AECCafe Voice Archive for the ‘AECCafe’ CategoryInterview: Version 2.0 of Trimble MEPdesigner for SketchUp ReleaseWednesday, August 5th, 2015When I think of where Trimble SketchUp has evolved to, from its days as a simple but celebrated sketching tool for designers, I’m amazed at its versatility and application to so many important aspects of the AEC marketplace.  Trimble MEPdesigner V2 Cable tray with condulets and bendable conduit Award-winning Vectorworks Nomad Offers Video Game-like Navigation and MoreThursday, July 23rd, 2015Vectorworks Nomad received a “BEST OF SHOW” award in the Mobile category from Architosh Magazine’s Annual Awards at the American Institute of Architects Convention (AIA) 2015 held in Atlanta this year.  Vectorworks Nomad The Next Desktop Printer: Holograms?Tuesday, July 14th, 2015Mike Masters, chief marketing officer of Zebra Imaging, spoke about Zebra Imaging’s service of providing holograms for the architectural industry. Architects are looking for the interaction that is the easiest way for them to show things and manipulate them on the fly. Autodesk Exchange Apps Cross over the One-Millionth DownloadTuesday, June 30th, 2015Autodesk recently celebrated the one-millionth app download on the Autodesk Exchange Apps, a web-based design and engineering app store created for the Autodesk community. In three years since launching, the site has published 1,800 apps from third-party developers, which are available for download in 14 different languages and in 191 countries.  CADtoEarth 2.2 for Autodesk® Revit® extending a family of add-ins that establishes a bi-directional connection between CAD environments and Google Earth or Google Maps. The CADtoEarth 2.2 add-in now allows users to create personal accounts on the CADtoEarth web application and provides individual control over the visibility of uploaded data. ArchiCAD 19 ReleasedTuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Graphisoft presented ArchiCAD 19 this year at AIA. Just today Graphisoft announced the rollout of ArchiCAD 19 worldwide, with shipping starting with the U.S., UK/Ireland and International versions on June 24. German versions will follow on June 30th These are the first four of 27 local versions,that should hit the market by the end of Q3 2015. AutoCAD Plant 3D Plant Design and Advance Steel Sport New 2016 FeaturesMonday, June 15th, 2015New features and enhancements AutoCAD Plant 3D plant design software and P&ID arriving with the new 2016 release of Autodesk products include replicating the plant database to distributed teams to make it faster and able to manipulate data. The main focus of Plant is to take something and process it into something else. The industries served include pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, and food and beverage, all who require special material needs such as stainless steel that must be cleaned daily.  BioGen has built their own cogeneration plant to provide efficient energy to all buildings on their Cambridge campus. The plant converts natural gas fuel into electricity. The waste heat generated by making electricity creates steam used to heat and cool their buildings. From the Exhibit Floor at AIA in AtlantaTuesday, June 2nd, 2015The 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.
Autodesk AEC Media Summit ReportThursday, 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 AtlantaMonday, 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 AtlantaMonday, 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? |
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