Building information modeling (BIM) is no longer a future state, but something geospatial professionals and contractors are putting to use today on building and infrastructure projects. Whether it’s visualising a design, allowing stakeholders to ‘walk through’ a building before it’s complete, or using models to validate work being done according to the design, BIM has […]
The construction industry is on the cusp of a massive transformation. BIM is no longer enough. The next generation of amazing buildings will need construction professionals to build beyond the limits of BIM using a robust library of detail-rich data, streamlined workflows, and real-time collaboration from the field to the office and back again. Constructive […]
Microsoft announced the latest version of its HoloLens mixed-reality headset – HoloLens 2 – at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The software giant also announced a customisation program for the HoloLens 2 – which already is being used by the company’s first partner Trimble to build a hardhat with the headset built into it. The […]
An iconic event deserves an iconic home – and at the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, creativity, history, purpose and technology have combined to create just that. The new centre, opened in April, replaced the much-loved original building which was destroyed by fire on June 18, 2015. Designed by award-winning architects Cox Architects, work on […]
About 10 years ago, TAFE NSW carpentry teacher Graeme Wilton sat down in front of SketchUp for the first time. “I drew a square, then made it 3D and rotated it … and I thought, bloody hell, this is marvellous!” Graeme, better know as Willo, recalls. “Straight away I could see this could really change […]
Creating a space with a multiple of uses is never an easy task. Communicating the architects’ solutions to the brief not only to clients but also to those creating the actual buildings is one of SketchUp’s many advantages, as this project for a Victoria school demonstrates. For LAW Architects in Melbourne, its design for Viewbank […]
Projects with restraints on access, time, and other factors that dictate what, how and when a team can do its work are nothing unusual. However, for the team from Watkins Steel, a contract to supply and install structural steel and gantry framing in a warehouse for a major beverage supplier in Queensland came with perhaps […]
Turning ideas, or, indeed, dreams, into reality is something SketchUp excels at. For an Australian company, turning their clients’ dream outdoor kitchens into a reality is their business – and SketchUp plays a big part in it. Outdoor Alfresco Kitchens, a WA business that’s recently launched in Victoria, designs, manufactures and installs outdoor kitchens that take the […]
While the new year began on January 1 for most of the world, it’s been 2018 in the SketchUp universe for a few months already. We welcomed the launch of Version 2018 in November and, in the spirit of all things ‘new’, we introduced our new website sketchupaustralia.com.au. To celebrate, we’re offering 10% off licenses and […]
Tip No. 2. Tekla Structures 2018 – New ways to manage drawing content. Tip No. 1 – Reports Side Pane The reports side pane allows much more functionality than conventional Tekla Reports, allowing multiple reports to be created at once. You can create groups and re-organise the tree view of the list, group various reports […]
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