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Multiple Drawing Views—Upcoming Vectorworks 2018 Gets Them And More
Watch this sneak-peak view of the upcoming Vectorworks 2018’s new support for Multiple Drawing Views and learn about a few other things too.
Featured Video: Vectorworks Architect 2017
In this featured video, Architosh showcases the key features in Vectorworks 2017 so that readers and users of this software can get excited about what comes next! Vectorworks 2018 is just around the corner.
The ODA (Open Design Alliance) Releases Teigha BIM 4.3.1
Third-party developers can now export both 2D and 3D geometry to native Revit 2018 files with the latest Teigha BIM SDK from the ODA—expanding interoperability and capacity for CAD and BIM developers.
Why Gensler Architects Have Embraced Allegorithmic’s Substance Software
Scott DeWoody of Gensler explains the firm’s adoption and use of Allegorithmic’s Substance software product line and how they work with it for all their digital material’s creation across their pipeline.
Creative App Learning Site ‘Pluralsight’—To Host Michelle Obama
The former First Lady will be speaking in a moderated conversation at Pluralsight LIVE in September.
Vectorworks News: Mac CAD Leader Forms New Office in United Kingdom
Vectorworks says the UK region is expanding their users and acquires Design Software Solutions Limited to form new Vectorworks UK office.
Vectorworks Design Summit Adds 7 New Speakers
Vectorworks announces 7 new speakers—industry leaders and Vectorworks innovative users who have valuable lessons to share with other design professionals.
Viewpoint: With BIM, EPC Firms Cannot Charge More—But They Can Charge Differently
Construction project owners are raising the bar of expectations, BIM consulting and modeling fees for an EPC firm isn’t the concern—it is how smartly they can generate revenue off of BIM.
GRAPHISOFT North America Partners with Black Spectacles Online Learning Resource
Black Spectacles is well known for its architecture industry online learning courses. Now GRAPHISOFT has partnered with them to provide new ARCHICAD training for the North American market.
KCC 2017: The Exhibitors in Kyoto—Innovation From Asia
We continue our Kyoto coverage of GRAPHISOFT’s Key Client Conference by looking at the many Asian software solutions being developed on the ARCHICAD platform or in support via IFC and Open BIM principles. We also look at something kind of special from HP.
GRAPHISOFT Officially Ships ARCHICAD 21—Latest BIM Software For AEC Industry
ARCHICAD 21 begins to ship in International and German-language versions this week. Other language versions coming shortly.
International Panel of Judges Announced for 2017 AEC Excellence Awards Program
Autodesk announces 2017 AEC Excellence Awards program—calls for submissions across four BIM categories.
Viewpoint: BIM Coordination Meetings from MEP Perspective—Then vs Now
AEC professionals have long valued the idea of clash detection in software systems. But quality and fruitful MEP coordination team meetings take more than just values and ideas—they take structured practices that leverage leading industry tools.
KCC 2017: Varkonyi Outlines GRAPHISOFT Future—Offers Glimpse of Nemetschek Group Strategy
Viktor Varkonyi, CEO of GRAPHISOFT, gave a thought-provoking introductory presentation in Kyoto, Japan, this week at the company’s Key Client Conference.
KCC 2017: Global Architects Convene in Kyoto for GRAPHISOFT Key Client Conference
Architosh is in Japan in Kyoto for the GRAPHISOFT 2017 Key Client Conference (KCC 2017) this week. We have a lot of reports coming up, plus a photo galleries from the event and trips around Kyoto.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Autodesk Intros New Revit 2018—Strengthens Multidiscipline Design
Autodesk releases new Autodesk Revit 2018—adds tools to strengthen multidisciplinary design, detailing to fabrication and powerful new multi-story stair tool.
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.
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.
BricsCAD V17 dot 2.03-1 Released for Windows
Latest BricsCAD update to V17 adds several new commands and features plus bug fixes.
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—Day 1 Recap: Bjarke Ingels Group Keynote, Sessions Talk and More
Architosh attended GRAPHISOFT’s 2017 biennial BIMCOM event this year in Vegas. Here is our Day 1 summary with tons of details, tidbits, and tool talk for the ARCHICAD and even non-ARCHICAD AEC professional.
Vectorworks 2017 Service Pack 3 Intros New IFC Mapping and More…
Service Pack 3 for Vectorworks 2017 includes more than just bug fixes—performance improvements are capped by new IFC mapping features.
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.
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.
Event News: Vectorworks Webinar on “Transitioning to Information Modeling Workflows”
This webinar helps participants understand how to transition from CAD workflows to information model workflows in the landscape design industries.
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.
Formerly Autodesk LIVE—Revit Live 1.7 Intros This Week
Autodesk renames product to Autodesk Revit Live—introduces new features to enhance interactive 3D experience design software offering for Revit users.
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.
Event News: More Details Emerge on GRAPHISOFT User Conference Coming to Las Vegas
Details on GRAPHISOFT’s big annual BIM conference in Las Vegas are shared. This not-to-be-missed event is aimed at all ARCHICAD and BIM users, from Canada to Mexico and beyond.
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.
ARCHICAD 20—A Deep Dive Into Its Best New Features
In this feature article Architosh takes a deeper look at the three big new features in ARCHICAD 20. Part insights, part step-by-step we dive deep into many aspects of graphic overrides, the Property Manager and what the new UI brings to UX.
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.
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.
Bentley and AGI Announce Cesium Consortium—Accelerate Virtual Globe For BIM/Infrastructure
Partnership will help accelerate developments in open-source Javascript library for world-class 3D globes and maps with the aim of infrastructure and BIM visualization.
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.
ODA Works Around Autodesk—Reverse Engineered SKD for Revit Released To Developers
Now available for licensing and production use, ODA’s Teigha BIM can bring native Revit file support to any CAD or 3D application utilizing the available software development kit.
ArchiCAD Users Get ‘Best in Class’ Integration with Solibri—New Integration
Now it is possible to utilize Solibri Model Checker (SMC) in a faster, near real-time way with the popular BIM application ArchiCAD.
Featured Video: The New OrthoGraph I System
In this featured video Architosh showcases all the capabilities and uses of the all new OrthoGraph I mobile cloud-based app for Apple iOS and Google Android mobile devices, used in conjunction with laser distance meters like the Leica DISTO D2. Learn how to streamline field dimensioning and take data straight into BIM and CAD applications.
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?
Vectorworks, Inc. Expands Software Distribution in Mexico
New distributor Tecnología Dinámica de México to sell Vectorworks locally.
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.
GRAPHISOFT’s ARCHICAD 20 Wins Digital Building Transition Award in France
GRAPHISOFT takes home top honors in French building industry awards program.
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.
BIM for Smart Layouts and Smart HVAC Products Enhance Energy Efficiency
While a Trump presidency in the United States potentially threatens the shared goals of the Paris Climate Conference agreements, architects and MEP engineers today have increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques to continue to save building energy consumption—like Smart BIM layouts and Smart HVAC products.
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.
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.
Six Years Running—ArchiCAD Wins ‘BIM Product of the Year’ Again
GRAPHISOFT has again took top prize in the BIM Product of the Year category at The Hammers.
