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.

The Bass effect

Posted by - April 9, 2012
Under the tutelage of CEO Carl Bass, Autodesk, the world’s largest CAD software provider, has gone from a one-trick pony to a multi-platform, multi-industry specialist. At the company’s 2013 product…
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Autodesk Cloud

Posted by - January 30, 2012
Last September Autodesk announced the launch of its cloud-based services, offering free features and additional benefits for subscription customers.
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Bentley: Civil engineering and design

Posted by - December 8, 2005
AEC hasn't covered Bentley Systems' civil engineering products for a while, so Martyn Day caught up with Gregg Herrin, Global Marketing Director, Civil, to discuss the company's 'somewhat overcrowded' civils…
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CadFaster for iPad

Posted by - October 3, 2011
Having access to CAD models on a laptop is a business necessity. If you are truly mobile then you will need them on your Apple iPad and preferably be able…
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COFES 2005

Posted by - June 6, 2005
Each year in the desert of Arizona, the Computer Aided Design community gathers to talk about the future of engineering software at Cyon Research's unique event. Martyn Day was in…
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McNeel

Posted by - July 1, 2008
While many big CAD vendors wielding hefty corporate marketing budgets have come and gone in the past 20 years, small developer Robert McNeel & Associates has managed to carve out…
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Graphisoft ArchiCAD 15 p2

Posted by - October 1, 2011
Last issue AEC reviewed the new renovation tools in the latest release of ArchiCAD from Graphisoft. This month we conclude the review, highlighting the other functional improvements to the popular…
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