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.

ADT Toolbox V2

Posted by - November 21, 2003
Just under 18 months ago, CADlogic launched a new product to help make Architectural Desktop more accessible and relevant to the UK architectural community. Greg Corke reports on a new…
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SketchUp 3.0

Posted by - November 21, 2003
If you’re looking for a conceptual design/modeling solution, they don’t come much easier to use than SketchUp. @Last Software has just released Version 3, which sees some great new additions…
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Autodesk Civils

Posted by - October 21, 2004
This month saw Autodesk release the first version of its AutoCAD-based Civil 3D 2005. Facing established competition, it seems Autodesk knew it had to bring a mature product to market.
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Structural integration

Posted by - December 21, 2004
AceCad has been at the forefront of steel fabrication software development for many years with StruCad, and since its purchase of Leeds-based GoData four years ago, has been looking to…
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Piranesi 4

Posted by - December 21, 2004
It’s been two years since the last release of Piranesi, the non-photorealistic rendering solution from Informatix. Since then the Cambridge-based developer has also released a Mac version and with Version…
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Revit 7

Posted by - December 21, 2004
Just as we were going to press, Autodesk announced the release of Revit 7. Here we outline the new and enhanced features of Autodesk’s innovative Building Information Modelling (BIM) system.
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Aladdin’s CAVE

Posted by - June 28, 2018
Bentley Systems and Fulcro recently installed a BIM CAVE at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London to help educate current engineers in the latest collaborative technology as well as…
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Review: Lenovo ThinkPad P52s

Posted by - May 14, 2018
Lenovo’s updated slimline mobile workstation features an enhanced Quadro GPU and a quad core CPU. It may not have the performance or good looks of its peers but it wins…
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