Image Building BIM-ready models from point cloud requires considerable manual construction, a skill level developed by working with and understanding fully the nature of the data. Plowman Craven’s Peter Folwell explains.

Image Aconex Connected BIM will support Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS) on pilot projects

Image HP adds 4K and 5K models to its family of professional Z displays, plus specialty immersive displays

Image HP focuses on mobility with slimline 14-inch and 15.6-inch mobile workstations that go head to head with Dell, Lenovo & MSI

Image USB 3.0 Solid State Drive (SSD) pitched as a high-speed and durable alternative to external hard disk drives (HDDs).

Image An excellent choice for those looking for a powerful mainstream workstation for 3D CAD or BIM workflows

Image A powerful niche machine with two 16 core Intel Xeon E5-2698v3 CPUs targeted directly at design viz specialists

Image Cloud-based collaboration and project document control solution to help streamline, manage and track RFIs

Image Firm to laser scan complex MEP structure and convert into an augmented BIM model with COBie worksheets

Image Ideate Explorer for Revit offers new dual environment workflow to help improve Revit model quality

Image With its FirePro GPU, this single CPU desktop offers an interesting alternative to a dual Xeon workstation, but is let down by a disappointing case. By Greg Corke

Image Technology allows ‘virtually any cloud and/or on-site storage system to integrate with the Autodesk platform

Image DWG compatible software features associative plans and 3D models and parametric walls, doors and windows

Image Two winners scoop a Fujitsu Celsius H730 15.6-inch mobile workstation with Nvidia Quadro K1100M graphics

Image London-based creative design agency offers free 3D furniture models for architectural and interior design visualisation

Image Latest release of the IntelliCAD-based tool enables land surveyors and civil engineers to work with larger datasets

Image Mass 3D Pedestrian simulation becomes affordable for the all with Oasys’ latest online beta software

Image New solution combines ZEB1 hand held laser mapping system with PointCab point cloud processing software

Image Major Saudi Construction Firm signs corporate agreement with Aconex to manage megaprojects

Image Interactive visualisation tool plugs into ArchiCAD and delivers enhanced support for MicroStation

Image Projects from six countries recognised in annual awards, which celebrate the use of Tekla BIM software

Image Many innovations start out labelled as gimmicks, only to wait for other technologies and culture to catch up with them. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality have enthralled future-gazers but they are still rarely deployed in the design market. There is scope for change.

Image Graebert has announced further plans to go after the Android OS user market

Image Do you use a desktop workstation but sometimes need to access it from the site office or home? Teradici might have a solution for you

Image New aggressive pricing delivers mainstream graphics card for CAD / BIM software for under $400 (£220)

Image BIM 1.0 allows project team members to view IFC 3D models and their associated data directly in a web browser

Image Global element locking allows distributed Autodesk Revit users to work simultaneously on the same document

Image Nasuni Service 6.2 update enhances Global File Locking support for Revit Worksharing

Image Newforma’s SmartUse app will run on large touch screens from NRI to review, annotate, compare and drawings

Image New cloud and mobile capabilities for Autodesk Revit and InfraWorks 360 said to herald a more connected future of BIM