This week we are heading to Las Vegas for the 2013 NAHB International Builders Show. It’s going to be exciting to see so many innovative new products being shown and some fantastic trade booths on display. If you’re at the show this week, feel free to contact us to catch up on all things Building… Read more
It’s a new year and the team at BIMstop is ready to dive into 2013. We have some exciting features being released in the first quarter of 2013, as well as some great new clients coming on board. All of the new BIM content will be available for Autodesk Revit, Graphisoft ArchiCAD, Trimble Sketchup (previously… Read more
Recently we released our new BIM questions and answers section (you can access it here) as a way of aggregating our Building Information Modeling knowledge as well as that of our growing community of global BIM experts. It has been a great success with users around the globe finding it useful. Below is this month’s… Read more
Below is a guest post from April a marketing manager for a building product manufacturer in the USA. April has successfully grown her company’s market share over the last 5 years and offers the following advice to building product marketing managers starting out. Marketing Your Building Product Marketing your building products may have been going… Read more
We get asked a lot of questions, 99% of which are related to Building Information Modeling (BIM). This includes questions about how to work with BIM, BIM software tutorials, which BIM software is the right fit, how to support BIM users and how to market to BIM users. We’ve been happily answering them for years… Read more
Facebook is planning to expand their campus! After their IPO on the stock market, Facebook has decided to add to its campus by building a huge new addition designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Gehry. The new extension hopes to hold up to 2,800 engineers once completed in a few years time. The building itself is like… Read more
We’re pleased to announce that Polyflor BIM files are now available for their complete flooring range on the BIMstop network, in both Revit and ArchiCAD formats. You can download them directly from Polyflor’s BIM profile on our network here > The Polyflor BIM files allow you to easily place all of the products from Polyflor’s… Read more
Here’s a fun video showing how powerful the latest Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools are getting. The below video is demonstrating the latest ArchiCAD 16 which introduces direct modeling capabilities into the native BIM environment with its brand new MORPH™ tool. The tool allows you to play with any objects within the ArchiCAD BIM environment, allowing… Read more
As the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) accelerates we are seeing a huge uptake by contractors, especially on larger projects. This is great to see as it shows the true power of BIM in order to bring all of a project’s stakeholders together. Increased sharing of information and advanced tools allow the building project… Read more
Here’s a great video of the Burj Khalifa (formally the Burj Dubai) in the UAE. The Burj as you may know is the world’s tallest building. We were lucky enough to see it for real last year and it is amazing in real life, as well as very elegant for such a huge structure. The tower… Read more
