Autodesk University 2018: Focus on Automation
Autodesk University 2018 in November in Las Vegas, opened with its usual youthful cool vigor, dancing and mix music for the opening session. CEO of Autodesk, Andrew Anagnost, presented opening remarks,...
View ArticleCall for AEC Industry Predictions for 2019!
Happy New Year! Before the holidays I sent out a call for industry predictions for this year. So far, we have received a number of responses. This may mean that I need to extend this into a multiple...
View ArticleAECCafe Industry Predictions for 2019 Part I
Happy New Year! It’s exciting to predict what may be the technologies of the new year. Many of you have a finger on the pulse of what is up and coming and can share valuable insights with our readers....
View ArticleDP Technology Eliminates the Need to Edit NC Code
Don Davies, vice president of North American Sales and Application Engineering at DP Technology Corp., spoke with AECCafe Voice about DP Technology and their CAM/CAD system, which has been around for...
View ArticleAwards Finalists Present at Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2019
The annual Bentley Systems Year in Infrastructure Awards was held in Singapore this year at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Finalists and attendees gather to learn about the projects and ultimately to see...
View ArticleDigital Construction Works Launches
Topcon Positioning Group and Bentley Systems formed a new company called Digital Construction Works (DCW) in October. Ted Lamboo, DCW CEO, formerly senior vice president of international operations,...
View ArticleIndustry, Climate Change and Six New Europes
Keith Clarke, CBE, FREng, FICE, RIBA, Chairman, speaking on the topic, “Forum for the Future,” at the Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2019 thought leadership conference in Singapore in October, pointed...
View ArticleAECCafe Industry Predictions for 2020 – Part 1
Happy New Year! Every January AECCafe Voice publishes blogs of industry predictions from our readers. This year we have extended the deadline to January 14th for entries. Please send me your industry...
View ArticleAECCafe Industry Predictions 2020- Part 3
We’re coming down the home stretch with our AECCafe Industry Predictions. The last of a series of editorial articles on this topic will be published the last week of January. Deadline for entries is...
View ArticleBentley Systems’ Going Digital in Rail Addresses Carbon Footprint, Remote...
Bentley Systems held the Rail Virtual Press Briefing entitled “Going Digital in Rail and Advancing BIM through Digital Twins” this week, featuring presentations from Bentley executives, Steve...
View ArticleBentley Year In Infrastructure 2020 Goes Virtual
This year’s Bentley Year In Infrastructure event was as most conferences this year, held remotely. Media representatives from over 28 countries attended the event. CEO Greg Bentley’s opening remarks on...
View ArticleAECCafe 2020 Year End Technology Wrap-Up
It goes without saying that the Covid-19 virus has upended our lives and industries around the world beyond most people’s imagination and not in a good way. Most people I speak with want 2020 to end,...
View ArticleNVIDIA RTX A2000 Expands the Power of Virtual and the NVIDIA Omniverse
This past week NVIDIA announced the NVIDIA RTX A2000 at SIGGRAPH 2021, a redefinition of the mainstream, professional GPU, which expands access to the power of NVIDIA RTX and represents an expansion of...
View ArticleUrban Digital Twins Contribute Toward the Race to Zero
“What are digital twins and specifically urban twins?” This was the question is posed at the beginning of the webinar by Michael Jansen, founder and CEO of CityZenith in a recent webinar hosted by...
View ArticleBentley Year In Infrastructure 2021 Online Aims for “Future-Proofing”
This year’s online Bentley Year In Infrastructure Conference has a somewhat different format, with the emphasis being on the awards distributed from the get-go, rather than at the end of the event....
View ArticleAECCafe Technology Wrap-Up of 2021
Much of 2021’s important news had to do with response to climate change, coupled with the Covid-19 response for businesses. Technologies have been in place for many years to respond, but the time is...
View ArticleAECCafe Voice Industry Predictions for 2022 – Part 1
At the heart of content creation are the machines that we run programs on. On the cutting edge as usual, NVIDIA presented at CES a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas, bringing with them a plethora of new...
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