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Bentley Systems announces today the acquisition of Pointools, a hardware-neutral point cloud handling software. The point cloud creation hardware is reducing in cost, and becoming more integral to infrastructure projects. To date, the size of point clouds has made them problematic because they overwhelm storage and query capabilities. Pointools Vortex engine has been integrated into [...]
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In a short blog post, Chris Andrews the product manager of Autodesk’s Infrastruture Modeler software, outlines a new cloud-based version of this product that is now available via Autodesk Labs. The product is dubbed Project Galileo Online, and it adds the ability to take the merged data from Infrastructure Modeler to the Autodesk Cloud for [...]
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Microsoft Research demoed an impressive hack of their Kinect hardware at the Siggraph conference yesterday that was highlighted on TechCrunch. The research project uses the Kinect to map interior space, intuitively building a 3D model with texture mapping. A truly compelling element is that moved objects are updated in the model, and moving objects can [...]
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Today, Autodesk released two highly-anticipated products in their BIM for Infrastructure portfolio with the release of Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler, and AutoCAD Utility Design. Both products address changes within the planning and design process, and bring the efficiencies of intelligent information modeling to aid much-needed transitions toward smarter design, planning and construction. Earlier this year Autodesk [...]
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Pat McCrory, the former seven-term mayor of Charlotte, is now working with Bentley Systems as an ambassador for the benefits of intelligent infrastructure approaches. McCrory is known for large-scale infrastructure improvements in this city, including a $500M light rail line. Selling infrastructure in his city was a sales job that he called, creating the best [...]
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This morning Bentley held a press briefing regarding the release of Bentley Map V8i product lineup with Richard Zambuni, global marketing director, and Bob Mankowski, vice president, software development. The new three-tiered offering of Bentley Map products simplifies the product offering and adds a number of new features and improved workflows from desktop to enterprise [...]
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Autodesk launched their 2012 product line, including a whole new packaging of suites that offer an integrated design approach with computational and collaborative tools that extend to the cloud. The suites come in three flavors: standard, premium and ultimate, and are tailored to entertainment creation, building, infrastructure and product design. Packaging size is also new, [...]
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The U.S. General Services Administration has just launched an online Sustainable Facilities Tool that presents ways in which you can “green” your facilities projects. Outlined in the application are means to prioritize cost-effective strategies for creating green buildings as well as remodeling efforts. The site includes details on selecting sustainable materials, daylighting strategies, and water [...]
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Richard Zambuni, global marketing director-geospatial at Bentley Systems gave an address this morning at the Geospatial World Forum about the creation of intelligent cities. Getting cities right means that we achieve the best possible environments for man, with improved social interaction, better business, better education, better health, and greater cultural interaction. We’ve been through positive [...]
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Stu Rich, CTO of PenBay Solutions addressed the area of facility management at the GeoDesign Summit, with the assertion that the greenest building is the one that is never built. With that framework in mind, the problem of optimally managing our built environment is seen as a more important objective than trying to design the [...]
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