All IT and computing articles – Page 6

  • The book’s cover image, which blends raw geometry and photorealistic rendering
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    Bentley’s tome marks the shape of things to come

    2008-04-18T00:00:00Z

    This massive book is a valuable aid to understanding architectural geometry, says Marc Thomas of Architects Design Partnership

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    How can I master MicroStation?

    2008-04-18T00:00:00Z

    I’m a new MicroStation user. Any tips on how I can become a more efficient user — for example good short cuts and hidden techniques I should know about?

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    Autodesk unveils 2009 suite

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Autodesk has unveiled the 2009 version of its family of software solutions.

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    Apple photos

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Apple has launched Aperture 2, the latest version of its photo editing and management software.

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    IT Brief: Better renders

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Abvent Group has released the next version of its rendering software, Artlantis Render & Studio.

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    How can I pick up email on the move?

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    I want to receive emails while I’m on the move, and have been told to get a BlackBerry. What other options are there? Could I get myself an iPhone?

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    Microsoft updates

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Microsoft has launched a “document interoperability initiative”, aimed at bringing together software developers to test how different systems and gadgets speak to each other.

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    New site for Pilkington's

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Pilkington’s has launched a new website which includes a comprehensive database of all technical information on the company’s product portfolio.

  • Appetising solution: however many images you have to manage, OpenAsset version 3 can digest them all and still hunger for more.
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    Allies & Morrison’s Rob Park cracks visual image management with OpenAsset v3

    2008-03-19T00:00:00Z

    How one of the majors conquered its visual data mountain with the help of a software developer who listens

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    Adobe promotes Lynch

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Kevin Lynch has been promoted to chief technology officer at Adobe Systems.

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    Apple’s big bite

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    In the fourth quarter of 2007, computer giant Apple made a profit of $1.58 billion on its $9.6 billion of revenue, significantly higher than the profit it earned in the year-earlier period.

  • Before: initial window opening design
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    Fluent’s wind modelling program will blow you away

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    For quick ventilation analysis, computational fluid dynamics is hard to beat. Dan Jestico, senior environmental engineer at consulting engineer Hilson Moran, describes the benefits of airflow modelling with Fluent 6.3

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    BD’S IT webinar

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Last month, BD’s IT editor David Littlefield chaired our webinar (online seminar) for architecture practices wanting to get more out of their IT.

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    Bentley’s energy buy

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Bentley Systems has acquired Hevacomp, a Sheffield-based provider of building services design software.

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    Simpson centralises

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Ian Simpson Architects has installed Workspace, the practice management portal available from Nottingham-based firm Union Square, to improve data-sharing between its London and Manchester offices.

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    Smart conference

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Smartgeometry, the Bentley-backed advanced modelling network that focuses on generative components, is running a conference and workshop programme at BMW Welt, Munich, from February 29 to March 3.

  • Simon Johns
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    What is virtualisation?

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    I have heard something about “virtualisation” — but what does it mean, and how can it be of use to me?

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    Adobe record results

    2008-01-18T00:00:00Z

    Adobe Systems, maker of Photoshop and many other programs common in design offices, has reported record results for the three months ending 30 November 2007.

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    Gates looks ahead

    2008-01-18T00:00:00Z

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has called this “the digital decade” and predicts “dramatic advances in hardware and software” including more natural user interfaces, high definition as standard and more web-based storage , making information instantly available anywhere.

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    Fastest-ever apple

    2008-01-18T00:00:00Z

    Apple has launched what it calls “the fastest Mac ever”.