Posts Tagged ‘design’
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
About a month ago I attended a press briefing on the new Autodesk Revit 2016 R2, a release that builds on product performance and makes Revit perform faster. The release looks at how to empower architects and engineers to embed design intent in their model by building smarter tools. It has a lot of professional productivity enhancements, and product managers believe it’s their best Revit yet.
 Revit 2016 R2 updates room, space, HVAC zone, duct, and pipe color fills using multiple CPUs. Image courtesy of Autodesk. (more…)
Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, reality capture
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Thursday, October 8th, 2015
In an interview with Carl Sterner, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Director of Product Marketing at Sefaira, he discussed Sefaira’s Direct Sunlight Analysis launched in September.
 Sefaira sunlight heating and cooling (more…)
Tags: 3D, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, design, engineering, point clouds, reality capture, Revit, Sefaira
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Thursday, October 1st, 2015
Jeff Wood – vice president, WW Product Management, Workstation and Thin Client Business HP and Josh Peterson- director, WW Product Management, Workstation and Thin Client Business , HP met with the press in a virtual press briefing prior to the announcement of the new HP Z240 Tower and Z240 SFF Workstations with next generation Intel processors and HP Z Turbo Drive options, raising the bar for entry-level workstations, while providing the reliability of a workstation at the price point of a desktop PC.
 HP Z240 SFF Workstation and HP Z240 Tower Workstation (more…)
Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, design, engineering, Geospatial, HP, HP Z Turbo, HP Z240 SFF, HP Z240 Tower, Intel Xeon, Linux, reality capture, Susan Smith, Windows 10, workstations
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Vectorworks, Inc. formerly Nemetschek Vectorworks, announced this morning the rebranding of the company plus the release of Vectorworks 2016.
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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, collaboration, design, engineering, infrastructure, mobile, point clouds, reality capture, Vectorworks 2016
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
In an interview with Matt Mason, director of software development at IMAGINiT Technologies division of Rand Worldwide, we discussed the newly released IMAGINIT Utilities for Civil 3D 2016, IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client 2016 and IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Server 2016, all of which are now compatible with Autodesk 2016 products. There are two new tools in IMAGINiT Utilities for Civil 3D: Pipe Grade and Multi-Part Swap. IMAGINiT is also introducing enhancements to IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client and IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Server as well as a new tool in IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Server, Vault Command Line.
 IMAGINiT Utilities for Civil 3D: Multi-Part Swap (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Bentley Systems, BIM, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Civil 3D, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, IMAGINiT Technologies, Revit
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Trimble SketchUp made a couple of announcements this summer: one being the SketchUp Mobile Viewer launch for both iOS and Android, an online presentation app, and the other the partnership between Trimble and Materialise to streamline 3D printing workflows by adding support for the STL file format in Trimble’s 3D Warehouse.
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Tags: 3D, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, engineers, iPad, reality capture, SketchUp, Trimble
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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 (more…)
Tags: 3D, AEC, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, MEP, SketchUp, Trimble
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Monday, July 27th, 2015
Randy Denny, vice president of Sales for Xplore Technologies talked recently about the company’s big news: acquiring Motion Computing in April of 2015. Motion added to Xplore a broader portfolio of solutions in the “rugged category” of tablets.
 Xplore Technologies recently acquired Motion Computng “Now we’ll serve two markets of ultra-rugged devices,” said Denny, “and we have the dominant marketshare.” Denny added that their customers include utilities, construction, public safety and retail. 30% of their business requires some level of customization, such as in-vehicle docks and perhaps including special integration.
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Tags: AEC, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, construction, design, engineering, Handheld USA, iPad, laser scanning, mobile, Xplore Technologies
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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 (more…)
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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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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