Enscape 2.7 exposes BIM object data
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With this long-awaited feature objects can now be selected in the viz tool and their associated BIM information displayed
Software licensing: taking control
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How WilkinsonEyre is using custom technology to get valuable insight into its licence usage to help drive down costs
The emergence of BIM SLCs
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The latest developments in Blockchain and its relevance to smart contracts for BIM and digital construction management
Revit plug-in to accelerate residential feasibility studies
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Matterlab’s Unitize designed to accelerate the assessment and reassessment of the architect’s masses
Graphisoft makes BIMcloud as a Service free for 60 days
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ArchiCAD users working from home can use the cloud service to effectively work together as integrated teams
Social distancing at London St Pancras station tracked in real time
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Digital twin platform uses AI and computer vision to monitor distance between passengers at London station
SimScale aids compliance with London’s microclimate guidelines
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The cloud-based simulation platform is designed to accelerate pedestrian wind comfort studies
Vercator - point clouds in the cloud
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The high cost of laser scanning has kept it in the realms of the specialists, but a UK start-up combines the power of the cloud with new algorithms to break the hegemony
Free trials of virtual workstations extended to support home workers
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Lenovo, HP, Nvidia and Nutanix among the firms offering extended trials from the desktop, datacentre and cloud.
Epic Games continues aggressive push into arch viz
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For the launch of Twinmotion 2020, Greg Corke explores what Epic Games has in store for the easy-to-use arch viz tool
Review: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
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Greg Corke test drives AMD’s new affordable $399 pro graphics card that delivers real time viz and VR capabilities for the price of a typical CAD-focused GPU
Review: Armari Magnetar X64T-G3 FWL [64-core AMD Threadripper]
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With the new 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X ray trace rendering and CAD have never been such good bedfellows
AI and IoT tech to drive energy efficiency in buildings
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Collaborative R&D ‘i-REAP’ research project could lead to energy efficiency advice service for building owners
GroupBC to provide CDE for Canada Water Masterplan
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BC Enterprise+ will provide ‘360-degree view of the entire project’s assets’ pre, during and post construction
3D printing in construction
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As the construction industry experiments with offsite, modular and design for manufacture, could 3D printing play a key role?
Collaborating in VR
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For team collaboration and design / review in VR, Autodesk BIM 360 is starting to emerge as a central hub, while the wireless Oculus Quest headset gains traction.
AMD launches Radeon Pro W5500 workstation GPU
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New 7nm professional graphics card targets 3D CAD and BIM, as well as entry-level VR and GPU rendering
Doka launches formwork planning plug-in for Revit
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DokaCAD for Revit can help optimise safety, time and costs, as well as assembly and deployment plans for formwork elements
Oasys enhances pedestrian simulation tool MassMotion
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Software used in planning of airports, train stations and stadia, and better understanding user experience within other spaces
24 from the show floor
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Greg Corke reports on 24 firms (and even more technologies) that caught his eye at the Autodesk University Expo
Open Boundaries launches new ‘assured’ cloud workstation service
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Firms pay a monthly fee per workstation while time is bought separately on a ‘pay as you go’ basis
BricsCAD BIM harnesses BCF format
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BricsCAD BIM now connects to the BIMcollab platform to streamline issue resolution
Discussing digital twins
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We talk to Bentley Systems about the challenge of creating digital twins and the “black art” of wrangling project data
Topology first approach to conceptual design
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New software library represents space rather than just building fabric to aid analysis
Moving into the comfort zone
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Arnaud Girin, CFD application engineer at SimScale explores pedestrian wind comfort through the practical application of CFD technology on two real world projects
Omnipotent DWGs
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While AutoCAD still dominates the 2D market, Berlin-based Gräbert is looking to take DWG to new highs
Design for the new generation
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In 2015, Autodesk released Project Fractal to investigate generative design in AEC. It has now evolved into Project Refinery
New structural optimisation plug-in for Rhino Grasshopper
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Peregrine software designed to find optimal designs in seconds, particularly during the conceptual phase
Review: Dell Precision 7540 [Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000]
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Users of real-time viz, VR and GPU rendering software can now get performance and portability from this beefed-up 15-inch mobile workstation
Review: Excitech DOCS
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Momentum might be with cloud, but there’s a lot to be said for an internal management system completely under your control