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INSIDER: Beyond the CDE — Layer App and its Remarkable Fluid Power
Layer App emerges as a powerful AECOM and CAFM tool precisely because users have flexible and fluid control over building data linked to BIM.
Member Access — (emTech) Section Plus for Xpresso #17
Member Access—(emTech) Section Plus is our new exclusive that builds off of what we shared in Xpresso #17. We offer deeper content on computational design, robotics, AI, and more.
Boston’s Chapter First to Launch Mobile App—AIA Guide to Boston Architecture
Boston is the first US city where the local AIA Chapter has produced a mobile app for their local architecture guide. This built this app for Apple’s iPhone.
Vectorworks Event News—Managing BCF Data for IFC-based Workflows
To help manage communications between collaborators and software that leverage IFC-based workflows, buildingSMART International has developed a new standard: the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF). This event shows users how to integrate the new BCF format in Vectorworks BIM workflows.
Tidbits: ArchiSnapper, DWG Sync for Revit, and AIA Innovator Award news
We have CAD and AEC news tidbits below. We learn of Autodesk’s new tool for DWG to Revit workflows, the AIA’s call to vote for innovation winners, and some interesting content over at ArchiSnapper’s blog.
AIA California Council Partners with GRAPHISOFT for BIM
The AIA in California has partnered with GRAPHISOFT to help increase Return-on-Investment for its members helping them with transitions to BIM workflows.
GRAPHISOFT announces winners of Inaugural ArchiCAD Student Design Competition
ArchiCAD Student Design Competition Winners Announced. Graphisoft North American partnered with Kitchen & Associates and AIA West Jersey.
AIA 2016: Architosh awards 5th ‘BEST of SHOW’ honors for software and technology vendors at AIA Philly
Architosh announces its 2016 AIA National BEST of SHOW honors to best software and technologies shown at the national convention in Philadelphia two weeks ago.
AIA 2016: Information Technologies at this Year’s Convention – Part 2
We dive deeper in our Part 2 coverage of software and technologies at the 2016 AIA Convention in Philly. These four companies exhibited together and these four companies have interesting innovations in the pipe and/or ready now.
AIA 2016: AIA and Autodesk announce new feature to automate 2030 Commitment reporting data
Autodesk and AIA team on new automatic reporting system via new design tool features and the new Design Data Exchange system (DDx).
AIA 2016: Information Technologies at this Year’s Convention – Part 1
We begin our AIA Expo show floor reports series with the largest companies showing their software wares to architects at this year’s 2016 AIA Convention.
GRAPHISOFT sponsors inaugural ArchiCAD Student Design Competition
Undergraduate and graduate architecture students are invited to enter an exciting competition co-aligned with the AIA National Convention in Philadelphia in May 2016.
2016 Vectorworks Design Summit Details Revealed: Speakers, CEU’s and Exhibitors
Vectorworks’ annual Design Summit conference kicks off later this spring in Chicago. Like last year the event will show attendees an exclusive preview of upcoming software technology for one of the world’s leading CAD and BIM developers. Early Bird discounts to the event are still in the offering.
AIA News: AIA nominates 9 Boston Society of Architects members to College of Fellows
AIA nominates nine Boston Society of Architect members to the College of Fellows.
AIA News: Actor Kevin Spacey to Keynote AIA National Convention 2016
Kevin Spacey has been announced as the keynote speaker at the upcoming AIA National Convention.
Reimagine Your Workflow: BIM Camp (Boston)
Join Vectorworks for a day of exploration as their industry experts take you from capturing your inspiration to realizing your vision with cutting-edge BIM tools.
Tidbits: AIA Compensations Report, Augmented & Virtual Reality App and Twinmotion 2015 Webinar Invitation
Today’s news tidbits looks at: what perks and incentives firms are offering to attract and retain top talents, checks out Augmented Reality plug-ins designed for smartphones or tablets, and finds out what Twinmotion 2015’s webinar has to offer.
Event News: Guide to using AIA Contract Documents and Software In-Person
AIA is offering the opportunity to attend an interactive session on the latest version of AIA Contract Documents and Software.
AIA says US Architecture Firm Compensation Rises
AIA Architect reports that earnings for architecture positions has followed with gains beginning to accelerate after several years of rather slow-going improvement. Average compensation for staff positions up 3.5 percent from early 2013.
AIA: Show Reports: AIA and CMD provide Insight for Architects
At AIA Atlanta the CMD Group launched Insight for Architects with the AIA, just for AIA members inside their online AIA accounts. The construction industry data and analytics web tool helps AIA member architects develop business, follow emerging and tracking trends, network and establish new relationships and gain new work.
AIA: Perspectives on BEST of SHOW 2015—IT Trends in Architectural Practice
In this special feature report on AIA Atlanta, we talk about the evolving shape of industry change due to advances in information technology, with a particular emphasis on the latest trends taking shape, including the game-ification of architecture, virtual reality hardware and radical user-interface design change that will come with it…plus the continuing role of mobile, cloud and analytics driving design process transformation. Anthony Frausto, AIA, LEED AP, also contributed to this article.
Architosh awards 4th ‘BEST of SHOW’ honors for software and technology vendors at AIA Atlanta
Architosh announces its 2015 AIA National BEST of SHOW honors for the national convention and expo in Atlanta, Georgia. The awards highlight and draw attention to software and hardware technologies of note exhibited on the show floor.
AIA: Advanced View of Technology Companies at AIA Atlanta
In this report we take a preview look at the list of software and technology companies in attendance at AIA Atlanta.
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.
President Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote Speech at 2015 AIA National Convention
President Bill Clinton will be headlining the AIA National Convention in Atlanta this coming May, as he delivers the keynote address for the annual convention and exhibition for US architects.
AIA: Architosh awards AIA National ‘BEST of SHOW’ honors to software and technology vendors
Architosh honors technology companies in 2014 BEST of SHOW awards for AIA National Chicago, focusing on emerging trends in software technology in architectural practice
Architosh to attend AIA National Chicago—Award ‘BEST of SHOW’ honors for third year
Architosh will cover the 2014 AIA National Convention in Chicago in two weeks
The US’s AIA releases new Mac friendly ACD5 web software for architecture industry
AIA delivers all new AIA Contracts Documents software solution as SaaS (software as a service) with new Web-based ACD5 for Mac and Windows platforms
AIA TAP BIM Awards – Call for Entries Announced
The AIA BIM TAP group has made their call for entries for 2014 awards
AIA: Pictures from the Show Floor and Around the Convention – Part 2
Notes and pictures from AIA Denver in and around the conventional hall
AIA: Pictures from the Show Floor and Around the Convention – Part 1
Notes and pictures from AIA Denver in and around the convention hall
Architects to gain skills they need at BIM Camp
Architects can gain invaluable skills at BIM Camp and up to 4 AIA/CES
Architectural Record CEU App for iOS
Now architects can maintain their licensing and credentialing requirements easier thanks to an nifty new App for their iPhone or iPad
In-Depth: Graphisoft talks to Architosh about ArchiCAD 16
In this In-Depth feature Akos Pfemeter, Director of Global Marketing at Graphisoft, talks to Architosh about Graphisoft’s latest BIM program, ArchiCAD 16 and the company’s other new technology and directions
AIA: Pre AIA Convention News-Architosh Coverage
Architosh to be covering AIA National Convention
Tidbits: eDrawings, Altair thinkLabs, AIA Conference items
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have tidbits on eDrawings for iPad, Vectorworks at AIA and Altair’s thinkLab kickstarter project for MacBooks
New AIA Docs Web App: AIA talks to Architosh about its new plans
The American Institute of Architect discusses its upcoming AIA Contract Documents Web Based software with Architosh. The new software as a service (SaaS) model will bring new changes to the AIA and will put Mac users on an equal playing field for the first time with Windows-based colleagues
AIA Documents Software: Finally becoming Mac friendly with new Web version
AIA Documents software finally coming to the Mac platform in new web-based SaaS platform
Tidbits: AIA News items – Graphisoft, Nemetschek and Autodesk
Mac CAD and 3D news around the Web: We have tidbits on Graphisoft and Nemetschek video interviews at AIA, plus an interesting post on 123 vs Sketchup
AIA: StudioGPU previews MachStudio Core for Rhino
AIA Show Report: In this report we start by taking a look at a new third-party Rhino developer and its new MachStudio Core for Rhino rendering application.
Tidbits: Notes on ArchiCAD 14 and AIA Miami
Mac CAD and 3D News: ArchiCAD 14 is out of the gate and our AIA Miami reports are coming this week.
AIA Board of Directors approves Statement on Interoperability
The AIA Board of Directors approve a statement on BIM/CAD Interoperability. New policy statement directs member architects to care about the development of open standards and waste due to incompatibility.
AIA Documents Online: New Solution for Mac Users
AIA announces new AIA Documents-on-Demand PDF-based solution for Mac based architects
AIA: Talking to Viktor Varkonyi about EcoDesigner
Architosh talks to Viktor Varkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft, and Akos Pfemeter, Director of Global Marketing, at the AIA show about their new EcoDesigner energy analysis software for ArchiCAD.
AIA: Show Floor Galleries and Notes 2
The AIA National Convention and Exhibition was held this year in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Famous for hosting Macworld each January and the site of Steve Jobs’ famous keynotes, the AIA show easily filled all three halls at Moscone, something Macworld has never done in recent times.
AIA: Show Floor Galleries and Notes 1
The AIA National Convention and Exhibition was held this year in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Famous for hosting Macworld each January and the site of Steve Jobs’ famous keynotes, the AIA show easily filled all three halls at Moscone, something Macworld has never done in recent times.
In the Wake of AIA San Francisco
The AIA’s National Convention was held this year in San Francisco. The event had boat-loads of news and key announcements. We summarize some items here, pointing the path we will take with our indepth coverage of the event.
Architectural Billings Post Slight Gain
Latest American Institute of Architects’ ABI results for February point to improvement in architectural sector. Could the floor in this down economy be under our feet at this moment?
Economics for architects: 1 of 5 firms look to IT
Economic downturn hurting Architects across the US – but information technology and BIM in particular may be the biggest victims.
US Architects Increasingly Adopting Green Building
Study index shows US architects adopting Green Design – Architects cite clients as driving demand.
Tidbits: solidThinking, Brazil for Rhino and more news…
Mac CAD and 3D News Tidbits: solidThinking joins HyperWorks program, Brazil for Rhino news and AIA Architectural Billings Index Drops 6 points
AIA announces new BIM document E202-2008
The AIA has introduced AIA document E202-2008, Building Information Modeling (BIM) Protocol Exhibit
Architosh Talks to Marc Fredrickson of FormFonts 3D
This past spring Architosh covered the AIA National Convention in Boston and met up with Marc Fredrickson, First Officer, of FormFonts 3D. FormFonts 3D is a website offering subscription-based 3D content in the form of finished 3D models and textures for a variety of popular 3D modeling and rendering software packages. This interview delves into FormFonts 3D and what it has to offer 3D users.
SIG: Bonzai 3D previewed at Siggraph 2008
formZ Developer Will Showcase New SketchUp Competitor at Annual 3D and Graphics Software Convention
Implementing BIM in Practice: LearnVirtual event
Fundamental BIM Implementation Courses offered by LearnVirtual