The American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention held in Atlanta two weeks ago, was the setting for a number of AEC vendors to announce new products and services.
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From the Exhibit Floor at AIA in Atlanta
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015Autodesk AEC Media Summit Report
Thursday, May 28th, 2015Last week media trekked to Autodesk’s new Innovation and Design Building in the heart of Boston for the Autodesk AEC Media Summit. While the previous LEED Gold headquarters in Waltham, Mass. was a testament to the company’s commitment to sustainable design, the Innovation and Design Building speaks to their branching out in their innovative capacities.
“As if It Were Already There” – sculpture by Janet Echelman in Rose F. Kennedy Greenway
Opening Session and Keynote at AIA Convention 2015 in Atlanta
Monday, May 18th, 2015CEO of Richter Architects, Elizabeth Chu Richter, president of AIA, paid tribute to the former presidents of the AIA in her introductory remarks at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention 2015 held in Atlanta this past week.
AECCafe Attendance at AIA in Atlanta
Monday, May 11th, 2015For all those traveling to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) event in Atlanta, AECCafe will be there and interested in talking to attendees and vendors.
Some of my questions for attendees:
1) What is your interest in attending the conference?
2) What kinds of technologies/standards/trends are you interested in finding out about?
3) What is your role in the world of architecture today?
4) What steps, if any, are being taken in your firm towards sustainable infrastructure?
Bentley’s ProjectWise Essentials Brings Cloud-Based Design Integration to the Mid-Tier
Thursday, May 7th, 2015Bentley Systems’ ProjectWise Essentials is an innovative, cloud-based, design integration environment designed for the mid-tier AEC market. Bentley’s popular ProjectWise design collaboration and work sharing solution has been addressing the needs of large AEC organizations for over 20 years.
ProjectWise Essentials Photo Preview
How Does Architecture Fit into the Future?
Friday, May 1st, 2015Who are the next generation of architects? Or rather, how does architecture fit into the future?
An Engineering Approach to Big AEC Data
Friday, April 24th, 2015Environmental Systems Design is a consulting engineering firm that addresses the AEC industry. According to vice president ESD Global, the company does all the engineering in the building that you can’t see “but you really notice unless it doesn’t work, such as, heating, cooling, electrical, lighting, low voltage work, computer networking and data centers.”
The $1.2 billion Kingdom Tower, which will stretch 3,280ft into the Saudi Arabian sky, has so far only been illustrated through concept sketches and a rendering showing the bank-busting building from afar.
Nasuni Provides Storage as Service
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015Nasuni, a provider of enterprise storage to global organizations, announced at Autodesk University in December 2014 the availability of the Nasuni Service version 6.2 with enhanced global file locking support for Revit Worksharing features. Nasuni also introduced a new entry-level desktop appliance, the NF-50 Filer, adding to the broad range of Nasuni Filers now available.
The Nasuni Service
EdgeWise 5.0 Furthers Revit Integration and Much More
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015Chris Scotton, president and CEO of ClearEdge, talked with AECCafe Voice about the latest release of EdgeWise, EdgeWise 5.0. In this release, the ClearEdge team has updated the core automated feature extraction algorithms. The EdgeWise 5.0 release is for the BIM Suite and the Plant Suite.
Tekla Structural Designer Combines Analysis and Design
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015Stuart Broome, Business Manager, Engineering North America at Tekla, a Trimble company, spoke with AECCafe about the recent addition to the Tekla portfolio, Tekla Structural Designer, a dedicated analysis and design software for structural engineers working on commercial building projects.
