Next version of bimserver brings many improvments
The upcoming version of bimserver will bring many improvements over the existing 1.0 release. While many of the improvements are bug-fixes and optimization there are also a range of new features introduced. Catenda has been following the project for quite some while as we develop most of our tools on top of the latest development of bimserver. We are very exited about the changes and have great expertiaion for the project. There have been many changes and improvements since version 1.0. Some of the major changes are: Removal of major...
read moreHow to get Solibri Model Viewer working on 64bit Ubuntu
As a Ubuntu user I’m not spoiled with good IFC viewers. To be honest there are hardly anyone out there. One decent alternative is the Solibri Model Viewer downloadable from here: http://www.solibri.com/solibri-model-viewer.html For a long time I was using the viewer happily on my 32 bit notebook but when I upgradet to a 64bit version of Ubuntu, the joy was suddenly over. I could no longer get the viewer to start. It stopped with the message “Unable to launch the application”. After a bit of fiddling with various Java...
read moreIFD neste naturlige steg i bruken av åpen BIM
Catenda har i dag publisert en gjesteartikkel i vedlegget til Dagens Næringsliv. I artikkelen fremhever Lars Bjørkhaug mulighetene IFD gir for dagens og fremtidens objekt og produktbiblioteker. IFD kan være nøkkelen til å få til et omforent nasjonalt objektbibliotek for bransjen, noe bransjen har jobbet med å få til i en årrekke. Artkkelen finnes på side 5 i bilaget. Les hele bilaget her.
read moreSmå bedrifter skal bli grønnere gjennom enkel bruk av buildingSMART teknologi
GreenConServe skal gjøre SMBer i byggenæringen grønner og mer bærekraftig. EU prosjektet går i Frankrike, Tyskland og Norge. Statsbygg, Forsvarsbygg, YIT og Sweco er norske større drivere som er med som drahjelp for de mindre bedriftene. Norsk Teknologi bidrar med et parallell prosjekt “BIM Fyrtårn” for å ta buildingSMART ned på jorden og gi genuin nytte til små tekniske bedrifter. Innovasjon Norge står for hoveddelen av prosjektet, ved å dele ut “vouchere” til SMBer, slik at bedriftene kan utvikle seg i en...
read moreIn memory of Jeffrey Wix
The world just lost one of the most important contributors of technical expertise and vision for the building and construction industry. For more than 20 years Jeffrey Wix (Jeff among friends) has been developing and managing standards, methodologies and tools for our industry. Jeff project-managed the major releases of the IFC standard and was a key developer of the IFD (ISO 12006-3) standard. Jeff was also the original author of the Information Delivery Manual (IDM). Jeff was a person with the capability to understand both the need of the...
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