The AEC Lens 
Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. AECCafe to exhibit at the 2015 AIA Convention and record video interviewsApril 27th, 2015 by Sanjay Gangal
We are exhibiting at the 2015 AIA Convention in Atlanta on May 14-15 at our booth #2878 and we are recording video interviews at our booth. Let me know if you want to book a 15-minute time slot for you or someone from your firm. Interview opportunities are open to all attendees, architects, and exhibitors.
You can see past interviews here. Come by our booth to say hello even if you don’t want to record an interview. We are doing a raffle for a KindleFire and you are most welcome to drop in your business card for a chance to win it. Read the rest of AECCafe to exhibit at the 2015 AIA Convention and record video interviews FARO Acquires Complementary Software CompaniesMarch 6th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
As we said a little over a month ago, we have witnessed the ongoing and perpetual consolidation of the CAD/CAM industry as companies continue to get swallowed up by others. We’ve witnessed CAD companies acquiring CAD/CAM companies, simulation companies acquiring CAD companies, and other types of technical software and service companies acquiring CAD/CAM companies. With all the attention seemingly focused on the CAD/CAM side, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there also has been a significant consolidation through acquisition on other sides of technical software as well over the past several years. In other words, with these other acquisitions technical software circles of all types continue to get smaller. This time around its 3D scanning giant, FARO Technologies, and its recent acquisitions of kubit (AEC point cloud processing software) and ARAS 360 (crime reconstruction/forensic software). Founded in 1981, FARO Technologies Inc. develops and markets portable 3D measurement systems for computer-aided manufacturing measurement.
FARO Focus 3D Laser Scanner Read the rest of FARO Acquires Complementary Software Companies The Future of How Visualizations Are Made: Real-time Exploration of Design DataJanuary 15th, 2015 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: AutodeskThis is a presentation from the 2014 Autodesk University. Technology Trends with Dell, HP, and Intel: Hosted by Lynn AllenJanuary 14th, 2015 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Autodesk DescriptionJoin AU’s own Lynn Allen for a candid conversation with technologists from Dell, HP, and Intel. Learn how new and emerging technologies are affecting and enhancing the way we work with Autodesk® design and creation suites, and more. Key Learning
Read the rest of Technology Trends with Dell, HP, and Intel: Hosted by Lynn Allen Autodesk CEO Carl Bass and CTO Jeff Kowalski Keynote at the 2014 Autodesk UniversityJanuary 13th, 2015 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Autodesk DescriptionJoin Autodesk CEO Carl Bass and CTO Jeff Kowalski as they present the trends and forces shaping the future of making things. Carl will talk about new ways to communicate and even collaborate with our computers, which are blurring the lines between the digital and physical worlds. Jeff will explore how we’re bringing life to design through robust design taxonomies, generative design, and our emerging power to create things that can sense, respond, and collaborate. Innovation Forum: The Future of How Buildings Are Made: A Stimulant for Your Next ProjectJanuary 12th, 2015 by Sanjay Gangal
Article Source: Autodesk This is a presentation from the 2014 Autodesk University held in Las Vegas in December, 2014. DescriptionThe explosion of digital context is about to change everything that you know about the design and construction of the built environment. Join the AU Innovation Forum, buckle yourself in, and wrap your mind around the future of making buildings.
Speakers Co-speaker: Alan Ricks Big News For AEC – AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 for Mac ReleasedOctober 14th, 2014 by Jeff Rowe
Coming about six months after its major Windows releases, Autodesk, Inc. announced today the releases of AutoCAD 2015 for Mac and AutoCAD LT 2015 for Mac. Although Autodesk estimates that only 1-3% of all Macs run CAD software, this is still a significant milestone for AutoCAD for the Mac platform, now in its fifth release. Significant because in the five years since the first release of AutoCAD for Mac, the Mac platform base and presence has expanded from about 15 million to today’s approximately 80+ million. A nice increase in potential market.
AutoCAD 2015 For Mac Overview Read the rest of Big News For AEC – AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 for Mac Released InsectCity and BuzzBuilding make Stockholm Self-sufficientJune 9th, 2014 by Sanjay Gangal
Stockholm, June 9, 2014 — Belatchew Arkitekter’s studio Belatchew Labs presents InsectCity and the insect farm BuzzBuilding, with the aim of making Stockholm self-sufficient in protein. In the year 2050 it is estimated that the Earth will be populated by 9 billion people and a question that is raised is how a sustainable food-production that produces enough for everyone, without posing additional stress on the environment can be designed. A solution is to find an alternative to meat production, and one such protein source is insects. There are approximately 1900 edible species of insects, and 2 billion of the world’s population already eat insects today. Protein production from insects is much more efficient than meat production, for example, 10 kg fodder is needed to produce 1 kg of beef, but the same amount of fodder can produce 9 kg of insects. SketchUp Training Series VideosMay 16th, 2014 by Sanjay Gangal
Here is a playlist of 27 SketchUp video tutorials. A brief description of each section follows: ArchiCAD 18 New Features — RenderingMay 12th, 2014 by Sanjay Gangal
The integration of CineRender, MAXON’s world-class CINEMA 4D rendering engine into ArchiCAD 18, brings high quality, photo-realistic rendering images closer to a much wider range of designers. ArchiCAD 18 is the only BIM application that provides not only high-end, professional image quality thanks to the Cinema 4D rendering engine, but a very smooth workflow and an excellent user experience as well. One-button “photo-shot” rendering can lead to the same high-quality results with the same ease as with tweaking numerous sliders and parameters, allowing novice users to create professional renderings. Professional users can use all the advanced rendering settings of ArchiCAD, or continue the project visualization in MAXON Cinema 4D. ArchiCAD 18 provides a wide range of professional surface material catalogs right out of the box. Users with an active subscription license may download additional surface materials free of charge from the BIMcomponents.com portal. The entire surface material set of MAXON’s Cinema 4D is also available. ArchiCAD 18 provides brand new lamp objects enhanced with new light settings: parallel light, area light and window light sources can be applied. The standard, IES Light format can also be assigned to ArchiCAD’s lamp objects, ensuring manufacturer-specific photometric distribution for lighting. ArchiCAD’s live rendering preview and background processor support make the rendering workflow a smooth, uninterrupted process. This 14-part playlist introduces many of the new rendering features available in ArchiCAD 18: |
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