Contract killers: how EULAs are shifting power from users to shareholders
Most architects and engineers never read the fine print of software licences. But today’s End User Licence Agreements (EULAs) and Terms of Use reach far beyond stating your installation rights. Software vendors are using them to have rights over your designs and...
Autodesk shows its AI hand
Autodesk’s AI story has matured. While past Autodesk University events focused on promises and prototypes, this year Autodesk showcased live, production-ready tools, giving customers a clear view of how AI could soon reshape workflows across design and engineering,...
Autodesk Forma Building Design and Revit Connected client
Forma is finally expanding beyond its early-stage design roots with a brand-new product focused on detailed design plus enhanced connectivity with Revit via the cloud, writes Greg Corke Ever since Autodesk launched Forma in 2023, several questions have repeatedly come...
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BIM News Worldwide
Enscape Impact launches in beta
New add-on designed to integrate real-time rendering with building performance analysis Chaos has introduced Enscape Impact (beta), a real-time energy modelling add-on for Enscape 4.1, the latest release of its BIM-focused visualisation software. Developed in...
Intel launches Sapphire Rapids workstation CPU refresh
Intel Xeon W-2500 and Intel Xeon W-3500 Series deliver small bump in cores, base frequency, cache and power Intel has ‘refreshed’ its Sapphire Rapids workstation processors with the launch of the Intel Xeon W-2500 and Intel Xeon W-3500 Series. While these new chips...
EvolveLab: bringing AI to architecture
With Veras, EvolveLab was the first software firm to apply AI image generation to BIM. Martyn Day talked with company CEO, Bill Allen, on the latest AI tools in development, including an AI assistant to automate drawings Nothing has shown the potential for AI in...
AI tool taps into knowledge held within PDF CAD drawings
Civils.ai uses machine learning algorithm to ‘understand’ geometry, labels and details Civils.ai, which uses machine learning to help civil and geotechnical engineers access and organise company data and knowledge, can now ‘understand’ and act on data held within PDF...
Egnyte launches Generative AI Copilot
Features of collaboration platform assistant include summarisation, knowledge base Q&A, and transcription Egnyte, a collaboration platform for a range of industries including AEC, has launched Egnyte Copilot, an AI-driven assistant designed to accelerate and...
cove.tool unveils Vitras.ai
AI-powered platform said to transform architectural and design workflows Cove.Tools has launched Vitras.AI, a new platform for architects that uses AI to automate complex and time-consuming tasks, generate key reports and provide ‘data-driven insights’. At launch, the...
Connecting architecture to fabrication
The chasm between architectural and fabrication design software creates challenges for firms wishing to go beyond the boundaries of traditional documentation. Martyn Day looks at how three pioneering firms — SHoP Architects, Bouygues Construction and WSP — are...
Autodesk’s granular data strategy
Autodesk’s new AEC data model API marks the beginning of the transition from monolithic files, such as Revit RVT, to granular object data to open up new opportunities for sharing information and greater insight into projects. Martyn Day explores what this might mean...
AEC Magazine July / August 2024 Edition
In our July / August 2024 edition of AEC Magazine we explore the increasing connection between architecture and fabrication, put the spotlight on AI in AEC, plus plenty more on data management, reality modelling, and VR. It’s available to view now, free, along with...