tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62898496622355325792017-05-06T02:15:34.971+10:00VEO NewsThis site is not authored by M-SIX. It aims to keep you up to date with news related to VEO.
M-SIX is building VEO™, a cloud-based platform for use in the design, construction, and operation of buildings and other structures.Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-37736672061036113562014-06-30T09:32:00.001+10:002014-06-30T09:32:19.278+10:00Custom Textures in VEO (workaround)From <b>Stuff and BIMs</b>:<br /><i>"So an issue many people have with VEO when starting out is that any sort of photo realistic materials <u>can't be modified</u> in terms of selecting new images.<br /><br />As a result the non-rendered images when we are trying to achieve things like Blockwork or CMU aren't achievable at this point in time.<br />...<br />All you need to do is get any image you wish and rename to the identical name of the image you are replacing.</i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JygKWhQnIiw/UqfhGX3xlKI/AAAAAAAAABs/dIEH5j7v6UQ/s320/image2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JygKWhQnIiw/UqfhGX3xlKI/AAAAAAAAABs/dIEH5j7v6UQ/s320/image2.png" /></a> </i></div><br /><br /><i>When you open VEO and reload the project you should see the updated image on any objects assigned with that material. "</i><br /><br /><br />Read the whole post (including caveats) at: <br /><br /><a href="http://stuffandbims.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/introduction-veo.html">Stuff and BIMs: Introduction & VEO</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-13675398082188969772014-04-23T16:47:00.003+10:002014-04-23T16:47:46.869+10:001 Hour demonstration and discussion of VEO by Lydell StokesPresented in association with <b>BIM Day Out</b>. Full recording embedded below:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lXgu6ISNuYM" width="560"></iframe>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-45540360260499050362014-03-20T15:10:00.000+10:002014-03-20T15:10:04.942+10:00Something is coming?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVFUbwHDmzk/Uyp4BEc6nbI/AAAAAAAAD6E/hH4OiP94pmU/s1600/veo-update.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVFUbwHDmzk/Uyp4BEc6nbI/AAAAAAAAD6E/hH4OiP94pmU/s1600/veo-update.png" /></a></div><br />When the update is released, you should be able to view the changes at:<br /><a href="https://www.m-six.com/release-notes.html">https://www.m-six.com/release-notes.html</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-12346515729948757512014-03-14T09:01:00.003+10:002014-03-14T09:26:26.124+10:00VEO Server and Desktop Client rolling out todayvia email:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4DLBgrGAkh4/UyI4zfIX4kI/AAAAAAAAD24/EL6cbybpfM8/s1600/veo+update.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4DLBgrGAkh4/UyI4zfIX4kI/AAAAAAAAD24/EL6cbybpfM8/s1600/veo+update.png" /></a></div><br />More:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-75N_MOQjdho/UyI-ZgrlcmI/AAAAAAAAD3I/RL3MtYrhlS4/s1600/17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-75N_MOQjdho/UyI-ZgrlcmI/AAAAAAAAD3I/RL3MtYrhlS4/s1600/17.png" height="46" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.m-six.com/downloads">Download page here</a></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4NzKgBK1AC0/UyI-gyuDozI/AAAAAAAAD3Q/_s_5phduSUY/s1600/download+page.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4NzKgBK1AC0/UyI-gyuDozI/AAAAAAAAD3Q/_s_5phduSUY/s1600/download+page.png" height="320" width="296" /></a></div><br />Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-33027204657343414172014-01-24T09:24:00.000+10:002014-01-24T09:24:22.913+10:00Updated Introducing VEO PDF guideDownload at: <br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/9n6fmm4zvki33be/Introducing%20VEO.pdf">https://www.dropbox.com/s/9n6fmm4zvki33be/Introducing%20VEO.pdf</a><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Updated <a href="https://twitter.com/ReadThomasBIM">@ReadThomasBIM</a> "Introducing VEO™". VEO "Lithium" updates measuring tools, UI and more. <a href="http://t.co/HneqbPPwlt">http://t.co/HneqbPPwlt</a> <a href="http://t.co/aAd1dUCHND">pic.twitter.com/aAd1dUCHND</a><br />— Phil Read (@PhilRead) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilRead/statuses/419133074660532225">January 3, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-62842341790095921032013-08-08T14:25:00.001+10:002013-08-08T14:25:21.182+10:00Updated VEO™ release - version 1.6.2<div class="MsoNormal"><i>From the release notes page:</i><br /><b><br /></b><b>Advice</b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Look for tooltip messages by hovering over UI elements. They will often provide more details and context.</li><li class="MsoNormal">Avoid changes to Project Structure (grouping and nesting projects together) until you are fully synced.</li><li class="MsoNormal">Simultaneous collaboration is smoother and less prone to conflicting changes when users work in parallel but on non-overlapping content.</li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pxeKmcdcI40/UgMdqevj9yI/AAAAAAAADIw/mR7BI4QoPCM/s1600/image2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pxeKmcdcI40/UgMdqevj9yI/AAAAAAAADIw/mR7BI4QoPCM/s320/image2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>VEO 1.6.2 Release Notes</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>VEO Viewer Improvements<o:p></o:p></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Graphics settings are now persisted locally after an upgrade</li><li class="MsoNormal">Workspace settings are now persisted locally after an upgrade</li><li class="MsoNormal">Graphics are now immediately adjusted after out-of-range geometry is deleted</li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><b>VEO Viewer Fixes<o:p></o:p></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Fixed a bug that inaccurately reported the remaining number of download items after toggling offline/online mode</li><li class="MsoNormal">Fixed a bug that caused previously dropped stashes to reappear</li><li class="MsoNormal">Fixed a bug related to dragging and dropping Master Presets between Master Preset groups</li><li class="MsoNormal">Fixed a UI bug with Model Visibility checkbox states</li><li class="MsoNormal">Fixed a bug that caused VEO to crash while downloading a corrupt PDF</li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Revit Plugin Fixes<o:p></o:p></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Plugin properly handles re-exporting a model after failed export</li><li class="MsoNormal">Fixed a bug that caused room volumes to appear by default</li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Known Issues<o:p></o:p></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Rendered images do not honor Sectioning</li><li class="MsoNormal">Drag-selection outside Section panes can still select partially visible objects</li><li class="MsoNormal">Updating a project while exporting a Model Stream may cause Database Locked Errors</li><li class="MsoNormal">No project creation while offline</li><li class="MsoNormal">No project creation from Exporters</li><li class="MsoNormal">Desktop screenshot does not work as expected with multiple monitors</li><li class="MsoNormal">Moving large number of clash results to a coordination group may cause VEO to become unresponsive for a while</li><li class="MsoNormal">Applying a large number of project updates may appear slow</li><li class="MsoNormal">While a new version of a project is uploading, applying a project update from another user may cause your pending revision to appear missing. Once the upload is complete all versions of the project should appear in sync.</li><li class="MsoNormal">Previous revisions made to Common Assets will not display revision notes</li><li class="MsoNormal">Users can remove access for themselves from currently loaded projects</li><li class="MsoNormal">Project History for demo users will not show up until the project is reloaded</li><li class="MsoNormal">Attempting to re-import a document to the Archive Document Library that has previously been removed, will not add the document to the library unless the name has been changed</li><li class="MsoNormal">Archive folders cannot be renamed unless they are empty</li><li class="MsoNormal">Photoreal style assignments cannot be removed</li><li class="MsoNormal">Cancelling document downloads only works for queued downloads, not for documents that are currently downloading</li><li class="MsoNormal">Tags assigned to Model Streams will not appear until project is reloaded</li><li class="MsoNormal">Projects will activate a Master Preset after load if a Master Preset group has been removed</li></ul><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div>via <a href="http://m-six.com/release-notes.html">Release Notes</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-40483244640255333032013-07-09T09:12:00.000+10:002013-07-09T09:12:14.921+10:00New VEO version (now with Revit 2014 support)<div>Added support for Revit 2014 - new addin installer <a href="https://m-six.com/downloads">here</a>.</div><br />The VEO software itself has also been updated, with bug fixes and various improvements. Read more about these at:<br /><a href="https://m-six.com/release-notes.html">https://m-six.com/release-notes.html</a><br /><br />Heads-up via emailLuke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-24699634596194033272013-06-24T09:23:00.001+10:002013-06-24T09:23:13.741+10:00What is the Newforma Model Viewer? [review link]Check out the recent article by Lachmi Khemlani. It states:<br /><em>"this Model Viewer is a technology that has been licensed by Newforma from M-SIX, the developer of the VEO platform"</em><br /><em>...</em><br /><em>"Currently, the Model Viewer can only work with Revit and AutoCAD 3D files, but the underlying VEO platform is looking at supporting additional formats, and once that happens, they will also be supported in the Newforma Model Viewer, enabling users of other BIM applications to also benefit from the Model Viewer integration."</em><br /><br />There is a full review at:<br /><a href="http://www.aecbytes.com/review/2013/NewformaModelViewer.html">AECbytes Product Review of Newforma Model Viewer (June 20, 2013) </a><br /><br />In part:<br /><em>While this add-in is still available in the new version of Newforma Project Center, as shown in the top image of Figure 1, an additional add-in for the Model Viewer now gets installed. Powered by M-SIX’s VEO platform—which has been licensed by Newforma—it appears as a VEO toolbar in Revit, as shown in the lower image of Figure 1.</em><br /> <img height="567" src="http://www.aecbytes.com/review/2013/NewformaModelViewer-images/fig1small.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br />Heads-up by Jim Balding tweet:<br /><em>RT @PhilRead: AEC Bytes reviews Newforma Model Viewer powered by VEO. Newforma &amp; M-SIX are exhibiting at #RTCNA </em><a href="http://t.co/yCYgLTAERM"><em>http://t.co/yCYgLTAERM</em></a><br />via<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/jimbalding/status/347831673544658944">https://twitter.com/jimbalding/status/347831673544658944</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-18720543292787342462013-05-13T14:59:00.002+10:002013-05-13T14:59:29.586+10:00Does VEO support Revit 2014?<i>Revit 2014 is not currently supported. We will make an announcement on this forum when we do begin to support it. </i><br /><br />from <b>Tim</b> at <br /><a href="https://m-six.com/forum/discussion/47/does-veo-support-revit-2014/p1">Does VEO support Revit 2014? - Getting Started with VEO™ Discussions on VEO Forum</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-52121490467550563852013-05-07T13:59:00.003+10:002013-05-07T13:59:53.602+10:00The future of Revit and VEO (well, maybe)At the risk of being self-referential: <br /><br /><i>"I kind of have this dream that Revit and VEO somehow get smashed together - bringing VEO's awesome speed and cloud intelligence, and combining it with Revit's powerful parametric engine and content creation ability. Can you imagine the benefits to collaboration speed? A single BIM super-software. Bring it on!" </i><br /><br />Read the whole interview <br /><a href="http://www.revitfurniture.com/2/post/2013/05/what-revit-wants.html">What Revit Wants - Revit Furniture.com</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-91331692690855820252013-03-21T13:45:00.002+10:002013-03-21T13:45:32.904+10:00VEO update - version 1.5.1If you have not yet updated your VEO to version 1.5.1, you can do so by visiting the download page at: <br /><a href="http://www.m-six.com/downloads">Download Page</a><br /><br />You can view <a href="http://www.m-six.com/release-notes.html">Release Notes for 1.5.1 here.</a><br /><br />As per the release notes, there are also some fixes to the Revit plugins.<br /><a class="action-more" href="http://m6-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Hydrogen_Hotfix/VEORevitPlugin-x64.msi">VEO Revit Plugin - 64 Bit <span> (6 MB)</span></a><br /><a class="action-more" href="http://m6-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Hydrogen_Hotfix/VEORevitPlugin-x86.msi">VEO Revit Plugin - 32 Bit <span>(5 MB)</span></a><br /><br />VEO download links from the download page: <br /><dl><dt><h4>Tutorials Included:</h4></dt><dd><a class="action-more" href="http://m6-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Hydrogen_Hotfix/VEO_Installer-x64-FHE.msi">VEO Installer With Tutorial - 64 Bit (434 MB)</a></dd><dd><a class="action-more" href="http://m6-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Hydrogen_Hotfix/VEO_Installer-x86-FHE.msi">VEO Installer With Tutorial - 32 Bit (431 MB)</a></dd><dt><h4>No Tutorials Included:</h4></dt><dd><a class="action-more" href="http://m6-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Hydrogen_Hotfix/VEO_Installer-x64.msi">VEO Installer - 64 Bit (28 MB)</a></dd><dd><a class="action-more" href="http://m6-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Hydrogen_Hotfix/VEO_Installer-x86.msi">VEO Installer - 32 Bit (24 MB)</a></dd></dl>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-77389701650988379092013-03-19T15:45:00.001+10:002013-03-19T15:45:24.077+10:00AECCafe article comments on the differences between Newforma+VEO and Autodesk 360<i>"Once Newforma licensed the VEO platform they incorporated that into their building information management module, providing the Newforma Model Viewer. That allows them to take a Revit or 3D AutoCAD model and post that to the cloud and provide access to that model to anybody within their firm. They don’t have to have Revit on their computers. It allows them to navigate the model, to associate elements to elements in the model.</i><br /><br /><i>“So you could be browsing the model through the Model Viewer, see a condition you want to write up and right from within that view, initiate that project information item,” Batcheler pointed out. “It captures the relationship between that item, the view and the revision state of the model. When someone is looking at that in Project Center they will see an appropriate activity center. A related item will call out a model view that was created when that item came in. You can also see the same view with the current state of the model. It’s not a static view of the model, you can rotate it, freeze elements of the model, so you can get a better view of the context. That’s what this is about, capturing spatial and chronological context, and you can also associate any type of document with any element or view in that published model. All project team members can have access to that model; they don’t need Revit. The published form of the model exists in the Cloud.”</i><br /><br /><i>The difference between this solution and Autodesk’s BIM 360 is the integration with the rest of the project management solution, according to Batcheler."</i><br /><br /><br />Read more at: <br /><a href="http://www10.aeccafe.com/blogs/aeccafevoice/2013/03/15/newforma-project-analyzer-connects-people-to-information-via-project-resource-management/">AECCafe.com - AECCafe Voice - Newforma Project Analyzer connects people to information via project resource management</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-11205379929794703522013-03-13T20:34:00.001+10:002013-03-13T20:34:38.374+10:00This sounds a bit like the kind of change that VEO will facilitate ...<i>"the nature of firms and the structure of firms will probably change," [Philip Rosedale] said. "Obviously, they will go down in size and the <u>relationships will become much more transactional</u>..."</i> <br /><br />via <br /><a href="http://whatrevitwants.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/more-people-will-contribute-to-projects.html">What Revit Wants: "More people will contribute to projects in much smaller chunks..."</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-8000787423597225622013-03-05T11:51:00.003+10:002013-03-05T11:51:30.813+10:00VEO presentation "sold out" ?? From Matt Rumbelow on ThinkBIM:<br /><br /><div><i>Anyone else able to join the VEO presentation this morning?? </i></div><div><i>And now the presenter is locked out of his own demo ...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Maybe this cloud thing has a bit of improving to do first ..</i></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="display: block; text-align: left;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/revitall.net/thinkbim/blog/cloudybutnotfineveopresentationencounterssometurbulence/VEO_G2M.JPG?attredirects=0"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://sites.google.com/a/revitall.net/thinkbim/_/rsrc/1362443399065/blog/cloudybutnotfineveopresentationencounterssometurbulence/VEO_G2M.JPG?height=400&width=280" width="280" /></a></div></div><br />Read more / via <br /><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/revitall.net/thinkbim/blog/cloudybutnotfineveopresentationencounterssometurbulence">Cloudy but not fine. VEO presentation encounters some turbulence ... - ThinkBIM™</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-19661804771994634502013-02-27T11:05:00.000+10:002013-02-27T11:05:21.907+10:00M-Six VEO launched - another VEO reviewSome quotes from the article by <b>Paul Wilkinson</b>:<br /><i>M-Six’s VEO BIM application doesn’t yet compete with document and project management platforms, but <u>it may do one day</u>…. </i><br /><br /><i>with Newforma Project Center, this enabled a building information model to be viewed, and to roll-back through process data such as RFIs and see relevant BIM views – <u>efficiently delivered using delta “diff” files</u>). Newforma was one of the first to integrate this technology </i><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57655498?autoplay=1" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Read more: <br /><a href="http://extranetevolution.com/2013/02/m-six-veo-launched/">M-Six VEO launched</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-64287202081107827212013-02-25T10:53:00.001+10:002013-02-25T10:53:30.840+10:00Review of VEO on Architosh (with a Mac focus)Part of article written by Anthony Frausto-Robledo:<br /><i>First off, we’ve known about the VEO project since 2010 when we published our BIM report. We too have been anxiously awaiting to see what VEO would be in the end as we were told it was really BIM platform agnostic but itself wasn’t another multi-platform BIM authoring package. Indeed, VEO is not a BIM authoring package but rather a BIM platform which addresses a core aspect of the BIM revolution within AEC. That aspect is that BIM is actually a process change rather than a software technology change.</i><br /><br /><i>Before folks get super excited about VEO for Mac OS X we would caution readers to consider the long list of “plans” statements by companies in the CAD and 3D industry. About ten years ago we published <a href="http://www.architosh.com/news/2001-04/2001-0411-revitmac.phtml">a news report</a> quoting Revit manager Richard Rundell AIA who told us privately that Revit was built from the ground-up to be highly portable and that plans for Revit were not only important but doable. That never happened. And while Revit for Mac may indeed be imminent (and we know nothing official) many BIM users and OS X fans wait patiently.</i><br /><br /><i>We have heard statements about native Mac versions of many things over the years and still they always seem to be plans out in the distant horizon. With that word of caution let’s also state that M-SIX is a brand new BIM company and they deserve optimism and praise for their implementation of iOS in their mobility and cloud strategy. Those who are interested in VEO and want to see it on OS X should simply tell them that and then download and use the product on Windows if they can. That is the best way to assure funding for OS X in the future.</i><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://architosh.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0x_veo_rendering-449x262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://architosh.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0x_veo_rendering-449x262.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from <b>architosh</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Read more at: <br /><a href="http://architosh.com/2013/02/m-six-introduces-veo-for-the-aec-industry/">M-SIX introduces VEO for the AEC industry | Architosh</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-7231214900825029162013-02-25T10:49:00.002+10:002013-02-25T10:49:25.242+10:00Review of M-SIX VEO on Energi InformatikPart of a review written by <b>Nis Boile Christensen:</b> <br /><i><b><br />Potential and personal opinion</b></i><i> </i><br /><i>I have covered some of this in the above text, but I want to add that my personal opinion on this program is overall positive. It is, if not the program, then at least a step on the way to what the AEC industry needs in relation to the modern cross-collaborative BIM-workflow. There is especially a great potential in the Archives feature, which I think a lot of project managers and contractors could have a great use of in terms of control, data gathering, quality assurance and optimization.</i><br /><br /><i>One thing that I don’t quite like about this new program is the user controls: why not keep the same control settings as used in ex. Revit<sub>©</sub>, seeing that the users of VEO<sup>TM</sup><sub>©</sub> would be mainly Revit<sub>©</sub> users, until other API’s gets developed. I got frustrated when trying to navigate in the program.</i><br /><br /><i>So what you’re getting, if you buy it, is basically a cross-collaborative BIM-platform that includes the capabilities of a viewer, a model checker, a scheduling program and an Operation and Maintenance database. If it is as good as the other stand-alone solution cannot be determined here, only user experience and time can tell.</i><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://energiinformatik.dk/wp-content/uploads/API2-300x133.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://energiinformatik.dk/wp-content/uploads/API2-300x133.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from <a href="http://energiinformatik.dk/2013/02/21/program-review-m-six-veo/">Energi Informatik</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Read more: <br /><a href="http://energiinformatik.dk/2013/02/21/program-review-m-six-veo/">Program review: M-SIX VEO | Energi Informatik</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-58908331134210335752013-02-21T11:23:00.002+10:002013-02-21T11:23:59.350+10:00What VEO Can, Can't and Will Yet Do (Graphisoft, Excel and iPad)My top three points: <br /><ul><li>In the near future VEO will have <u>exporters for Graphisoft applications</u> as well as other leading file formats.</li><li>VEO won’t replace a document management solution that provides document release management with configurable workflow tools.</li><li>VEO <u>Excel Plugin and iPad application coming soon</u>. </li></ul><br /><br />Read more at this interesting little page: <br /><a href="https://www.m-six.com/more-info">More Info</a><br /><br />Heads-up <a href="https://twitter.com/randydeutsch">https://twitter.com/randydeutsch</a> Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-41027538484955713522013-02-18T11:50:00.001+10:002013-02-18T11:50:40.497+10:00Yeah, but what do *You* think of VEO?Time for some opinions to be heard - if not here, then maybe on Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn. After much hype, can <u><b>you</b></u> see a place for VEO in your real-world workflows? Feel free to comment.<br /><br />Here is an example:<br /><i>It seemed like everyone was excited about the release of this VEO-thing from M-Six.. I had no idea what it was or what it could do. Apparently it had gotten postponed a couple of times so people were really anxious about the result. I must say, it looks really interesting and i have been waiting for some BIM Software where you could link your documentation to the specific elements and <u>it looks like VEO does that in a very nice way.</u></i><br />via <br /><a href="http://thebimstandard.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/m-six-veo/">M-Six VEO | The BIM Standard</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-36954121551744313772013-02-15T10:41:00.001+10:002013-02-15T10:41:04.438+10:00VEO enters the blogosphere proper...Read more: <br /><a href="http://betterrevit.com/bim/veo-available-to-the-masses/">VEO Available to the Masses | betterREVIT</a>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-11765953631684800322013-02-08T12:40:00.003+10:002013-02-08T12:40:30.391+10:00Re-launch! VEO is available for download - issues have been resolvedThe actual issues were quite minor - the Client software (about 28mb) can itself download documents and resources, but M-SIX have provided a larger installer (about 450mb) that includes all of the resources for the First Hour Experience. The functionality of this integrated content has been corrected in the latest release, available at:<br /><a href="http://www.m-six.com/try">http://www.m-six.com/try</a><br /><br />Turns out sitting here pressing 'Refresh' does pay off ... :-)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BKpo7liK0fM/URRlWVrLMZI/AAAAAAAACOQ/p37xL6383yU/s1600/relaunch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BKpo7liK0fM/URRlWVrLMZI/AAAAAAAACOQ/p37xL6383yU/s320/relaunch.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-23468333354675136252013-02-08T11:33:00.001+10:002013-02-08T11:33:23.746+10:00How to switch between working Online and Offline in VEOJust click on your username in the top-right hand corner of the screen:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3MB2FbBLH0g/URRVo3EcyhI/AAAAAAAACOA/bdcjWzqB_oA/s1600/VEO-offline-switch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3MB2FbBLH0g/URRVo3EcyhI/AAAAAAAACOA/bdcjWzqB_oA/s320/VEO-offline-switch.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-7379713062555452013-02-08T11:19:00.000+10:002013-02-08T11:19:30.779+10:00VEO 'Learn' Intro Video<a href="http://m-six.com/learn">http://m-six.com/learn</a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" mozallow fullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57655498?autoplay=1" webkitallowfullscreen="" height="400" width="600"></iframe>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-16377640959088817982013-02-08T09:26:00.003+10:002013-02-08T09:26:54.999+10:00Self-hosted VEO Forum has launchedHitting the ground running M-SIX has launched a discussion forum concurrently with their product launch. <br /><br />Check it out at <a href="http://www.m-six.com/forum/">VEO Forum</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-po_Rhugz9Nk/URQ4LrSee4I/AAAAAAAACNs/jpEfaebQJZ4/s1600/veo-forum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-po_Rhugz9Nk/URQ4LrSee4I/AAAAAAAACNs/jpEfaebQJZ4/s400/veo-forum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289849662235532579.post-38180067884443575592013-02-08T09:22:00.001+10:002013-02-08T09:22:38.846+10:00VEO Launch "issues"If you weren't following <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VeoNews">VEO News</a> (also on <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/follow?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fveonews.blogspot.com.au%2F&region=follow_link&screen_name=VEO_News&tw_p=followbutton&variant=2.0">Twitter</a>), you may have missed the first opportunity to register and download the public release. From the <a href="http://www.m-six.com/try">website</a>:<br /><i><span style="color: red;">We are temporarily disabling the creation of new demo accounts while we correct a few "issues" with the installer. Please check back again soon.</span></i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-meUYIZO3T1E/URQ23gHdn2I/AAAAAAAACNk/2aQscNnpFEk/s1600/launch-issues.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-meUYIZO3T1E/URQ23gHdn2I/AAAAAAAACNk/2aQscNnpFEk/s320/launch-issues.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Luke Johnsonhttps://plus.google.com/114232174702949134265noreply@blogger.com0