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.

Populating Google Earth

Posted by - April 21, 2006
Google Earth gives its users access to hi-res satellite images of the entire planet. Add to this the ability to integrate 3D CAD building designs and you’ve got a pretty…
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Acrobat 3D

Posted by - February 20, 2006
Adobe has been showing increasing interest in being a key player in the design distribution and technical publications market. The company has just got very serious about 3D CAD.
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Acrobat 7 Professional

Posted by - April 5, 2005
Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format) has become an industry staple for the publishing and circulation of engineering information. Version 7 continues to expand its Engineering applicable capabilities.
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Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server

Posted by - June 5, 2005
Document control is a major issue for engineering and building firms. Adobe has come up with a system that uses the Internet to allow the authors to retain complete control…
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MyVR

Posted by - June 25, 2005
Distributing CAD models to potential customers or manufacturers has become a highly competitive market. A new solution from Norway, offers a way to distribute photorealistic ‘VR’ sessions of models over…
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Revit Structure

Posted by - August 24, 2005
The BIM concept will always remain a pipe dream, so long as the tools are unable to handle the thousands of components that make up today’s buildings. So far the…
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REVIEW: Autodesk FormIt 2018

Posted by - September 28, 2017
Conceptual design has always been the neglected child of the industry, perhaps because SketchUp is seen as all-dominating in this space. But looking at Autodesk FormIt, Martyn Day sees a…
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