Structural

Tekla Structures gets plug-in for Farrat Thermal Break Plates

Posted by AEC Magazine - May 6, 2020

Users can now design and detail the plates that insulate connections between structural components, such…

Construction

The future of construction

Posted by Martyn Day - March 5, 2018

New design software is needed for an age in which modular buildings are built for…

Computational design

Dreaming spires – towering vision

Posted by Greg Corke - January 25, 2018

A detailed look at how Newtecnic uses technology to optimise the design, manufacture and construction…

Computational design

Tekla Structures 2019

Posted by Greg Corke - May 22, 2019

With its latest Tekla promises to make engineers more productive. Accelerated production of GAs is…

3D printing

Embracing digital fabrication

Posted by Martyn Day - May 20, 2019

It has taken almost 20 years for the building industry to adopt 3D modelling and…

Digital fabrication

The rise of the robots

Posted by Martyn Day - April 4, 2016

Martyn Day evaluates the latest projects and technologies involved in deploying robots and 3D printing…

Digital fabrication

Consulting with Digital Project

Posted by Martyn Day - September 1, 2009

Frank Gehry

Digital fabrication

NXT BLD 2019 preview – robotics meets digital fabrication

Posted by Admin - March 25, 2019

Digital fabrication

BIM for fabrication

Posted by Greg Corke - January 9, 2009

Already having a mature product in terms of its structural steel modelling capabilities, AceCad is…

Digital fabrication

Tekla PowerFab seeks to automate steel fabrication management

Posted by Greg Corke - March 7, 2019

New software combines Tekla EPM, Tekla Structures and the Trimble Connect collaboration platform