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Autodesk University Virtual 2020 Focuses on Virtual Creation and Data
Friday, November 27th, 2020Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2020 Goes Virtual
Friday, October 30th, 2020This year’s Bentley Year In Infrastructure event was as most conferences this year, held remotely. Media representatives from over 28 countries attended the event.
Trimble Connect Announces New Integration for Microsoft 365 and BIMcollab
Friday, October 2nd, 2020Ray Bagley, business area director for Trimble Connect, spoke with AECCafe Voice regarding their latest announcement of new integrations for Microsoft 365 and BIMcollab with Trimble Connect cloud based collaboration platform. Users of both platforms will enjoy a common data environment for connecting project stakeholders with data necessary to inform decisions and improve team efficiency.
Vectorworks 2021 Launches, Simplifying Users’ Workflow
Friday, 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 AEC
Thursday, 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 Trimble
Thursday, 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 Construction
Thursday, 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.
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GRAPHISOFT Delivers BIMcloud as a Service, Archicad 24 Plus Other Major Product Updates
Thursday, July 9th, 2020This week GRAPHISOFT held a press briefing on the expanded availability of their BIMcloud as a Service worldwide which will be instrumental in helping architects and designers collaborate during the work-from-home shift we are currently experiencing.
Bentley Systems’ Going Digital in Rail Addresses Carbon Footprint, Remote Working and Digital Twins
Friday, June 26th, 2020Bentley Systems held the Rail Virtual Press Briefing entitled “Going Digital in Rail and Advancing BIM through Digital Twins” this week, featuring presentations from Bentley executives, Steve Cockerell, Industry Marketing Director, Rail and Transit, Eduardo Lazzarotto, Director of Project Management, and Teresa Elliott, Industry Marketing Direction, Digital Cities.
Matterport and Autodesk Announce Integration for BIM 360 Virtual Collaboration
Thursday, June 11th, 2020James Cook, head of integrations, Autodesk Construction Solutions and Tomer Poran, Director of Business Development at Matterport spoke to AECCafe Voice about the new collaboration offering from both those companies in a recent interview.
