A peek into Rayon’s AI future

A peek into Rayon’s AI future

Among the many next-gen CAD tools, Rayon stands out as the only one not targeting Revit. Instead, it’s squaring off against AutoCAD in the world of drawings. Recently, the company has been showing off some forthcoming AI tools that look pretty promising, writes Martyn...
EULAs: 28 days later

EULAs: 28 days later

Last month’s cover story on the trend in EULA metastasis certainly invoked a wide range of responses. It’s quickly becoming a regular boardroom-level topic that extends way beyond our small corner of the commercial software world. Martyn Day provides an update...
Views from the AEC data lake

Views from the AEC data lake

AEC firms are starting to recognise the value they could extract from their data, if only it weren’t scattered across countless systems, formats and project contributors. The answer for many is a shift away from proprietary files in favour of cloud-based databases...
Trimble builds AI strategy around agentic AI platform

Trimble builds AI strategy around agentic AI platform

As industry giants continue to flesh out their AI strategies, Trimble’s Dimensions conference in Las Vegas earlier this month was an opportunity for the company to relay its own plans for integrating the technology with its various products and services Where is the...
AEC Magazine’s AI Spotlight Directory

AEC Magazine’s AI Spotlight Directory

At this stage in the hype cycle, there seems to be a new AI app aimed at AEC users every week. AEC Magazine’s new AI directory will help you find the AI tools aimed at your particular pain point or a specific function within the AEC concept-to-build process AI is...
NXT BLD 2026: celebrating 10 years

NXT BLD 2026: celebrating 10 years

Make a diary date for 13-14 May 2026, when we will be holding the tenth edition of NXT BLD, incorporating NXT DEV It’s hard to believe that we have successfully staged no fewer than ten NXT BLD conferences. What began life as a one-day event for 200 attendees in the...