Geospatial

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

Concept Design

Advanced feasibility tool MetricMonkey.io launches

Posted by Martyn Day - April 23, 2021

MetricMonkey.io is a feasibility tool designed for each step of the early design process

Reality modelling

NavVis IVION reality capture platform launches

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 22, 2021

Transforms point clouds of buildings and assets into web-based ‘intelligent spaces’

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

Visualisation

Nvidia Omniverse Enterprise collaboration platform launches

Posted by Greg Corke - April 12, 2021

Signature architects among early adopters of viz-focused real time collaboration platform

Digital twins

Bentley acquires mobility simulation specialist Inro

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 15, 2021

Dynamic multimodal simulation data will be fed into ‘mobility digital twins’

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

Reality modelling

Faro Freestyle 2 handheld scanner for construction

Posted by Martyn Day - April 19, 2021

FARO introduces the portable Freestyle 2 Handheld Scanner for on site reality capture

Reality modelling

Scan to Mesh added to Autodesk ReCap Pro 2022

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 15, 2021

3D scanning software can now turn a point cloud into a textured 3D mesh

Visualisation

Cinema 4D S24 announced by Maxon

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 14, 2021

Subscription-only release boasts key workflow enhancements and peek at new core