Structural engineering

Station to station: delivering the Luton DART

Posted by AEC Magazine - May 5, 2021

Streamlining the modelling of the stations for Luton Airport’s new light rail link

BIM

Bentley Systems goes big on education

Posted by AEC Magazine - May 5, 2021

Bentley Education Program gives students and educators free access to learning licenses

BIM

Trimble integrates Chaos V-Ray into SketchUp Studio

Posted by Martyn Day - April 27, 2021

Trimble adds Chaos Group’s photorealistic rendering capability to SketchUp Studio

GIS

Plex-Earth expands to BricsCAD with satellite and aerial imagery

Posted by Martyn Day - April 25, 2021

Plex-Earth expands to support BricsCAD with high-quality imagery and terrain data

VR/MR

Unity Reflect Review and Unity Reflect Develop launch

Posted by Greg Corke - April 23, 2021

Real-time AEC software gets new capabilities for collaborative design/review on any device

BIM

Open Design Alliance updates Open IFC Viewer

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 22, 2021

Free viewer gets measurements, PDF publishing  anti-aliasing and more

Construction

Cadventure to train teachers for ‘Class of your Own’

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 21, 2021

Cadventure will develop Bentley Systems software skills training

Visualisation

3D graphics in Revit to be ‘radically improved’

Posted by Greg Corke - April 21, 2021

New One Graphics System (OGS) will boost viewport performance and add GPU ray tracing

Digital fabrication

Graitec acquires Strucsoft Solutions

Posted by Martyn Day - April 13, 2021

Framing and DfMA developer will reinforce Graitec’s 'Create – Simulate – Fabricate – Manage' strategy

BIM

Solibri signs long term deals with major AEC firms

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 9, 2021

Solibri Enterprise agreements include unlimited access to BIM quality assurance software