bruk tid på det som virkelig engasjerer deg og til å dele gode opplevelser og kunnskap.
Til slutt faller det seg helt naturlig å svare når man blir tilsnakket.
- Carnival GoodnessPublished: May 26, 2009Source: Jeremy CowartLast night my wife and I took our kids to the Carnival. I took my 5D MK II along with my 50mm 1.2 lens. I swear a carnival is the perfect setting for good photos, especially when you take a cute family on a nice night and shoot it all with that lens.Oh. And isn't it crazy that I shot these photos and the Abandon video below with the same camera? That blows my mind that we can do that now.
- Hello again FlickrPublished: June 1, 2009Source: Jeremy CowartSo I've decided to start using Flickr again. Why?1. For the sport of it.I've had so many conversations with guys about which they like better... College or NBA basketball. The common answer is college cause the guys aren't playing for money. They're playing for the love of it and the competition. Well I like to think photography is the same. I don't want to just pick up a camera every time I have a shoot. Not that that's ever been the case anyway. But I want to be more intentional about documenting life, the places I go and especially my family. Sometimes it's hard to pick up a camera when I get home from work. But hopefully that's going to change now. I've already been shooting a ton on my days off in the past week and also while I'm here in London.2. YOU inspire me.I'm incredibly inspired, especially lately at all the other photographers on Flickr. Even though I haven't posted in a long time I still browse it almost daily. And there's a vast amount of people out there blowing my mind.. teenagers, stay-at-home moms, everyone. These are the people that are really pushing me to keep shooting.3. I have way too many images sitting around.I hate the fact that I have thousands and thousands of photos just sitting on hard drives wasting space. I'd prefer they be hanging on people's walls and maybe someday that can happen once I start figuring out selling prints but for now at least some of these images can have a little life and be seen.
- Autodesk Sustainable Design SurveyPublished: June 2, 2009Source: Inside the Factory
The Autodesk Simulation User Experience Team is looking for feedback on the relative importance of different types of energy analysis data during the early conceptual design phase of a project. The survey should take less than ten minutes to complete.
Who Should Participate? Architects, Designers, Energy Analysts, Mechanical Engineers focusing on HVAC, and those who are doing design work with a focus on sustainability. Please forward this survey to any colleagues in these roles who may be interested.
The survey can be found here.
The survey will be active: June 1 – 8, 2009.Please also feel free to let us know your thoughts on this survey and your experience with energy analysis in the blog comments. Thanks!
- Graduated FiltersPublished: May 29, 2009Source: Inside Lightroom
Jay Kinghorn has a piece at Creative Pro magazine about adding drama to your photos with Lightroom’s Graduated filter.
You can buy an extensive set of Graduated Filters from Sean McCormack’s site. Sean has created a vast number of grads, both hard and soft, horizontal and vertical.
- Macro On A Budget Or Back To Back CouplersPublished: June 2, 2009
The following guest post by Brian Carey will show you how to make a powerful macro glass using some old filters (and really good and cheap glass)
One method of delving into macro photography is to use adapter rings.
These rings have threads on both sides, one end is screwed onto your present camera lens like any filter and a second lens is attached in reverse onto the other end of the ring. So two lenses can be attached front to front using the adapter rings filter threads. You can buy these adapters or you can make them yourself by taking filters matching the thread sizes of the lenses being used and removing the glass and epoxying the rings together with the threads sticking out on both ends.
- Working with Virtual Copies in LightroomPublished: June 2, 2009Source: Digital Photography School
The Virtual copy feature of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom lets you experiment with multiple editing options for an image without duplicating the original image. So, for example, if you have an image that you think would look good either with its color enhanced or rendered in black and white you can apply both fixes to the same image to see which you like best using virtual copies. No only will you see both versions in Lightroom, you can export each as a different image and you can work with them independently of each other.
Follow these steps to see virtual copies at work:
Step 1
Inside Lightroom locate the photo to adjust in the film strip, right click it and choose Create Virtual Copy. In the film strip you will see both images and, when you select them, you will see they have the same file name. If you have the Info Overlay displayed it too shows the same data for both images.
Step 2
Once you have created the virtual copy you can edit it independently of the original and compare the results. You can also make additional virtual copies and each behaves independently of the original but is, in reality, the same image.
Step 3
To view the two images side by side, return to Library view, select both the image and the Virtual copy and click the XY button above the filmstrip. This shows the two images side by side.
Tip
One problem with virtual copies is determining which is the original and which is the copy. You will need to do this, for example, if you want to delete the virtual copy leaving the original in place.
To delete a virtual copy, right-click the version of the image that you think is the virtual copy and choose Delete Photo. If it is the virtual copy you will see the dialog prompt “Remove the selected virtual copy from Lightroom?” - click Remove to delete it.
If the selected version was not the virtual copy you will see the prompt “Delete the selected master photo from disk, or just remove it from Lightroom?”. This tells you that the selected image is not the virtual copy but the original. Click Cancel if you do not intend removing both the original and the Virtual copy(ies) from Lightroom or from your disk.
If you use Virtual copies a lot you can configure the Info Overlay to show you which image is a copy. To do this, choose View > View Options and click Show Info Overlay. Reconfigure one of the info sets to include not only the File Name but also the Copy Name. The original image will display the filename only and virtual copies will display the filename and Copy 1 (or Copy 2).
Post from: Digital Photography School - Photography Tips.
Working with Virtual Copies in Lightroom
- How to Plan a Photography TripPublished: June 3, 2009Source: Digital Photography School
Photography. Travel. Adventure. For many enthousiasts, the opportunities available for photographers seem nothing short of exotic. But how many have the budget to spend 4-10k on a photography trip with the Maine Workshops or National Geographic?
That’s what I thought.
When your budget doesn’t look like the late American stimulus package, how do you manage a summer photography trip to include a variety of exciting and visual opportunities?
A workable photo trip is manageable. You simply have to proiritize what things are most important to you, and what you can compromise on. Here are a few questions to ask yourself before booking that plane ticket:
1. Do you want your trip to be just vacation, or working vacation?
Many non profit groups are happy to pay the expenses of a photographer while they are in country if you just get yourself over there. While you may not be entirely flexible and in control of your schedule, there are just as many opportunities to shoot - and you may come back home with a deeper experience.
2. Do you mind heading out of the country out of season?
Tourist season is the most expensive for traveling, but depending on your location, you may only have to deal with more humidity or a few additional rainy days.
3. Do you want to travel alone or in a group?
Sometimes group fares can be more reasonable than for an individual. While traveling in a group may provide better rates and additional safety, the disadvantages include sightseeing according to the entire group, and less alone time.
4. Do you want a posh experience or a clean bed?
Hostels internationally are typically the least expensive way to find rooms. You don’t have to settle for a run down, ghetto hostel either. Quality and prices cover a wide range. Checking out hostel.com is a great way to find whatever quality and price you are looking for.
5. Do you want to take taxi’s or walk?
Before you head out on your trip, make sure you know in country transportation. Taxi’s can get expensive fast, but if you can find your way through the subway systems you may find a faster and more economic way of transport. To find maps of the rail ahead of time, check out any major cities website. While you may not be able to take pictures out the window like a cab, many rail stops are near your typical tourist sights.
6. Do you want to cover an entire country, or make your hub one particular city?
Exploring one city is by far the least expensive way to plan a photography trip. While you may think that there could be less variety and photo opportunities, don’t be fooled. Major cities have a plethora of sights, experiences, and places that could take up weeks of your trip.
7. Do you want to brave a new way or take the reliable route?
A few hours of research on the internet and you will find a number of tips from travelors who have already explored your destination city. From the experience of others, you can often find the best and most inexpensive ways to travel, places to eat, and sights to see.
8. Do you want to bring all your necessities or are you willing to backpack?
Typically, backpacking trips require more sense of adventure and a willingness to rough it on occasion. You bring fewer things to give additional portability, but glizt and glamour is not the main goal. You may be able to travel inexpensively and live on the go, just remember that everything you bring, you carry.
Post from: Digital Photography School - Photography Tips.
How to Plan a Photography Trip
- When Was the Last Time?Published: June 1, 2009Source: Chase Jarvis Blog
Just sitting here asking myself this question, which makes me want to ask you the same one.
When was the last time you shot something for the first time?
Get out there and shoot something new. Break your mold. Report back.
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- Sukkenes bro, et hjertesukkPublished: June 2, 2009Source: BørgekingSukkenes bro i Venezia. Man vet jo ikke helt hva man skal tro. Selge seg til Sisley slik? Er det kulturell vandalisme? Helligbrøde?
Fra et markedsføringsståsted er det genialt. For Sisley. Det bor ca. 70 ooo mennesker i Venezia og det kommer ca. halvannen million turister til byen, årlig. Nå nekter jeg å tro at dette blir stående et helt år, skrik, men allikevel: Tenk på alle bildene som turistene tar av denne broen? Sisley-reklamen kommer til å bli stående i flere hundre tusen fotoalbumer, og blogger (som min, yes), i årevis etterpå.Det er ikke bare Sisley over broen. Alt det blå, både under og langs sidene, er også en del av reklamen. Det er monumentalt. Sukk. Navnet Sukkenes bro får en helt ny dimensjon, nå. - What's BIMPublished: November 12, 2007Source: BIM-Technology-RangeNever imagine to write such a tricky topic. Just today my boss asked me to write it down I guess it's time to share my understanding of it.
Building Information Model, in general, is a data management tool, specialized in building-life-cycle data management.
The word "Model" have different intrepretation. One very common is: "3D-model with embedded data about anything of a building".
In broader sense, "Model" have speaking term with "Methodology". In this domain, BIM would mean "a Specialized Method in managing Building Information". The database so described will not necessary follow the "real-form" of a building (i.e. 10 storey building = 10 folders of file containing 3D-model and related data), but be anything that will facilitate the management of data about a building. You can imagine a magical drawing rack which will throw you the precise information about anything of a building upon your verbal request.
To give another example, in a set tender documents, the tender drawings is a kind of BIM; while the specification book will be another, though both are old-fashioned and deficient. A good BIM should encapsulate the capability of both, in addition to other intelligent contents: e.g. maintenance log-book, hyperlink to manufacturer's web site, a video of presentation by the architect.
All in all, the form of BIM, today, usually come with the former case: a 3D model with embedded or intelligently-linked data. Just bear in mind that there are other possibilies than this. - What's BIM ... ... continuedPublished: November 13, 2007Source: BIM-Technology-RangeThat's why such topic is tricky: I was asked to write a "simplified" version of yesterday's. OK, never mind!
Building Information Model, in essence, is a technology platform upon which professional from AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) industry could work and share data collaboratively and efficiently.
It starts with a computerized 3D model of the subject building itself. Throwing away the legacy concept of 2D paper drawings, designers will no longer "draw" plans and elevations, but to build up a 3D model straight away in computer. 2D drawings are only flattened representation of the 3D model automatically generated by computers.
There are many advantages of using 3D model right from the start. Architects and building owners could appreciate the design visually in computer to foster confidence of the final outcome. Engineers can do analysis and design using computerized methods that usually require 3D models to base on. Last but not least, adding attributes to the 3D model, quantity sheets of building materials can be generated by computer to assist QS in tender preparation. With BIM as the common language, various design team consultants can fulfill their specific task coherently and consistently.
Design tasks will not stop when building projects enter construction stage. Contractor's proposal, design-and-build items, provisional items, detail design of specific building component, choice of propriety products, to name just a few, are the reasons why BIM is useful to contractors in the way designers do during design stages. Moreover, adding time and resource data into BIM, contractors can simulate construction activities inside computers to testify the workability and/or streamline the production processes. By shifting the try-and-error process from construction site to virtual environment, project risks, and hence a lot of money, could be saved which at the same time, help saving our environment by reducing unnecessary waste.
When the building is ready to handover to its owner/operators, the BIM will become a total digital replicate of the building itself. Today's technology allows us to link any intelligent contents, say maintenance log-book or manufacturer's web-site, into BIM to faclitate the operation of the building. It enhance facility managers to retrieve building information effectively and at the same time migrate their practices to a computerized and integrated platform.
While fulfilling its functions in design, construction and operation stages of a building, BIM could be cited as a building-life-cycle managemet tool. This is the vision that today's AEC professional opt for in the coming information-intelligent era.
Well, sounds more legible? I'm not so sure ... ... - Tiananmen Square blocked offPublished: June 4, 2009Chinese police ring Tiananmen Square to prevent people marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly suppression of protests.
- Panel report: opening up government to better dataPublished: June 3, 2009Source: Ars Technica
The Orwellian-sounding Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT, part of the National Academy of Science) is a leadership group whose membership consists of a few dozen top government, industry, and academic statisticians. This past May, the group held its annual public symposium in Washington DC, where it sought to assess the present and plot the future of the Federal Statistical System. Approximately 250 attendees, many of them government statisticians, spent a full day trading ideas and hearing from leaders in the field and from members of the Obama Cabinet.
Click here to read the rest of this article - Norge = O for Oman og opp -Ohva…?Published: April 16, 2009Source: Ajjabajjas gjøren og laden
Med besøk fra irske utviklere ble det mye latter rundt det faktum at de fleste jeg kjenner skriver O + pil opp for å velge Norge i en nasjonsdropdown. Det var på ikke til å tro-nivået. Siden tabellformatet inntil videre kun tillater en representasjon og hele Skandinavia er flyttet først i tabellen, byr det jo på en utfordring. Men jeg kan ikke si annet enn at jeg trives godt like nord for Oman.
Mulig det har noe med utdaterte browseres manglende kapasitet til å tolke bokstavsekvenser i en dropdown. Eller det faktum at man må skrive hele 4 bokstaver for å velge vårt langstrakte, fremfor Norfolk Islands eller andre i kategorien Sikkert-spennende-steder på N-O-R.
Teorier/forklaringer mottas med takk, plausibilitet er intet krav.
Siden jeg så bombastisk hevdet at “alle” gjør det, tenkte jeg det var på sin plass med en liten undersøkelse.
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