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MASS CUSTOMIZATION In the world of manufacturing products, whether architectural, consumer, or industrial, there are two very different approaches. Individually crafting a one-off artifact allows the most attention to specific needs of the consumer, but sometimes at great expense. Mass-producing a commodity product can realize economies of scale, but with little regard to variation in individual preferences. New technologies may promise the best of both worlds. — Editor
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LIBRARY BUILDING BEYOND THE BOOKS With the advent of the information age and the radical change in library materials, media, and means of access to information, the nature of certain types of building systems have changed accordingly. These systems affect the layout and design of modern libraries. The most dramatic of the changes has been the evolution of communication systems and their associated equipment.
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More Design Tools LightWork Design Releases LightWorks 7.5 — LightWork Design press release, 2005.0223General CADD v3.1.12 Released — General CADD press release, 2005.0222 X3D Toolkit and Browser Come to Mac OS X — MacCentral press release, 2005.0218 Graphisoft Sponsors Seminar Series on Virtual Modeling — Graphisoft press release, 2005.0218 A 3-D View of the City, Block by Block — New York Times, 2005.0217 McGraw-Hill Announces New Digital Engineering Library — McGraw-Hill press release, 2005.0217 Design Goes High-Tech — Globe and Mail, 2005.0216 PowerCAD CE Mobile/Wireless Design and Management Software — GiveMePower Corporation press release, 2005.0216 ARCHIBUS/FM Multilingual Pack Unifies Global Deployments — ARCHIBUS, Inc. press release, 2005.0210 New Mac 3D Program Has 'Radiosity' Capabilities — Architosh, 2005.0208 SolidWorks Eliminates AutoCAD Compatibility Problems — Digital CAD, 2005.0202
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