Concept Design

Autodesk FormIT

Posted by Martyn Day - February 15, 2013

There are now many reasons to include tablet computers in your practice. Autodesk’s latest application…

Computational design

Hypar.io – design by algorithms

Posted by Admin - February 21, 2019

With the advent of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, computers are on the cusp of…

Civil engineering

Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012

Posted by Greg Corke - January 30, 2012

Autodesk’s new conceptual design tool enables planners and engineers to consider geospatial, civil and architectural…

CAD

Review: CADfix PPS

Posted by Al Dean - September 21, 2018

With a reputation for solving the most challenging 3D geometry wrangling problems, ITI takes on…

Visualisation

Review: V-Ray for Rhino 3.6

Posted by Admin - September 24, 2018

Has the Chaos Group created the ultimate photorealistic renderer for McNeel’s 3D modelling Swiss Army…

Visualisation

PREVIEW: V-Ray NEXT for 3ds Max

Posted by Admin - May 17, 2018

The latest version of the popular design viz renderer uses scene analysis to optimise rendering…

Structural

Review: Tekla Structures 2018

Posted by Greg Corke - May 15, 2018

Trimble brings its structural BIM tool up to date with new workflows for complex modelling…

Visualisation

Review: CL3VER 3D

Posted by Greg Corke - November 30, 2017

A new browser-based tool for presentations and collaborative design review that places a big emphasis…

Concept Design

REVIEW: Autodesk FormIt 2018

Posted by Martyn Day - September 28, 2017

Conceptual design has always been the neglected child of the industry, perhaps because SketchUp is…

Collaboration

PREVIEW: Excitech DOCS

Posted by Martyn Day - September 22, 2017

While BIM adopters typically take a model-centric approach to design, collaboration is all about document…