Structural

SCIA Engineer 21

Posted by AEC Magazine - May 10, 2021

A brand new UI for the Nemetschek-owned structural design and analysis software

Visualisation

3D graphics in Revit to be ‘radically improved’

Posted by Greg Corke - April 21, 2021

New One Graphics System (OGS) will boost viewport performance and add GPU ray tracing

Visualisation

AI generates 3D objects for viz from a single image

Posted by Greg Corke - April 16, 2021

Nvidia GANverse3D uses machine learning to generate fully textured realistic 3D meshes

Digital fabrication

Strucsoft – linking Revit to fabrication

Posted by Martyn Day - March 22, 2021

Strucsoft extends Revit’s capabilities to driving fabrication through timber/steel and more

Computational design

Testfit.io: optimised building modelling

Posted by Martyn Day - March 22, 2021

In CAD, the computer hardly aids the design, but Testfit.io has a different take on…

Simulation

MassMotion: pedestrian simulation during Covid-19

Posted by Martyn Day - March 18, 2021

With the ongoing pandemic, crowd / pedestrian simulation software has really come in to its…

BIM

BIM consultant rants at Revit versions and release cycles

Posted by Martyn Day - March 4, 2021

Vlog complains about how version incompatibility impacts projects + the lack of updates

Visualisation

Enscape 3.0 review

Posted by Greg Corke - March 4, 2021

The new release of the popular real time visualisation tool is 100% focused on usability

CAD

The Rhino 7 interview: SubD + Rhino.Inside.Revit

Posted by AEC Magazine - February 1, 2021

We find out more about what is probably the most feature rich update in Rhino's…

BIM

Gräbert targets BIM documentation

Posted by Martyn Day - February 1, 2021

As development of AutoCAD stagnates, competitors such as Gräbert are sensing an opportunity to improve…