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3D News: Theia BigRoom VR Garners Epic MegaGrant
Theia Interactive’s BigRoom VR technology wins Epic MegaGrant—advances body of Unreal Engine tools for VR collaboration in design fields.
New SketchUp 2021 Offers ‘Predesign Climate Studies’ Features
A look at SketchUp 2021 and its Live Components and climate design features.
BIMcollab now integrated into ELITECAD for issue coordination
Issue management in BIM workflows is hard, now BIMcollab has partnered with German ELITECAD for improved collaboration for AEC BIM market.
Takenaka partners with KUBUS’s BIMcollab on BIM issue management
Japanese AECO professionals to benefit from Takenaka and BIMcollab partnership, enhancing the Japanese BIM collaboration market.
A Journey to BIM—Dialing in Softness with Sun Path Precision
A Florida architecture firm, strongly oriented towards energy-performant design, has journeyed to BIM with Vectorworks Architect and isn’t looking back.
ALLPLAN and Precast Software Engineering Merge Companies
ALLPLAN and Precast Software Engineering merge to form unified solutions to serve the engineering and construction markets.
Archicad 24 Update 2 gains enhanced Integrated Design workflows
Archicad 24 Update 2 breaks development release pattern and delivers major new improvements mid-year, including better Integrated Design, Issue Management features, and new Add-ons.
Bentley’s Now Public—YII20 Highlights and Re-Attacking the Architecture Market
This in-depth feature looks into Bentley’s new positions in the global infrastructure market, including a deeper look at the Architecture sector.
Nemetschek Group a Top-3 Strongest-Growing Medium-sized Company in Germany
The Nemetschek Group wins another honor, being ranked 2nd among “TOP 100 Strong-Growing Medium-Sized German Companies.”
AU20: Autodesk expands Autodesk Construction Cloud—New ‘Build’ and ‘Quantify’ offerings
Autodesk Construction Cloud advances significantly this year with unified apps like Autodesk Build and Autodesk Quantify and the new Autodesk BIM Collaborate and PlanGrid Build Mobile app.
Details on Autodesk’s Spacemaker Acquisition
Spacemaker is the big acquisition announced by Autodesk at AU 2020 this week. We discuss further details about Spacemaker and Autodesk’s intentions with it.
AU20: Autodesk—announces new AEC Cloud tools for design industry
Autodesk introduces the latest updates and features to its cloud offerings aimed at the design side of the AEC industry, discussed and shown at AU 2020
AU20: Autodesk Acquires Norway’s Spacemaker
Autodesk acquiring Spacemaker will provide the CAD industry giant with a new leading-edge tool for early-stage building and urban design, helping developers optimize parcel and urban developments in expanding cities.
Big new BIMcollab ZOOM Update — Including Power BI
The new KUBUS produced BIMcollab ZOOM adds new features to enable better extraction and sharing of information from your BIM model. BIMcollab is a popular cloud-based BIM industry collaboration tool in Europe and the global market.
Autodesk Announces Winners of 2020 AEC Excellence Awards
Autodesk AEC Excellence Awards winners for 2020 showcase diverse excellence across infrastructure, building design, and construction sectors.
How Technology Can Support Social Distancing
How social distancing is a new reality in pedestrian simulation design for buildings and what technology is available to address it.
The Evolved Office — Smaller and More Collaborative
A glance ahead by Koen Matthijs, Chief Division Officer, Operate & Manage Division at the Nemetschek Group on the office, home and work.
Vectorworks Earns Nine Nominations for 2020 Construction Computing Awards
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. is a finalist in this year’s Construction Computing Awards.
NVIDIA announces Omniverse Open Beta — global real-time collaboration
Nvidia Omniverse opens up to everyone in Open Beta program after a yearlong Early Access success with partners like Foster + Partners.
BIM-enabled Facilities Management with ALLPLAN’s Bimplus platform
With ALLPLAN’s Bimplus and Spacewell’s MCS 20, two Nemetschek companies show the benefits of integrating BIM with CAFM.
GRAPHISOFT BIMx Wins 2020 Best of Products Award
With BIMx, Archicad users can drive the design narrative on the building site for fast, specific client feedback, saving time and money.
NXT BLD 2020 — Goes Virtual and Interactive in October
Speakers from The Bartlett, Epic, Royal BAM, AA, Proving Ground — and more complete lineup for NXT BLD 2020 conference — provide glimpse of future
Synergy and Alignment — The APIs Democratizing Role
APIs can open more than just Revit—generating productivity gains by delivering a customizable flexible production system for AEC—and synergizing with larger ICT innovations.
AEC Inflection Point — The Story of the Revit Revolt
Less a revolt and more a signal, the current groundswell of protest over Revit is actually a symptom of a larger looming change.
The Pre-Revolt Factors — Why the Open Letter
The signs that a one-size-fits-all type of platform would never work for the AEC industry goes back decades.
What’s Beyond Revit — Anagnost on Autodesk AEC Futures
Autodesk’s CEO looks beyond the controversy and aims to foster confidence in its long-term vision for architects.
Bentley Systems IPO — Shares Now on NASDAQ
Bentley Systems IPO offers the global market investment opportunities in a CAD giant that dominates the infrastructure market.
The Sensible Pathway to Open BIM — One German Firm’s Story
ARP ArchitektenPartnerschaft with Vectorworks has benefitted from a scalable pathway to BIM, from little BIM to Big BIM with Open BIM.
Autodesk Joins ODA to Fast Track Improvements to Interoperability
Autodesk joins ODA to bring stronger IFC and interoperability improvements to Revit and its AEC products, strengthening the AEC industry.
Vectorworks 2021 BIM and Design Software Launched
Vectorworks launches new Vectorworks 2021 BIM and CAD product lineup with new focus on quality and performance and simplicity to empower designers.
Member Access — (emTech) Section Plus for Xpresso #19
Member Access—(emTech) Section Plus is our new exclusive that builds off of what we shared in Xpresso #19. We offer deeper content and analysis from the topics of BIM, Revit Open Letter, BIM Interop, AI and Robotics in AEC, and more.
Bentley Moves Closer to Public Stock Offering
Bentley moves closer to public stock offering by filing Form S-1 with the SEC. The offering may be waiting on infrastructure bill passage.
Product Review: Trimble SketchUp Studio 2020
SketchUp Studio 2020 provides accessible energy and daylighting analysis tools and Architosh gets into the details in this review.
Nemetschek Integrated Design—A Paradigm Shift for AECO
Nemetschek challenges the status quo with new Integrated Design BIM workflows, streamlining workflows between architects and engineers.
AU 2020 Imagine Possible—Autodesk University Goes Virtual
Autodesk University this year will be held virtually. The November event will be free to everyone but registrations required to see the events online.
New report by Asite on optimizing construction industry’s digital engineering
The report examines digital engineering from a number of different standpoints to push the adoption of digital engineering techniques.
Xpresso Exclusive Preview: An Unhappy Marriage—Autodesk Revit Users Unite Around Open Letter
The following is a preview of an exclusive feature that ran in the August issue of INSIDER Xpresso, Architosh’s free monthly newsletter.
Nemetschek Group — Stable Revenue Growth in Q2 2020
Nemetschek Group revenue proves stable, positive with high margins during the first half of the pandemic year—company diversities aiding German AEC giant.
Autodesk Responds to Open Letter on Revit
Autodesk pens letter on Revit in response to British group—offers a detailed explanation of its development logic, promises a commitment to listening.
British Designers Send Letter to Autodesk—Demand Revit Progress Fair Pricing
An Open Letter about Revit is aimed at Autodesk’s CEO by global British architecture firms asking for progress, fairer licensing, and true partnership.
Vectorworks, Inc is a Finalist in 2020 Architizer A+Awards
Now in its eighth season, the Architizer A+Awards will highlight the most pressing issues facing architecture and design today.
GRAPHISOFT delivers Archicad 24 — major updates to BIMx and BIMcloud
Archicad 24 includes major updates to BIMx and BIMcloud for new integrated multidisciplinary team workflows—”paradigm-shifting” the BIM industry.
Tech Soft 3D HOOPS Platform powers Fieldwire BIM Viewer
Fieldwire BIM Viewer gets powered by HOOPS platform technology from Tech Soft 3D — enhancing Construction Management Platform.
Unity Reflect adds Navisworks integration, BIM coordination
Unity announces Unity Reflect with Navisworks support, among other features.
Deltek launches 41st annual state of A&E report
Deltek’s state of A&E report helps architecture, engineering, and dual-discipline firms understand the AEC business environment including KPIs.
ODA releases Open IFC Viewer for Mac and Windows
OpenIfcViewer is to provide professional-grade visualization to facilitate the development and adoption of new IFC versions.
Trimble Connect Collaboration Platform Hits 10 Million User Milestone
Trimble Connect is an open collaboration platform for design and construction that connects project stakeholders with the data they need to inform decisions and improve team efficiency.
GRAPHISOFT Announces ‘Building Together’ Digital Event
GRAPHISOFT has announced with fairly short notice a global digital event titled Building Together. It will prominently feature a discussion of the world’s second tallest building designed with ARCHICAD.
Why Scaling from Little BIM to Big BIM Made Sense for Idle Architecture
A Melbourne-based practice is discovering that moving to Big BIM is enabling them to take on larger projects and better streamline their project delivery.
AEC News: Prof. Georg Nemetschek Establishes New Innovation Foundation
Prof. Georg Nemetschek establishes the Nemetschek Innovation Foundation in Munich, Germany, with the aim of supporting science and research in the industry with a focus on global industry leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) in construction.
Now Open: AEC Excellence Awards 2020 Call for Entries
The Autodesk AEC Excellence Awards competition is an opportunity for the global architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) community to celebrate the people, projects, and innovations behind the world’s building and infrastructure.
Talking to 2019 Autodesk Innovator of the Year—Amr Raafat of Windover Construction
Trained as an architect, Amr talks to us about Windover Construction’s award-winning project and the innovations at his company using VDC technologies like Hololens and drones.
Layer App Launches New Project Templates for Faster Implementation
The app’s new variety of project templates and robust suite of team communication tools can be used during any phase of a building project
CAD News: IMSI Design’s New TurboCAD 2020—New Features
IMSI Design is now shipping TurboCAD 2020 product line. The company’s flagship product line includes ACIS modeling engine version 29.0 and new 3D modeling enhancements among other new features.
BIM News: Abvent Group Partners with BIM One, Author of BIM Track
Abvent partners with BIM One of North America to offer its BIM Track app to its EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region customers.
Bentley’s COVID-19 Response—Free Bentley ProjectWise 365 Till September 30
Bentley’s 100 percent cloud-based SaaS solution ProjectWise 365 helps small to mid-sized AEC professionals collaborate from anywhere—particularly home during this global pandemic—and is now free of the subscription until 30 September 2020.
AEC News: Nemetschek Brands’ Special Offerings During COVID-19
Nemetschek Group companies are helping their AEC customers around the globe with new and free solutions to cope with the current pandemic crisis.
Autodesk Intros ‘Generative Design’ inside Revit 2021 Among Other Features
Autodesk adds computational design tools directly inside the new Revit 2021, along with the new capability to do slanted walls and much more.
Autodesk BIM 360 Design Expands Global Collaboration Options with Europe Data Center
Autodesk expands reach with BIM 360 Design and new Europe Data Center. Addresses the needs of design professionals working from home and remote locations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
GRAPHISOFT expands BIMcloud as a Service to Global Availability—Free 60 Day Emergency Access
ARCHICAD users working from home can use BIMcloud as a Service to effectively work together as an integrated team regardless of project size or location of team members.
