AI

Swapp: the algorithmic assistant

Posted by Martyn Day - November 30, 2022

This audacious AI tool automates detail design work and produces drawings

BIM

SimpleBIM: Taking back control with IFC

Posted by Martyn Day - November 30, 2022

Founded in Finland in 2009, SimpleBIM has played a key role in the rise of…

BIM

Modumate: BIM powered by Unreal Engine

Posted by Martyn Day - November 30, 2022

This start-up has built an architectural design system on top of the legendary game engine

Digital twins

Autodesk Tandem: digital twin update

Posted by Martyn Day - November 30, 2022

What’s new and upcoming with the cloud-based digital twin platform?

Software

iRhino 3D – Rhino on the iPad

Posted by Martyn Day - November 25, 2022

With a thriving ecosystem on Windows, Mac and in the cloud, Rhino has now gone…

BIM

Higharc – concept to construction

Posted by Martyn Day - October 11, 2022

Higharc is aiming to revolutionise timber frame homebuilding. Could there be lessons for other software…

BIM

Towards augmented detail design

Posted by Martyn Day - October 12, 2022

Next generation design tools will use AI to automate mundane repetitive tasks. Some will even…

Collaboration

Revizto: clash of the titan

Posted by Martyn Day - October 12, 2022

We explore the powerful new clash detection capabilities in Revizto

CAD

Autodesk links Revit to Rhino with new connector

Posted by Martyn Day - September 27, 2022

Autodesk is aiming to make it easier to share data between the popular concept modelling…

BIM

Qonic Atom IFC – ‘component-level’ BIM data sharing

Posted by Martyn Day - September 8, 2022

Qonic's 'open source’ technology supports dynamic, ‘component-level’, BIM data sharing