July 16, 2020
This article discusses Autodesk’s expansion of Forge as the platform for all its applications and provides an overview of the AEC-specific updates provided at the Autodesk University last week, including Construction Cloud enhancements, integration of GIS and BIM, the acquisition of Innovyze, and more.
This article capture the highlights of the 2021 Summit of the Open Design Alliance, including updates on its technologies such as CAD and 3D modeling, visualization, Revit and Navisworks toolkits, IFC and OpenBIM interoperability, point cloud support, cloud-based project management, and more.
The Omniverse, showcased by NVIDIA at GTC 2021, is a 3D virtual world that can contain models created by many different people in many different applications in diverse locations. This article looks at what it is, how it works, and how it is being used by leading AEC firms like Foster + Partners and KPF.
This article discusses key topics from YII 2020, including digital twins, digital cities, Bentley’s upcoming iTwin Platform and its strategic partnership with Microsoft, and the updates to Bentley’s applications for design integration and project delivery.
Now that BIM has conquered the building industry and is here to stay, this article explores the application of the same “information modeling” concept to infrastructure.
While IPD is still more of a goal than a reality for most of the AEC industry, there are a few ground-breaking projects that are already using this new collaboration and delivery method.
Standing 92 stories tall with a total height of 300 meters (984 feet), the Eureka Tower located in Melbourne, Australia, is not only the tallest residential building in the world, it is also one of the largest projects to be designed using BIM.
Dr. Paul Teicholz, Professor (Research) Emeritus, of the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University explores the gradual decline of field productivity in the construction industry and its main causes.
