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 Generative design is an application of parametric modelling technology that has quickly swept through the design schools and high-end architectural firms, and is now on the cusp of going mainstream. Martyn Day attended the key annual conference, SmartGeometry 09. |
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 Popular among students and professionals, McNeel Associate’s Rhino modelling tool is endemic in the architectural design world.The new Grasshopper environment provides an intuitive way to explore designs without having to learn to script. |
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Comment
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 Jamie Gwilliam, Autodesk’s visualisation and 3D application specialist, discusses some of the basics of composition and what we need to consider when creating a competent computer generated image and animation. |
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Hardware
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 HP’s large format printing division has just delivered what it calls a ‘mid-life kicker’ for its mid-range and high-end DesignJet products. Greg Corke takes a look at the software that is playing a major role in this evolution.
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Hardware
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 A high-performance mobile workstation with all the features you wouldd expect to find in a desktop, but like all machines in its class, it is not particularly ‘mobile’.
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Hardware
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 Unrivalled portability for a workstation-class laptop makes it a true ‘mobile’ platform for CAD, though 3D performance is limited under some applications.
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Case Studies
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 Using 3D printing technology from Z Corporation, a German architecture firm famous for building state-of-the-art Formula 1 race circuits can now create precision 3D colour models of new building concepts and proposed track layouts.
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 In the not too distant future, you may well end up launching your favourite design tool in a web browser, or never worrying about upgrading your workstation’s RAM, graphics or hard disk. While investigating this story, Martyn Day has found out that the future is here. |
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Interview
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 In recent years Autodesk has reinvigorated its focus on Civil Engineering. Martyn Day talked to Adam Strafaci, senior manager, Civil Engineering Product Marketing and Dana Probert, Civil Technical marketing manager at Autodesk.
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Case Studies
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 A pilot of the pioneering IES SketchUp integration causes excitement about sustainable design at Broadway Malyan.
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Comment
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 In a generous move in these troubled times, Bentley Systems has unveiled an initiative to give unemployed AEC professionals access to the latest versions of MicroStation with online training, for free. Martyn Day asks what it is all about.
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Software
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 Greg Corke reports on a powerful tool for civil engineers that has the potential to revolutionise the role of design visualisation throughout the design phase.
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Hardware
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 It’s not often a workstation comes along that makes people sit up and pay attention. The Z Series from HP is not only incredibly fast, but looks sleek and offers customers new levels of serviceability. Greg Corke gives his first impressions.
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Hardware
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 Greg Corke takes a look at Intel’s impressive new Nehalem architecture, brought to market in the Core i7 and Xeon 3500 / 5500 Series processors, which feature a range of brand new technologies that will help push the boundaries of CAD and visualisation in 2009.
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Comment
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 Chris Hobbs, AEC application manager at CADline Ltd, discusses the evolution of 3D visualisation and why considering the ‘bigger picture’ is now central to good design.
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Case Studies
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 BDSP Partnership uses a 3D model-based approach to create coherent, easily communicated building services designs for even the most complex buildings.
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Case Studies
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 Metalwork company Littlehampton Welding creates unusual and complex structures with Tekla Structures Building Information Modelling software.
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Case Studies
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 Building blast standards reviewed for safety Finite-Element Analysis software could augment construction guidelines for steel structures.
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Case Studies
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 StruCad and StruM.I.S .NET combine to deliver the highest project in England and Wales – The Summit Building, Mount Snowdon, detailed and fabricated by EvadX.
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Case Studies
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 Autodesk’s Revit Structure is used to create a modern superstructure in the large-scale redevelopment of Pembury Hospital in Tunbridge Wells.
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