AEC Magazine - Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Architecture, Engineering and Construction

Epic Games acquires Twinmotion viz tool for architects, then gives it away

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 13 May 2019

Epic Games targets users of BIM software, especially Revit and ArchiCAD, with Unreal Engine-powered Twinmotion.

Allplan updates BIM solution for bridge construction

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 17 May 2019

Allplan Bridge 2019-1 features 4D construction process planning and ‘effortless positioning’ of standardised and repetitive profiles

Elecosoft enhances construction planning tool Powerproject

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 17 May 2019

Powerproject XV features new UI, schedule checking and more realistic real-time project simulations

Virtual learning

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 16 May 2019

Paul Tallon, design and visualisation Manager at the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre (3M BIC) in Huddersfield, talks us through the process of building a virtual, to-scale version of the University of Huddersfield’s campus using ever-evolving 3D technology and drone data

AEC hackathon

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 16 May 2019

Randall Newton reports from the recent Hackathon event in Seattle, which aims to get people from various AEC disciplines together to think about new technologies in new ways

Design-build specialist Southland adopts cloud workstations

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 14 May 2019

Firm increases ‘flexibility, productivity and scalability’ using Workspot Cloud Workstations delivered through Microsoft Azure

Autodesk adds construction cost management to BIM 360

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 13 May 2019

New module designed to help contractors manage budgets and supplier contracts, and streamline change order workflows

ISG transforms scan-to-BIM workflows with Pointfuse

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 13 May 2019

Laser scanning software reduces time spent processing point cloud data from days to hours

The Wild adds new features to improve collaboration

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 10 May 2019

Speech-to-text comment tool and sketch annotation now available for VR-based design review tool

Solibri extends reach of BIM quality assurance

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 10 May 2019

New Solibri product family offers tailored tools for different roles, from BIM manager to site manager

Symmetry version 1.2 brings teams together in VR – literally

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 10 May 2019

The latest release of the AEC-focused VR tool can instantly gather collaborators together in the same position

Autodesk BIM 360 hooked into VR

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 04 May 2019

Insite VR integration allows users of the construction management platform to host group model review in VR

First look review: Dell Precision 3540

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 01 May 2019

Greg Corke gets hands on with Dell’s new budget mobile workstation, which looks like a great machine for entry-level 3D CAD

Review: HP Z2 Mini G4

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 27 March 2019

With a high frequency 6-core Intel Xeon CPU and several GPU options, HP’s updated micro workstation is a great alternative to a standard CAD desktop, writes Greg Corke

ISO 19650: going global part II

Details: Category: Comment; Published: 27 March 2019

In the second and final installment of this article on ISO 19650, Rebecca De Cicco explains why the UK is benefiting most from the practical application of the new standard

Keeping up appearances

Details: Category: Case Studies; Published: 26 March 2019

How advanced structural software made a difference on a London re-development where the facade needed to be retained while the internal structure was replaced

Going underground

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 26 March 2019

Bentley Systems is developing new software that merges the engineering worlds of structural and geotechnical, from design all the way through to operations

BIM: designing for safe and smart maintenance

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 25 March 2019

By using BIM, it’s much easier to get people thinking about the maintainability of buildings, write Mike Ford and Dr Nick Bell

NXT BLD 2019 preview - robotics meets digital fabrication

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 25 March 2019

From autonomous robots from Boston Dynamics to highly optimised digital fabrication and robotic construction, NXT BLD 2019 is shaping up to be our best event yet

Design viz: Polytechnical

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 25 March 2019

Hrvoje Cop of Polymachine shares details of four recent projects, focusing on composition, visual accuracy and the benefits of keeping everything in 3D