AECCafe Voice Archive for the ‘civil information modeling’ CategoryVectorworks 2021 Launches, Simplifying Users’ WorkflowFriday, September 18th, 2020
Vectorworks, Inc. has launched Vectorworks 2021 with what they call a continued emphasis on improving product quality, performance and the user experience. This latest release includes the 2021 versions of Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals, as well as 2021 versions of Vision, Braceworks and ConnectCAD.
Hovermap Offers Smarter Lidar Technology for AECThursday, September 3rd, 2020In a webinar recently presented by Emesent, the discussion was entitled “Smarter Lidar Technology for Infrastructure and AEC: better data, greater insights.” Peter Dickinson, project manager for Emesent and Business Development manager for the Americas Dave Jaunay introduced customers who were using Emesent’s Hovermap sensor system for various challenging environments. It has been used extensively in mining and underground environments and land surveying. The company Emesent is based in Brisbane, Australia with a staff of 38 but rapidly growing to meet global demands. The company aims to solve the problem of collection of data – in GPS-denied or challenging environments. The need to automate the collection of data, gave birth to the Hovermap for mine and roads, tunneling, indoor mapping and search and rescue, anywhere where maintaining a signal for GNSS solutions is problematic. Mixed Reality for Onsite Construction at TrimbleThursday, August 6th, 2020Jordan Lawver, Portfolio Manager, Mixed Reality for Trimble conducted a webinar for the Trimble Buildings Basecamp on the topic, “Mixed Reality Use Cases for Onsite Construction – ROI Overview and Customer Interview.” Mitigating Risk in ConstructionThursday, July 23rd, 2020In the recent panel discussion hosted by IMAGINiT entitled “Mitigating Risk in Construction,” as part of the company’s “BIM and Digital Construction” series, panelists Norman Akin, Senior Applications expert, with a background in architectural construction and manufacturing applications, and Jim Stoneberger, Solutions Consultant for IMAGINiT, with a background in architecture and construction, joined moderator Joe Eichenseer, director of Building Lifecycle Solutions, to discuss this timely topic.  Autodesk BIM 360 Layout IMAGINiT Technologies Responds to Changing TimesFriday, May 29th, 2020Chantale Marchand, Vice President, IMAGINiT Technologies spoke with AECCafe Voice about the Covid-19 virus policies and changes implemented in their company. IMAGINiT is an Autodesk Reseller Platinum Partner, and one of the world’s largest providers of design technology solutions to the engineering community.
Bentley Civil Design’s Answer to the New Normal: The Digital TwinFriday, May 15th, 2020Francois Valois, vice president, Civil Engineering with Bentley Systems spoke at Bentley’s recent Civil Design Virtual Press Briefing about the current state of civil engineering and how we now need to do things differently. Civil infrastructure will continue to need to accelerate, according to Valois. “There has been an enormous infrastructure deficit over the years. Any time we stop accelerating we make the problem worse. Now we have social distancing, and funding challenges. Projects may be funded by a special tax on gas, for example. In addition to this, we have to stay home and when we’re onsite we must have less people onsite and find new ways to work. Our answer is the digital twin, and helping our users to go digital.”  Digital Bridge TurboCAD 2020 Release Offers Enhanced Functionality Plus InteroperabilityThursday, April 30th, 2020In a conversation this week with Bob Mayer, president of IMSI Design, he spoke about the recent release of their TurboCAD 2020 line, including Platinum, Professional, Deluxe and Designer versions for Windows® desktop PCs. The new release sports added functionality for 2D and 3D for all users with over 40 new and improved features. “This year’s 2020 release, puts a greater emphasis of 3D modeling and manufacturing enhancements,” stated Mayer. “There are powerful enhancements to our Facet Editor, new 3D Covering functionality, 3D Printing improvement, an updated solid modeling engine, and other productivity enhancements. We are particularly pleased with how much faster TurboCAD handles complex objects and files, constraint animation, and with the new support of advanced mechanical CAD file formats in our Platinum edition.” What is Meant by Digital Twins for Intelligent Buildings?Friday, April 17th, 2020A webinar featuring Invicara, Cityzenith and Intelligent Buildings entitled “Smart Building Digital Twins – Demystifying the Building Visualization Technology” shed light on Smart Building Digital Twins and what that actually means. For starters, Invicara’s Digital Twins bring together the critical building information you need to make your properties run smoother, satisfy tenants and lower your operating costs. Offered are a unique mix of consulting, technology and implementation services –
Trimble Platform as a Service (TPaaS) Streamlines Purchase and Upgrade Path for Civil Hardware and Software SolutionsFriday, April 3rd, 2020In March, Trimble announced at ConExpo 2020, the Trimble Platform as a Service (TPaaS), an offering giving contractors the ability to purchase select civil construction hardware and software solutions and continually upgrade those solutions with the latest innovations from Trimble. The bundled solutions within the offering include the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform, Trimble Siteworks Positioning Systems, Trimble Correction Services and select office software.
Large Project Tips and Tricks From Consultant Stephan LangellaFriday, March 6th, 2020Stephan Langella consultant presented a webinar recently entitled: Large Projects using Open BIM and ARCHICAD. Langella makes his home in Brisbane, Australia and has worked for a number of organizations, including Graphisoft and Woods Bagot. He has worked on numerous large projects delivered in Australia and elsewhere in the world, including the Queen’s Wharf Project in Brisbane. He loves hearing “we can’t do that,” and seeing how things can be done. |
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