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Project Mercury making the cloud big enough for civil engineering
Dec. 20 | Autodesk is stepping up its efforts against Bentley Systems, long recognized as the leader in infrastructure. New capabilities in Infrastructure Modeler seek to streamline the use of 3D, mobile, and cloud technologies in the workflow. Despite recent advances,...
New bridge analysis tool models multiple earthquake variables
Jun. 28 | BridgePBEE is new software from engineering researchers at the University of California, Berkeley that can model the interaction of soil, foundation, and structure in an earthquake. An image from a single-span bridge analysis performed by BridgePBEE....
Redefining production in the age of Digital Reality
May. 17 | Software is transforming every stage of the manufacturing process. Small companies with niche technologies are being gobbled up. By Kathleen Maher May Day is over and the workers of the world are still pretty much wearing their chains. Ironically, the...
Brazilian water utility reduces loss 57% using Bentley software
Aug. 22 | Better monitoring of a 272 kilometer section also saved $170,000 per month in energy costs. A water utility serving the São Paulo, Brazil region has decreased water loss by 57% through its 272 kilometer distribution system by using WaterCAD from Bentley...
Modding the Xbox Kinect to gather 3D streaming data
Aug. 3 | In less than a year after its release, a flood of researchers and tinkerers are finding ways to re-purpose the Kinect that have nothing to do with games. Two UCSD researchers are adapting the inexpensive and popular motion sensor to gather archaeological...
Bentley Power Geopak wins Michigan DOT benchmark
Jun. 9 | The Bentley suite will replace CaiCE; AutoCAD Civil 3D was the other software in the competitive assessment. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has chosen Bentley’s Power Geopak all-in-one civil engineering design software to replace Caice...
Simulia Abaqus update adds topology optimization, GPU support
May. 18 | The latest release of Dassault Systemes’ finite element analysis suite also offers new electromagnetic analysis capabilites among its 100+ enhancements. The new release of Simulia Abaqus, the unified finite element analysis (FEA) suite from Dassault...
US Air Force civil engineering to buy $26 million in Autodesk software
Apr. 5 | The five-year deal was the work of reseller DLT Solution. The US Air Force rapid deployment civil engineering unit has the nickname Prime BEEF. Autodesk today announced the United States Air Force Office of the Civil Engineer has signed a blanket purchase...
Bentley celebrates its customers; provides revenue picture
Dec. 1 | Revenues are back to pre-recession levels, and the company thinks it may be gaining market share against Autodesk. Bentley System announced new products, new acquisitions, and new strategies at BE Inspired, a company conference in Amsterdam that brought...
