Aligning real and virtual construction
From drone-gathered site data to augmented reality (AR), advanced technologies are bringing new perspectives on real-world environments and works in…
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CAD’s next frontier
Martyn Day reports on the latest developments in computational and generative design and examines how Autodesk is ramping up development
NEWS: BIM tools to get direct access to Revit data
New Open Design Alliance (ODA) toolkit will allow other BIM tools to read and write data in the Autodesk Revit…
NEWS: Autodesk and Trimble sign interoperability agreement
Leading AEC software firms will share APIs and developer tools to help improve file compatibility.
Prized assets
A closer look at the role of engineering software in the design of two winning projects from the 2015 Institution…
Visualisation’s great leap forward
The combination of hardware-accelerated rendering, new methods of processing visualisations as 3D models, and the arrival of real-time rendering open…
Model viewing, collaboration and checking
In the good old days, collaboration was a floppy disk with a DWG file on it. Things have come a…
Design analysis & optimisation
Formerly the preserve of specialists and engineers, software makers are bringing analysis tools to the conceptual phase of design as…
The new world of rapid site design
From laser scanners and drones to the cloud and ‘optioneering’ it has never been easier to capture exisiting site conditions…
