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AECCafe Editorial Calendar 2018

Friday, November 24th, 2017

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Editorial Calendar 2018*

The Philharmonic Hall of Szczecin by Barozzi / Veiga. Photo © Simon Menges.

 January:

Editorial topics:

  • Trends and Predictions for 2018
  • Are We Getting Closer to Compatibility?

February:

2/4-2/7 Solidworks 2018

Editorial topics:

  • Solidworks for AEC
  • Current Events

BLK360

March:

Editorial topics:

  • Reality capture
  • The Changing Face of BIM

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ClimaCell Announces Autodesk Partnership & Short-Term Weather Prediction Model for the Construction Industry

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

In an interview with Rei Goffer, ClimaCell, CSO we discussed the company’s partnership with Autodesk BIM 360 announced at Autodesk University this week.

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CADWorx Plant 2018 Facilitates Intelligent 3D Plant Model Creation

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

In the recent CADWorx webinar for CADWorx Plant 2018, offered by parent company Hexagon, the focus of the release was demonstrated to be improving the consistency between workflows and through the model. In a Q&A portion, it was found that many of the attendees were using AutoCAD 2015 and 2016. CADWorx Plant 2018 supports AutoCAD 2018 and can run on that platform and the BricsCAD platform.

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Special AECCafe Report: BIM Interoperability: Emphasis on Data Not Tools

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

When everyone on a team uses a different BIM software, it can be painful to maintain accurate model versions, control user access, compare versions and analyze different models. On big projects, there are many teams coming together, all using whatever BIM technologies they have been tasked with and making all those interoperate, multiplying the challenge several fold.

Multi-discipline design with BIM Models

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A Case for Residential BIM

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017

In an interview this week with director, Cadsoft Corporation, Chantale Pitts, AECCafe Voice asked about the new Envisioneer version 13 that is focused on the residential architectural market. Envisioneer is Building Information Modeling (BIM) software for the residential and light commercial construction industry.

Framing Model

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AECCafe at Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2017

Thursday, October 5th, 2017

Each year Bentley holds its thought leadership Year in Infrastructure 2017  Conference of  leading executives from around the globe, featuring state-of-the-art projects  in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. This year AECCafe will travel to Singapore for the event, as Singapore has demonstrated cutting edge application of technologies for all the above industry segments.

Bentley users attend an informative discussion on industry trends.

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Coming Soon: AECCafe Special Report on Interoperabiiity for BIM

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

When everyone on a team uses a different BIM software, it can be painful to maintain accurate model versions, control user access, compare versions and analyze different models. On big projects, there are many teams coming together, all using whatever BIM technologies they have been tasked with and making all those interoperate, multiplying the challenge severalfold.

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HP Z Workstations Address Security Challenges of Today’s World

Thursday, September 21st, 2017

Xavier Garcia, vice president and general manager, global head Workstations, HP Inc. and Josh Peterson, vice president product management, Workstations, HP Inc. recently presented a webinar on the new HP Desktop Z workstation family.

HP Z8 Workstation with dual HP Z27x Displays (2)

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Workflow Enhancements and Braceworks Define Vectorworks 2018

Tuesday, September 12th, 2017

Vectorworks CEO Dr. Biplab Sarkar spoke with AECCafe Voice about today’s release of its 2018 Vectorworks software. The release includes Vectorworks ® Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals, as well as Vision. As part of the release, Braceworks™ is a new structural load analysis add-on module aimed for designers and riggers working on temporary entertainment structures.

Editable Section Viewports

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Blueprint 2025 Leadership Forum Aims to Reframe Discussion of Infrastructure

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

Senior industry strategist, Civil Infrastructure of Autodesk, Terry Bennett, spoke to AECCafe Voice this past week about the Blueprint 2025 Leadership Forum held in Washington D. C., earlier this year.

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