This featured video will get you excited about the BIM features in Vectorworks Architect 2017 and what comes next in version 2018 just around the corner. Take a look!

Key Items To Watch For

Hit the play button to learn several key features in Vectorworks Architect, including:

• easily create complex site models in 3D by importing in GIS data
• create complex forms quickly with push & pull modeling
• develop sophisticated facades with Marionette algorithmic design tools
• work in teams with new multi-person file access
• import in IFC and Revit data from BIM team members

To learn more about Vectorworks Architect visit them online here. Or read one of our latest features on the software (see, Architosh, “Product Review: Vectorworks Architect 2017,” 2 Dec 2016)

Images from Video

01 – Import GIS data into Vectorworks Architect 2017 to create 3D site models.

02 – Produce complex shapes and surfaces in 3D with Marionette algorithmic design tools.

03 – Work in teams with new teamwork capabilities in Vectorworks 2017.

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To catch a special feature used with Leica DISTO D2 and OrthoGraph I, check out the video at 1:01. To watch the BIM features check out 1:46.

https://youtu.be/HZVhzdyddiA

 Key New Features To Watch For

Hit the play and learn about key features, including:

• easily create accurate floor plans—via sketches that turn to straight walls, doors, openings.
• connect OrthoGraph to laser distance meter (LDM) devices to automate survey work and create automatic floor plans in 3D.
• measure diagonals for ultra accurate room dimensions.
• export your final dimensioned results directly into BIM applications via IFC export.
• export plans and reports into PDF and popular CAD formats like DXF.

To learn more visit OrthoGraph online here. Or read this feature article here (see, Architosh, “Lasers and iPads—How OrthoGraph Solves AEC Problems,” 2 November 2016).

Images From Video

01 – OrthoGraph I on the construction site.

02 – OrthoGraph I on the iPhone w/ UI controls.

03 – OrthoGraph I outputs reports, can be taken into Excel.

04 – OrthoGraph I at sites damaged by fire. Tool for investigation, including inspectors.

05 – OrthoGraph I automatically generates 3D BIM models for export.

06 – OrthoGraph I exports out in industry standard file formats, like IFC for BIM workflows.

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An especially exciting feature to watch for architects is at 1:46.

Key New Features To Watch For

Hit the Play button and check out the new key features in the new Vectorworks 2017, including:

• New native Revit import for BIM workflows
• New Camera Match 3D functionalities
• New BFC support for enhanced collaboration in BIM workflows
• New CINEMA 4D enhanced rendering workflows
• New BIM data
• New Slab and Drain Tools
• New Webview Tools for Stakeholder Sharing
• New Improved Vectorworks Nomad

Images From The Video

image 1 – Structural Modeling

image 2 – Coordinate

image 3 – New Slab Tools

image 4 – Camera Match

image 5 – Data Viz

image 6 – Assignments

image 7 – Simplify

image 8 – VGM

image 9 – C4D Textures

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Benefits and Features: What you learn

Okay folks, a little bird has let me know that this year’s Vectorworks Design Summit in Chicago is shaking up to be a fantastic event for all designers and architects—on or off the CAD platform—but particularly for those using Vectorworks software now. Check out this video above to learn a bit more.

Want to Learn More

To learn more about and register (yes, there apparently is still time but you better hurray!) about the 2016 Vectorworks Design Summit in Chicago, go here where you can learn about the keynotes, learning sessions, Marionette Science Fair, Expo and much more.

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Benefits and Features: What you see and learn in this video

• see the new: Pixar subdivision surface modeling technology
• the new: Point Cloud support
• the new: Marionette visual algorithmic modeling technology
• the new: Energos full BIM energy evaluation design technology
• the new: advanced rendering and visualization technologies
• the new: Project sharing features for advanced team work
• the new: BIM Roof components and features
• and many other new features…among nearly 100 of them….

Want to Learn More

To learn more about all the new features of Vectorworks 2016 BIM/CAD series products visit the new Vectorworks, Inc. website and preview a few dozen detailed videos of each product area’s new features and improvements. A downloadable trial version is also available.

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 Autodesk Fusion 360 – Collaboration

Benefits and Features: What You Learn in the Video

• Built for Social: Design and Engineering is a social process
• Access the right information at the right time
• Stakeholders collaborate untethered from the old file format exchange problems
• Single-Point of Access: to discussions, markups, previous versions, etc.
• Access to entire collaboration process on mobile (iOS)
• Truss cross-platform Mac and Windows and mobile device access via Apple iOS
• Immediate nature of communication

Most Important Statement in Video

 “The advantages of using Autodesk Fusion 360 for collaboration are so obvious, it’s hard to imagine continuing to execute on projects in any other way. It would be like going back to email to keep up with your friends rather than using Facebook.”

To learn more about all these benefits watch the video above. To learn more about Autodesk Fusion 360 go here.

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