Archive for the ‘building information modeling’ Category
Friday, July 18th, 2014
In a conversation with Marge Hart, Director of Product Management, Newforma, AECCafe Voice learned about the newest release of Newforma Project Center.
According to the press release, Newforma announced the commercial release of the eleventh edition of Newforma Project Center. New functionality provides support for popular cloud storage providers, enables sharing of documents via Box and Dropbox, integrates with established EDMS solutions, and scales to the needs of large global AECO organizations. New features will allow customers to collaborate more easily and manage workflows for building information management (BIM) more efficiently. Newforma Project Center now integrates with Bentley ProjectWise, Microsoft SharePoint, and IBM FileNet, reinforcing its role as the “single pane of glass” for access to all project information.
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, BIM, building information modeling, construction, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, mobile, Project Information Modeling (PIM)
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
Duane Gleason, product manager, Vico Office at Trimble Building, and Marcel Broekmaat, market manager at Vico Office at Trimble Building, spoke recently about the release of Trimble Document Controller Standard, a standalone 2D/3D application designed for construction firms that are looking for a better way to manage drawings and models. The new application allows project stakeholders to understand design changes and be able to manage issues that might increase cost or risk. Capabilities include: 2D/3D change management, issues tracking, integrated reporting, and the ability to map 2D documents to coordinated 3D models in a hybrid environment.
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Tags: 2D, 3D, AEC, architecture, BIM, change detection, Trimble, Vico
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Thursday, July 10th, 2014
The Exhibit Floor tells a part of the story of any architectural conference. At the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference in Chicago two weeks ago, you walk in, and the first booths you see contain windows, doors, facades, all necessary features of a built environment. Toward the back are the software vendors, which provide the design and conceptual tools to make the building a reality.
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Tags: 3D printing, AEC, Archicad, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Bentley Systems, BIM, building design, building information modeling, Chaos Group, climate change, Cloud, construction, engineering, engineers, Form Z, GIS, Graphisoft, IES, infrastructure, laser scanning, Ltd., Makerbot, Microdesk, Multitouch, point clouds, reality capture, Revit, SketchUp, Trimble, Vectorworks
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Monday, June 30th, 2014
In keeping with the theme of this year’s event, “Design with Purpose,” Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel opened the festivities at the AIA 2014 Convention in Chicago this past week with great enthusiasm for architectural innovation in Chicago. Emanuel also once served as White House Chief of Staff to President Obama, as well as served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives for Chicago’s 5th District. He previously served as a key member of the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1998, rising to serve as Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy.
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Tags: AEC, AIA Convention 2014, architects, architecture, BIM, CAD, infrastructure
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
In March, AECCafe Voice wrote about Bentley MANAGEservices — Bentley MANAGEservices Address Project Collaboration and Work Sharing. Here is another article about Managed Services by Bentley’s Brian Robins that adds more information on that topic.
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, infrastructure
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
Tekla’s BIM software was instrumental in improving productivity for the firm Martifer Construções, a construction company charged with construction on the Arena Amazônia in Manaus, Brazil, just one of the 10 world-class Brazilian football stadiums modeled for the FIFA World Cup with Tekla. Martifer Construções gained 20% and efficiency by 30% while successfully meeting the tight construction deadlines.
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building design, building information modeling, CAD, construction, design, engineering, Tekla, World Cup
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Friday, June 13th, 2014
IMSI/Design launched a new free TurboViewer update for its mobile app.
Features of the TurboViewer v3.5 includes fast 2D/3D PDF and DWG viewing, 2D/3D markup and a contact manager that helps professionals stay in touch with their design and building teams at the touch of a button.
From the press release, highlights of free TurboSite v3.5 noted include:
* Lightning-fast 2D & 3D environment
* 2D & 3D PDF, DWG (AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT), TCW, DXF and DWF
* Easy Contact Management (communicate with your team at the touch of a button)
* Powerful 2D and 3D markup tools
* New viewing modes
* New File Manager
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Tags: AEC, architects, BIM, building design, construction, design, DWG, engineering, engineers, IMSI/Design, mobile
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Jim McCartney, market manager, Field Solutions and Mobility, Trimble Buildings GC/CM Division spoke with AECCafe Voice regarding the most recent release of their new Trimble Field Link Software:
 Live camera feed from the Robotic Total Station assists not only in positioning objects but an image can be captured and added to the data base as an additional layer of intelligent data. (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, mobile
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Thursday, June 5th, 2014
A couple of weeks ago I spoke with Akos Pfemeter of Graphisoft about the new Archicad 18 release. The product Archicad is 30 years old this year, which Pfemeter points out means that “BIM” is 30 years old now, since Graphisoft was the first company to create building information modeling.
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building design, building information modeling, construction, engineering, Graphisoft, infrastructure
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Brant Carter, Product Management Director with the Owner Division of Trimble Buildings Group, answered AECCafe Voice’s questions about the latest Proliance 5.7 release from Trimble:
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Bentley Systems, BIM, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, engineers
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