In this episode, the BIMThoughts crew does a review of the IdeateApps including the awesome new Rooms Views Method. We also talk about Node vs Code, learning via video vs reading, and we even talk about a new format for BIMThoughts coming soon. https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/E2202.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #IdeateApps Here is where you can find Ideate Software on the World Wide Web: Website: Ideate Software LinkedIn:Ideate Software Twitter: @IdeateSoftware YouTube: Ideate Software Here is where you can find out more about the latest release of IdeateApps: What’s New in IdeateApps for Revit Here is specific information about the new Room Views Method: Room Views Method If you want to give IdeateApps a try (or any of the other Ideate tools) check out the Free trials: Download the Ideate Software Revit Plugins Today Some great content from the Ideate Software blog worth sharing around training and support: Tech Fridays – A Winning Strategy On-Going Training Series On-Going Support Series   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, we flip the script and have special guest host Zach Kron interview Dana De Filippi, Associate, Co-Leader of Computation Design at Smith Group. We talk about her YouTube Channel DanamoBIM, how she got to where she is today (not your typical AEC path) her crafting, coding, and so much more! Dana De Filippi Zach Kron           https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/E2201.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #BIMmersBeCrafters Here is where you can find Dana on the World Wide Web: Website: design by dana (So you can buy Dana’s Cool Stuff) LinkedIn:Dana De Filippi Twitter: @danadefilippi YouTube: DanamoBIM Instagram: @design.by.dana Here is where you can find Zach on the World Wide Web: Website: buildz (So you can buy Zach’s Cool Stuff) Website: buildz (blog) LinkedIn: Zach Kron Twitter: @ZachKron Instagram: @kronzach There is still time to get your Digital Built Week Americas 2022 Abstracts in! Deadline has been extended to January 17th, 2022, 11:59 pm PST (event runs is June 14th -16th 2022) DBW Americas 2022 includes BILT NA, BCS, DTS, Data Day and more! Submit your Abstract(s) HERE Revit API Docs API Docs (Grasshopper, Navisworks, Revit, Rhino) pyRevit (created by Ehsan Iran-Nejad) 10 AMAZING PYREVIT FEATURES TO SAVE INSANE AMOUNTS OF TIME The Noun Project Onlinewebfonts.com (SVG Vector Icons & PNG / PSD / EPS / PNM / Free Downloads)   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, we chat with Konrad Sobon of bimbeats & Bad Monkeys fame about Dynamo, Programing, The Revit API, Teaching, his coding origin story, favourite language and more. https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/E2144.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #DadJokes Here is where you can find Konrad on the World Wide Web: Website: bimbeats Website: Bad Monkeys Blog: archi+lab LinkedIn:Konrad K Sobon Twitter: @arch_laboratory Konrad’s Dynamo Packages Archi-lab.net – Set of practical nodes (most installed package in Dynamo!) BumbleBee – Dynamo and Excel Interop Mandrill – Data visualization package for Dynamo MantisShrimp – Rhino/Grasshopper and Dynamo interoperability plug-in More info on the Revit APi Master Class Konrad taught Bad Monkeys + AEC Tech Masterclass Revit API. Journey From Beginner to Master in One Course (6 hour YouTube Video) GitHub Repo with class dataset We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, we have a full house! We chat with Nick Johns, UK/EMEA Territory Sales Lead, Steve Deadman, Customer Success Manager UK/EMEA and Richard Taylor, Technical Evangelist all from Ideate Software. We discuss the state of BIM in the UK, standards such as ISO 19650 and BS8644, the differences between UK and North America BIM, and we even chat a little about the latest release of the IdeateApps. Nick Johns Steve Deadman Richard Taylor           https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/E2143.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #IdeateUK Here is where you can find Nick, Steve, Richard, and Ideate Software on the World Wide Web: Website: Ideate Software LinkedIn:Ideate Software LinkedIn: Nick Johns LinkedIn: Steve Deadman LinkedIn: Richard Taylor Twitter: @IdeateSoftware Twitter: @SteveDeadman Twitter: @Rwtaylor_Revit Learn about the recent IdeateApps feature improvements: What’s New in IdeateApps for Revit The cool new Room Views Method that’s now part of the IdeateApps Room Views Method Be sure to stay tuned early in 2022 for a BIMThoughts crew review of the IdeateApps included the new Room Views Method. Orkestra – Create, deploy & scale Dynamo scripts like never before. online   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, Bill, Dana and guest host Sarah Causey chat with Daniel Davis, Researcher at Hassell. They talk about Daniel’s latest blog about CAD’s boring future, and his time working on Sagrada Familia, and much more. Enjoy the show! https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/E2142.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #CAD Here is where you can find Daniel on the World Wide Web: Website: Daniel Davis LinkedIn:Daniel Davis Twitter: @dr_danieldavis The Blog that Started it all (or at least started this podcast) CAD’s Boring Future and Why it’s Exciting If you are not sure what Sagrada Familia is, this will help Stitched Panorama We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this video episode, we chat with Antonio González Viegas about all things IFC.js. We learn what IFC.js is, how Antonio an Architect start it as a hobby and labour of love with basically no coding knowledge (still has only been coding for less than 2 years). We also talk about Open Source, JavaScript Libraries, and how IFC.js can be used to allow anyone to create a BIM app or software for free! https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/E2141.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #IFCjs Here is where you can find Antonio and IFC.js on the World Wide Web: Website: IFC.js LinkedIn:Antonio González Viegas LinkedIn: IFC.js Twitter: @agviegasBIM Twitter: @ifc_js GitHub: IFC.js GitHub: agviegas Blog: IFC.js Blog Be sure to check out his episode video on the BIMThoughts YouTube Channel E2141 – Antonio González Viegas & IFC.js You can join the IFC.js Community via their Discord server Join by clicking the “Community” tab HERE Twitter is a BIM tool now (another weekend experiment). #openbim #opensource #ifcjs pic.twitter.com/oNiWhfbwlU — ansoni (@agviegasBIM) October 2, 2021   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, We chat with Dalton Goodwin of The BIM Coordinator YouTube channel fame. We talk about his love for all things AEC and Data related like, Dynamo, Revit, Python, Knime, Postman, Codewars, Bimbeats and more! https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/E2140.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: Here is where you can find Dalton on the World Wide Web: Website: The BIM Coordinator LinkedIn:Dalton Goodwin YouTube: The BIM Coordinator Postman – Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs Knime – Visual programming for data analytics Codewars – Coding challenges Bimbeats – Real-time dashboards and more   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, we Chat with Sarah Causey, Manager of Design Technology at Flad Architects about her new role. We also talk about Candy, why the move to Raleigh, working with the Unreal Engine and Twinmotion, Sustainability and more. https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/E2139.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #CandyThoughts Here is where you can find Sarah and Flad on the World Wide Web: Website: Flad Architects LinkedIn:Sarah (Miller) Causey Twitter: @SarahCauseyBIM BIMxt (BIM Extension Network) Twinmotion Unreal Engine Blueprints – Dynamo for Unreal Epic Games MegaGrants post on LinkedIn Sarah was talking about Anthony Tuffour Post Build: Architecture 2021 NXT BLD 2021 Digital Construction Week 2021 Datasmith plugin Cove tool Hypar TestFit Spacemaker Willow Don’t know what a “Bones” or “No Bones” day is? Well here is the 411. ‘Bones day’ on TikTok: Why everyone’s talking about this viral pug   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, we run into some technical difficulties with Zencastr (how we record the podcast), the internet and a rouge storm, all of which put the kibosh on the interview we had planned. But in the spirit of the show must go on Bill, Dana, and Carl keep the tape rolling and talk about whatever comes to mind, mostly not BIM stuff, but games, computer, console, board, old and new alike! https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/E2138.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #NotSoMuchBIM The new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W   BIM Buzzword Bonanza https://thebimsider.github.io/BIM-Buzzword-Bonanza/BIM-Buzzword/ Hamster Dance Song Turtle or Logo Try it for yourself at Turtle Academy Play Lemmings online with Dana https://playclassic.games/games/puzzle-solving-dos-games-online/play-lemmings-online/play/ The “Arcade” that Carl was playing on his X-box One Capcom Arcade Stadium Ghost n’ Goblins Kerbal Space Program Townscaper – “Instant town building fun” iOS Android Steam Some of the boardgames we talked about Catan Ticket to Ride Phase 10 Qwirkle Rummikub 7 Wonders Codenames 2022 DBEI (BILT) Events BILT ANZ 2021: 10 – 12 MARCH, 2022, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA BILT Europe 2022: 5 – 7 MAY, 2022, VALENCIA, SPAIN Digital Built Week, Americas (BILT NA) 2022: 13-17 June 2022 – Anaheim, CA, USA BILT ANZ 2022: 24-26 November 2022 – Gold Coast, QLD Australia BILT AEC-ST Federal 2022: 5-9 December 2022 – Washington D.C., USA   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!

In this episode, Bill and Carl talk with Jarod Shultz the Director of Industrial Construction at D3 Technologies (Team D3). We chat about Jarod’s new role with Team D3, Inventor, Generative Design, the upside of hiring a consultant, R&D, Forge, LISP and more. https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EP-2137.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #DeathStarPDFs Here is where you can find Jarod and Team D3 on the World Wide Web: Website: Team D3 LinkedIn: D3 Technologies LinkedIn:Jarod Schultz Twitter: @JarodjSchultz from r/StarWars   We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests. Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on Twitter. You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideas. Join using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYY You can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideas. Join via an invite from the BIMThoughts Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers! Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present. Help Dana’s new YouTube Channel: DanamoBIM get 10,000 subscribers! (We hit 1,000 thanks to all the subscribers!) Follow Dana’s BIM adventures – Dynamo, python and more!