GC Forum Presentations 21/10/2009

The CAD Managers Forum held an Introduction to Generative Components forum on 21/10/2009. The presentations are available here...

26th of October 2009

BIM in the Parametric World

Or should that be parametrics in the BIM world?

This presentation was given by Nigel at the CAD Manager's Forum "Introduction to Generative Components" evening 21 October 2009.

Nigel discussed the use of parametrics to provide pre- and post-rationalisation of architectural and structural form and how that fits into the wider picture of Building Information Modelling and Integrated Project Delivery (or collaborative working as it used to be called).

The presentation aimed to raise the awareness of the importance of procedural approaches and effective data management strategies to reduce the "haystack" of unnecessary, uncoordinated and unmanaged information. Sometimes we don't need to "bale and stack" our project data, we need a flamethrower to incinerate all the waste!

by Nigel Davies, 23rd of October 2009

Smart Geometry's show and tell

Amid the gilded grandeur of the Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco more than 200 parametric design practitioners from all over the world convened to share their experiences of the use of parametric design software within architectural practice...

by Hugh Davies, 20th of April 2009

Schrodinger’s CAD: The view from inside the box at AU 2008

Inspiration, innovation - Schrodinger's Cat is alive and well at AU 2008...

5th of December 2008

Parametric modelling - why bother?

EYC readers meet Woobius. Woobius Scribbles - an entertaining and, we think, perceptive insight into aspects of technology.

The first post concerns Parametric/Algorithmic modelling: "Don’t bother with parametric modelling if you don’t have the right people and if the project leader is not behind it. Seriously, don’t."

Read on...

by Bob Leung, 23rd of November 2008

A Review of Architectural Geometry

“Architectural Geometry” has recently been published by the Bentley Institute Press. It's a “basic course in geometry at the undergraduate level”. It’s of equal value to those using GenerativeComponents and anyone involved with architectural geometry and CAD production...

22nd of February 2008

What's going to happen with GC?

The future of Generative Components is still safe.

Most people's reaction to the news that Robert Aish has resigned from Bentley and is joining Autodesk is "Well what happens to GC now?". As you may imagine this was indeed the reaction of myself and the members of the SmartGeometry Group....

by Lars Hesselgren, 22nd of November 2007

Recommended Reading: Architectural Geometry

Buy the Bentley Institute Press "Architectural Geometry" from the EatyourCAD bookshop...

"Architectural Geometry is the first book to introduce a revolutionary new approach to design.

Geometry lies at the core of the architectural design process. It is omnipresent, from the initial form-finding stages to the actual construction. Modern constructive geometry provides a variety of tools for the efficient design, analysis, and manufacture of complex shapes. This results in new challenges for architecture. However, the architectural application also poses new problems to geometry. Architectural geometry is therefore an entire research area, currently emerging at the border between applied geometry and architecture."

by Helmut Pottmann, 6th of November 2007

Configuring GenerativeComponents

GenerativeComponents has finally been released. The next thing you’ll need to do is decide whether you wish to configure it to work with your existing config files...

10th of September 2007

Bentley releases Generative Components

Gossip! GC is finally released...

29th of August 2007