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Event: GRAPHISOFT hosts live webinar on BIMx and BIMx Pro
GRAPHISOFT hosting a BIMx live webinar to review the latest changes in the award-winning mobile BIM tools for iOS and Android that empower architects to bring their BIM model and linked 2D documents with them in the field and anywhere they go.
GRAPHISOFT updates BIMx and creates BIMx Pro
GRAPHISOFT has introduced a dramatically simplified setup with its licensing options for architects and their project stakeholders in a BIM workflow with new capabilities with BIMx PRO and BIMx Modeling Sharing via in-app purchases.
IMAGINiT Launches New FM and BIM Connection Service
The new launch by IMAGINIT is the first service, borne from this new collaboration, to extend value of BIM data into facilities management systems. The FM and BIM Connection Service enables AEC firms to demonstrate the value of extending the rich data within the building information model (BIM) into the facilities management phase of the building lifecycle.
Viewpoint: Have AEC Professionals Really Embraced Technology?
Architosh is again pleased to share another viewpoint article by BIM consultant Bhushan Avsatthi, who offers his perspective on all things technical in the AEC industry and ask the question: have AEC pros really embraced technology? The rhetorical question serves to form a 35,000 feet view into the present and emerging technology of AEC.
GreenWizard is Now Proud Sponsor of AIA
GreenWizzard announces its strong commitment to the AIA’s New Working Group (Materials Matter) through new sponsorship to drive awareness and education around environmental and health-related aspects of building materials to the design and construction industry.
Trimble Ships ProjectSight Mobile Construction Management
Trimble announced Trimble ProjectSight, a cloud-based solution for construction field management that simplifies the creation, access and sharing of project information between the field and the office.
Product Review: Nemetschek Vectorworks Architect 2015
In this product review we take a detailed stroll through the big main VGM, BIM and 2D features in the latest version of Vectorworks Architect 2015. Introduced this past fall, Vectorworks 2015 advances on the 3D front while still providing refinements and interesting additions to those who enjoy its many 2D features.
In-Focus: PlanGrid for Apple iOS and Android and Desktop has new RFI Lifecycle Solution
PlanGrid’s new RFI module tackles the time-wasting RFI process from within the context of a drawing collaboration and centralized storage app, offering advantages not seen in other solutions.
Viewpoint: BIM 4D for Construction Scheduling Has Created Wonders in the AEC Industry
Architosh is happy to publish this viewpoint article by BIM consultant Bhushan Avsatthi who offers information and advice about the benefits of 4D BIM, mentioning the techniques and methods of Construction Scheduling. Today’s software market is filled with software tools addressing this segment of the BIM pipeline.
GRAPHISOFT partners with buildingSMART Korea to foster national BIM standards
Open BIM gains further adherents and supporters in Graphisoft and buildingSMART Korea partnership. The new understanding will lead to national BIM standards for Korea that are Open BIM based and support the mutual goals of all stakeholders in the AECO space
Autodesk Talks to Architosh about AutoCAD for Mac 2015—Features, Parity and Market Segments
In this special feature article Micah Dickerson, Product Manager for Autodesk AutoCAD for Mac product line, shares with us more background behind the latest 2015 version and why this product is finding success despite market dispersion across a vast array of industry segments. We also cover the four major new features in summary fashion and how they attest to the Mac version’s success.
NEMETSCHEK GROUP launches new corporate design and website
The NEMETSCHEK GROUP launches new corporate look and website and promises to unify the group’s presentation to the international AECO community. The parent company owns promising software brands in ArchiCAD, CINEMA 4D, Vectorworks, Bluebeam and Scia.
AU: Autodesk announces Autodesk A360 Collaboration for Revit
Autodesk unveils A360 Collaborate for Revit cloud-based BIM teamwork and collaboration platform for building and infrastructure projects
In-Focus: A Look at CL3VER on the iPad—Visualization Tool for Architects
The CL3VER software as a service (SaaS) story continues to unfold as the company recently releases Revit plugin plus long-awaited dedicated iPad app—the app delivers configurator functionality and a whole lot more….
The (AIA) releases 8 New Contract Documents – Updates AIA Documents Software and SaaS Products
The American Institute of Architects have added eight new documents to its industry-standard AEC contractor documents portfolio, including two focused in newer areas of project delivery models. All eight new documents are available through its Documents desktop software and new SaaS (software as a service) Documents-on-Demand Plus and Documents-on-Demand online service.
Nemetschek AG Exec’s Talk Details of Bluebeam Acquisition with Architosh
Nemetschek AG’s Executive Board members in charge of the group’s overall strategic direction, CEO Sean Flaherty of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., and CEO Viktor Varkonyi of Graphisoft, Inc. discuss the thinking and outlook behind the recent acquisition of US-based Bluebeam Software Inc.
AEC News: Nemetschek AG acquires US-based Bluebeam Software Inc.
German software giant Nemetschek AG has announced its acquisition of US-based construction software darling Bluebeam Software of Pasadena, California
Famed architect Frank Gehry’s much beloved Gehry Technologies (GT) has been acquired by Trimble
The most famous living architect, Frank Gehry, has stated that he believed his real legacy was how his Gehry Technologies company was helping to transform the practice of architecture on a global scale. Today, Autodesk’ largest competitor just announced it has acquired Gehry Technologies, a global AEC software and consulting services company involved in many of the largest construction projects in the world.
Architosh launches Mac Workstation professional survey study for Pro Users
In our first hardware study to look at the professional markets that Apple has traditionally served, Architosh has launched a survey in order to comprehensively study the market for professional desktop/workstation hardware needs across a range of “pro” industries.
Nemetschek AG Joins buildingSMART International’s Strategic Advisory Council for Better Interoperability
Nemetschek AG, parent company of 12 leading AECM software companies has joined the new buildingSMART Strategic Advisory Council
GRAPHISOFT releases ArchiCAD 18 and introduces BIMcloud
GRAPHISOFT begins its international roll-out of ArchiCAD 18 and BIMcloud, to global architectural BIM markets around the world…
HP Disrupts market with new Large Format PageWide technology
HP is rethinking its Large-Format DesignJet line with new technology and new additions…
Tidbits: Siemens, Trimble and Maxwell for bonzai 3d news
Mac and iOS CAD/3D News: We have tidbits on plugin updates for Maxwell render for bonsai 3D, Trimble buying up a BIM MEP consultant player, news on the latest NX update and more…
Nemetschek Scia releases Scia Engineer version 14
Nemetschek Scia announces new Scia Engineer version 14
Japanese construction giant to adopt Graphisoft BIMx for access to BIM Projects
One of Japan and the world’s largest construction companies will be implementing a very large scale deployment of BIMx Docs across the company’s owned tablet computers—BIMx Docs runs exclusively on iOS devices with Android support coming later in 2014
Trimble Delivers New Trimble Field Link Software with new Bentley i-model Integration
Trimble updates Field Link software and announces collaboration with Bentley on i-model technology integration
GRAPHISOFT introduces new ArchiCAD 18 for Architecture Industry
Budapest-based Graphisoft has introduced the latest version of its flagship BIM software product, ArchiCAD 18. The tool offers new Integrated Revision Management workflow and integration of CINEMA 4D rendering engine.
In-Depth: Architosh looks at GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner STAR
GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner STAR brings advanced building energy modeling (BEM), simulation and analysis to the early stages of the BIM workflow with the intent to improve and alter building designs. The software supports ASHRAE Standard 90.1 for LEED and more…
Graphisoft in Japan: Pictures and Notes from the BIMcloud Trip
We share some of our photos from our Journey to Japan for Graphisoft’s BIMcloud press event and include additional notes from the various presentations about BIMcloud and ArchiCAD
Special Event from Japan: GRAPHISOFT announces new ‘BIMcloud’ for global architectural industry
Architosh is in Japan covering live GRAPHISOFT’S big announcement about its new “BIMcloud” technology and offering. The Hungarian software innovator has again introduced industry firsts to the AEC software market
Special Event: Join Architosh 25-26 March in Japan for a Special Announcement
One of the AEC Industry’s Most Innovative and Leading BIM technology players will be making a special announcement to press in Japan’s largest city next week
Nemetschek Scia to introduce new Open Design Technology at the 2014 Structures Congress
Structural and civil engineers can now centralize their design tasks into one integrated workflow
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., releases Service Pack 3 for its Vectorworks 2014 product line
Nemetschek Vectorworks releases Third Service Pack for new Vectorworks 2014
In-Brief: Trimble announces SketchUp 2014 for Mac and Windows
Trimble launches new SketchUp 2014…offers speed improvements in rendered views and many new features including a WebGL based preview engine for 3D Warehouse
Nemetschek bim+ ‘Open BIM’ oriented platform goes live with starter editions for teams
Nemetschek bim+ has officially launched and with a very capable online and iPad based collaboration suite of BIM tools
Product Review: GRAPHISOFT BIMx Docs for iPad and iPhone
In this product review Architosh looks at GRAPHISOFT’S latest mobile app, the iOS-based BIMx Docs. BIMx was the first iteration of a BIM model viewing app with game-like walk-thru mode navigation, “gravity” based sensitivity–so that the walking experience felt as real as possible (no walking through walls like in the movie “Ghost”)–and door recognition. Now BIMx Docs extends on that solid base adding 2D documents and marrying the two types of viewing and navigation experiences.
IMSI Design updates TurboSite to version 2.5
TurboSite Pro and TurboSite Plus now at version 2.5 — IMSI adds markup of 2D PDF files and more…
Autodesk intros AEC Feed iOS App for AECO industry professionals
Autodesk reaches into AECO (architecture, engineering, construction, operations) market with new iPad app. New iOS app bundles news, training and product workflow samples into one experience
UK National BIM Report – BIM Adoption Trends in UK
United Kingdom National BIM Report for 2013 shows BIM adoption growing steadily in the UK AECO markets
Product Review: IMSI Design’s TurboSite Pro 2 for iPad
In this product review Architosh looks at the award-winning IMSI Design TurboSite Pro v2 and its many abilities to streamline the field report process in AEC workflows
FileMaker launches new FileMaker 13 Platform with new FileMaker WebDirect
FileMaker announces new FileMaker 13 Platform with new WebDirect technologies, making it incredibly easy to develop and deploy custom business solutions that link desktops, devices and the Web back to a central server
Autodesk post video of Revit running through Web browser on Mac OS X
Following the hot swell of intense interest from last week’s post on Autodesk’s somewhat quiet news that it was expanding on its remote technology to bring popular Autodesk apps to “a browser near you”, the company has just posted a video of Revit running on FireFox on the Mac.
Vectorworks 2014 Product Line released for Europe
Nemetschek Vectorworks announces localized versions of Vectorworks 2014 product line for Europe
Did Autodesk just put Revit on the Mac? Autodesk announces 3D Design Apps in Browser
Autodesk, OTOY, Amazon Web Services and Nvidia provide the new abilities to power Revit–along with 3ds Max–on Apple and other platforms for the first time
AIA TAP BIM Awards – Call for Entries Announced
The AIA BIM TAP group has made their call for entries for 2014 awards
Viewpoint: How BIM is Crushing the Art from Architecture and How to Stop It
Architosh is thrilled to share with its readers its latest Viewpoint contribution by architects Louis Smith and Lisa Stacholy, expressing a clear vision about the importance of “Inspiration” in the age of BIM. This well constructed essay leads the reader with its most powerful reasons ahead of its main conclusion and then subtly counter punches the reader’s own response with a few deftly crafted versions of more modest projects that put to use the very theories the authors espouse.
The Mis-Information of BIM
The Mis-Information of BIM is doing more damage than good and it will not help the adoption of BIM along if it actually contradicts the logic that many AEC professionals will immediately put to the questions of BIM adoption.
Commentary: Why the new Mac Pro will rock for ArchiCAD but not for Revit
Are you excited about running Revit on a new Mac Pro under Boot Camp? You might want to really review that decision first…or switch BIM programs if it means that much to you