Thursday, October 28, 2021

Presentation to University of Michigan Architecture Students

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present, along with Lake|Flato's design performance coordinator Kate Sector, on operational and embodied carbon for University of Michigan graduate architecture students. This is the topic of today's post.


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Friday, October 22, 2021

NVIDIA CloudXR for AEC

There is magic in the air... wireless real-time VR delivered via Wi-Fi or even 5G streamed across the internet!

Which is all made possible by the cutting edge NVIDIA CloudXR tech, along with NVIDIA DLSS-enabled Enscape for real-time rendering. This presents an exciting opportunity for AEC, and Lake|Flato in particular given our tech topology.

This is the topic of today's post, which includes a YouTube video.



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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Introducing Enscape for TestFit

In case you missed it, at the first-ever global Enscape virtual conference last month, an Enscape API/SDK was announced... and the first integration is with none other than TestFit. This is the topic of today's post.


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Monday, October 18, 2021

ARCHITECT Magazine article on open source software for Architects

A new ARCHITECT magazine article just came out, written by Michael Kilkelly, on open source software for architects. I was interviewed and quoted for this article! 

Today's post is about this article, and another open source tool for engineer's, called The BHoM, by Buro Happold.


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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

The Revit Kid - Revit Groups vs Links

A fun deep dive on BIM After Dark, Jeffery Pinheiro, aka The Revit Kid, hosted Aaron Maller on the age old debate on using Groups vs. Links, within Revit, on repetitious items like apartment units.


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Monday, October 11, 2021

Autodesk Revit 2022 Video I am Featured In

A quick share about an Autodesk video I am featured in, sharing my thoughts about Revit in general, and the good stuff in the latest 2022 release.



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Friday, October 8, 2021

Conference Follow Up - Advancing Computational Building Design 2021

This week was a wrap for the 5th annual Advancing Computational Building Design conference hosted by HansonWade. The event was amazing on multiple levels... from IRL people (finally) to networking to session content, and top notch hospitality by the sponsors. This is the topic of today's post.


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Saturday, October 2, 2021

Autodesk University 2021 - Implementing Early Energy Modeling in an Architectural Practice (AS500067)

I have an exciting session coming up next week, at Autodesk University 2021... 

The entire event is free and there are nearly 400 people already signed up for my presentation!


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Friday, October 1, 2021

NEMA Webinar - BIM Data Requirements for Electrical Products

Check out this upcoming webinar, lead by industry design professionals, on a new standard by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).


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