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Our two-part review of iPad applications for A/E/C users continues here with Autodesk's Design Review app, Abvent's iVisit 3D, and Architactile's Inception. Part One gives an overview of AEC-targeted apps for iPad, along with a discussion of Graphisoft's BIM Explorer (BIMx) app. In October 2011, Autodesk formally unveiled its cloud strategy after numerous references to the infinite computing power of the cloud at events such as Autodesk University and the Revit Technology Conference. You can now connect to designs in the Autodesk cloud with the iPad. (Published 2012.0125)
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I am not the kind of person easily enamored by gadgets, the kind who simply must have the latest technological device that is introduced, even by a company such as Apple. Prior to getting my iPad, I didn't even have an iPod or an iPhone, and I still don't. I didn't go out and buy an iPad the moment it was introduced — I waited till version 2 had been released earlier in 2011. ... (Published 2012.0118)
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The ArchitectureWeek Download Center provides direct access to dozens of free architectural downloads, from software to white papers. Sponsored section.
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This comprehensive, inspiring online guide to thousands of architectural and construction products, and hundreds of leading building product manufacturers, is provided in ArchitectureWeek as a joint production with DesignGuide. The Products Guide is continuously updated. Sponsored section.
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Architectural Products Around the Web Belgard Hardscapes Outfits BUILDER Concept Home Series — Digital Journal, 2012.0203Modern Maintenance Unit Solutions: Functional & Aesthetic — DesignBuild Source, 2012.0203 Lithonia Lighting Launches D-Series Size 1 LED Area Luminaire — Acuity Brands Press Release, 2012.0202 Fi-Foil Company's CMU-Wall Insulation Products Meet Energy Star Version 3.0 and 3.1 — Fi-Foil Press Release, 2012.0202 Bosch Commits to Professional Plumbing and HVAC Installers — BN Magazine, 2012.0202 Nora Systems Launch Rubber Product Merged with Genuine Granite — Floor Covering News, 2012.0202 Super Hot Salt: A Super Cool Solar Technology Innovation — ThinkProgress (Blog), 2012.0130 Sector Focus: Green Steel — ConstructionWeekOnline.com, 2012.0128 Simpson Door Company Commemorates 100 Years — Simpson Press Release, 2012.0125 Research Strategy Urged on Risks of Nanotechnology — Nature, 2012.0125 Boon Edam Release BIM Objects for Revolving Door Products — Boon Edam Press Release, 2012.0124 Building a Better Bulb: Lighting Revolution Advances — Yale Environment 360, 2012.0124 A Solar-Powered House You Control with Xbox Kinect — Co.Design, 2012.0123 Building Material Take-Offs Made Easier with Weyerhaeuser Estima — Weyerhaeuser Press Release, 2012.0121 Building Material Makers' Shares Fall — Yahoo, 2012.0120 New Building Material to Improve Concrete Infrastructure — AZo Building, 2012.0120 T5 Retrofit Kit Series by LUXADD at MiaGreen Expo and on Video — LuxAdd Press Release, 2012.0117 American Standard Announces 1.1 GPF High Efficiency Flushometer Toilet Systems — American Standard Press Release, 2012.0116 IBM Working on EV Battery with 500-Mile Range — CleanTechnica, 2012.0115 Engineering Slimmer Solar Cells — Nature, 2012.0111 Software Speeds Up Construction — Boston Globe, 2012.0108 Nanoscale Wires Defy Quantum Predictions — Nature, 2012.0105 MFM Building Products Offers New Brochure — Construction Magazine Network, 2012.0103 Destruction in the Name of Creation: A Research Project Explores Techniques from the Past — Architect's Newspaper (Blog), 2011.1230 Flying Robots That Build Things Open Doors to Automated Architecture — Techi, 2011.1229 Students Pin Hopes on a Concrete Breakthrough with Algae — TODAYonline, 2011.1228 Noveda Technologies Partners with USGBC to Develop New Application for LEED Automation — Sacramento Bee, 2011.1228 20 Green Building Innovations of 2011 — Jetson Green, 2011.1227 Slick System Turns a Projected Image into an Interactive Surface for Design Review and Annotation Capture. — Cadalyst, 2011.1220 Industry: Light Bulb War a Dim Idea — Politico, 2011.1218
Note: Pages will open in a new browser window Design Tools Around the Web Occupy Wall Street Goes Virtual, Targeting Apple through Petitions — Triple Pundit, 2012.0203Is Sustainability Software Smart for Product Design? — SolidSmack, 2012.0202 BUILT: Wicked Problems in Construction — AUGI, 2012.0202 3D-Printed Stilettos, Lemon Squeezers, and Chairs on View in London — TreeHugger, 2012.0202 Autodesk Previews Interactive Terrain Shaping for AutoCAD Civil 3D — It's Alive In The Labs, 2012.0201 Whose Fingers Are on the Victoria's Secret Model's Shoulder? — NPR, 2012.0201 IES Project Manager Luc Delestrade Named to CaGBC's Experienced Modellers List — Integrated Environmental Solutions, 2012.0131 Autodesk ForceEffect Version 2.0 Now Available — BIM & Beam, 2012.0131 Quakes and U.S. Reactors: An Analytic Tool — New York Times (Blog), 2012.0131 Autodesk Turns 30 — Auto Desk (Blog), 2012.0130 BIM – Explained in Less Than 3:30 — Graphisoft BIM Engine Blog, 2012.0127 What Is a 3D Printer, Anyway? — Yahoo! News, 2012.0127 Does PLM Belong in the Cloud? — Cadalyst, 2012.0126 HOK's 2nd Annual BIM Awards — AECbytes, 2012.0126 The Minimalist's Guide to CAD Software Upgrade Decisions — Cadalyst, 2012.0125 Dust Off Those Standards — Cadalyst, 2012.0125 iPad Apps for AEC: Part 2 — ArchitectureWeek, 2012.0125 Cameras May Open Up the Board Room to Hackers — New York Times, 2012.0122 Autodesk Named One of Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" — AECCafe, 2012.0119 Autodesk Labs' Latest Preview Inspires Map 3D Users — Cadalyst, 2012.0119 My Personal Take on the iPad — ArchitectureWeek, 2012.0118 Learning CAD: The Good Old Days — Cadalyst, 2012.0118 A Wireless Road Around Data Traffic Jams — New York Times, 2012.0114 IBM Researchers Make 12-Atom Magnetic Memory Bit — BBC, 2012.0113 Autodesk Buys Horizontal Systems for Cloud Program — Wall Street Journal, 2011.1130 The Role of GIS in the Smart Grid — Cadalyst, 2011.1116 Bentley Seeks to Extend Point Cloud Data through Infrastructure Lifecycle — Cadalyst, 2011.1116 ArchiCAD 15: Part 2 — ArchitectureWeek, 2011.1116 Autodesk Offers Free iPad App to Solve Free Body Diagrams — TenLinks, 2011.1115 Autodesk Reports 15 Percent Third Quarter Revenue Growth — Autodesk Press Release, 2011.1115
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