Independent new company provides consultation services to help bring construction into the 21st century. Reality capture has become an important capability in design and engineering and nowhere is this more true than in the building and construction fields where surveys have provided the starting point for every project. Now reality capture can fill in the blanks all the … [Read more...] about Bentley and Topcon team up to create Digital Construction Works
Captis debuts at Adobe Max
HP and Adobe team up to create tools for material capture and use. It's no secret that Adobe is growing its 3D business. What is kind of a secret is exactly how they are going to do that. The company has been steadily acquiring people and technology in the realm of 3D imaging and creation, but the tools that are actually available to Adobe customers are scattershot and … [Read more...] about Captis debuts at Adobe Max
Siemens acquires additive manufacturing software
Atlas 3D for direct metal laser sintering (DLMS) printers gives designers the ability to correctly position their part for printing and also defines support structures in “near realtime.” Sunata is a cloud-based analysis tool that can remove 3D printing errors caused by thermal distortion. 3D printing isn’t quite as easy as making sure the printer has ink (or whatever) … [Read more...] about Siemens acquires additive manufacturing software
Adobe introduces Substance to the world
But the company is evaluating its go-to-market options and planning future development. Adobe announced the acquisition of Allegorithmic, a leading provider of materials and procedural material development tools, in January 2019. Since that time, the two companies have not had much to say about their plans. At Adobe Max this year, the picture became a little clearer, but … [Read more...] about Adobe introduces Substance to the world
Unity Reflect for AEC
Unity has been promising the arrival of its Reflect platform for AEC visualization for several months. The game engine company and Autodesk had announced plans to collaborate in a marriage of game engine technology and BIM in 2017. The deal was made manifest in June at the AIA conference in Las Vegas with demonstrations of Unity’s Reflect plugin. The plugin started shipping in … [Read more...] about Unity Reflect for AEC