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ARCHICAD 21 First CAD or BIM App with Apple Touch Bar Support
ARCHICAD’s incorporation of Apple’s Touch Bar support for its latest MacBook Pro will likely spur on a catch-up race with other major and minor CAD developers. We explain why.
Vectorworks Adds New Software Distributor in United Arab Emirates
Vectorworks, Inc., finds a natural partner in the United Arab Emirates—First Star Computer is a major AEC industry consultancy and reseller.
A Fall-Time Vectorworks Design Summit—Depth Is The Difference in 2017
Attendees may have been looking for deeper learning sessions, as new agenda pointedly shows changes to the conference formula.
Abvent News: Dot-Point Update to Artlantis 6.5, Plus Artlantis Webinars
Abvent news includes a pair of free webinars and a dot point release to Artlantis that squashes some bugs.
Autodesk Explains Project Quantum—And Why It Matters in AEC
Not at all a Revit killer, Project Quantum is actually an all new platform for AEC transformation.
GRAPHISOFT introduces ARCHICAD 21—With New Patent-Pending Technology
With new patent-pending “Predictive Design” technologies, GRAPHISOFT delivers a bold new annual update to one of the market-leading BIM solutions for architects.
AIA 2017: Germany’s Nemetschek Group Brands Big at AIA Conference in Orlando
The Nemetschek Group presents a unified front at the 2017 AIA National Convention—for the first time.
Nemetschek’s ALLPLAN Acquires BTG IT & Consulting—Bolsters BIM Infrastructure Leadership
Nemetschek’s ALLPLAN acquires BTG IT & Consulting GmbH as it positions Allplan Engineering for BIM-based Infrastructure market leadership.
Autodesk Releases Revit Live 1.8—Now Available to Revit LT 2018 Users
Autodesk advances VR experiences for architects using Revit 2018—reducing the barriers to entry for experiencing high-end VR visualization.
Viewpoint: Drone Revolution is Dominating Construction Projects Across Every Stage
Drones are here to stay in the world of construction. But what are the benefits they are providing exactly? This viewpoint article rounds the bend on all the various benefits and strategic functionality that drones are delivering to the building industry.
Vectorworks, Inc., Wraps Up Global Location with Release of Vectorworks 2017 for Chinese Language
Vectorworks 2017 is now in China. Local language release is rolled out with upcoming events schedule.
Autodesk Celebrating 35 Under 35 Young Designers—Part of AutoCAD Turning 35 Years-Old
To celebrate AutoCAD’s upcoming 35th birthday in December of 2017, Autodesk is noting the work of talented young design and technical professionals under 35 years-old.
Interview—Patrick May Talks About His Journey with ARCHICAD and GDL Scripting
Creating bespoke solutions as part of yours or your firm’s toolkit goes part and parcel these days with staying competitive in the world of architecture. But these skills—scripting and even programming—are very left brain for the traditionally right-brained world of creatives.
V-Ray 3 Arrives for McNeel’s Rhino Modeler—Adds V-Ray Swarm and More
The new easy to use V-Ray 3.0 has arrived on the Rhino 3D modeler application, giving powerful photorealistic rendering workflows to users of one of the most popular modeler apps.
2017 BIMCON: Day 2 Recap: More Learning and Marc Kushner Keynote
Architosh’s Day 2 summary from the 2017 BIMCON event in Vegas. In this post, we discuss more learning sessions and recap Marc Kushner’s closing keynote talk.
Registration Opens for 2017 Vectorworks Design Summit
Vectorworks, Inc., has announced the open registration of their upcoming 2017 Vectorworks Design Summit.
2017 BIMCON: Five Disruptive Thoughts Shared at GRAPHISOFT’S User Conference
The architecture industry has largely escaped dramatic disruption despite a huge influx of new technologies in the building industry. But the expectation is mounting for it to happen.
Autodesk Introduces New AutoCAD 2018
Autodesk announces new AutoCAD 2018 versions of leading CAD product line. Deeper PDF to CAD integrations headline new features.
CloudCities Update Brings Procedural Terrain and Advanced Search
AEC industry software upstart, CloudCities, has updated their namesake cloud-based application again and this time added procedural terrain support with seasonal visual support and advanced search features.
In-Brief: Vectorworks and solidThinking Upcoming Webinars
Next week both solidThinking, Inc. and Vectorworks, Inc, have some excellent webinar opportunities.
Bluebeam Ships New Bluebeam Revu 2017 for AEC Industries
Bluebeam Revu 2017 is now available and offers AEC industry professionals accelerated workflows and better collaboration across the entire lifecycle of projects.
Vectorworks, Inc’s Japanese Distributor A&A Wins “BCN Award 2017”
Awards notes Vectorworks as leading selling CAD/BIM software solution sold via electronics retailers in Japan.
CloudCities Aims To Be the Bridge Between Related Industries—Model Viewing with Data In Mind
A growing urgency to support 3D model mashups in AEC and GIS fields is bringing a Swiss software company to the foreground to solve those issues.
CL3VER teams with The Mies van der Rohe Foundation—Explore Barcelona Pavilion via Internet
The Mies van der Rohe Foundation and CL3VER seal an agreement to offer virtual visits to the Mies van der Rohe pavilion in Barcelona, Spain.
OrthoGraph I Now At Version 1.5—New LDM Features and More
OrthoGraph I has just surprised us with a point-5 update. The new improvements include new support for more laser distance meters (LDMs) including from Bosch and several new features.
Apple Announces ‘Apple Park’—Names Theater After Steve Jobs
Apple today has introduced Apple Park, the official name of its new stunning Apple 2 Campus in Cupertino, California. Employees move in starting in April.
Bluebeam’s Founding CEO Exits Company—CTO and Founding Member Don Jacob Named Interim CEO
Nemetschek’s Bluebeam Inc. gets a new interim CEO in internal CTO leader Don Jacob as company co-founder Richard Lee steps down.
Product Review: OrthoGraph I—Building Survey System for AEC Pros
Should AEC pros still use pen and paper and measuring tape to survey existing buildings in the field? Or should they go “digital” and streamline this tedious and time-consuming process. In this review, Architosh goes deep and provides a complete evaluation of the OrthoGraph I building survey app system—cloud driven and integrated with laser distance meters.
Looking at The Future of Vectorworks—CEO Dr. Sarkar Shares Insights
The future of major technologies and tools isn’t always clear. However, one can gain some key perspectives from the answers to critical questions by tech leadership. In this interview, Architosh asks Vectorworks’ CEO Dr. Sarkar questions that probe the future of Vectorworks.
OrthoGraph Announces Winner of Fire Investigation Webinar Contest
California architect Peter Samarin wins free laser hardware and year’s subscription to OrthoGraph 1 system as part of webinar series contests—learns how survey building app works in conjunction with Leica Disto D2 device.
New Version of ARCHICAD CONNECTION for Autodesk Revit Adds Version 2017 Support
ARCHICAD and Revit interoperability advances due to new updated ‘add-in’ software for Autodesk Revit.
Vectorworks Adds Industry Experts To Its Team
The Vectorworks team is expanding and has added three new industry experts from the world of architecture, landscape architecture and entertainment design.
Abvent’s New Artlantis 6.5—Unlimited Render Nodes and More
Abvent releases new Artlantis 6.5 with unlimited render nodes for free and Twinmotion support.
Software Training—How Pluralsight Is Taking Aim at AEC and Manufacturing
Sophisticated new technologies at Pluralsight aim to boost software training engagement and accelerate companies’ abilities to skill-up. But the best part is that Pluralsight is bringing this tech to AEC and MCAD professionals.
Belgium-based Bricsys Announces New BricsCAD V17.1.18-1 for Mac
The native DWG AutoCAD competitor says BricsCAD (Mac) V17 is a complete BricsCAD version and has the same features as BricsCAD (Linux), with lots of new features, improvements, and fixes.
CloudCities Update Focuses on BIM—New IFC Support and Password Protected Scenes
AEC industry cloud-based software upstart, CloudCities, advances its offering with new IFC BIM model integration features, private scenes and attribute editor.
New Autodesk Revit 2017.1 Update Gets Dynamo Player & More
New multi-disciplinary enhancements to Revit come in version 2017.1 update—including new Dynamo Player which aims to increase usage of visual scripting tool inside Revit for users.
GRAPHISOFT Announces Keynote Speakers For Its North American User Conference
Flagship event for Graphisoft in North America will bring together renowned keynote speakers and a powerful BIM technology course line up, offering unique learning experiences and networking opportunities for attendees.
Tomorrow’s Future Architects Need To Fix Their Attitude—Secrets to Sucessful Group Projects
Group projects can be dreadful in architecture schools, but there is a way to make them fruitful and scholarship or competition worthy endeavors with the right attitude adjustments.
Event: ThinkParametric Course—Using Galapagos for Grasshopper
Learn how to use Galapagos with Grasshopper to optimize four clustered buildings for optimal views against core criteria like building area, depth and shape constraints, etc—from ThinkParametric.
While Study Shows VR Taking Off—Apple Plans Indicate Augmented Reality (AR) Direction
Yes, VR is getting better known and 2017 will no doubt be a big year for virtual reality. But Apple seems to have other plans and in an ironic twist hopefully its AR plans can address industrial markets (not consumer) where Microsoft’s Hololens is making good traction.
Report Says VR Awareness Rising—But Which Brands Surprises…
Virtual Reality Headsets may be on the rise in the minds of American consumers, but industry report clearly shows that the brands that are dominating are not the brands one thinks of as much if they are coming at VR from the professional industrial markets.
Open Design Alliance Releases Teigha 4.2.4—Support for Autodesk ReCap Files
ODA updates Teigha SDK technologies to version 4.2.2.
Webinar: Fire Investigation with Advanced Technology from OrthoGraph
Fire investigation professionals can learn now to make accurate floor plans, measure as you go, get instant calculations on damaged surfaces, add annotations or labels to documents to everything you need on site—all in one app!
Five Emerging Trends and Their Potential Impact on the Future of the AEC Industry
To kick off the new year, Architosh looks at five emerging technology trends happening broadly across society and what their influence and impacts may be on the AEC industry and the professionals that drive it—including architects, builders, engineers and environmental stakeholders like the citizens of cities.
Nemetschek Acquires dRofus—Could Become “Group” BIM Collaboration Platform
The Nemetschek Group doesn’t own a tier-1 BIM collaboration platform like its larger rivals. However, the acquisition of dRofus of Norway lays the foundation for a future possibility. dRofus is already dominant in healthcare facilities in US, Europe, and Australia.
BlackSpectacles Software Survey May Do More Harm Than Good
Billed as the software you need to know to get a job in 2017, Black Spectacles’ Annual Software Requirements Study has Revit, AutoCAD, and SketchUp as the three must know applications in demand at top architecture firms. But is this list good for the industry at large?
OrthoGraph Announces Survey to 3D Render Webinar Winner
OrthoGraph’s webinars offer chance to win survey software system plus Leica laser distance meter.
Cutting-Edge Workflow—Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection Comes to Mac
To some, the ultimate architectural design workflow on Mac has just been created. GRAPHISOFT’s efforts put together three leading AEC industry tools working together on the Mac platform.
Graebert Officially Ships ARES Commander 2017—DWG CAD for Mac, Windows and Linux
A big week for DWG CAD systems on the Mac, Graebert follows Autodesk and announces ARES Commander 2017 is now available, serving native DWG CAD to Mac, Windows, Linux and iOS and Android devices.
Product Review: Vectorworks Architect 2017
Does Vectorworks Architect 2017 match up to the tremendous volume of new innovations in last year’s upgrade? In this in-depth product review, architect John Helm takes a look at all the new features and improvements.
GRAPHISOFT’s Native BIM Formats Are Now Accepted for Architectural Building Submission in Singapore
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore has recently launched the Code of Practice (CoP) for BIM e-submissions and voluntary submission of architectural plans in native BIM formats, which includes GRAPHISOFT’s .PLA file format.
Vectorworks Inc. Announces Bluebeam Revu Software Integration
Vectorworks adds enhanced collaboration between its product line and that of sister company Bluebeam. New space object export support enhances Revu workflows.
CAD News: HighDesign 2017 Now Available for Sierra, Coming to Windows
HighDesign 2017 not only boasts many excellent new features, the product adds a “consumer-level” priced LT version to the lineup and the company announces HighDesign is coming to Windows.
New Release of GRAPHISOFT BIMx—Now Supports Google Cardboard for VR
Multi-award winning BIMx, an innovative mobile application for Apple iOS and Google Android devices, now supports Google Cardboard bring virtual reality functionality to users.
AU 2016: Looking at Allegorithmic’s New Substance Source Architecture Texture Library
Late last week Allegorithmic released a new themed library for the architectural market at Autodesk University 2016. The new ready-to-render PBR Materials feature full compatibility with V-Ray, Corona and Iray.
Trimble’s ProjectSight—Next-Gen Cloud-based iPad App for Construction Management
The proliferation of mobile apps in the building industry isn’t solving the interoperability issues from too many point apps. Trimble ProjectSight has been re-architected to address this challenge, connect to Trimble Connect, and handle natural messaging style communications.
Autodesk Shows Its Future—Democratizes Data & Tools, Obliterates Reliance on Windows
Autodesk delivered a fanscinating Innovation Keynote this week, even showing publicly for the first time its future AEC vision in Project Quantum. The biggest take-away from Project Quantum is that it is completely democratized in terms of access, devices and data.
AU 2016: Chaos Group Announces €2 Million Investment in CL3VER
Chaos Group, the makers of the famed V-ray renderer, has partnered with AEC presentation start-up CL3VER, making 2 million euro investment. New partnership will bring essential 3D visualization and communications tools into one software platform.
Microsoft Hololens and Trimble SketchUp Viewer Bring Mixed Reality (MR) to AEC Industries
Trimble and Microsoft offer thematic change in AEC industries with new “mixed reality” technology—new SketchUp Viewer for Microsoft Hololens is now available after stealing the show at AIA National 2016.
