Novedge Pulse™ of Jay Zallan

Writing a bunch, beta testing a whole lot & as usual work & family take a lot of time (this is a lame excuse for not posting lately).I will have some awesome (to me at least) postings in the near future, so bare with me :-)... For now; here's a taste:Detailing  [more...]

Here's to all of the thousands of people who submitted for AU Classes...Cheers!!!From the looks of it AU2012 will again be an amazing amalgam of creativity, productivity, learning and strippers...uhhh...ummm...woops... I mean professional networking!!!If you want to  [more...]

In a reply to a RFO question I added the following that I think can be helpful to many folks...Until Revit Server & other remote solutions are "Lights-On" bullet-proof at least :-) (Yes the image above IS a link as always ;-)(Paraphrased) Q: I want to work at home  [more...]

I like the title of this post as a statement, not a question!!! Here you go, you know the drill hit the images and links and then read everything we have to say in the Revit Architecture article on pages 28 through 35.OK, OK, you can read all the other great contributors  [more...]

First off: Look out for AUGIworld later this month, as Marcello Sgambelluri & I have collaborated to pen an article on the big parts (according to us) of these "what's new" things... That article will have some How to use What's new!!! (I will add the link here  [more...]

SO!!! I got a call today from Gregory Arkin; the person who was thought to have broken an ADSK NDA regarding all things that NDA's are for in the BIM world... I am as guilty as everyone for calling him out and I must now say that it appears we all seem to have fucked  [more...]

Now I can exercise my fair share of civil protest & I am a hardcore defender of free speech, even if I completely disagree with the speech, but there is a line of respect that I feel needs deference: One's own word...Now, we can all step out from that one at times  [more...]

Are you going to RTC USA 2012? I think you should!!! There's value in dem dere hills!!!Registration is wide open and I am glad to say that there is some good representation from the Revit community.I am happy to say that The Los Angeles BIM Consortium: Marcello Sgambelluri,  [more...]

Here's a bit of fun with Marcello's Cow for LARUG (Hey, check out LARUG's Group Site and sign up/join if you want to come to the monthly shows).Good thing The Cow doesn't cast shadows on the sample building or Filet Mignon would have been served!!! [more...]

To all LA area Architects & AEC Professionals, -Or those who will be in LA later this month...I am pleased to announce a speaking engagement at this year’s LA CSI Nite event. So if you can make it please register and join us for a great afternoon and evening of  [more...]

Andy Partridge is an awesome writer and really encapsulates brilliance in his works... Do get into him & XTC if you like thinking!!! Now (below the video) onto the letter... Dear AEC, Recently I tweeted you to get #BIM or a new career and I would like to follow  [more...]

A good project is an organized project... [more...]

One of LARUG's Leadership Consortium (Leather Jackets to follow?) has an article out on DesignIntelligence (@dinet) and if you are implementing BIM or any other process and/or process change this article will surely give food for thought... and a bunch of...well read  [more...]

What are you doing Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 beginning at 2pm?If you are in the Los Angeles area then plan to come by the (LACSI) Los Angeles Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute's CSI NITE.Held at the beautiful Los Angeles Marriott Downtown at  [more...]

A Fluffy Kitten and Phil Read Walk Into a Bar...Veo looks like it is what BIM has been dreaming of...next up; the product releases... "soon"Follow M-SIX on LinkedIn and get the preview videos from hitting the image below... (See Arch+Tech too)... [more...]

The following are 15 selected posts from the past year that I feel are still helpful. I did leave out the post on Revit Tools (no not the bad users) since there are a lot of new tools and I am considering a future post for that...Thanks to everyone for reading, sharing,  [more...]

“@GeorgeMokhtar2:addins 4 Revit: these guys are taking requests! lnkd.in/cKkAEN” @case_inc please dedicate that song to my girl!!!— Jay B Zallan (@JayZallan) December 22, 2011 [more...]

bit.ly/rGAquJ @jobcaptain Nice dialog twitpic.com/7u6anv#BimModelingFluffyKittenKillas or #BimModelingFluffyGerbilKillas— Jay B Zallan (@JayZallan) December 16, 2011 [more...]

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Last 2 days 2 Vote @JayZallan to the #AUGI Board bit.ly/rFoQu2 else @davewlight will send around the boys to get U #SavagedByKittens— Jay B Zallan (@JayZallan) December 13, 2011 [more...]

There is much ado about clouds, infinite computing, etc. in AEC these days... Call me leery but I just do not see full production ready solutions out there yet (YET!!!)... I know we probably will but not so much yet; furthermore some people just need to work locally  [more...]

A great year and great posts from around the Revit-o-sphere and I am happy to announce that a tutorial-post I created (based on some collaboration with Marcello Sgambelluri), called Make S Ride on The Rails (yes that's a link) has been voted as October's Post of the  [more...]

Who to vote for (by hitting the image left)? Me of course!!! There have been a few times where I felt that AUGI could have benefited from a Board of Directors that displayed a passionate and unique perspective, so when I was asked to throw my hat in for consideration  [more...]

Bartender says "What will you have BIM Model?", The fluffy kitty (AutoCAT) suddenly dies a bloody death and BIM Model says: "I'll have some of that...again"Hmmm...A new drink: the "Bloody Fluffy Kitty" It's a double shot size glass of "Tequila, splash Benedictine,  [more...]

After collaboration with Marcello Sgambelluri, inspiring each other to a breakthrough of sorts on how we can model more effectively in Revit...at least for some components & objects: I posted a solution for how to create twisting geometry; using 'rails' to drive  [more...]

Great articles as always and SoCal Reviteur Brian Andresen got the cover.Read the entire issue, as there is gold throughout!!!As usual hit the images for the goods!!! The top image is for downloading any AUGI World issue and the image below is directly to the online  [more...]

These timezones are fun... Although I also got this email last night @davewlight blogged it out first so I'll just link to his post!!! Plus if you don't already visit his site regularly you should...So go check out the RTC USA 2012 notice and we'll see you there,  [more...]

Click Me!!! for the first part of this cross-post, if you want to understand where all the perspective & viewpoint is coming from!!!On To The Help!!! More Transformation for all.One of the questions was how to correctly model a twisting element (see image left).Marcello  [more...]

OK, Here is the paper I promised on Detailing concepts.It has changed a bit (quite a bit) from the preview but I hope it's worth your while to read.I read it as both inspiring, as well as heavy handed in it's assertions that one needs to hold to schedules and processes:  [more...]

The clouds (costs) are falling!!!, The clouds (costs) are falling!!!...And we couldn't be more pleased.I am going to pull the trigger on this one for sure: @Bitcasa infinite cloud storage/sync/sharing is only $10 per month...With the amount of data I have and the fact  [more...]

In the August Issue of AugiWorld (Out Now!!!, from AUGI of course) our friend Troy Gates has contributed an article speaking to Revit Collaboration, lending a bit of historical foundation, for us to move into the unknown future from... As always hit the links &  [more...]

Sage advice that is spot on.Too bad the damned video isn't shown in Architecture Schools (or earlier)!!! [more...]

If you'd like to download the Current AUGIWorld Issues (@AUGI) then hit the prior link... Hey; I know that (highlighted) guy...Consider my own horn tooted XD... The first issue that I CM'd the RAC will be out later this summer: August I believe. It will feature an  [more...]

In a previous post we got this comment; Well Anonymous did you actually look??? It's the first one in the list...see below!!! BTW: I thought the "I don't see the Bovine Template in my Family Editor" comment was hilarious!!!Marcello from The Revit Complex sent me the  [more...]