Martyn Day

Martyn Day is AEC Magazine’s co-founder and consulting editor and has been writing about design and the business of CAD for close to 30 years. Everyone knows Martyn. He’s always the one asking the CAD software company CEOs the difficult questions. And the one carrying 17 different tech devices in his backpack.

MassMotion

Posted by - May 27, 2014
AEC catches up with the latest updates to Oasys’ MassMotion software, which provides crowd flow simulation for buildings, transport and public spaces.
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Architectural Research

Posted by - August 27, 2007
As part of its yearly BE event, Bentley holds a full day of seminars demonstrating how computer aided design and manufacturing technology is being used by the more adventurous practices…
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Sefaira for SketchUp

Posted by - December 1, 2013
Cloud-based energy efficiency developer Sefaira has launched a new, real-time analysis plug-in for SketchUp. AEC got a sneak peek before the official launch.
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ArchiCAD 17

Posted by - July 17, 2013
Graphisoft has updated its flagship BIM modelling tool, ArchiCAD, with a host of ‘themed’ new features and enhancements. BIM lives in the details.
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Trimble steps up

Posted by - July 17, 2013
The AEC design technology market has a handful of key software developers; Autodesk, Bentley and Nemetschek are the main volume players. However since the mid 2000s Trimble, best known as…
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Autodesk in transition

Posted by - May 9, 2013
Autodesk is firmly in the groove of yearly updates, with mid-cycle additional features for those with subscription. However, all is not as it seems.
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