Fixie and AMRC to align AR with 3D printing

Fixie and AMRC to align AR with 3D printing

Firms secure £500,000 from Innovate UK to aid development of new immersive presentation technology London-based Fixie and the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have secured half a million pounds from Innovate UK to help architects...
Enscape shares future roadmap with Mac version and SDK

Enscape shares future roadmap with Mac version and SDK

Real time visualisation software developer also shares details of new integration with TestFit and plans for enhanced materials and assets Enscape has given a glimpse into the future of its real-time visualisation software. At its Envision 21 user event this week it...
From art to engineering – bringing Rigoletto to life

From art to engineering – bringing Rigoletto to life

How a team of engineers realised the artistic vision for a bold new stage design featuring a fully articulated 12 metre head of a clown for Verdi’s world famous opera The Bregenz Festival in Austria is internationally renowned for its spectacular productions held on a...
Leica delivers autonomous scanning with robots and drones

Leica delivers autonomous scanning with robots and drones

In years gone by, Leica Geosystems often appeared to be the most conservative of the point cloud technology developers. However, since the release of the BLK360 in 2016 the scanning giant has consistently surprised and innovated. Now with the launch of the Leica...
Vectorworks 2022 – the story behind the development

Vectorworks 2022 – the story behind the development

With the launch of Vectorworks 2022, Martyn Day caught up with company CEO Biplab Sarkar and CTO Steve Johnson to get their take on a range of issues, from Apple Silicon to the cloud. Nemetschek is an anomaly in the AEC space. It owns three BIM modelling companies –...
AstraZeneca: safety first with SafetiBase

AstraZeneca: safety first with SafetiBase

SafetiBase model helps to visualise risks and improve construction collaboration AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company with a major presence in the UK. Employing 6,500 people across five UK sites, the company focuses on R&D for cancer research,...