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Dassault Systemès tries again in AEC

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Randall Newton

Design for Fabrication is yet another attempt by the maker of Catia and SolidWorks to crack the risk-averse, penny-pinching construction ...

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Survey finds BIM use tops 38% across AEC disciplines

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Randall Newton

A majority of potential users have not yet migrated to building information modeling. The most recent CAD market survey from ...

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Construction, geospatial finding their way in virtualization

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Kathleen Maher

Data is needed everywhere, and virtualization is the new transport. A report from the recent Virtualize Conference. By Kathleen Maher ...

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Bentley Systems and Trimble team up for construction modeling

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Kathleen Maher

Pooling resources and sharing opportunities to advance construction BIM. Bentley Systems and Trimble have been forging links between their products ...

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Autodesk launches Point Layout for construction site modeling

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Randall Newton

Rivals Bentley and Trimble are already offering similar products. Construction-based BIM is slowly becoming a reality. Autodesk today launches new ...

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Bentley releases new mobile apps for GIS and construction

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Randall Newton

Both support Bentley’s i-Models for broad interoperability of construction and GIS data. Bentley has released two new mobile apps to ...

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TurboSite update adds HTML reporting, AutoShapes

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Randall Newton

We called version 1.0 of this innovative AEC iPad app a bargain at $495. Apps like this one reveal the ...

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Another BIM acquisition for Trimble

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Randall Newton

Vico Software links time and cost to a BIM model, and comes with a seasoned management team. Today Trimble (NASDAQ: ...

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Prolog update adds BIM collaboration to project management suite

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Randall Newton

Other key new features include mobile access and cash-flow forecasting. New technology is borrowed from other parts of the growing ...

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Gehry Technologies releases cloud-based AEC project collaboration platform

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Randall Newton

GTeam could be the web-based project tool the industry wanted 15 years ago.  Searching clash reports by time is only ...