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Official Google SketchUp Blog / Added now 6 hours, 52 minutes and 22 secondsPssssst. There’s something new at SketchUp.com
If you've visited SketchUp.com today, you might notice some big changes: a new release, a new website, new branding, and updated pricing and policies. With all that’s new, we decided to test everything before we officially
Steve Stafford / Revit OpEd / Added now 1 day and 12 hoursBIM is Full of Holes
I took Seth Godin's recent blog post title and plugged BIM in instead. His post said "Life is Full of Holes". His perspective and observations are always welcome and happily sometimes (often) they plug right into my own life and
Mark W. Kiker / CADDManager Blog / Added now 6 days and 3 hoursV-Ray for SketchUp Beta
Testing Beta software is always something that I encourage people to get involved in. A major upgrade to V-Ray for SketchUp (now in version 1.6) has just hit public beta. This is a free open beta that you can tap into. There
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Autodesk / AutoDesk YouTube Channel / Added now 7 hours, 19 minutes and 46 secondsOptimizing HVAC performance with Sim 360
http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-simulation-family/overview Many of your customers are demanding greater product performance and reliability, with r...
Autodesk Building Solutions / AutodeskBuilding / Added now 5 days and 2 hoursVasari Talk 29: What's New in Dynamo (Part 3)
Autodesk's Zach Kron, product owner for the Dynamo visual programming language for Revit & Vasari, demonstrates latest improvements to the Dynamo user interf...
Autodesk Building Solutions / AutodeskBuilding / Added now 5 days and 2 hoursVasari Talk 29: What's New in Dynamo (Part 2)
Autodesk's Zach Kron, product owner for the Dynamo visual programming language for Revit & Vasari, demonstrates latest improvements to the Dynamo user interf...
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Autodesk Building Solutions / AutodeskBuilding / Added now 7 hours, 22 minutes and 11 seconds5/20/13 - Autodesk® BIM 360™ Field Monday Training - Checklists 101
Check out this week's Autodesk Monday Training, where we will take a closer look at how our checklists functionality can put more structure to your existing ...
Brooke Godfrey / bagodfrey / Added now 3 days and 3 hoursSketchUp #22 - Wall Openings in a Grouped Object - Brooke Godfrey
This is a series of video tutorials for SketchUp 8.
Brooke Godfrey / bagodfrey / Added now 5 days and 2 hoursSketchUp #23 - Windows - Brooke Godfrey
This is a series of video tutorials for SketchUp 8.
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AECCafe / Added now 1 day and 4 hoursContex Expands Multifunction Product Offerings, Unveils Latest Bundles
Aggressively Priced, Best-in-Class
AECCafe / Added now 1 day and 4 hoursCASAIS Group Selects ZWCAD+ for Real Estate and Architectural Projects
GUANGZHOU, China — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 21, 2013 — ZWSOFT, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM solutions for the AEC
AECCafe / Added now 1 day and 4 hoursAutodesk Revit Server 2014 - Now available for subscription customer download
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Kenneth Wong / Desktop Engineering / Added on May 15, 2013 5:33:32 PM BSTAutodesk Partners with NetSuite to Take On ERP/PLM Integration in the Cloud
It’s no secret that Autodesk has staked its bet on the cloud as a key differentiator for its PLM 360 offering. Now the company is touting a partnership with ERP cloud provider NetSuite Inc., making closed-loop integration with
CADalyst / Added on May 1, 2013 1:42:02 AM BSTCanon Continues to Court CAD Market
Latest wide-format printers and multifunction devices are optimized for AutoCAD and more affordable than ever before. 
Don't Get Caught in the Tool Worship Trap, Part 2
In your discussions with upper management, don't get distracted by the new software's appealing features — focus on how it will impact users and processes.
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Robin Capper / RobinZ CAD Blog / Added on May 7, 2013 6:50:15 PM BSTMay, a month full of Revit & BIM events!
It’s a busy time for Revit related events. Just a reminder of those coming up this month in addition to the usual RUGAKL Meetup on Wed 15th May. Revit Technology Conference on-line registration deadlines looming & AUGI offer:
Carlos Pérez / Rhino News, etc. / Added on May 7, 2013 6:47:50 PM BSTAEC Technology Symposium NYC May 20-21
The Advanced Computational Modeling Group of Thornton Tomasetti is pleased to host a two day conference that brings together technology leaders from the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry.May 20
Carlos Pérez / Rhino News, etc. / Added on May 7, 2013 6:47:37 PM BSTRhino and VisualARQ (BIM) Training in Dubai
The goal of the workshops is to introduce participants to the robust modeling environment of Rhino and the flexible BIM tools of VisualARQ. You will acquire essentials skills to explore, rationalize, and document 3D geometric
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Gregory Arkin / Revit 3D blog / Added on May 6, 2013 6:15:21 PM BSTKlorman Construction Case Study from LAX Terminal Expansion Project
What a great combination, Trimble and VICO. Sure, design and clash detection is important, but 95% of the owner's money goes towards construction and operations. Any tool that helps speed up the workflow and process and allows
Official Google SketchUp Blog / Added on February 6, 2013 2:41:56 PM GMTSketchUp Pro Case Study: Environmental Air Systems
Environmental Air Systems (EAS) is a full service mechanical contractor based in North Carolina specializing in mechanical systems for health care, pharmaceutical, and data centers. EAS also has unique capabilities for Off-Site
Official Google SketchUp Blog / Added on November 28, 2012 2:49:42 PM GMTSketchUp Pro Case Study: Green building design with Sefaira and SketchUp Pro
This post comes to us from our friends at Sefaira. In this blog, we’ll see how Booth Hansen, a nationally recognized Architecture, Planning, and Interior Design firm, uses Sefaira Concept and the Concept plugin for SketchUp Pro
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CADalyst / Added on April 22, 2013 3:54:31 AM BSTEpson SureColor T5000
First Look Review: Superb print quality and an excellent price are highlights of company’s first wide-format printer for CAD market.
Randall S. Newton / GraphicSpeak / Added on April 3, 2013 9:57:27 PM BSTDell introduces automated workstation optimization software
The free software fine-tunes Dell Precision workstations for the product and task. Initially shipping with settings for Maya, SolidWorks, and Creo. Dell today announced Dell Precision Performance Optimizer (DPPO), software that
Randall S. Newton / GraphicSpeak / Added on April 2, 2013 6:34:49 PM BSTAutoturn 5D takes road design realism beyond realistic
By skipping from 3D to 5D, Transoft Solutions offers truer-than-life road conditions for the civil engineer. April 1, 2013: Transoft Solutions is now beta testing Autoturn 5D, a new civil engineering tool that skips 4D analysis
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Robin Capper / RobinZ CAD Blog / Added on April 22, 2013 3:53:11 AM BSTGetting Autodesk 2014 apps; a few tips
David Koch / The Architect's Desktop / Added on April 15, 2013 7:55:11 PM BSTACA 2014: Tools from the DACH Extension
Four of the more popular tools that had been available to German, Austrian and Swiss subscribers have been made available to all AutoCAD® Architecture users. The Roombook ribbon tab from ACA 2013 has been renamed Vision Tools,
David Koch / The Architect's Desktop / Added on March 27, 2013 5:48:49 PM GMTACA 2014: Property Set Defintion Auto-attach
AutoCAD® Architecture 2014 has a new feature that allows you to enable the automatic attachment of Property Set Definitions [PSDs] to objects. This setting is on a by-drawing basis, so you can have this turned on in some
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SynergisSoftware / SynergisSoftware / Added on April 2, 2013 12:23:38 AM BSTAdept's Two Web Clients
Adept Explorer is a thin, web client designed for users who need to access documents and information stored in Adept, primarily in a read-only mode. It compl...
SynergisSoftware / SynergisSoftware / Added on April 2, 2013 12:23:07 AM BSTAdept's Vault Replication with Binary Differencing
Vault Replication with Binary Differencing Vault Replication with Binary Differencing Adept Vault Replication allows multiple geographic locations to share a...
SynergisSoftware / SynergisSoftware / Added on April 2, 2013 12:22:48 AM BSTAdept's Document Control Capabilities
Managing and sharing documents in a workgroup, between departments or across remote sites using folders in Windows Explorer is difficult and prone to error. ...
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‘Investing in Training in Tough Economic Times’ White Paper
Whenever the economy goes south. Things get scary. The natural tendency is to hunker down, batten down the hatches and wait out the storm. However, tough times also represent an opportunity, especially when it comes to product
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CAD Addict / Added on March 12, 2013 1:31:28 AM GMTUK's NBS - RIBA National BIM Report 2013
The 2013 National BIM Report about UKs AEC Industry is available online.Català - Castellano - Deutsch
Just got the news via Construction Code and Stephen Hamil that the newest NBS UK National BIM Report is available for download
Bill Martin-Otto / CADCAM Performance / Added on January 15, 2013 4:02:26 PM GMT2012 CAD/CAM Performance Market Report
Are your peers approaching CAD/CAM the same way you are? How often are they updating their hardware and software? What are the key trends impacting CAD today? A few months ago, these were the questions we sought to answer with
Gregory Arkin / Revit 3D blog / Added on January 11, 2013 7:15:36 PM GMTThe IFC/COBie Report 2012 | Building Information Modelling (BIM) articles and information from NBS
OK, so we all know that the "I" in BIM is for information. There's this thing called COBie. It stands for Construction Owners Building information exchange. If that doesn't make sense to you, you just use a little plugin
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CADalyst / Added on February 26, 2013 1:16:28 AM GMTQ&A with Mike DeLacey: BIM and the Rebuilding of U.S. Infrastructure
Microdesk president discusses how technology will support efforts in the coming year to recover from weather disasters and rebuild crumbling bridges and roads.
CADalyst / Added on January 18, 2013 4:24:22 PM GMTQ&A with Rick Rundell: Technology, the Contractor, and the Future
Autodesk director says construction will become a more precise, more efficient endeavor based on "digital reality" rather than abstract geometry.
AutodeskEcoWorkshop / AutodeskEcoWorkshop / Added on August 3, 2012 1:33:52 AM BSTEdward Mazria on Sustainable Architecture
Autodesk talks with Edward Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030 about sustainability in architecture, and how it affects students
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