Sefaira for SketchUp

Posted by - December 1, 2013
Cloud-based energy efficiency developer Sefaira has launched a new, real-time analysis plug-in for SketchUp. AEC got a sneak peek before…

ArchiCAD 17

Posted by - July 17, 2013
Graphisoft has updated its flagship BIM modelling tool, ArchiCAD, with a host of ‘themed’ new features and enhancements. BIM lives…

Tekla Structures 19

Posted by - July 17, 2013
The latest release of Tekla’s structural BIM tool touches the entire building process from design to construction.

Trimble steps up

Posted by - July 17, 2013
The AEC design technology market has a handful of key software developers; Autodesk, Bentley and Nemetschek are the main volume…

Realising the dream

Posted by - June 2, 2009
A pilot of the pioneering IES SketchUp integration causes excitement about sustainable design at Broadway Malyan.

Design analysis & optimisation

Posted by - March 31, 2016
Formerly the preserve of specialists and engineers, software makers are bringing analysis tools to the conceptual phase of design as…

One model too many?

Posted by - March 30, 2007
A consistent, accurate, verifiable and uniform London model, accessible by all and managed by a single entity, has tremendous benefits…

Autodesk FormIT

Posted by - February 15, 2013
There are now many reasons to include tablet computers in your practice. Autodesk’s latest application is free and allows the…