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DESIGNS ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Various architects today are investigating the digital tools of industrial design, engineering, and manufacturing in search of ways to improve processes in the fragmented construction industry. For many reasons — the structure of the industry, the physical size and complexity of buildings, the typically low design repetition factor, and a general cultural conservatism — the design process and products of architecture lag behind those of the manufacturing industries in several ways.
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PERSPECTIVE ON VIRTUAL REALITY From the 15th century through the 20th, architects worked with evolving techniques for presenting their designs to their clients. In the 1990s, this evolution seemed to quicken its pace with advances in computer modeling, animation, and "virtual reality." In their book, Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design, authors Giddings and Horne trace these developments, ending with a survey of the work of leading architects using computer-based technologies. — Editor
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More Design Tools CD-ROM is a Teaching Tool for Future Home Builders — South Tampa City Times, 2002.1227Atrium 3.12 Adds Flexible Searching to Web-Based Project Collaboration Tool — Pragmatic Software Co., Inc. press release, 2002.1223 University of Washington Announces M.S. in Design Computing — University of Washington press release, 2002.1217 Autodesk Launches Revit 5 — Autodesk Revit press release, 2002.1217 REALVIZ Ships ImageModeler 3.5 for Mac OSX — REALVIZ press release, 2002.1216 Using Your Web Site to Recruit — AEC WorkForce, 2002.1209 Autodesk Delivers Design Publishing Extension — Digital CAD, 2002.1203 Editors' Choice Awards — Cadence, 2002.1201
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