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The inaugural US Revit Technology Conference, known as RTC for short, was held in the Huntington Beach area of Los Angeles a few weeks ago. The RTC actually originated in Australia in 2005 as an expanded Revit user group meeting, and has grown into a full-fledged conference that continues to be held annually in Australia. The RTC 2011 event in Los Angeles attracted about 300 attendees and several exhibitors. This article provides an overview of the RTC and describes in detail some of the key sessions that were presented, including the keynote address by Autodesk CEO Carl Bass and an inside look at Revit by one of its earliest developers.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/feature/2011/RTC2011_US.html
This follow-up article captures other technology updates and highlights from the AIA 2011 Expo, including a closer look at AutoCAD 2012, other updates from Bentley including a revamped BIM offering, the newly released ArchiCAD 15 from Graphisoft, the openBIM initiative from Vectorworks, the entry of Dassault Systemes in the AEC industry, various third-party BIM add-ons, updates in Axium’s Ajera solution for project management and accounting as well as in the AIA Contract Documents software, the launch of HP’s web-connected large-format printers for design professionals, SketchUp 8 from Google and the growing number of SketchUp third-party rendering plug-ins, and various other new technology solutions.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/newsletter/2011/issue_52.html
The annual AIA 2011 Convention and Expo, which was held last week in New Orleans, was of special interest this year because it had Thomas Friedman, the celebrated New York Times syndicated columnist and author, as the keynote speaker on the opening day. The theme of this year’s convention was sustainability, and Friedman had several insights to offer on this topic, culled from his extensive and global experience of researching and writing about a vast range of issues including government, politics, technology, society, culture, and so on. In fact, he was able to provide a very useful, high-level perspective on issues that we typically do not hear or think about, and I found his talk extremely insightful and refreshingly different. He was also a terrific speaker, which lent added impact and dynamism to his presentation. This article, the first of two on the 2011 AIA Convention, captures the key points of his presentation and the sustainability-related technological developments that emerged from the show.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/newsletter/2011/issue_51.html
This article captures the highlights of the AEC Technology Day that Autodesk hosted for media professionals at its AEC headquarters in Waltham earlier this month. It includes additional details that were shared about the 2012 building design and infrastructure applications, new initiatives such as BIM 360 and Vault Collaboration for AEC, real world examples of BIM implementation such as the iconic Shanghai Tower by Gensler and several healthcare projects by Suffolk Construction, and a look ahead at the challenges of designing future cities presented by HDR.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/feature/2011/AutodeskAECTechDay2011.html
This article captures the highlights of Autodesk’s 2012 portfolio launch webcast, which was held a couple of weeks ago, from an AEC perspective. The most significant aspect of the 2012 release is the packaging of the individual applications into “suites” for different industries, designed to provide an integrated experience and workflow for Autodesk customers as well as better value for money. In addition to providing the rationale for the introduction of suites, the launch webcast also provided a sampling of the key enhancements in the 2012 versions of different applications, including AutoCAD and Revit.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/newsletter/2011/issue_50.html
This article by Chris France, former CIO of Little Diversified Architectural Consulting and President of Advance2000, addresses firm owners, principals, or “C”-level executives that are responsible for providing a robust technology infrastructure to keep their firm competitive. The economics of traditional IT are contrasted with the economics of private cloud computing, showing how the IT spend for the latter approach is significantly smaller. The article also provides information about private cloud providers serving the AEC industry and answers several key questions related to cloud computing in AEC.
URL: http://aecbytes.com/feature/2011/BIM_Cloud_Economics.html
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