Collaborate, Coordinate and Integrate through autodesk BIM 360

Related links https://bim360.autodesk.com/

Precision Modelling with Blender for architecture

We have tutorials since 2008 on Precision Modelling with Blender for architecture by Yorik in https://yorik.uncreated.net/tutorials/precisionmodelling-blender.html
Why architects should explore on Blender: http://blendermama.com/why-blender
Related link:
https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?403082-Precision-Modeling-in-Blender-Tools-and-Addons-free-ebook-available
http://pdfsr.com/check_download/precision-modeling-in-blender-tools-and-addons

Blender - Introduction to Tessellations

Blender is free, why not give it a try for computational design and modelling with Blender?

Related link: 

https://github.com/alessandro-zomparelli/tissue

Houdini

Houdini Learning

Houdini Modelling 101

Introduction

Quickstart

Network View

Links on Computational Design

WOW Architecture + Design

Modelling Practice

Methods and Tools for Urban Design

Parametric BIM

Types Of Parametric Modelling

Data transformations in custom digital workflows: Property graphs as a data model for user-defined

EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN OF HOUSING: A template for development and evaluation procedures

CAADRIA 2013

Just completed a CAADRIA 2013 workshop for Grasshopper, Kangaroo conducted in NUS.
The fundamental concept of Grasshopper is to have a series of actions grouped with incorporated  parameters that can manipulate the form in Rhino.
It is quite an effective course, to learn it in a day. to find out more...
Image via http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/cs-design-variations-0-10?context=album&albumId=2985220%3AAlbum%3A844132

Lumion 2.2 - Changing the architectural visualization industry

Lumion® Pro has just been launched and the entire Lumion® product range has been updated to version 2.2. Lumion® Pro is the new top of the line version of Lumion® and includes additional features that are ideally suited for professional visualization studio environments. to find out more... Passage from Lumion

How Green Building Studio Works

"Autodesk Green Building Studio is a web-based service that provides building energy and carbon analysis results of your project. Green Building Studio interoperates with Revit® Architecture and Revit® MEP software, as well as other compatible energy-analysis software via add-ins that are available for download from the Green Building Studio downloads page. The computationally intensive hourly simulations are carried out on remote servers, and the results are provided to you in a web browser.
The Green Building Studio web-based service analysis process collects data from three sources:

1. Your Revit® software model. All the building geometry comes from your model, including the number of rooms, the connections between rooms, and their relationship to the exterior, exposure, and aspect to the sun; and the shape and total area of built surfaces or openings. If you are using Revit MEP you can also specify space types, interior loads, constructions, and HVAC equipment.
2. Your responses to a few basic questions. In order to explain the building’s use or context, you specify a building type and enter the project geographical location. You can also select a weather station for the project.
3. Regionalized databases. Based on the above information, Green Building Studio extracts additional information about local weather conditions, construction, and materials. The service automatically adds any information you have not provided in order to adapt to your requirements as your design evolves.

Green Building Studio relies on an extensive and continually updated database of building constructions, schedules and equipment to supply the assumptions needed to perform whole building energy analysis. You can view these assumptions in the Building Assumptions and Details section of the Energy and Carbon Results for a given simulation. You can modify the assumptions in the Design Alternatives or Project Defaults page." to find out more...

Passage via http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Green_Building_Studio/enu/2012/Help/0000-Welcome0/0001-How_Gree1

Related links:
http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Green_Building_Studio/enu/2012/Help/0003-Getting_3/0004-Using_Gr4#GUID-AE6EF2CC-D09B-4017-981D-DA1EF0CE347A
http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Green_Building_Studio/enu/2012/Help/0013-Projects13/0016-Creating16/0017-Creating17

Sketchup 7.1

Bonzai3d

A simplified formZ version called Bonzai3d beta version is out for free download and tryout!

to find out more...

Hypershot for Sketchup

"BUNKSPEED was founded in November of 2002 with the philosophy that 3D software should be easy to learn,simple to use and produce stunning photographic quality results. We are privately owned and financed the old fashioned way, creating great products that people enjoy owning. At the core, we are a passionate software development and marketing team dedicated to solving specific challenges in the computer graphics, industrial design and automotive industries We have established a global team of partners and resellers to provide support to our clients with a complete solution for 3D computer graphics and design." to find out more...

Passage & video from http://hypershotforsketchup.blogspot.com/

INKSCAPE

"Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development. " to find out more...
Passage from http://www.inkscape.org/

3d by Photoshop CS4

"Photoshop can be used for much more than pixel pushing these days. Photoshop CS4 Extended not only handles 3D models, but it has a sophisticated timeline animation mode that lets you keyframe changes over time. In this tutorial, we will open a 3D residential model in Photoshop and create a 30 second flyaround animation that displays a moving cross-sectional plane (see final animation here)." to find out more...

Passage from http://www.cgarchitect.com/news/newsfeed.asp?nid=4340
by Scott Onstott