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.

MicroStation V8 XM overview

Posted by - August 23, 2006
While MicroStation was almost totally re-architected in the V8 release, with Bentley adding considerable new functionality and a powerful new file format, the graphics engine had yet to be replaced…
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Cymap 2013

Posted by - August 6, 2012
AEC Magazine takes a look at the latest Building Services application from CADline and finds one of the most focussed UK compliance tools on the market.
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Faro Focus3D

Posted by - December 5, 2010
In the world of laser scanning there have been four certainties; laser scanners are big, heavy, complicated to use and very expensive. Florida-based manufacturer Faro has just unleashed a revolutionary…
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Revit server

Posted by - December 5, 2010
Autodesk has recently launched its mid-release Subscription Advantage packs, which provide extra functionality for subscribers. This month Revit gets a powerful new way for groups to work.
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AECOsim Building Designer

Posted by - May 30, 2012
Over the years, Bentley's building solutions have undergone a number of rebrandings; TriForma, Bentley Architecture and now AECOsim. However, the foundation platform, MicroStation has remained consistent. AEC Magazine examines the…
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ArchiCAD 16

Posted by - July 20, 2012
AEC Magazine looks at the new modelling enhancements, improved component database and drive towards open standards in Graphisoft’s popular Building Information Modelling (BIM) platform, ArchiCAD.
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Bentley BE Forum, Prague

Posted by - June 28, 2006
Bentley Systems recently held a major user event in the Czech Republic to launch the long awaited MicroStation V8 XM, unveil ProjectWise StartPoint for entry-level collaboration and announce major enhancements…
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