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SketchUp Studio Gets V-Ray Integration
SketchUp Studio is newly focused on design and visualization—coming with V-Ray rendering integration along with native point cloud support.
Worldwide CAD Market to Double by 2030
New CAD market research report says overall CAD market to double between 2019 and 2030 — details sectors, drivers, trends and opportunities.
TestFit.io — Architecture Needs a Better User Experience
Could the field of architecture offer a different kind of experience for clients? TestFit.io’s founder, a trained architect himself believes so. TestFit.io technology is enabling architects to get paid for work they use to give away for free. And the good news is architecture can get better and architects can be more valued.
Queen’s Wharf in Australia Takes Shape with Nemetschek Group Software
Open BIM AEC workflows and Nemetschek Group software power Queen’s Wharf mega project in Brisbane, Australia.
Autodesk Revit 2022 Now Available—More Open Solution for BIM
Revit 2022 is now available and offers the BIM market and its users more interoperability with other software systems and many improvements across a range of areas for multiple AEC disciplines.
BIMcollab partners with BIM6x—Focus on US Market
BIM6x becomes latest BIMcollab partner, will focus on helping professionals in the United States utilize issue management solutions.
Nemetschek Group Meets 2020 Financial Targets, More…
The Nemetschek Group has released its 2020 annual report. Details show a sturdy foundation for future growth; Bluebeam headed to cloud SaaS.
Vectorworks Gains Twinmotion and Solibri support in SP3
Vectorworks 2021 SP3 delivers big changes, offering users connections to Twinmotion, Unreal Engine, plus Solibri Director Connection, more…
BOXX Intros AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Workstation
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO powers BOXX’s first 64-core workstation in the new APEXX Everest unit aimed at the top of the market.
How Construction Firms Can Recover the Sector in 2021
Remote construction work has been especially hard on the construction sector. This article explains why and what industry leaders are saying.
Shapr3D Intros new Drawings Feature and New Packaging
Shapr3D introduces Drawings feature and new Business plan, advances itself towards MCAD heavy weight territory with more to come.
The Wild Acquires IrisVR Prospect—Unifies Top VR-AR Tools
The Wild has acquired the award-winning IrisVR Prospect VR solution for AEC and related industry professionals, merging into one company.
Epson and Spinar America Partner on Epson Moverio AR Smart Glasses
Epson Moverio AR smart glasses with Spinar America’s ‘Remote Vision’ SaaS pair with Zoom for hands-free conferencing solutions in the field.
7 Reasons Why BIM Adoption is Important for Architects
Understanding why BIM for Architects matters for project success is explored in seven key areas — helping to drive BIM adoption by architects.
Tech Soft 3D Intros 2021 HOOPS SDKs — Apple M1 Chip Support
Tech Soft 3D announces new HOOPS 2021 product line with better technologies for BIM models, large assembly models, streaming technology, plus beta support for Apple Silicon transition.
Viewpoint: Accelerated Efficiency with Data-Driven Design
Data-driven design is more efficient and more useful than model-driven design. Nemetschek’s Chief of Planning and Design Division explains why.
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.
2021 Tech Trends—CAD/3D Industry Executives Share Thoughts
2021 Tech Trends explores impacts and accelerations of both CAD/3D and larger ICT trends, with key input from CAD and 3D industry executives.
New SketchUp 2021 Offers ‘Predesign Climate Studies’ Features
A look at SketchUp 2021 and its Live Components and climate design features.
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.
Viewpoint: Saving the UK Construction Industry—the Signs of Recovery
The UK construction industry shows signs of recovery, but pandemic challenges abound, including managing on-site facilities.
SimpleMachines, Inc. debuts Mozart AI Chip—Disrupts AI Chip Landscape
SimpleMachines and its new AI chip offer exciting option in the inference market, with radical new compiler approach and TensorFlow support.
The ODA Releases Support for Apple Silicon Macs
The ODA ships SDKs for Apple Silicon Macs — offering CAD and 3D developers on the Mac platform smooth transition to next-gen Macs support.
Monograph introduces ‘Resource’ — streamlines project planning for AEC firms
Monograph is a cloud-based platform that streamlines project planning now with its new Resource features aimed at AE firms.
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.
Viewpoint: Nemetschek Group — The Power of Paradigm Shifts
The Nemetschek Group says construction (AEC) industry needs paradigm shift—offers integrated design transformative technologies.
Chaos Group—Real-Time Rendering Comes to V-Ray 5 for SketchUp
V-Ray 5 for SketchUp, with its light-weight game engine V-Ray Vision, offers creatives real-time photorealistic rendering inside SketchUp.
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
Product Review: Autodesk AutoCAD for Mac 2021
Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2021 this year gained big speed gains and a fully deployed AutoCAD Core Engine treatment for its iOS app version. In this review, we take a look at the Mac version for 2021 and go through its new features.
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Macs with M1 Chip
Apple delivers M1 processor as first Apple Silicon for a new generation of ground-breaking, next-generation computers.
Lenovo Now Reseller of Varjo VR/MR Headsets
Lenovo and Varjo team up deepening their collaborations — with Lenovo becoming a Varjo reseller and offering more workstations with VR/MR support clarified.
From Mountain Top to Watering Hole — The Design Work of Rosan Bosch Studio
A world-leader in how design can affect behavior, especially in learning situations, shares details about their process, methods, and tools of the trade.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maxon Receives $200,000 Epic MegaGrant by Epic Games
Maxon gains Epic MegaGrant to help fund ongoing improvements to the integration between Unreal Engine and Maxon’s award-winning 3D animation software, Cinema 4D.
Maxon Announces Cinema 4D Release 23
Cinema 4D R23 is Maxon’s flagship produce — offers enhancements to animation, character and UV workflows, and Magic Bullet Looks integration.
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.
Bluebeam Revu 20 Launched—Streamlines Remote Project Collaboration
Revu 20 empowers real-time collaboration across project partners working worldwide, while offering new data server for Australia market.
Apple’s Threat to Epic Will Hurt Mac Pros in AEC
Apple can hurt Epic but in the process, they will hurt the Mac pro-market by cutting off access to iOS and macOS developer tools for Unreal Engine apps.
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.
Generative Design in Revit Powers Speed for Stamhuis
Dynamo automation helps Stamhuis—a leading retailer in Europe—build customized, powerful, and efficient Revit workflows, improving BIM and project delivery.
BIM is Central to Vectorworks’ Growth Strategy—Upcoming Technologies Revealed
Vectorworks is treating its BIM/CAD platform like an “OS” for design while building out features for ever-sharper market advantages in specific industry verticals.
Enscape’s new 2.8 version—teams with BIM Track
Enscape 2.8 improves BIM industry collaboration via BIM Tracker partnership, plus several new visualization and collaboration improvements.
Epic Games Obtains Strategic Investment from Sony
Sony has made a sizeable investment in Epic and this will enable the advancement of Unreal Engine technology and the upcoming Unreal Engine 5.
Product Review: Twinmotion 2020
Architosh reviews Epic’s Twinmotion 2020, a leading real-time interactive photorealistic rendering application for AEC and design markets.
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.
Bentley’s ProjectWise 365 Has Gone SaaS—Brings Broad Market and Platform Appeal to AECO Industry
The future of Bentley’s ProjectWise 365 looks bright—technical advances, standards adoption, and carry-over from traditional ProjectWise customers all suggest good things for Bentley.
The Future: Apple Moving to ARM-based Macs in 2021
Apple is poised to make the move to custom design processors for its Macs and will tap its elite experience in ARM-based chip design to empower Mac computers to go places it deems it cannot get to by sticking with Intel.
Building Together Digital Event—Features World’s 2nd Tallest Structure
We take a look into themes shown in the upcoming Graphisoft Building Together digital global event and tie-in some analysis and commentary from what we heard a year ago at Graphisoft’s last major event in the US.
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.
CAD News: IMSI Design Releases New DesignCAD 2020—New SketchUp 2020 Support
New DesignCAD 2020 product line features new SketchUp 2020 and AutoCAD 2020 compatibility among several other important improvements.