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What you should do before getting into BIM.

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Before you study BIM you should study a bit of parametric modelling, and architectural design and construction. Having a modicum of understanding of logic and database management is also helpful. It’ll also help if you’re familiar with typical architectural (I’m including structural, civil, & MEP here) document conventions and practices. That in mind, forget how you do it in CAD, you’re learning a new tool. You didn’t bring your protractor and T-square along to your CAD workstation, don’t assume that a familiar CAD workflow is practical. A crash course in something like Inventor (even Autodesk’s self-guided tutorials if they haven’t nerfed them) that teaches you to think about simple constraints, how they interact, and what you can do with them will make it much easier to think about how those constraints get much more complex when driving multiple assemblies. If you don’t grok how footings, foundations, walls, trusses, etc all work together, and actually get assembled, you’...

Top 3 Books for Artificial Intelligence

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These are my Top 3 Books for A.I  For those of you who have read my A.I ( Artificial Intelligence ) Posts and are really interested in AI. Artificial intelligence  ( AI , also  machine intelligence ,  MI ) is  Intelligence  displayed by  machines , in contrast with the  natural intelligence  ( NI ) displayed by humans and other animals. In  computer science  AI research is defined as the study of " intelligent agents ": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal. [1] Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is applied when a machine mimics "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other  human minds , such as "learning" and "problem solving" These are my Top 5 Reads on A.I Number 1: This is one of my favourites.  Number 2: This makes into my number two... a good bed time read..  Number 3 - well suited for 3.0...

A must read for any Digital Enthusiast : The BIM Managers Handbook

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The BIM Manager's Handbook: Guidance for Professionals in Architecture, Engineering and Construction So I'm not usually a fan of reading books, but these days I've been going all out. I've been reading "The BIM Manager's Handbook: Guidance for Professionals in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, by Dominic Holzer" I must say its a hell of a read and really defines the rules of BIM and how BIM has been implemented in the AEC industry. I would definitely recommend this if you want to get a good understanding in BIM, whether you want to become a BIM Manager or just an employee in the AEC and want to gain understanding. I would suggest you read this book. Here is where you can get it from: