Archive for May, 2014
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
I heard Peter Hansford, the Chief Construction Advisor to HM Government, UK speak about the Crossrail project at the Bentley Year in Infrastructure conference in London, 2013. While I’m not in attendance at the inaugural GEO Business 2014 event, Hansford is presenting a keynote at that conference.
With a career that has spanned positions at Amey, Maunsell, the Strategic Rail Authority and Gardiner and Theobald, Hansford has spent the majority of his career on highways and railways with project management largely being his focus. Peter is also an ardent advocate and supporter of the BIM initiative.
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Tags: 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, construction, infrastructure, Year in Infrastructure 2013
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
Mary Hope McQuiston, director of marketing for the Autodesk consumer group, answered our questions about Autodesk’s groundbreaking 3D printer and software:
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, industrial, manufacturing, software developers
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Friday, May 23rd, 2014
IES announced that its Virtual Environment (VE) software has been officially approved for commercial building compliance with the new California Building Regulations, Title 24. VE 2014 Feature Pack is the first commercial software to be approved, and available for the launch of the regulations on July 1st. Interesting to note that California is the first and only state to introduce third party software vendor access to performance based building regulations.
According to the press release, IES is currently the only software provider in California to combine holistic design and commercial building compliance in one software pack. It will provide an alternative calculation method for demonstrating performance compliance with the non-residential provisions of the 2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6, and associated administrative regulations in part 1, Chapter 10 (Standards).
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building, building information modeling, construction, engineering, engineers, IES, infrastructure
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Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Last week I wrote about Low Cost CAD Options for AEC professionals. This week we add to this list with the following products:
Bricsys BricsCAD
BricsCAD is a company that does not put out press materials, but instead offers BricsCAD release notes. These are for those hardy engineers who want to tools at a low price to really build their own open platform CAD solution. Bricsys provides a DWG engineering design software “BricsCAD,” which is said by the company to be an “industrial strength CAD software platform with industry leading support for the AEC, GIS, civil engineering, process and power, and mechanical CAD markets.” The company is a founding member of the Open Design Alliance, founded in 2002.
New installsets for BricsCAD (Windows) version 14.2.06-1 en_US are available for download. You can also subscribe to the BricsCAD Releases RSS feed. (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, BIM, building information modeling, engineers, IMSI/Design, infrastructure
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Friday, May 16th, 2014
Autodesk reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 on Thursday, May 15.
From the press release, here are the following primary results:
First Quarter Fiscal 2015
• Total billings increased 10 percent, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Total subscriptions increased by over 89,000, compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Revenue was $593 million, an increase of 4 percent, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2014 as
reported, and increased 5 percent on a constant currency basis. Revenue contribution from the recent
acquisition of Delcam was immaterial to first quarter results.
• GAAP operating margin was 7 percent, compared to 14 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Non-GAAP operating margin was 17 percent, compared with 24 percent in the first quarter of fiscal
2014. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is provided in the accompanying tables.
• GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.12, compared to $0.24 in the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.32, compared to $0.42 in the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Deferred revenue increased 13 percent to a record $964 million, compared to the first quarter of fiscal
2014.
• Cash flow from operating activities was $219 million, compared to $224 million in the first quarter of
fiscal 2014.
The full press release, complete with predictions and webcast presentations can be found here.
Tags: AEC, architects, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University 2013, BIM, building information modeling, Cloud, construction, design, DWG, engineering, engineers, infrastructure
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
For many years now, low-cost CAD options have taken up the slack for an industry of potential users just getting into CAD, and those who may not need a full-fledged higher priced CAD program such as AutoCAD or Bentley MicroStation. All of these CAD options have mobile capabilities for tablet or smartphone users, either on both Android and iOS or on one of them.
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, construction, design, DWG, engineering, engineers, IMSI/Design, infrastructure
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Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Jeff Groudan, worldwide director, Thin Client and Virtual Workstation Product Management and Jim Christensen, product manager at HP, talked about the announcement this week of the HP DL380z Virtual Workstation solution – a slick combination of HP’s server hardware technology and the integration of it into the true workstation ecosystem, delivered out of the Workstation Business unit.
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, engineering, engineers, GIS, GPS, infrastructure, iPad, mobile
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
Trimble SketchUp Mobile Viewer for iPad was just released, a product that should make model viewing on a tablet more dynamic. Below are some responses from John Baccus, Product Management Director, SketchUp at Trimble Navigation regarding the new release:
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, SketchUp, Trimble
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Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Tekla has acquired SVS Innovations’ (SVSi) construction software business and its advanced Field3D mobile technology. The acquisition further strengthens Tekla’s position in
Field3D in use in Puuvilla Shopping Center site
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building information modeling, construction, design, engineering, Trimble
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