Simplebim offers efficient, scalable and flexible open BIM solution for major UK civils project Project Overview Tier one construction giants Laing O’Rourke and Bouygues TP joined forces as the main civils contractors on the UK’s Hinkley Point C (HPC). The project is the first in a new generation of nuclear… Read more »
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Jarmo Kuusinen joins Simplebim team
We are happy to welcome Jarmo Kuusinen to our Simplebim team! Jarmo joined us on Sept-1 as our Head of Partnerships. He has a solid background in software industry in various roles in business development, product development and sales. We are looking forward for his professional input to the development… Read more »
What’s new in Simplebim 9.0?
Simplebim 9 with Bimsheet™ and location modelling is here! These and other new functionalities take your open BIM workflow to a whole new level. Import any IFC model, edit, enrich, define locations and more. Finally export a new IFC model or exchange model data with Excel using our ground breaking… Read more »
What’s new in Simplebim 8.0?
The fresh new Simplebim 8 is here! The look and feel got a major overhaul making Simplebim more pleasing to the eye and easier to use. Our 3D window now supports multi color objects, grid lines, 2D annotations, edge visualization and has a measurement tool. We also added a left… Read more »
Nine O’Clock Banana
Welcome to Nine O’Clock Banana. The blog about the final and conclusive truth about BIM! Now you may wonder about the connection between bananas and BIM, and why on earth nine o’clock? Well, when we founded Datacubist in 2009 with my colleague Sakari Lehtinen, he took the habit of eating… Read more »
What’s new in Simplebim® 7.0?
With Simplebim® our goal has always been to make using BIM simple. In the past we have concentrated on efficiently creating relevant, reliable and normalized models. With Simplebim 7 we expand the horizon to also include the user interface. Our new concept is called Ultra Simplebim® and it combines the…
Simplebim® can be used by different actors in the BIM exchange. In the following I’m going to go through different scenarios and discuss their benefits and shortcomings. Simplebim® is used by the BIM User In this scenario the requirements for the BIM exchange are not defined very well and there…
Following this fairly simple recipe we can make sure that the BIM exchange produces the expected value for all involved parties. Everybody understand, in advance, the requirements and have the motivation to carry out the exchange professionally. Please note, that in this case BIM stands for building information model and… Read more »Simplebim® Scenarios
Simple BIM Exchange Recipe
Optimizing single object IFC models
A ‘single object IFC model’ is an IFC model containing only one object. Product manufacturers increasingly publish their products in IFC format with the intention that designers use these objects as part of their designs. This post is about optimizing these single object IFC models, i.e. how to reach the… Read more »
Copy-Editing IFC Models
Copy-editing is an established term in the publishing industry. Let’s see how the same concept applies to IFC models. “Copy-editing is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text. Unlike general editing, copy editing might not involve changing the content of the text.”… Read more »
ArchiCAD and Simplebim®
As an ArchiCAD user today you inevitably get in touch with IFC data exchange and must have the ability to deal with it. In the worst case IFC can be a complicated, unreliable and confusing waste of your time and energy. However, by complementing your IFC toolbox with Simplebim® you…
By simply separating model quality and design quality we get a much clearer understanding of what BIM quality really is. If we can have a bad model of a good design and a good model of a bad design, then model and design quality cannot logically be the same thing…. Read more »What is BIM quality?