Geo whiz: Bentley acquires Cesium
In mid-September, out of the blue, Bentley Systems announced it had acquired Cesium, an industry cherished 3D geospatial platform with an ecosystem of open standards, including Cesium.JS and 3D Tile technology. Martyn Day talked with Patrick Cozzi, previously of...
Interview: Vectorworks CEO
For the 2025 release of Vectorworks, we caught up with company CEO, Biplab Sarkar, to talk new features, moving from file to cloud databases, auto-drawings AR, openness in BIM and, of course, AI AEC Magazine: How would you define the overarching theme for the 2025...
Laiout enhances automated floor planning software
Web-based software now includes 100+ high-detail furniture blocks, AI-powered rendering and integrated engineering tools. Laiout has added several new features to its ‘fully automated’ floor planning solution, which uses proprietary algorithms and generative design to...
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Epic Games launches limited beta of RealityScan for iOS
Photogrammetry software turns smartphone photos into ‘high-fidelity 3D models’ Epic Games has released a limited beta of a free 3D scanning app that turns smartphone photos into high-fidelity 3D models. The RealityScan app, developed in collaboration with Capturing...
What graphics card should I specify for my Revit workstation?
Paul Grimston, Revit Specialist, gives his recommendations The graphics card might go by many names – GPU, video card or display adapter – but it’s basically the device that generates what we see on the screen of a computer. With all the 3D models, renderings, games,...
March / April 2022 edition out now
We have some incredible stories in the latest edition of AEC Magazine, available to view now, free, along with all of our back issues. Subscribe here to the digital edition free, or take out a print subscription for $49 per year (free to UK AEC professionals). We look...
Designing a electric hypercar campus for Rimac
Croatia’s Mate Rimac is often described as ‘Europe’s Elon Musk’. In just ten years, he has quickly risen to the forefront of electric hypercar design and battery production, even acquiring Bugatti. 3LHD architects was engaged to design Rimac Automobili’s futuristic...
Snaptrude – conceptual to design development
This BIM start-up comes from India and attracted funding while CEO Altaf Ganihar was still an undergraduate. Martyn Day had an early demo during lockdown in 2020, and it’s now commercially available When Snaptrude founder Altaf Ganihar was studying at university, he...
HOK: navigating the metaverse for architects
Design and technology leaders at HOK share their thoughts on the metaverse, and the role that architects and designers can play in shaping this exciting new immersive world Is it an overhyped buzzword co- opted from a 1990s sci-fi novel or a multi-trillion-dollar...
Patrik Schumacher, ZHA: the metaverse opportunity
Patrik Schumacher, head of Zaha Hadid Architects, on the metaverse as an opportunity for architects and the integration of real and virtual communication spaces Zaha Hadid Architects – which was founded by Zaha Hadid, the 2004 Pritzker Prize Winner and one of the most...
Intel Core i9-12900KS looks to be fastest for CAD
Special edition CPU should excel in single threaded workflows like CAD and BIM The Intel Core i9-12900KS, a special edition of the 12th Gen Intel Core ‘Alder Lake’ family of desktop CPUs, has launched. With frequencies of up to 5.5 GHz on up to two of its...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in construction
With the explosion of terms like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in construction, AEC Magazine caught up with Senthil Kumar, CTO and head of AI at start-up Slate.ai to discuss how the technology can assist the complexity in the building industry...