Streaming digital twins into Unreal Engine with 3DFT

Bentley Systems‘ new 3DFT technology allows users to stream models from Bentley’s iTwin platform on demand, into the visually rich environment of Unreal Engine 5.0 When it comes to real-time visualisation, Bentley Systems has followed a familiar path. Much like...
Autodesk Tandem: digital twin update

Autodesk Tandem: digital twin update

Autodesk Tandem launched in 2o21, a cloud-based digital twin platform. While very much a work in progress, the launch offered some insight into the direction Autodesk is taking, as well as what might be achieved in future, using Forge components. Martyn Day reports on...

iRhino 3D – Rhino on the iPad

In the AEC sector, McNeel Associates is a familiar and much-loved brand, along with its product Rhino. With a thriving ecosystem on Windows, Mac and in the cloud, the product has now gone mobile The Apple iPad has been on a journey. It started life back in 2010 as a...
Resolve breaks down model size barriers on standalone VR headsets

Resolve breaks down model size barriers on standalone VR headsets

Collaborative design review software also adds AR capabilities through support for Meta Quest Pro Resolve, an XR-based collaborative design review tool for AEC projects, has introduced the ‘Wellington Engine’, a custom 3D engine designed to render huge BIM models with...

Trimble Construction Cloud powered by Azure launches

Construction-focused cloud platform designed to enable project teams to better design, construct, operate and manage projects Trimble has launched Trimble Construction Cloud, a new platform powered by Microsoft Azure to link project teams, data, processes and multiple...

Exyn and Trimble exploring fully autonomous surveying

Companies working on proof of concept for construction-focused solution featuring Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot Trimble and Exyn Technologies, a specialist in robotic autonomy for complex environments that can’t access GPS are exploring the use of autonomous...