AutoCAD users to get access to ‘very recent’ satellite imagery
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Plex.Earth Timeviews service gives AEC firms ‘unlimited instant access’ to premium satellite data
Autodesk launches Construction Cloud
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New integrated construction management offering features a wide range of acquired and in-house developed web services
Lumion 10 - at one with nature
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New release of the real-time rendering tool gets more realistic trees and plants and the ability to paint them into a scene
CBT Architects maintains Revit model health
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Ideate Explorer aids in model management and allows CBT to quickly identify where issues may be
Corona Renderer 5 gets more out of hardware
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New 2.5 displacement tool is said to render 3x faster with half the memory for scenes using intense displacement
Winvic Construction unveils Centre for Innovative Construction
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Virtual Reality and training hub designed to support collaborative BIM workflows
Vectorworks simplifies GIS data integration
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Integration of Vectorworks BIM capabilities with Esri’s ArcGIS Online services said to benefit planners, developers and designers
Igloo enhances Shared VR Cylinder
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New collaborative immersive projection space boasts a smaller footprint and allows for faster set-up and de-rig
The Wild links to Autodesk BIM 360
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New integration allows AEC teams to collaborate on BIM content in VR/AR from anywhere
AI at heart of new asset data management tool
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Microdesk ARID uses ML and AI to analyse assets names and values, identify inconsistencies and make recommendations
HoloLens 2 and 4D construction
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The HoloLens 2 is a vast improvement over the first generation mixed reality headset. Visual experience and interaction might grab the headlines, but for AEC firms the biggest impact should come from Azure cloud connectivity
The generation game
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The technology to design and fabricate high-quality engineered buildings is entering a disruptive phase. How will large AEC firms cope?
PresenZ for V-Ray
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Greg Corke reports on an easy to use rendering add-on for V-Ray that uses lightfields to bring new levels of interactivity and dynamism to 360 VR renders
Unity bets big on AEC
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When Unity Reflect launches later this year, AEC firms will be able to push rich BIM data out to multiple devices, quickly and easily, and then build custom apps on top.
Trimble unveils high-accuracy AR system
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SiteVision can blend 3D civils or BIM models with real-world environments
NBS offers one click into leading CDEs
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NBS Chorus specification platform tightly integrated with solutions from Autodesk, Viewpoint and Newforma
Bricsys unleashes V20 BricsCAD design suite
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New features include support for McNeel Grasshopper through a dedicated connection
Atvero harnesses Office365 for PIM
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Project Information management tool said to offer ‘smarter way’ to manage project deliverables and communication
Varjo introduces new ‘human eye-resolution’ VR headsets
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The new VR-2 and VR-2 Pro support SteamVR and OpenVR, and the VR-2 Pro offers integrated Ultraleap hand tracking for enhanced interactivity
Preview: Rhino Inside
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Rhino 3D with Grasshopper occupies a special place in the AEC industry. Soon the software will be able to work in pretty much any Windows application, including Revit
BIM Show Live issues call for papers
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Organisers want to hear about emerging ideas and the creative application of new tech, plus the individuals making an impact
Vectorworks 2020
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Nemetschek’s Vectorworks has delivered its yearly update to its flagship BIM modelling suite of products and the news is, it’s a big one, offering some unique capabilities.
Enscape 2.6
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Real-time rendering tool Enscape has just had a major overhaul, laying the groundwork for real time ray tracing with Nvidia RTX
Review: HP ZBook 14u G6
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Portability doesn’t have to come at the expense of performance as Greg Corke discovers in this impressive 14” CAD-focused mobile workstation from HP
Review: Xinaps Verifi3D
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BIM offers many benefits, not least its ability to check a design’s overall quality, to identify spatial, functional and data errors. Xinaps has a new customisable, cloud- based checker
Build:London 2019
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Epic Games’ Build:London event has become an essential diary date for the AEC fraternity. There’s a great balance between showing real-world applications and giving insight into what’s coming next in Unreal Engine
Backing the future
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Digital technologies were key to communicating the design and overturning planning objections for a contemporary extension to a 19th century Dublin house
Total Chaos and beyond
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With V-Ray and Corona, Chaos Group is a dominant force in arch Viz. We report from the company’s huge user event in Bulgaria
Matterport to turn smartphones into 3D capture devices
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Company’s cloud-based image processing software will create 3D experiences derived from standard smartphone cameras
Kapio Cloud construction platform is ‘BIM, AI and Big Data ready’
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Platform helps construction teams to connect, report, collaborate and manage International engineering projects