AI at heart of new asset data management tool
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Microdesk ARID uses ML and AI to analyse assets names and values, identify inconsistencies and make recommendations
HoloLens 2 and 4D construction
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The HoloLens 2 is a vast improvement over the first generation mixed reality headset. Visual experience and interaction might grab the headlines, but for AEC firms the biggest impact should come from Azure cloud connectivity
The generation game
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The technology to design and fabricate high-quality engineered buildings is entering a disruptive phase. How will large AEC firms cope?
PresenZ for V-Ray
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Greg Corke reports on an easy to use rendering add-on for V-Ray that uses lightfields to bring new levels of interactivity and dynamism to 360 VR renders
Unity bets big on AEC
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When Unity Reflect launches later this year, AEC firms will be able to push rich BIM data out to multiple devices, quickly and easily, and then build custom apps on top.
Trimble unveils high-accuracy AR system
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SiteVision can blend 3D civils or BIM models with real-world environments
NBS offers one click into leading CDEs
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NBS Chorus specification platform tightly integrated with solutions from Autodesk, Viewpoint and Newforma
Bricsys unleashes V20 BricsCAD design suite
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New features include support for McNeel Grasshopper through a dedicated connection
Atvero harnesses Office365 for PIM
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Project Information management tool said to offer ‘smarter way’ to manage project deliverables and communication
Varjo introduces new ‘human eye-resolution’ VR headsets
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The new VR-2 and VR-2 Pro support SteamVR and OpenVR, and the VR-2 Pro offers integrated Ultraleap hand tracking for enhanced interactivity
Preview: Rhino Inside
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Rhino 3D with Grasshopper occupies a special place in the AEC industry. Soon the software will be able to work in pretty much any Windows application, including Revit
BIM Show Live issues call for papers
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Organisers want to hear about emerging ideas and the creative application of new tech, plus the individuals making an impact
Vectorworks 2020
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Nemetschek’s Vectorworks has delivered its yearly update to its flagship BIM modelling suite of products and the news is, it’s a big one, offering some unique capabilities.
Enscape 2.6
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Real-time rendering tool Enscape has just had a major overhaul, laying the groundwork for real time ray tracing with Nvidia RTX
Review: HP ZBook 14u G6
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Portability doesn’t have to come at the expense of performance as Greg Corke discovers in this impressive 14” CAD-focused mobile workstation from HP
Review: Xinaps Verifi3D
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BIM offers many benefits, not least its ability to check a design’s overall quality, to identify spatial, functional and data errors. Xinaps has a new customisable, cloud- based checker
Build:London 2019
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Epic Games’ Build:London event has become an essential diary date for the AEC fraternity. There’s a great balance between showing real-world applications and giving insight into what’s coming next in Unreal Engine
Backing the future
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Digital technologies were key to communicating the design and overturning planning objections for a contemporary extension to a 19th century Dublin house
Total Chaos and beyond
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With V-Ray and Corona, Chaos Group is a dominant force in arch Viz. We report from the company’s huge user event in Bulgaria
Matterport to turn smartphones into 3D capture devices
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Company’s cloud-based image processing software will create 3D experiences derived from standard smartphone cameras
Kapio Cloud construction platform is ‘BIM, AI and Big Data ready’
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Platform helps construction teams to connect, report, collaborate and manage International engineering projects
Tridify makes BIM models ‘instantly’ viewable online
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New cloud service brings models into the mainstream, viewable in any web browser
New service to track ground movement on UK infrastructure from space
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Satsense converts satellite data every six days and offers historical snaps shots going back to 2015
OpenSpace to bring “Street View” style documentation to construction
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Images from 360° cameras attached to construction worker’s hard hats are stitched together by AI
HoloBuilder and Boston Dynamics explore autonomous 360° photos
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360° reality capture software company developing an application for autonomous progress tracking with the Spot Mini robot
Review: Scan 3XS WA4000 VR [3rd generation AMD Ryzen]
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It’s been a long time coming but, with AMD’s Zen 2, Intel is finally getting some serious competition. Greg Corke reports on Scan’s new Ryzen 3000 workstation
Chaos Group video showcases latest developments in real-time ray tracing
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Project Lavina now includes animation support, Nvidia RTX GPU scaling, a new noise algorithm and more
The robots are coming
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At this year’s NXT BLD, Boston Dynamics brought SPOT Mini to demonstrate that these are indeed the droids that the construction industry has been looking for
Radeon ProRender makes BIM software debut
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Physically-based, AI accelerated ray tracing technology embedded in ACCA Edificius
BAM and Autodesk Construction IQ
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Construction is a highly complex and fast paced activity to project manage. But what if there was an AI system that had your back?