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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Sefaira Systems is the new product from Sefaira for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) design engineers that provides real-time performance analysis of mechanical systems and envelope options in record time, according to the company.
On the heels of previewing a new product for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) design engineers and showcasing its latest performance analysis tools for architects at Autodesk University 2014 in December, Sefaira’s CEO Mads Jensen provides an update on Sefaira and the state of performance-based design.
 Sefaira Systems is the new product from Sefaira for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) design engineers that provides real-time performance analysis of mechanical systems and envelope options in record time. (more…)
Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, Sefaira
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Friday, January 9th, 2015
At Autodesk University 2014 held in Las Vegas in December, Kevin Breslin Infrastructure Solutions Manager, IMAGINiT Technologies talked about new technologies that are being used by their consulting company and their clients this year. IMAGINiT is a provider of software, training, support and services to design and engineering companies and Autodesk Authorized Reseller and Autodesk Training Center.
 La Pata Gap Closure, Orange County, California. Image courtesy of Huitt-Zollars and Orange County Public Works (more…)
Tags: 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, IMAGINiT Technologies, infrastructure
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014
Autodesk CTO Jeff Kowalksi opened the Mainstage Keynotes for Autodesk University 2014 held in Las Vegas, Nevada this morning, with the statement, “Our creations are more dead than alive.”
 Jeff Kowalski, CTO, Autodesk (more…)
Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, Apple, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, iPad, laser scanning, mobile, reality capture, Revit, SketchUp
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
At Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference in London in early November, Founder and CTO of Bentley Systems, Keith Bentley spoke on the topic of innovation.
 “The ideas that start out to be the greatest start as small ideas.” – Keith Bentley, Founder and CTO, Bentley Systems (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, iPad, London, reality capture
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
In an interview with AECCafe Voice, John Bacus, director of SketchUp product management at Trimble, discussed the new features of Trimble Connect, that offers a new way for designers, builders, owners and operators to collaborate, share and view project information. It is based on GTeam, the collaboration platform developed by Gehry Technologies.
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Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley CONNECT, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, Gehry Technologies, infrastructure, SketchUp, Trimble Connect
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Thursday, November 13th, 2014
Bentley’s newly announced CONNECT Edition provides a very complex and deep common environment to extend across work groups and enterprises, without changing the basic file format of the products that users have an investment in already.
Bhupinder Singh, senior vice president at Bentley Systems, gave a keynote Thursday, November 7th at the Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2014 event in which CONNECT Edition was explained to the audience.
Singh began by saying that Bentley’s platform approach is to extend it to include your desktops, servers and handheld devices.
“When you have suites, there is still a disconnect,” said Singh. “A goal was to improve information mobility with CONNECT Edition. When you begin you connect to a project, everyone connects to a project profile, then there is a project playbook, and personal playlist – an individual set of apps for the user.” This is similar to the playlist you get with your Apple iTunes music list.
The benefits are: reducing time it takes to get project started, to get supply chains on board, and the data you have becomes increasingly more valuable.
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Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2014, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, mobile, reality capture
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Autodesk Excellence in Infrastructure 2014 Awards take into consideration those project that offer some concrete solutions to infrastructure challenges, rather than just citing problems. This approach is inspired by the recent USA-focused Making the Grade report.
 Large scale “One Digital Factory” hybrid infrastructure and architecture 3D model. Image courtesy of HKM. (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Anna Liza Montenegro, director of marketing for Microsol Resources, a value-added reseller (VAR) of BIM technology solutions, spoke with AECCafe Voice about their new Technology Partnership with UK-based Asite, a cloud technology provider.
New York-based Microsol Resources is also an Autodesk Platinum Partner and Partner of the Year for 2014 serving the AEC industry.
Microsol Resources is not just a software sales outlet but also provides services for the AEC industry, buildings, and civil infrastructure. The driving force behind the partnership with Asite is that the company provides cloud technology to every industry that is document driven. Their Adoddle platform allows firms to store and manage all of their project data in one central and secure repository. It also enables customers to fully customize the structure of their content with highly controlled access and rich configurable workflows to allow project controls. It is used by AEC firms as well as property owners to manage their capital investment programs.
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Tags: AEC, architects, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, London
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Autodesk’s Anthony Hauck, senior product line manager, joined me on a call this week to discuss the new Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 release.
The Revit R2 release is available now to Maintenance Subscription and Desktop Subscription customers only at this time.
 Site Designer enables architects, designers and planners to shape the terrain for building sites and communicate design intent with civil engineers. (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, Graphisoft
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Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Trimble announced this week at a media briefing that it has acquired privately-held Manhattan Software, a real estate and facility management software leader, headquartered in London. The acquisition is not replacing any technology but it does extends Trimble Buildings’ portfolio of design-build-operate (DBO) solutions by providing building owners, facilities and real estate managers with integrated, end-to-end property, asset and facilities management systems.
 Manhattan Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) provides an enterprise solution for planning and managing any organization’s real estate portfolio of buildings and assets. The deep functionality of the Manhattan IWMS is designed for the entire facility lifecycle to maximize resource utilization while reducing the total cost of occupancy (TCO). (more…)
Tags: architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, engineering, Trimble
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