Construction Software Review

(Editor's note: This quick look at Target Value Design, which is a form of model-based estimating, is the latest in a series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from AECbytes.com.)

(Editor's note: This integrated project delivery case study, which focuses on a $320 million medical center project southeast of Oakland, Calif., is the tenth and final in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from AECbytes.com.)

(Editor's note: This brief look at integrated project delivery systems is the ninth in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from AECbytes.com.)

Building Information Modeling plays an important role in construction, but an inadequate means of addressing integrated project delivery means that, at the moment, it is steadily losing the ability to keep up with the changing industry.

(Editor's note: This tip on creating an formatting an ArchiCAD schedule is the eighth in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from AECbytes.com.)

(Editor's note: This tip on using PDF in ArchiCAD is the seventh in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from the very detailed technical tips on AECbytes.com.)

Any program that allows you to print will also allow you to create PDF files. ArchiCAD is no exception -- but there are several other ways you import and edit PDF in ArchiCAD:

(Editor's note: This tip on working with ArchiCAD's 3-D architectural modeling features is the sixth in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from AECbytes.com.)

(Editor's note: This tip on using ArchiCAD to design remodels and additions is the fifth in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from the very detailed technical tips on AECbytes.com. It is the first of four upcoming tips on using ArchiCAD, so stay tuned.)

(Editor's note: This tip on creating custom walls in Autodesk Revit Architecture is the fourth in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from AECbytes.com.)

Breaking out of standard designs in Autodesk Revit Architecture can be intimidating, but it only takes a little guidance. It would be an almost endless process to go through all of the possibilities here, so here’s an example from AECbytes.com.

(Editor's note: This tip on breaking edges in SketchUp is the third in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from the very detailed technical tips on AECbytes.com. It is our final Google SketchUp tip for a few weeks. Next we will take a quick look at Autodesk's Revit Architecture.)

(Editor's note: This tip about using Google SketchUp's intersect tool is the second in a weekly series of blog posts about CAD and BIM software that comes to us from the very detailed technical tips on AECbytes.com.)

You’re probably already familiar with the Intersect tool in Google SketchUp, but many users don’t know how to work all its features. Here’s a brief overview of two features you might not be used to: