Building better UIs: Tips & tricks to improving UX
A look at the Dynamo Player user interface (UI), as well as how to go about designing your own UI using third-party plug-ins.
03/06/2021
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Insights
Thought leadership about the AEC industry and how organisations can do to do better things.
The design sprint: Structured decision making
A look at waterfall and agile project management and how organisations can run a design sprint for better decision making.
06/04/2021
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Where good ideas come from
This article debunks some of the myths around ideation and discusses how organisations can improve their odds of success.
04/03/2021
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UX Design: 5 golden rules to elevate your in-house software solutions
A look at how AEC organisations can harness User Experience (UX) research to improve their in-house software solutions.
09/02/2021
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AU 2017 exhibition hall: A case study in generative design
A detailed case study looking at generative design and how to define design goals (fitness) and the solution space.
25/01/2021
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Marginal gains & continuous improvements: A holistic view of innovation
A look at innovation through a process known as marginal gains and continuous improvements used widely both in sport and business.
20/01/2021
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Rethinking Revit: Our Stockholm syndrome
An alternative perspective on the open letter to Autodesk, suggesting a whole rethink of Revit and the next-generation AEC platform.
02/09/2020
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Unintended consequences: Why a LOD400 model is not always desirable
This article unpacks the requirement of a fabrication-level model, known as ‘LOD400’ and discusses how to improve the BIM process.
22/07/2020
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Rediscovering Flux: Lessons for generative design software
Rediscovering Flux explores the downfall of Flux Metro and the lessons that can be learnt when developing generative design software.
03/06/2020
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Finding North
Finding North is a tale of how a simple oversight in understanding the orientation of North can have devastating consequences.
21/04/2020
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Identifying innovation opportunities
This article explores the science of decision-making and how to avoid cognitive biases in identify innovation opportunities.
17/03/2020
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MetricMonkey update
A preview of some of the new features we’re developing for MetricMonkey, our feasibility analysis software for architects & urban planners.
10/03/2020
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Understanding innovation
What do the terms ‘disruption’ and ‘innovation’ really mean? The article presents disruption theory as a framework to sort fact from fiction.
27/11/2019
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Parametric Monkey 2019 update
Parametric Monkey 2019 year in review and where we are headed to achieve our aim of helping the AEC industry do better things.
13/11/2019
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UTS Central: A case study in digital fabrication
A case study demonstrating the parametric modelling and digital fabrication used on UTS Central, Sydney project.
15/07/2019
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Parametric Monkey announces preview of new feasibility software
MetricMonkey feasibility software enables architects, urban designers and property developers to evaluate designs in real-time.
07/05/2019
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2019 workshop series kicks-off
Parametric Monkey has just announced a series of upcoming workshops for 2019 focused on improving the digital literacy of designers.
15/04/2019
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Improving operational effectiveness with Dynamo
Learn how to harness the power of Dynamo to improve operational effectiveness by improving both productivity and profitability.
18/02/2019
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Learning to learn for architects
This article explores some of the research around learning and suggests a framework for architects to learn to learn.
22/01/2019
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Glossary of computational terminology
An explanation of common terminology used in computational design grouped them into six taxonomies including algorithms and natural systems.
20/06/2018
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A brief history of computation
A brief history of computation in architectural design over 5 eras: 2D drafting, 3D modelling, BIM, computational design & machine learning.
08/06/2018
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Parametric Monkey launches 2018 public workshop series
Parametric Monkey announce the launch of its 2018 public workshop series commencing with Dynamo For Beginners on 11 May.
01/05/2018
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Parametric Monkey launches new digital design consultancy
Parametric Monkey launches new digital design consultancy to help businesses not just to do things better, but to do better things.
06/03/2018
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AU Australia 2017
A review of the Autodesk University (AU) Australia conference held in Sydney on October 2017.
19/12/2017
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ACADIA 2017
A review of the 37th annual conference of the ACADIA conference held at the MIT Media Lab in Boston on November 2017.
19/12/2017
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Putting BIM in perspective
This article explores common misconceptions about BIM adoption and offers an alternative perspective to negotiate these arguments.
26/09/2017
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BILT 2017
Join us at the BILT ANZ 2017 conference in Adelaide from 25-27 May where we’ll be presenting classes on Flux, GIS & Dynamo.
15/01/2017
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Autodesk University 2016 wrap-up
A wrap up from the Autodesk University conference hosted at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas from 15-17 November 2016.
21/12/2016
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BIM ecosystem
Learn how to extend Revit’s conceptual modelling capabilities by combining it with various interoperability plug-ins, to create a BIM ecosystem.
20/06/2016
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ROB|ARCH 2016
A review of the ROB|ARCH 2016 conference held at Walsh Bay in Sydney from 15th –19th March and hosted by The University of Sydney.
09/06/2016
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Bangkok Airport: A case study in parametric modelling and interoperability
Study Revit’s inability to deal with complex geometry and how this can be overcome by integrating Rhino and Grasshopper.
09/06/2016
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RTC 2016
A wrap-up from the twelfth Australasian RTC conference, held at the Crowne Plaza in the Hunter Valley from 12-14 May 2016.
09/06/2016
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RTC 2016 BIM Awards
Carlton Connect by BVN wins the RTC 2016 BIM award for innovation, showcase what is possible using today’s tools.
16/05/2016
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ACADIA 2015
A review of the 35th annual ACADIA conference held at the University of Cincinnati from 19-24 October.
15/03/2016
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2015 in review
Parametric Monkey’s 2015 year in review – Dynamo packages, teaching, & conferences.
31/01/2016
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Fabricating Futures
A review of the University of Sydney’s ‘Fabricating Futures: Robots. Research. Design’ exhibition as part of the Sydney Design 2015 festival.
24/09/2015
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Creative Commons & open-source software
Learn about the Creative Commons licence and why it’s advisable not to use it on open-source software.
30/06/2015
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Revit’s slow development
Reflecting on Revit’s slow development and why Dynamo shouldn’t be the surrogate for Autodesk’s development work.
01/02/2015
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Autodesk University 2014 wrap-up
A wrap up from the Autodesk University conference hosted at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas from 2-4 December 2014.
20/12/2014
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