GTeam

Brian, VP profile on the website. 
Gehry Technologies….

We have a thriving services business. and this is one of the parts we are commercializing. 

we are at a state in technology….we will officially announce it when it is worked out fully. 

The news went out to our newsletter to customers and friends of the company. we are not doing any official press release but we do not want to publish the article just yet. 

CANNOT publish this material just. 

What is GTeam?

After 10 years after being on the service side of the business, we've learned a lot about collaborating on data on what is necessary for projects to be completed. So we started by creating  a tool for ourselves and allowed us to provide BIM data to those who may not have access to it and gain competitive advantage. The goal of GTeam is the commercialization of a tool we have used here at GT for years. 

We hear a lot about people using FTP sites, emailing, turning things into PDF. We think there is a better way. We know there are tools out there for collabo but we make a tool that is purpose built and a better way for the BIM industry. 

And this is also Frank Gehry's vision and Gehry Partners is using it on many of their projects. So this is a big part of his legacy to the field. 

AFR: How many years has this tool been around?

Three. 

AFR: How did it come about? Who aked for it.?

It definitely came through GT not Gehry Partners. 

AFR: WHat about GTeam gives it a competiive advantage?

Some of it is making sure people ar eworking with the right data, not making sure all changes from the users are incorporated correctly. What is the current version of data? What is the audit of that data? When you are working with 300 people it becomes very important. 

AFR: how is the 3D BIM data being converted?

Good question. It is a proprietary common 3D file format. That is a big piece, 

AFR: Is there another list of other 3D file formats. 

it just doesn't make sense for us to 

What does the 3D Viewer?

We have changed some of the images in the last day because we do not want to mislead individuals. Currently the 3D viewing is on the Windows. The plugin allows you to drill into the specific BIM data. It is super powerful and allows things like sectioning. 

We definitely have plans to roll the plugin out to Mac platform and we will definitely plan to see. 

We know that mobile and tablets are being used more often. 

MarkUp is really just doing 2D mark ups. It can be just about anything. You can track changes in word documents, or the Bluebeam allows you to do comments. 

You can look at all the layers and certain beams. 

So what happens is  a SNAP shot is taken at a certain time and affix comments to the BIM. 

AFR: Can they use this tool by itself or do they supplement. 

AFR: calendar?

It is not a project calendar. It's not for project calendaring. WHat our cal does allows us to look back at the "state of a project" at any particular point of time. It solves a he said, she said problem. 

ANother point of using the cal is for doing releases. You can actually setup cal events for when things are do or specific releases. 

AFR: How do comments get organized? 

Comments are pretty limited and to the whole team. Comments are a big piece of the comments. You can comment on files, actions and people. 

AFR: How do File Sets and Release work?

AFR: Can files be synced with servers? not just desktops?

We were just getting to this on one of the largest architecture firms in the world. We were talking about this problem. People want to sync to servers. So yes, you can sync to the servers. 

A lot of people want to do the sync up for backup files. 

AFR: Are there reasons to sync files with mobile platforms? 

How do comments get private? 

There is a whole messaging system being 

AFR: How will this be priced?

Our intent is to make it affordable to each size of 

GTeam is aimed at the entire profession.