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Bentley brings waste/stormwater design tools inside OpenRoads

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Randall Newton

No more import/export to share water drainage data in a larger civil engineering model. One of the most important acquisitions ...

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Bentley Systems acquires Siteops for site development optimization

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Randall Newton

Cloud-based exploration of site alternatives in hours instead of months. Bentley Systems has acquired Blue Ridge Analytics, Inc., provider of ...

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Autodesk buys technology assets for civil engineering BIM

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Randall Newton

Sam is a suite for bridge design; AutoTrack does vehicle swept path analysis. Autodesk continues to expand its reach in ...

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Project Mercury making the cloud big enough for civil engineering

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Randall Newton

Autodesk is stepping up its efforts against Bentley Systems, long recognized as the leader in infrastructure. New capabilities in Infrastructure ...

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New bridge analysis tool models multiple earthquake variables

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Randall Newton

BridgePBEE is new software from engineering researchers at the University of California, Berkeley that can model the interaction of soil, ...

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Redefining production in the age of Digital Reality

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Kathleen Maher

Software is transforming every stage of the manufacturing process. Small companies with niche technologies are being gobbled up. By Kathleen ...

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Brazilian water utility reduces loss 57% using Bentley software

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Randall Newton

Better monitoring of a 272 kilometer section also saved $170,000 per month in energy costs. A water utility serving the ...

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Modding the Xbox Kinect to gather 3D streaming data

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Randall Newton

In less than a year after its release, a flood of researchers and tinkerers are finding ways to re-purpose the ...

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Bentley Power Geopak wins Michigan DOT benchmark

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Randall Newton

The Bentley suite will replace CaiCE; AutoCAD Civil 3D was the other software in the competitive assessment. The Michigan Department ...

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Simulia Abaqus update adds topology optimization, GPU support

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Randall Newton

The latest release of Dassault Systemes’ finite element analysis suite also offers new electromagnetic analysis capabilites among its 100+ enhancements. ...