file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt Garhy Technologies

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1 Garhy Technologies Favourite Projects: Research project Favourite course: CAGD Univ of Utah: Graphics Expected Salary: Negotiable- 60 to 70k When will you join- Prefer April but can join after march 15th. Questions: Is garhy technologies planning to grow in the direction of cad software for manufacturing You seem to have a complete line of products- what is the next product you are planning to launch. About Gahry Technologies: Building projects are increasingly complex undertakings. Tougher building codes and performance requirements, tighter schedules, distributed teams, and the possibility of new architectural forms, all add up to a building design and construction process whose demands exceed the capabilities of 2D CAD and paper based delivery processes. Additional complexity in the design phase has created downstream problems in construction where poor data coordination translates directly into an average average of 20% costs overruns during construction. The result of this trend is that, while over the last 20 years technology applications have resulted in productivity gains in virtually every industry, AEC has actually experienced productivity losses over the same period. There is growing interest, within the architectural design, engineering, fabrication and construction communities, in the potential for digital technologies to change the nature of professional practice and to address the underlying inefficiencies and conflicts resulting from an outdated process. For 15 years, Frank Gehry's practice has provided an example of this new way of working: communicating project data to the building team in a digitally integrated form, and rethinking the collaborative processes of project teams in light of new design, management, and communication technologies. Gehry Technologies was formed in 2002 to provide these technologies and methodologies to the building industries. With the introduction of our software, the technology is available for building professionals and project teams to move to digitally enabled building practice. Job Description: Gehry Technologies is accepting resumes for immediately available positions for technical specialists in the field of digital design and construction. file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (1 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

2 Gehry Technologies ("GT", is a building industry technology company, formed in 2002 by the R & D group of Frank O. Gehry and Associates. GT provides and consulting services, research and development, and technology products to the design and construction professions, including Digital ProjectTM, a suite of software applications based on the CATIA V5 modeling engine. GT's practice is rapidly expanding, and we have opportunities for talented, dedicated and ambitious practitioners in the building industries (architecture, engineering, construction, fabrication industries) with strong background and experience in digital technologies. Description As a member of the GT Product development team you will have to: * Develop and maintain Products managing the life cycle of construction projects around a central 3D database. * Build and share expertise on the core technology delivered by Dassault Systèmes: The CATIA Application Architecture (CAA) development environment (C++ language). Required Skills * Professional or Academic project experience in C++ Object Oriented Design. Additional Skills * Experience with CAA. * Graphics programming, Geometry modeling, Graphical User Interface programming, CAD programming. * Experience in Using or Programming 3D CAD systems used in the AEC industry (Architecture, Engineering and Construction). Education * BS / MS in Computer Science or Mathematics Gehry Technologies offers a competitive salary, 401K, vacation, holidays, and sick time. We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates may submit resumes electronically to hr@gehrytechnologies.com or by mail to: Human Resources Gehry Technologies A Beatrice Street Los Angeles, CA file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (2 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

3 PRODUCTS Designer: Designer is the premier configuration of Gehry Technologies' Digital ProjectTM product line. DESIGNER provides full functionality geometry and knowledge modeling capabilities for advanced architects and engineers, who want to conduct their work using the industry's 3D highest performance modeling tools. DESIGNER provides an extensive set of tools for creating and managing knowledge enabled building information, from schematic design through construction documentation. * Supports user development of intelligent building components. * High performance, immersive 3D environment for all design operations. * Best in class solid, surface and wireframe geometry tools. * Parametric, specification driven geometric modeling. * Knowledge copy and re-use through power copy technology. * Libraries of parametrically driven architectural components. * Attribute overlaying, viewing and extraction. * Manage changes with time saving features. * 2D drawing extraction from 3D. * Quantity takeoffs and schedules. * Support of industry standard translation formats, including DWG / DXF, IGES. Product Key Customer Benefits Digital Project DESIGNER delivers the technologies necessary for architects and engineers conduct their professional work in a fully integrated 3D environment. Designer provides high performance geometry modeling coupled with parametric knowledge modeling tools to deliver high quality professional work with confidence. DESIGNER is a base product that includes over 200 commands and functions. The package supports high quality geometric modeling from wireframe and surface modeling through feature based solid geometry. KnowledgeWare parametric modeling capabilities are integral to all Digital Project technologies. Geometric modeling operations can be defined schematically by specifying relationships geometries, and then extended with additional parametric geometry. Geometry dimensions can be refined without redrawing. DESIGNER includes Digital Project's attribute modeling capabilities, allowing building professionals to file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (3 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

4 overlay project geometry with a rich set of construction information. Project data can be integrated with construction scheduling information through a direct interface with Microsoft Project. DESIGNER comes with Uniformat and CSI attribute schema for to support cost estimating and specification referencing, as well as attributes for quality control, and utilities for user extensions of attribute schema. The product includes libraries of architectural components and utilities for extracting information to architectural schedules. DESIGNER allows data interoperability with other commercial applications through support of several industry standard translation formats. Foundation Foundation is the production and coordination configuration of Gehry Technologies' Digital ProjectTM product line. FOUNDATION provides basic geometry and knowledge modeling capabilities for architects and engineers. The product also includes full access to Digital Project's attribute modeling and review infrastructure. Digital Project FOUNDATION is an appropriate entry level product for project team members who require core geometric modeling capabilities, combined with powerful data extraction, processing, and quality control capabilities. In an architectural setting, FOUNDATION provides functionality appropriate for supporting architects who perform basic modeling, as well as drawing production, quality control and data coordination activities. FOUNDATION is also an appropriate product for structural or MEP engineers with the addition of the STRUCTURAL STEEL of SYSTEMS ROUTING add-ons. * High performance, immersive 3D environment for all design operations. * Supports user development of intelligent building components. * Parametric, specification driven geometric modeling. * Core solid, surface and wireframe geometry tools * Knowledge copy and re-use through power copy technology. * Attribute overlaying, viewing and extraction. * 2D drawing extraction from 3D. * Quantity takeoffs and schedules. * Support of industry standard translation formats, including DWG / DXF, IGES, SDNF, CIS/2, etc. Product Key Customer Benefits Digital Project FOUNDATION delivers the technologies necessary for architects and engineers conduct their professional work in a fully integrated 3D environment. Designer provides high performance geometry modeling coupled with parametric knowledge modeling tools to deliver high quality professional work with confidence. file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (4 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

5 FOUNDATION is a base product that includes over 200 commands and functions. The package supports high quality geometric modeling from wireframe and surface modeling through feature based solid geometry. KnowledgeWare parametric modeling capabilities are integral to all Digital Project technologies. Geometric modeling operations can be defined schematically by specifying relationships geometries, and then extended with additional parametric geometry. Geometry dimensions can be refined without redrawing. FOUNDATION includes Digital Project's attribute modeling capabilities, allowing building professionals to overlay project geometry with a rich set of construction information. Project data can be integrated with construction scheduling information through a direct interface with Microsoft Project. FOUNDATION comes with Uniformat and CSI attribute schema for to support cost estimating and specification referencing, as well as attributes for quality control, and utilities for user extensions of attribute schema. Viewer Digital Project Viewer+ provides a light, easy to use review and information management interface for project managers, estimators and construction personnel. The product provides essential tools for accessing the project database, and performing quality control. The VIEWER+ product supports full editing access of project attributes. VIEWER+ is also appropriate for on site activities, providing the interfaces necessary for extracting critical information from the project database in the field. * Provides full viewing capabilities in the Digital Project emmersive 3D environment. * Measure object dimensions, relative dimensions and quantity takeoffs. Provides volume, area, length, and coordinate measurements. * Full access to Digital Project's attribute modeling infrastructure: viewing and editing, filtering, querying, extracting to 3rd party products. * Extract object quantities and queries to spreadsheets, estimating applications. * Interface geometry with project scheduling through bi-directional integration with MS Project. Digital Project VIEWER+ provides tools targeted to key managers and decision makers on building projects, who are responsible for the quality or project data and financial decision making relative to this data. These critical project roles that have long been forgotten by other modeling solutions. With the availability of Digital Project VIEWER+, project managers can benefit from direct access to project information in a secure, easy to use digital environment. file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (5 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

6 Structures: Structural Steel (GTSTR) provides a comprehensive suite of tools and component catalogs for the design of steel structures. Users can draw on a complete set of international industry standard steel member types to create virtually any kind of structural framework which is rich in data and fully integrated into Digital Project's parametric-associative data model. A full feature set of relimitation operations and connection details extend modeling productivity. GTSTR builds on the same V5 core engine used by the entire Digital Project family. This gives GTSTR an unprecedented level of flexibility, data richness and interoperability in structural steel modeling, ensuring that geometric models are maintained up-to-date through associativity, and attribute information can be leveraged throughout the span of a project model. * Plate and Extrusion modeling: Provides powerful tools for directly modeling structural steel frames in an immersive 3D context. * Industry Standard Catalogs: Comprehensive sets of industry standard steel members are available out of the box, allowing the users to build steel industry-compliant structural assemblies without the need for further modeling. * Custom Component Definition: Beyond the available industry-standard catalogs of steel members, users can easily create catalogs of proprietary section used on a project or across an office. * Functional Wireframe-driven Design: Members are intuitively placed on a 3D structural wireframe model which is built in Digital Project, or can be imported from other 3D software. V5's associative technology ensures that subsequent modifications to the underlying wireframe are reflected in the members' updating sequence dynamically. * Drawing extraction: produce accurate 2D plans and sections from 3D structures models, either independently or in the context of additional building systems. * Detailing Operations Features: A full suite of trimming and detailing operations are integrated into the tool set. * Industry Standard Data Translation: CIS/2 and SDNF translators maintain geometric data as well as semantic information such as member section type, cardinal point, steel grade and such. Product Key Customer Benefits Structural engineers Digital Project Structures provides functionality to perform structural steel modeling directly in a 3D context. By performing structural design directly in a 3D context, building engineers can achieve improved quality control of their work, allowing interference checking and coordination work to be performed on structural steel models and in coordination with other system specifications. file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (6 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

7 The resulting 3D structural steel specification may be used as a basis for extraction of accurate twodimensional drawings, and serve as the basis for import or export to 3rd party finite element solvers and steel detailing applications. Digital Project structures models may be parametrically defined relative to structural grids or defined relative to other project geometry, allowing associative updating of structural data with changes to the overall project scheme and reducing rework required during project revisions. MEP --- Systems Routing (GTSYR) is the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing dedicated application of Gehry Technologies' Digital ProjectTM product line. As such it is a conceptual design application that provides system planners with the ability to reserve the space needed for eventual functional and detail layouts of HVAC, raceways, piping and tubing. By designing within context of the project, integrity of the systems with surrounding environment are analyzed, interferences are avoided and different disciplines can be free to optimize their designs knowing that their spatial needs and erection sequences are taken into account. * A fully detailed, integrated solution providing an advanced design in context environment for equipment and systems. * Intuitive 3D layout and sizing of duct, wire, and plumbing pipe via advanced parametric and standard catalog based features. * Production of synchronized 2D drawings via automatic extraction from the 3D master model, reducing time and errors. * Advanced collaboration analysis tools allowing interference detection within systems design and between systems, layout and structures to detect and eliminate all design and construction conflicts within the 3D virtual model. * Advanced analysis tools for code requirement verification such as for example ensuring minimal clearances. * Shorten design cycles with ability to seamlessly iterate and enhance your design. * Support of industry standard translation formats, including DWG / DXF, IGES. Product Key Customer Benefits Digital ProjectTM Systems Routing delivers an easy-to-use interface optimized for route definition. Users can define systems directly in 3D or derive 3D representations from 2D drawings, establishing logical lines, assemblies, groups or networks of routes. Routing is easy with mouse-based functions and file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (7 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

8 user-defined grids making maneuverability simple and effortless. Digital ProjectTM Systems Routing provides an advanced 3D design set of capabilities enabling the user to design more quickly, manipulate parts more easily and modify existing data seamlessly. As a virtual 3D representation of the systems model emerges, derived benefits include the ability to generate and track the Bills of Materials to facilitate understanding of material needs. Digital ProjectTM Systems Routing provides the user with parametric parts catalogs for working with systems of ductwork, conduits, piping and tubing. These starter catalogs allow the user to become productive immediately. The parts come already parameterized and are linked with design tables in Microsoft Excel enabling the parts to be easily sized at the time of the placement. Users can also define their own catalog part geometry. By adding parametric parts and tracks, the user can thus enhance the design and evolve towards a more detailed design. This "evolve" capability allows the designer to work at his own speed to progress towards a detailed design. Using Digital ProjectTM Systems Routing, users can model the initial space claim by simply defining the geometry and size of the runs that are used to define the desired route. This allows spatial considerations to be analyzed early in the preliminary design process and to uncover potential problems early in the design cycle when they're easier, faster and less costly to correct. Knowledge Template: Knowledge Template (GTPKT) provides utilities to develop 'intelligent design templates' for re-use across multiple projects. PKT builds on Digital Project's V5 foundation, capturing design operations into libraries of reusable, re-configurable, intelligent design components. When instantiated in project models, Knowledge Templates will self configure to address the unique geometric context into which they are applied. PKTs can be stored and organized into catalog sets that can be shared team and organization wide. The functionality allows specific designs to be captured as operation sets, complete with parametric dimensional variables, geometric and functional constraints and feedback information. * Supports user development of intelligent building components. * Provides encapsulation of component objects' internal and operator exposed behaviors. * Allows repurposing of developed geometry across users and projects. * Supports incorporation of Digital Project attribute schemas. * Provides utilities for developing project accessible object libraries. * Allows the definition of consistent object behaviors across similar components. file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (8 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

9 Product Key Customer Benefits Knowledge Templates capture the design intent behind operations that generate geometry. Knowledge templates are parametrically enabled, and can automatically update their geometry if the design context or external parametric values are changed. Knowledge Templates can capture almost any kind of component or knowledge that is developed in the Digital Project environment, including geometric features such as solid, surface and wireframe geometric operations, as well as KnowledgeWare elements including parameters, formulas, rules, checks and embedded VBScript features. This powerful functionality guarantees the run-time adaptability, and thus useful lifetime, of instantiated intelligent objects downstream in the design process. Knowledge Templates are fundamentally different from the blocks and cells found in other CAD applications, which only provide reuse of static geometry. Knowledge Template is predominately directed at CAD managers who are responsible for developing and implementing project standards and productivity tools for their organizations. PKT is useful to extend the architectural component libraries provided with GTDESIGNER and mechanical equipment libraries in GTMEP, and to develop structural detailing connection libraries in conjunction with GTSTR. Knowledge Template requires Digital Project Designer as a base configuration for development. Users require the Digital Project Designer configuration to instantiate objects developed with Knowledge Template but do not require a PKT license for run time instantiation. Knowledge Advisor: KnowledgeWare is one of the main core V5 technologies used by Digital Project, controlling all aspects of parametric functionality including the creation of parameters, formulas and measurements. Knowledge Advisor (KWA) builds on this functional core to allow the advanced control and manipulation of parametric components and featuress. KWA functionality gives access to the KnowledgeWare engine beyond the basics, including the ability for a parametric-associative design to check the for the validity of a geometric configuration or parametric value against a user-defined set of rules and even the ability to make decisions depending on certain design-dependent conditions. The ability to control designs as rule-based systems allows users to define their designs as self-controlling schemas that are able to adapt and validate themselves against existing or varying geometric or parametric conditions. file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (9 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM

10 * Feature-Level Parameters and Parameter Sets: KWA gives a user the ability to add individual parameter values directly onto an individual design feature (geometric object or operations) using the Parameter Explorer tool. These feature-level values can be fully integrated in all formula, check and rules mechanisms, allowing detailed fine-tuning of parametric designs at the individual component level, as well as the recording of feature-specific information. * Artificial Intelligence: Classic AI is defined as the ability for a system to make autonomous decisions based on a predefined set of rules. KWA provides a family of increasingly powerful AI features that can detect and react to geometric and parametric conditions within an parametric design depending on user-specified conditions. o Checks: This feature gives the basic capability to notify the user if a preset condition or parametric value is or is not met. A condition is given as a scripted logic expression within the Check. o Rules: Building on the scriptable logic of the Check, the Rule adds the functionality to make a decision and take action in response to a condition change. Triggering a Rule will result in an action being taken as specified in the Rule's script, which can include changing a parameter value, turning features on and off, or applying different subsequent features to the overall design. o Reactions: Similar to rules, these 'react' to specific user events in the model rather than changes in parametric conditions. Reactions can help monitor model changes and keep designs consistent. * Scripting Features: KWA provides a special kind of feature, the Script Feature, which is basically the encapsulation of specific macro code snippets that are called during the update sequence in a parametric design. This can help in the updating of certain parts of the design, or the calculation of specific data sets. o KnowledgeWare Language : This uses the object-oriented logic-type expressions used in Formulas, Checks and Rules. o Visual Basic (Embedded) : This uses syntax similar to the well-known VBA, to provide small pieces of procedural script within a design. file:///e /resume/companies/gahry/gahry.txt (10 of 10)2/15/2005 4:12:45 AM