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OpenDefinery
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Less is More: The Minimum Viable Data Approach for BIM
First and foremost, let it be known that I am not a formally educated software development engineer or data scientist, however, I have completed an online course on data science by John Hopkins University. Does that mean I know what I’m talking about? Probably not. With that being said, I’ll leave it up to you,…
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A new approach to developing and implementing standards.
This post was originally posted to OpenRFA.org on June 1st, 2017 and is shared here for posterity. At OpenRFA, we’re not only pushing for standardization, we are proposing a new approach to developing standards through open collaboration. So far, I have yet to see an industry standard (BIM or other) that has been developed through collaboration…
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The Value of Standardized Shared Parameters
This post was originally posted to OpenRFA.org on May 8th, 2017 and is shared here for posterity. In Revit, shared parameters are unique – each shared parameter has its own Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) assigned at time of creation. This means that just like a person, parameters can have the same name but never the…
