Christiaan Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/uk/bim-to-become-part-of-public-procurement-process/5006655.article Quote Link to comment
Assemblage Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 ..announced at an Autodesk event. Hope the govt can be persuaded by open source.. Quote Link to comment
Assemblage Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Having said that, builders here are still congratulating themselves on running jobs on pdf's rather than paper. Can't see hats blowing off in the winds of change any time soon...but who knows? Quote Link to comment
michael john williams Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 VW needs to get in on the band wagon in the UK otherwise they will lose out to Autodesk. Quote Link to comment
Chris D Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/uk/bim-to-become-part-of-public-procurement-process/5006655.article Lord help us if the big contractors choose consultants based on their favourite BIM package. It won't be Vectorworks. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Let's hope this government understands the importance of using open formats. Quote Link to comment
JohnS Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Autodesk I think wants IFC to die! Long live revit. Hope VW and Nemetshek have a lobby for IFC. Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Well, Autodesk may want IFC to die, but they are towing the line... http://www.iai-tech.org/developers/certifying-ifc-implementations/ifc-certification-2.0/ifc2x3-cv-v2.0-certification/ifc2x3-cv-v2.0-certification-summary#software Quote Link to comment
JohnS Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) I think Autodesk is doing it indirecting, regardless of what they may be doing at technical organizations. They almost have to go through the motions, not to be accused of monopolization of the market. The reality is that they crushing IFC through through their market partnerships where they are insuring that Revit is the standard for BIM. For instance Reed Construction Data has created a large BIM library of products called SMARTBIM through its links with its Sweets catalog. ALL of these models are ONLY in Revit format- NOT IFC. They are giving lip service to IFC, while pushing for a Revit dominated world through its powerful and extensive network. How did Nemetschek allow this too happen ? Why don't you push Reed to offer their models in IFC also. It means now that the primary manufacture BIM resource base formatted in Revit - not IFC. As far as I know VW can't import rfa files. VW will need to develop this functionality if its going to survive in a revit dominated world. Edited October 10, 2010 by jsibert1 Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 John, users need to demand IFC content. Therefore people like you need to be asking Reed's why they don't have IFC content. Quote Link to comment
JohnS Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I am doing that right now. Hope you have. Quote Link to comment
JohnS Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 just sent my query to Reed. I encourage to EVERYONE to ask why they are supporting Revit only instead of IFC. This is a new effort on Reed's part, and we may have influence at this point. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted October 10, 2010 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 10, 2010 See my comment on jsibert's other post about IFC/Revit product data. Quote Link to comment
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