Vertical village
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At 22 Bishopsgate in London, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has used an integrated modelling approach that incorporates existing elements from a previous, unfinished building
NEWS: AMD doubles up on pro GPU power with Radeon Pro Duo
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New Radeon Pro Duo graphics card features two Polaris GPUs to accelerate CAD / BIM / VR / rendering
What’s next for VR in construction?
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With VR working its way into the construction industry, Tridify’s Nigel Alexander looks at some of the developments likely to be in store in the next 12 months
NEWS: HP updates ZBook mobile workstations
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New G4 models include ‘VR Ready’ ZBook 17 and resurrected 14-inch ZBook 14u
In another league
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The marketing suite for the new Tottenham Hotspur stadium in North London is pushing back boundaries by using the latest VR technology. We speak to Soluis, which helped create the experience for fans and corporate guests.
NEWS: Autodesk unveils InfraWorks and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018
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Autodesk updates infrastructure-focused tools and gives glimpse of future developments
NEWS: British Information Modelling event to be held on May 11
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KPF joined at London headquarters by HOK, Ordnance Survey, Unit9 and 3D Repo
NEWS: FRAMECAD Structure 8.1.8 released
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IntelliCAD-based detailing and design tool extends design code compliance
NEWS: @Xi Computer ships new PowerGo laptop with Quadro P3000 GPU
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Xi PowerGo 15/7 packs more GPU power than typical 15.6-inch mobile workstations
Review: Scan 3XS Ultimate 2D Plus (with Quadro P4000)
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Scan’s new ‘VR Ready’ workstation delivers huge advances in graphics processing but CPU performance has stagnated somewhat
NEWS: Architects invited to try out CAD/BIM on any device
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London event centres on OpenBoundaries cloud-based demo vGPU Project Platform
NEWS: Bentley Systems delivers big advances in Reality Modelling
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New ContextCapture and ConextShare technologies to change the way engineering and surveying firms create, access and share reality meshes
Virtual Reality for architecture: a beginner’s guide
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With the availability of affordable headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, VR is now within reach of AEC firms of all sizes
NEWS: GeoSLAM announces real-time upgrade for ZEB-REVO
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Revised datalogger undertakes SLAM registration in real time and displays live results on any web
Mapping the future of smart cities
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Craig Evenden, a BIM specialist at mapping software company Esri UK, explains what geospatial information and visualisation can contribute to the planning, construction and management of more connected urban environments
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