Technology

Image In the fourth instalment of our global examination of BIM adoption, Rebecca De Cicco, Director of Digital Node, turns the spotlight onto New Zealand

Image AECOM used reality modelling to help transform the dangerous terrain of a Hong Kong quarry into a commercial and residential development for 25,000 people

Image The collaborative efforts of a UK real estate advisor and a Parisian BIM supplier developed a digital twin for Aurora, a 4,830 sqm office building in Ealing for one London client, the Moorfield Group

Image RIBA Chartered Architect, Jacob Down takes the Leica BLK360 for a field test to see if the low-cost, compact, simple-to-use reality capture device really does live up to its promise of bringing laser scanning to the masses

Image Three professionals from global engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services firm GHD explain how they are embracing design automation and applying it to real world projects

Image Trimble brings its structural BIM tool up to date with new workflows for complex modelling and design automation as well as support for point clouds

Image Material authoring tool adds support for Corona Renderer and Octane 3.06 and is now compatible with 3ds Max 2019

Image Guardian Glass releases web-based Glass Analytics tool to streamline glass performance analysis

Image Lenovo’s updated slimline mobile workstation features an enhanced Quadro GPU and a quad core CPU. It may not have the performance or good looks of its peers but it wins hands-down when it comes to battery life

Image Architectural-focused 3D visualisation software features a new light sampling method and smarter anti-aliasing

Image Users can now join meetings without a VR headset, while ambient occlusion increases realism

Image New release focuses on delivering updates and features that are most requested by users

Image Creative community challenged to deliver stills, animations or VR/Real-time

Image Firm says acquisition will create the Industry’s most complete construction management Solution

Image New NVMe M.2 SSDs promise 30 percent boost in sequential read/ write speeds

Image Dell achieves 9-16mm thickness by being first workstation OEM to adopt Intel processor with Radeon Pro graphics

Image New CNC machined aluminium laptops include convertible HP ZBook Studio x360 and ‘affordable’ HP ZBook 15v

Image Company’s DNA Profiler lets users retrieve the ‘exact level of BIM data’ they require at any stage in the construction process

Image Vizible delivers collaborative software while VizBox offers VR hardware in a shippable box

Image BCF improves collaboration by removing the need to manually locate design issues using only a description or screenshot