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Sep 22, 2024 · Model at the heart of a collaborative presentation at NXT DEV 2024, which showcased the development of a school project from concept to drawings, joined together by new software tools: Skema, Snaptrude, Augmenta, Gräbert, with Esri GIS (see presentation here)For architects, a narrower and deeper focus should lead to more valuable solutions that support higher fees and greater client demand.

Dec 3, 2024 · 3. Workflow Integration: Not all GD tools integrate smoothly with existing software ecosystems, which can create friction. Users often rely on a core suite of tools, and if a GD solution disrupts these workflows, it may slow productivity. Ensuring compatibility and ease of integration with a company’s preferred BIM authoring software is crucial for broader adoption.

Oct 26, 2024 · The Autodesk AI brand debuted in Las Vegas last year at Autodesk University, but the launch lacked any real substance. Despite a flashy logo there were no significant new AI capabilities to back it up. The event seemed more like a signal of Autodesk’s intent to add greater focus on AI in the future — building on its past achievements.

Nov 12, 2024 · Trimble gave attendees of its annual Trimble Dimensions user conference an inside look at the company’s latest initiatives to incorporate AI into AEC workflows, including visualisation, reality capture, project management and takeoff.. SketchUp Diffusion [Labs] For reality capture, Trimble is using AI to help process data more efficiently with automatic point cloud segmentation ...

Dec 3, 2024 · AEC Magazine: Why did you start with electrical? Iorio: Electrical is actually the hardest from a technical perspective. It may be easier in the sense that electricity doesn’t fight gravity like water but other than that, from a purely computational geometric perspective, it’s by far the hardest because electrical systems are made from conduits.

Dec 3, 2024 · Finch Basic. Finch Basic costs €49 per month and is aimed at those looking to use AI to generate residential designs based on their specified mix, resulting in thousands of iterations meeting the apartment mix and circulation requirements.

Sep 22, 2024 · The story so far. At AEC Magazine’s NXT DEV event, an industry figure who will go unnamed described Revit as “1970s thinking delivered in 1980s coding.”With many mature users demanding more updates and renewed software architecture, Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost stated there was to be no next generation of Revit, or in his words, “no faster horse”.

Jan 7, 2025 · Nvidia also introduced GeForce RTX 50 Series laptop GPUs, which will launch in Spring 2025. Features include new Max-Q technologies such as Advanced Power Gating, Low Latency Sleep, and Accelerated Frequency Switching which, according to Nvidia, increases battery life by up to 40%, compared to the previous generation.

Jul 25, 2024 · Open or walled garden? In recent times, Autodesk has been making a lot of noise about being open and being a better open citizen. It has licensed the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) tool kit from the Open Design Alliance (ODA), the most used IFC creation tools, it has created export services on the cloud to translate between different applications, and signed multiple interoperability deals ...