Review: HP Z2 Mini workstation
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HP’s micro machine is great for bread and butter 3D CAD but buyers need to be confident that workflows won’t change
The clone wars
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AutoCAD’s popularity spawned a copycat DWG clone industry. Now the clone developers are aiming for verticalised BIM
NEWS: AMD set to change the rendering game
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New Ryzen Threadripper CPU takes fight to Intel with up to 16-cores for under $1,000
Autodesk AEC Summit 2017
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Autodesk invited the press to the new headquarters of its AEC Division in Boston, for presentations, customer site visits and technology talks on everything BIM
A Q&A with Space Group
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Space Group CEO Rob Charlton shares his thoughts on digital construction from design stage through to asset handover
Civil engineering and the IoT
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How civil engineering can tap into the power of connected devices to turn data into actionable insights on challenging projects
Autodesk’s new CEO
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Martyn Day caught up with Andrew Anagnost to hear the new Autodesk CEO’s vision for the company, including subscription, enterprise licensing, 3D printing and the future of Revit
News: Autodesk invests in AI tech
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Smartvid.io technology can be trained to recognise AEC objects in video and stills
Graphisoft big in Japan
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Graphisoft held a customer conference in Japan to launch ArchiCAD 21 and to highlight increasing BIM usage in the Pacific Rim.
Speed capture
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At Goodwood Festival of Speed reality capture technology was used to produce a giant 3D model of the famous Hill Climb
NEWS: Yulio introduces ‘Audio Hotspots’ to VR experiences
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Designers can add audio clips to aid communication or to increase feeling of immersion
NEWS: Dell unveils new Skylake-SP Xeon workstations
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Dell Precision 5820, 7820 and 7920 boast new chassis with front access ‘FlexBays’
NEWS: HP launches global design project to imagine life on Mars
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HP Mars Home Planet explores how 1 million humans could be sustained on the red planet
NEWS: PNY introduces VR Ready 15.6-inch mobile workstation
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Firm that manufactures Nvidia Quadro GPUs enters the mobile workstation market
NEWS: Epic Games optimises workflow from CAD to Unreal Engine
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Datasmith workflow toolkit provides high-fidelity translation of numerous common scene assets
NEWS: Nvidia brings pro VR and GPU rendering to standard notebooks
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New external Quadro GPU (eGPU) plugs in over Thunderbolt 3 to boost pro graphics power
NEWS: Nvidia uses AI to deliver 8x speed boost to ray trace rendering
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Takes ‘noisy’ ray traced image and uses AI to predict what it would look like after thousands of passes
NEWS: HP launches workstation backpack for untethered pro VR
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HP Z VR Backpack G1 runs on batteries but also doubles up a as a desktop workstation
NEWS: AMD unveils two ‘Vega’ GPUs for professional users
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New GPUs include Radeon Pro SSG with 2TB of on-board memory for giant datasets
NEWS: Indoor Reality adds time lapse mode to 3D mapping solution
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New feature allows project managers to easily monitor progress during construction
NEWS: WorldViz set to launch VR communication tool Vizible
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Software pitched as virtual sales tool, but also supports collaboration and design review for distributed teams
NEWS: Design feature added to cloud-based structural engineering tool
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SkyCiv releases new design software for AISC standards. Euro, British and other standards to follow
NEWS: New drone system delivers sub-5mm accurate rail surveys
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Plowman Craven Vogel R3D system offers ‘faster & more accurate’ way to capture rail data
NEWS: LiDAR data at heart of Yorkshire flood alleviation model
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Bluesky LiDAR helps Mott MacDonald Bentley create 3D maps for Yorkshire Water
NEWS: Dalux introduces new project platform
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Dalux Box combines file sharing with BIM centric features
NEWS: Indoor Reality integrates with ArcGIS Online
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3D mobile mapping solution now allows users to ‘see’ the location of assets using cloud-based mapping platform
NEWS: Three new sponsors back construction skills scheme
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BIM Academy, Desco and NBS sign up to become sponsors of PlanBEE
NEWS: Stabiplan streamlines BIM workflow with MEPcontent browser
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Software allows MEP engineers to access manufacturer-specific 3D content from within Revit and AutoCAD
NEWS: Arithmetica to release Pointfuse for DotProduct scanners
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Software converts DotProduct point clouds into 3D models with accurate geometry, plus
NEWS: Enscape focuses on realism for version 2.0 release
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Real time rendering and VR tool for Revit and SketchUp boasts more realistic lighting, trees and grass