Tech Soft 3D makes stuff go round, or square. It has tools for data exchange, interoperability, and 3D development. The company has grouped its disparate development tools under the brand name of its lead technology, the HOOPS graphics engine. It offers a wealth of tools and capabilities packaged as HOOPS Communicator, HOOPS Exchange, HOOPS Publish, and HOOPS Visualize. The … [Read more...] about Tech Soft 3D gets new funding, rolls out new SDKs for 2020
BIM
Graebert steps-up to BIM
The company opens up access for rich 2D data in Ares products. There are nearly three dozen CAD programs on the market that work like AutoCAD, but there is only one that comes close to AutoCAD's market size. Autodesk executives speak of 10–12 million versions of AutoCAD in use, of which 3/4 are, they suggest, pirated ones. So it may come as a surprise to learn that German … [Read more...] about Graebert steps-up to BIM
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
Vectorworks 2020 opens up connections to data
Latest version adds powerful data management features, GIS support, and 3D modeling. It’s the season for new design and engineering software releases and given that it’s also 2020, every release is feeling momentous in its own special way. Vectorworks, a design and BIM software vendor, has found strong points of differentiation for its tools and this release makes the most of … [Read more...] about Vectorworks 2020 opens up connections to data
ODA makes good on promises
Advancing the capabilities of CAD. At its annual DevCon event held this year in Milan, the Open Design Alliance brought its membership up to date on the significant development the organization has been doing at its members' behest. Established in the '90s by a group of companies competing with Autodesk in the CAD field, the ODA’s charter was to create an open option of DWG, … [Read more...] about ODA makes good on promises