In an AECCafe Voice interview with Paul Burden of ASCENT Center for Technical Knowledge, the courseware segment of Rand Worldwide, he spoke of the trends he saw in the provision of technical training for their customers.
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Top Trends in AEC Technical Training from ASCENT Center for Technical Knowledge
Thursday, January 26th, 20172016 in Review Through AECCafe Stories
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016No one would contest the fact that 2016 has been a tumultuous year, with lots of shifts worldwide and many disruptive technologies coming onboard.
Oak-paneled Auditorium inside the Aliyev Center – photo by Helene Binet
AECCafe’s Holiday Technology Wish List
Thursday, December 8th, 2016Most of what AEC professionals need and want is how to get their designs expressed, realized and built efficiently, accurately, quickly and on budget. The solutions to these challenges can be provided with a mix of software, cloud and gadgetry, much of which you will find here.
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Reality Modeling Goes Viral at Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016One of the exciting developments that came out of The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference was the growth of Bentley’s ContextCapture reality modeling offering over the past year. Introduced at the 2015 conference, and derived from the acquisition of Acute3D, ContextCapture is used to process digital photos from a variety of cameras including smartphone cameras, and aerial photography, including UAVs, to provide engineering-ready reality meshes.
Winner Innovation in Reality Modeling: City of Helsinki – Helsinki 3D+
Helsinki, Finland. Image Courtesy of Bentley Systems
BEinspiring in London – AECCafe’s Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2016 Report
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016It’s difficult not to be inspired when attending the Bentley Year In Infrastructure Conference, with so many talented professionals gathered to show off their infrastructure projects.
Innovation in Building Winner: Morphosis – Hanking Center Tower. Image Courtesy of Bentley Systems
Sefaira Announces Design Guidance for Architecture 2030’s 2030 Palette at Greenbuild 2016
Thursday, October 13th, 2016Sefaira, a Trimble Company, and Architecture 2030 announced Design Guidance at Greenbuild 2016, taking place in Los Angeles October 5-7, a new functionality in Sefaira Architecture. Design Guidance uses real-time analysis results in Sefaira Architecture to deliver customized guidance on how to improve a building’s performance, and points the designer to relevant passive design strategies collated in Architecture 2030’s 2030 Palette.
Sefaira’s Design Guidance for 2030 Palette
In the following interview, both Edward Mazria, founder and CEO Architecture 2030 and Kerger Truesdell, product manager, Sefaira respond to questions about the announcement and future of Design Guidance and 2030 Palette.
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Newforma’s Connector Initiative to Handle Volume Data Between Platforms
Thursday, October 6th, 2016AECCafé spoke with Jim Forester, co-founder and vice president of business development, Newforma on Newforma’s recently announced Connector initiative to expand access to project information.
The Autodesk Subscription Program Meets Bentley’s Autodesk License Upgrade Program
Thursday, September 29th, 2016An ongoing topic in the AEC industry for over a year now has been the issue of Autodesk’s moving its customer base to a subscription only program. While Autodesk has given customers a lot of time to make this transition, nevertheless, the Autodesk Subscription Program means the end of the perpetual license program. The Autodesk Subscription Program is heralded by the company as the best thing for customers of Autodesk products and they have the recent earnings to prove it. In Q1 of this year, they were up 132,000 to 2.71 million.
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Vectorworks 2017 Sports Innovative New Features for Collaboration, Immersive Environments and Much More
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016In a recent interview with Dr. Biplap Sarkar, CEO of Vectorworks, we discussed the latest features of Vectorworks 2017, which was released September 14th.
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Watch for Vectorworks new 2017 version coming in September
Thursday, August 18th, 2016Biplap Sarkar, CEO of Vectorworks, spoke at the spring AIA 2016 Convention about the upcoming features for the new version of Vectorworks coming out in September.
