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Architect's Guide to Home Automation AVD Australia and Project Connection are sponsoring the 'Architect's Guide to Home Automation' white paper, which provides a seven-step solution for architects who are undertaking home automation projects and creating intelligent environments in new homes. By designing and implementing an infrastructure that can be readily upgraded, designers can ensure that a smart home will keep pace with advances in technology. This free download offers clear and concise advice about what to look for when partnering with a home-automation designer and when hiring an electrical contractor.
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Corel® Painter™ X offers artists, designers, and photographers powerful professional art and design tools. This next-generation Natural-Media® software art studio blurs the line between traditional and digital art with new color and composition tools, and introduces the RealBristle™ Painting System, which provides an organic painting and illustration experience — right down to the individual bristles on the brush. Complete with training videos by Painter Master Jeremy Sutton. Download a free 30-day, fully-functional trial edition of Corel Painter X. Mac or PC
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QuickARC 3D is a free 3D CAD model-viewing software developed by QuickArc. QuickARC 3D reads 3D files in the .STL format, and now in Google Sketchup format (.SKP). It allows the user to view their model, check it for quality, and then get an instant quote for 3D printing. QuickARC 3D now reads Sketchup model files, and converts them to a 3D printable format. The free downloadable software provides the user the ability to: find thin walls, read Sketchup files, and do automatic architectural scaling, multiple model viewing, and instant quoting.
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Architecture is moving to 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM). Most architects are still stuck in a 2D workflow and are fearful to change. The BIM Experience Kit offers architects a no-cost way to learn BIM at their own pace with software, voice-led interactive learning, testing, and rewards. This interactive and fun learning toolkit features a 30-day trial of ArchiCAD and an interactive tutorial featuring the Massaro House design, a residential home based on a limited series of sketches from Frank Lloyd Wright. Download a trial package...
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Bentley's BIM solutions allow architects, engineers, contractors, owners, and operators who design, analyze, build, and operate buildings and facilities to be in sync with each other throughout the entire building lifecycle. Save time, improve quality, and create better buildings because of the informed decisions made along the way. Download a trial version, and try it yourself...
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Google SketchUp Pro 6 is software that you can use to create, share and present 3D models. SketchUp Pro provides extra functionality for people who need to export their work into CAD, rendering and other professional software applications. SketchUp Pro 6 also includes LayOut, a new program that lets you create professional presentations—paper and digital—from your SketchUp models. Download a free trial....
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Design Tools Department
Design Tools News Headlines Microspot Interiors, Pro 4.0.2 Includes Doors, Windows — Ten Links, 2008.0320Volker Mueller Joins Bentley as Research Director — Ten Links, 2008.0318 Microspot Releases MacDraft Pro, PE V5.6.4 for Leopard — Ten Links, 2008.0314 Apple's iPhone SDK Strategy Both Promotes and Stifles Innovation — Washington Post, 2008.0307 'Intelligent' 3-D Animation for Security, Architecture? — IT World, 2008.0306 Microsoft's Data Center Offensive Sounds Offensive — The Register, 2008.0303 Welcome to the Digital Spec Home — Herald Tribune, 2008.0303 BIM Offers Benefits to All Participants in Construction Process — Journal of Commerce, 2008.0303 Europe Fines Microsoft $1.3 Billion — New York Times, 2008.0228 New Data Center Facilities Company Finds Green Home on the Range — ZD Net, 2008.0218 Google; at&T Shocked by iPhone Usage — ZD Net, 2008.0215 Autodesk to Buy Green Building Studio — Smart Money, 2008.0212 Creative Dimension Releases 3DSOM Pro 2.1 for 3D Models — Ten Links, 2008.0208 Autodesk Has Designs on Patent Reform — Yahoo Finance, 2008.0207 Shake a Leg to Power Your Phone — Nature, 2008.0207 An Interview with Google's Green Energy Czar — Grist, 2008.0207 National BIM Standard Released — FacilitiesNet, 2008.0207 Building Information Modeling Benefits Building Owners — REED Construction Data, 2008.0204 Good Morning, Architecture! — AIArchitect, 2008.0201 Graphisoft ArchiCAD START Edition 2008 Released — TenLinks, 2008.0131 Okino Celebrates 20th Anniversary — TenLinks, 2008.0129 Despite Housing Slide, Real Estate Sites Sell — New York Times, 2008.0128 New Tools to Bolster Mac's World — New York Times, 2008.0124 Bentley Acquires Hevacomp, Ltd. — Bentley Press Release, 2008.0122 Winner Announced for Future Cities India 2020 Student Competition — Bentley Press Release, 2008.0122 Software Is the Key to "Green" Storage — InfoStor, 2008.0120 Architecture Professor Coauthors Concise Guide to Science of Lighting — University of Arkansas Daily Headlines, 2008.0116 Why Does the MacBook Air Make so Many so Dumb? — ZD Net, 2008.0116 Fujitsu Unveils Laptop Made from Corn — Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0109 E.P.A. Seeks New Life for Old Cellphones — New York Times, 2008.0108
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