NEWS: Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3 for Rhino
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New ‘easy-to-use’ rendering software designed for architects and product designers
Review: From Revit to VR
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Greg Corke gets hands-on with three Virtual Reality (VR) applications that work seamlessly with Autodesk Revit, weighing up their capabilities and assessing how well they combine with the HTC Vive and workstation GPUs
NEWS: Indoor Reality launches automated indoor mapping systems
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‘Wearable’ devices send data to the cloud to create point cloud and 3D CAD models
A Q&A with Vectorworks
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AEC Magazine speaks to Vectorworks CEO Dr. Biplab Sarkar about the company’s bold BIM strategy and its plans to support future customer needs
NEWS: Arithmetica previews new Pointfuse software at SPAR
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The forthcoming release of the point cloud 3D modelling tool can shrink model size tenfold
NEWS: Hilson Moran competition explores future of construction
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Engineering consultancy challenges students to predict how design and construction will change in the next forty years
NEWS: Pacific India invests in cloud-based collaboration tool Ayoga
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Software chosen because for simplicity and integration of various technologies including IoT
NEWS: MagiCloud expands range of 3D BIM models
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MEP-centric BIM library now includes more than one million models from 230 manufacturers
Workstation virtualisation: AMD vs Intel vs Nvidia
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With its new ‘POC in a week’ offering, IMSCAD is providing firms that use CAD and BIM tools with a fast-track virtualisation trial and a chance to see which GPU technology works best for them.
Review: Graphisoft BIMx for VR
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ArchiCAD users now have access to a low cost Virtual Reality solution. Greg Corke gets hands-on with Graphisoft BIMx that works with Google Cardboard
NEWS: NCTech unveils new reality capture systems
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LASiris VR combines depth-capture with 360-degree imaging for 3D visualisation
Skills assessment
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David Morley Architects has partnered with KnowledgeSmart and Evolve Consultancy to identify gaps in its team’s CAD and BIM expertise and provide the targeted training needed to raise benchmarks across the firm
NEWS: Invicara enhances cloud-based, collaborative BIM model checker
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New release of BIM Assure aims to make BIM data validation and reporting easier
Autodesk Project Quantum: the future of BIM?
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In an exclusive interview, Martyn Day speaks to Autodesk chief software architect Jim Awe about the company’s vision of the next generation of BIM tools.
NEWS: Intel unveils ‘Kaby Lake’ Xeon E3-1200 v6
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Quad core processor will take centre stage in new wave of entry-level workstations
Review: Nvidia Quadro P2000 and Quadro P4000 for CAD, viz & VR
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Nvidia is changing the landscape of professional 3D graphics with a new family of Pascal Quadro GPUs, including a single slot ‘VR Ready’ graphics card
NEWS: Allplan adopts CADICS for road construction and route mapping
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Software and will be supplied as Allplan Highway in parts of Europe
NEWS: Excitech launches Verity construction verification software
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Software verifies the accuracy of as-built construction against a design or fabrication model
NEWS: Collaborative tool to aid urban development planning
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Planning Information Modelling (PIM) software from Atkins will help stakeholder engagement
NEWS: ThinkBIM counts down to Construction and Assembly 2017
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Half day conference in Leeds on April 5 will focus on Augmented Reality, scanning and robotic setting out
Review: Armari Magnetar V25 (with dual AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100)
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This stylish workstation has been specifically designed for VR. But despite its slimline chassis, you can still fit an incredible amount of processing power inside.
NEWS: Registration Opens for 2017 Vectorworks Design Summit
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Three-day event in September features keynotes, industry sessions and hands-on training
NEWS: 3D Repo Joins Open BIM programme
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London-based firm hopes to help streamline collaboration on BIM projects anywhere in the world
NEWS: Autodesk previews Advance Steel 2018
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New release boosts improved interoperability with Revit to better connect structural design and fabrication
NEWS: Lenovo launches entry-level ‘VR ready’ ThinkStation P320 workstation
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Single slot Nvidia Quadro P4000 GPU helps Lenovo bring Virtual Reality to mainstream desktops
Review: Scan 3XS Ultimate 3D (with Nvidia Quadro P6000)
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It offers incredible performance for rendering, VR and real-time viz, at a very competitive price, but the sheer size of this tower might be a turn-off for some
NEWS: Fujitsu shrinks VR workstations with new desktop and mobile models
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New VR certified Celsius models are powered by the latest Nvidia Pascal GPUs
NEWS: 3D Repo brings cloud expertise to smart infrastructure project
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Government funded VISUALISE project will develop a data integration, visualisation and analytics solution for smart infrastructure
NEWS: The ‘father of BIM’ to speak at DEVELOP3D LIVE
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Dr Jonathan Ingram, who designed and wrote the first BIM systems, will speak at the design technology event on March 28
DEVELOP3D LIVE 2017 conference and exhibition preview
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DEVELOP3D LIVE 2017 (Warwick, March 28) offers the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in the very latest design, visualisation and VR technologies. Claim your free ticket.