Taking analysis out of the back room Posted by AEC - October 13, 2009 Dr Don McLean, founder and managing director of IES, has a passion for building analysis. He says, to enable sustainable…
Grand designs: digital cities Posted by Martyn Day - September 14, 2009 There is a widespread industry move to adopt Building Information Modelling and intelligent 3D design. But, if the advantages are…
The lie of the land Posted by Greg Corke - September 14, 2009 Greg Corke reports on a new 3D dataset from the creators of NextMap Britain that has the potential to bring…
Realising the dream Posted by AEC - June 2, 2009 A pilot of the pioneering IES SketchUp integration causes excitement about sustainable design at Broadway Malyan.
SmartGeometry 09 Posted by Martyn Day - June 2, 2009 Generative design is an application of parametric modelling technology that has quickly swept through the design schools and high-end architectural…
The changing face of design viz Posted by AEC - April 27, 2009 Chris Hobbs, AEC application manager at CADline Ltd, discusses the evolution of 3D visualisation and why considering the ‘bigger picture’…
AutoCAD 2010 releases Posted by AEC - April 26, 2009 It is that time of year again when Autodesk retires an old version of AutoCAD and introduces a new generation.…
Autodesk NavisWorks Posted by Martyn Day - December 14, 2008 If you need to share, review, interrogate and publish multi-disciplinary 3D representations of a design in a single building model,…
An impressive design future Posted by AEC - December 14, 2008 As design visualisation becomes an increasingly important part of the overall design process we expect to see some impressive things…
Keith Bentley on MicroStation V8i Posted by AEC - December 14, 2008 Bentley has just released the latest version of its flagship product, MicroStation, along with a comprehensive portfolio of applications for…