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Taking analysis out of the back room

Posted by - October 13, 2009
Dr Don McLean, founder and managing director of IES, has a passion for building analysis. He says, to enable sustainable designs, architects need to understand the physical impact of design…
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Information aggregation

Posted by - February 20, 2006
Continuing his theme of mapping, James Cutler, CEO, eMapSite, looks at the use of bespoke web portals that allow multiple levels of access (management team, project team, client, suppliers, sub-consultants,…
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Visualisation for architects

Posted by - February 20, 2006
With the use of VIZ Render and a few extra minutes of work on your Architectural Desktop model, anyone can produce a fairly good rendered image says CADline’s Technical Services…
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‘Backdrop’ mapping

Posted by - April 6, 2005
Continuing the theme of previous articles, James Cutler, eMapSite, aims to further demystify OS MasterMap, by explaining how to use it and why for so many commercial users new systems…
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Revit: Shared Parameters

Posted by - April 6, 2005
In the latest of a series of articles on Autodesk Revit, CADline's Paul A Woddy looks at how 'Shared Parameters' can extend the capabilities of scheduling and customised component libraries.
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Beyond, behind & above MasterMap

Posted by - June 5, 2005
Continuing his series of articles on digital mapping, James Cutler, emapSite takes a closer look at the use of imagery and aerial photography and their value to disciplines across the…
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OpenGL in Windows Vista

Posted by - October 18, 2005
Microsoft’s next operating system, Windows Vista will feature DirectX at its heart. This could have major implications for OpenGL, the graphics API behind the majority of CAD applications, says Greg…
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ADT 2006: theme of the day

Posted by - November 24, 2005
In Architectural Desktop 2006, Display Themes are used to incorporate non-graphical data in a drawing by highlighting objects that meet certain specified criteria. This feature can dramatically reduce the production…
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Information, not data

Posted by - December 1, 2005
James Cutler, CEO, eMapSite, looks at how Web services have enabled a new breed of digital geographic data supplier to play the multi-part role of data broker, data assimilation service…
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Count on Revit

Posted by - December 1, 2005
In the latest of his series of articles on Autodesk Revit, CADline's Paul Woddy looks at how Revit's powerful scheduling functionality can be extended, with the use of additional parameters,…
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