Posts Tagged ‘engineering’
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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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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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. (more…)
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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Monday, June 15th, 2015
New features and enhancements AutoCAD Plant 3D plant design software and P&ID arriving with the new 2016 release of Autodesk products include replicating the plant database to distributed teams to make it faster and able to manipulate data. The main focus of Plant is to take something and process it into something else. The industries served include pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, and food and beverage, all who require special material needs such as stainless steel that must be cleaned daily.
 BioGen has built their own cogeneration plant to provide efficient energy to all buildings on their Cambridge campus. The plant converts natural gas fuel into electricity. The waste heat generated by making electricity creates steam used to heat and cool their buildings. (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, BIM, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, engineering, infrastructure, reality capture
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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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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 F. Kennedy Greenway (more…)
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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Monday, May 18th, 2015
CEO of Richter Architects, Elizabeth Chu Richter, president of AIA, paid tribute to the former presidents of the AIA in her introductory remarks at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention 2015 held in Atlanta this past week.
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Tags: AIA, American Institute of Architects, architects, architecture, Bill Clinton, BIM, building, building information modeling, Cloud, construction, design, Edward Mazria, engineering, Moshe Safdie
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