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.

Bringing Revit to life

Posted by - July 7, 2016
Last year Autodesk demonstrated a VR capability that could deliver immersive experiences from accurate Revit models. This demonstration has now become a reality
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SPAR 2010 Conference

Posted by - March 19, 2010
Laser scanning and point-cloud data will be widely used technologies in the coming years. Martyn Day visited Houston to attend the only dedicated conference to digitally capture the real world…
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ArchiCAD 11

Posted by - October 22, 2007
Many software firms claim to have invented BIM. When development work on a 2D/3D intelligent modelling system started in 1982, you might have the best claim to the title. By…
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BIM in the cloud

Posted by - May 27, 2014
While many firms wrestle with getting their BIM workgroup implementations working on desktops in an office, one company is aiming to revolutionise collaboration by moving the BIM data to the…
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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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