Review: Fujitsu Celsius W570power+
This compact workstation not only delivers the goods for 3D CAD but with a powerful GPU, architects and engineers can also take their designs into VR
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Greg Corke
After studying civil engineering and architecture at the University of Leeds Greg Corke turned his back on 'real' engineering and has been writing about technology for architects, engineers and designers ever since. He is AEC Magazine's co-founder, managing editor and resident workstation specialist and is also a bit obsessed with travel, BBQ, cooking, beer and the (often painful) pastime of supporting Arsenal.
High roller
Arup leads structural engineering of Las Vegas High Roller by integrating Bentley Systems software with a number of third-party tools including Rhino, Oasys GSA, LS-DYNA, Altair HyperMesh and Navisworks.
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Off the Grid: virtualisation
Replacing 125 workstations at six global sites with centralised virtual desktops running Revit, AutoCAD and SketchUp with Citrix and Nvidia GRID is just the beginning for Inbo Architecten.
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REVIEW: HP ZBook Studio
HP’s new ultra-portable laptop boasts a no-compromise quad core CPU but, for 3D CAD, the display needs to be carefully matched to the GPU
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Igloo enhances Shared VR Cylinder
New collaborative immersive projection space boasts a smaller footprint and allows for faster set-up and de-rig
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Keeping on track
Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation based on Bentley products enables Sweco Infrastructure team to meet the challenges of designing in parallel with production
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Review: Samsung Portable SSD T3
Fast, rugged, secure and available in capacities up to 2TB, there’s very little not to like about this compact external Solid State Drive
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Review: AMD FirePro W4300 GPU
AMD has packed a powerful mid-range GPU into a low profile graphics card. CAD users no longer have to compromise on 3D performance to have a tiny workstation
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Urban frontiers
London-based architects Paul Davis + Partners selected Stratasys’ Dimension SST 1200es 3D printer when it moved from traditional handmade models to 3D prints.
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