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Interview: Version 2.0 of Trimble MEPdesigner for SketchUp Release

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

When I think of where Trimble SketchUp has evolved to, from its days as a simple but celebrated sketching tool for designers, I’m amazed at its versatility and application to so many important aspects of the AEC marketplace.

Trimble MEPdesigner V2 Cable tray with condulets and bendable conduit

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Tags: 3D, AEC, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, MEP, SketchUp, Trimble
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Award-winning Vectorworks Nomad Offers Video Game-like Navigation and More

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

Vectorworks Nomad received a “BEST OF SHOW” award in the Mobile category from Architosh Magazine’s Annual Awards at the American Institute of Architects Convention (AIA) 2015 held in Atlanta this year.

Vectorworks Nomad

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Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, design, mobile, mobile app, Vectorworks Nomad 3.0
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The Next Desktop Printer: Holograms?

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

Mike Masters, chief marketing officer of Zebra Imaging, spoke about Zebra Imaging’s service of providing holograms for the architectural industry. Architects are looking for the interaction that is the easiest way for them to show things and manipulate them on the fly.

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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, holograms, infrastructure, iPad, laser scanning, mobile, point clouds, reality capture, Zebra Imaging
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Autodesk Exchange Apps Cross over the One-Millionth Download

Tuesday, June 30th, 2015

Autodesk recently celebrated the one-millionth app download on the Autodesk Exchange Apps, a web-based design and engineering app store created for the Autodesk community. In three years since launching, the site has published 1,800 apps from third-party developers, which are available for download in 14 different languages and in 191 countries.

CADtoEarth 2.2 for Autodesk® Revit® extending a family of add-ins that establishes a bi-directional connection between CAD environments and Google Earth or Google Maps. The CADtoEarth 2.2 add-in now allows users to create personal accounts on the CADtoEarth web application and provides individual control over the visibility of uploaded data.

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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, BIM, building design, building information modeling, CAD, construction, engineering, iPad, laser scanning, mobile, point clouds, reality capture, Revit
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ArchiCAD 19 Released

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Graphisoft presented ArchiCAD 19 this year at AIA. Just today Graphisoft announced the rollout of ArchiCAD 19 worldwide, with shipping starting with the U.S., UK/Ireland and International versions on June 24. German versions will follow on June 30th These are the first four of 27 local versions,that should hit the market by the end of Q3 2015.

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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building design, CAD, construction, design
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IMAGINiT and Pix4D Partner to Offer Imagery Extraction from UAVs

Thursday, June 18th, 2015

Rand Worldwide announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division is partnering with Pix4D, leading developers of 2D and 3D mapping and modeling software. This collaboration will help architectural, civil and manufacturing design engineers extract imagery taken from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and convert it into usable 2D and 3D models.

Pix4D Mapping

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Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, infrastructure, laser scanning, mobile, point clouds, reality capture
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From the Exhibit Floor at AIA in Atlanta

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention held in Atlanta two weeks ago, was the setting for a number of AEC vendors to announce new products and services.

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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, AIA, American Institute of Architects, Archicad, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, Dr. Biplap Sarkar, engineering, Graphisoft, mobile, reality capture, Revit, SketchUp, Trimble, Vectorworks
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Autodesk AEC Media Summit Report

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Last week media trekked to Autodesk’s new Innovation and Design Building in the heart of Boston for the Autodesk AEC Media Summit. While the previous LEED Gold headquarters in Waltham, Mass. was a testament to the company’s commitment to sustainable design, the Innovation and Design Building speaks to their branching out in their innovative capacities.

"As if It Were Already There" - sculpture by Janet Echelman in Rose Greenway Park

“As if It Were Already There” – sculpture by Janet Echelman in Rose F. Kennedy Greenway

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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, infrastructure, mobile, point clouds, reality capture
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AECCafe Attendance at AIA in Atlanta

Monday, May 11th, 2015

For all those traveling to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) event in Atlanta, AECCafe will be there and interested in talking to attendees and vendors.

Some of my questions for attendees:

1) What is your interest in attending the conference?

2) What kinds of technologies/standards/trends are you interested in finding out about?

3) What is your role in the world of architecture today?

4) What steps, if any, are being taken in your firm towards sustainable infrastructure?

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Tags: 3D, AEC, AIA Atlanta, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, building, building information modeling, CAD, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, mobile, reality capture
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Bentley’s ProjectWise Essentials Brings Cloud-Based Design Integration to the Mid-Tier

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

Bentley Systems’ ProjectWise Essentials is an innovative, cloud-based, design integration environment designed for the mid-tier AEC market. Bentley’s popular ProjectWise design collaboration and work sharing solution has been addressing the needs of large AEC organizations for over 20 years.