May 17, 2023
This article provides an overview of the 2023 SpeckleCon conference, which showcased the latest technology developments of the open-source Speckle platform, including a brand-new Automate tool for automating repetitive tasks in AEC. It also shows how Speckle is a radically different AEC technology.
This article provides an overview of the main Graphisoft 2023 product updates including design options and distance guides in Archicad, issue management and interactive labels in BIMx, enhanced security options in BIMcloud, and several MEP design enhancements in DDScad.
This article captures the developments from NVIDIA, the industry leader in computer graphics, in the area generative AI and its integration with NVIDIA’s own Omniverse technology, which is relevant to all industries using 3D graphics, including AEC.
This article provides an overview of some of the technology products exhibited at the AIA 2023 conference last week, including new tools like Skema, Snaptrude, Autodesk Forma, and CodeComply.AI, as well as feature enhancements to established tools like SketchUp, Enscape, and Archicad.
This article explores the cutting-edge AEC technology applications developed by CORE Studio, a dedicated software development group at Thornton Tomasetti. The applications including Konstru, Swarm, Asterisk, Trace, and many more for design, analysis, collaboration and visualization.
Layer is a new AEC application that was launched close to six months ago to address what seems to be an obvious need in the industry—organizing and integrating the vast amount of disparate data that is typically collected on site during the retrofit or construction of a building project.
Fender Katsalidis describes the implementation of AEC technology on the “Merdeka 118” project, a 118-storey, mega-tall skyscraper under construction in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Upon completion, it will become the tallest building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, and the second-tallest building in the world.
This article describes the research that was conducted by a team at the Technical University of Denmark to study the impact of COVID-19 on the passenger flow in the Copenhagen Metro, using passenger flow data and station floorplan drawings as well as Bentley Legion software for simulation of pedestrian flow.
