One of the announcements Autodesk made at AU last week is the future availability of Autodesk Tandem, a platform for packaging digital twin BIM for handoff to owner/operators. During the general keynote session at AU, President and CEO of Autodesk, Andrew Anagnost said, “Construction will be permanently digitized. There’s more need to coordinate workflows between teams and … [Read more...] about Autodesk’s digital twin initiative for AEC: Autodesk Tandem
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Aidea is building together with Graphisoft
Founded in 1995, Aidea is an integrated design and technology firm based in Philippines. The company transitioned to BIM completely in 2005. It’s been 15 years of partnership with Graphisoft, since Aidea started using ArchiCAD. Aidea has completed 800 projects in 90 cities worldwide. Some of the projects of Aidea include Mandani Bay, Bonifacio High Street Central, Crimson … [Read more...] about Aidea is building together with Graphisoft
Graphisoft BIMx receives 2020 Best of Products Award
Graphisoft BIMx, a presentation and communication app that runs on any mobile device and desktops, has won the Architect’s Newspaper 2020 Best of Products Award in the Design and Construction Software category. BIMx is a connecting link between designers sitting in the office and the construction site. This year, BIMx has been expanded to provide support with its “BIMx … [Read more...] about Graphisoft BIMx receives 2020 Best of Products Award
AEC technology conference NXT BLD goes virtual
A global lineup of speakers will talk about the future of architecture, digital fabrication, conceptual design, VR, design visualization, computational design, and 3D printed buildings. NXT BLD (Next Build) conference explores emerging technologies for the built environment beyond BIM. Due to the pandemic situation, the conference will take place virtually this year from 8 … [Read more...] about AEC technology conference NXT BLD goes virtual
Bentley Systems launches its IPO…finally
The company records a strong debut; the shares rose 52% on their first day of trading. After flirting with the idea of going public for years, Bentley finally has gone public. The company announced the pricing of the initial public offering of 10.75 million shares of its Class B common stock at a price of $22 per share to the public on September 22, 2020. Bentley … [Read more...] about Bentley Systems launches its IPO…finally
Vectorworks 2021 brings smart features with simplified UI
Vectorworks, Inc. has launched Vectorworks 2021. This latest release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals, as well as 2021 versions of Vision, Braceworks, and ConnectCAD. Vectorworks CEO Dr. Biplab Sarkar said, “Vectorworks 2021 is based on this year’s launch theme of ‘simplicity to design the complex.’ A user can see how we’ve … [Read more...] about Vectorworks 2021 brings smart features with simplified UI
Vectorworks looks ahead
Settles in for the crisis; offers options for customers. One of the side benefits of the Coronavirus lockdown is that we now get an inside look at people’s offices. Biplab Sarkar, the CEO of Vectorworks, presented his keynote for the Vectorworks Design Summit, from his home office and we were able to chat with him later about the company. The conference was originally … [Read more...] about Vectorworks looks ahead
Tech Soft 3D gets new funding, rolls out new SDKs for 2020
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
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