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Excitech acquires Micro Concepts

Excitech has acquired Autodesk reseller and mechanical design specialists Micro Concepts


Solibri ARCHICAD 22 Link Released

GRAPHISOFT has released the latest version of its widely-adopted ARCHICAD Link extension


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Take your production line on the road

The M4 VIRTUAL REVIEW virtual reality viewer from CAD Schroer enables users to load 3D CAD data into a VR environment where it can be immersively viewed using VR glasses


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Hardware Review




Twice as nice?

The Dell Latitude 5290 2-in-1 panel/laptop computer provides a powerful and versatile bundle for construction professionals in a small and handy format

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Technology Focus




Digital twins

Bentley and Siemens combine data information models in the 'digital twinning' of two technologies - manufacturing and construction


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Automatic compliance

How fast is the move towards the automation of compliance checking? D-COM is running an industry survey to discover current adoptions and attitudes.

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Case Studies

Brown is the new green

How a workflow "sea-change" and a move to ARCHICAD allowed Create Design + Architecture to tackle an ambitious project with a constantly evolving brief

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Performing in Public

Elecosoft's Powerproject ensured that surprises were never shocks during the complex construction at Mercers Walk

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Comment

Digital Twinning
There's lots happening about Digital Twinning at the moment, and Bentley's recent announcement focusing on its collaboration with Siemens is just the tip of the iceberg. It relates to the creation of a digital entity that can be used to simulate the totality of the conditions and processes that drive the original model - so that you can analyse functions, test performances, run cycles, gauge practicalities - anything you like, in fact, without and before you have to do it for real. It is the next stage of BIM - missing a few levels, I suppose - helping people better understand the relationship of all elements in a building's life cycle and to make better informed and more timely decisions.

A jocular ad on TV at the moment depicts a typical man and his 'digital financial twin' providing a similar service to manage his money more effectively, and in the motor industry every development in design is thoroughly tested digitally before the first 'die is cast'. Autonomous delivery systems will not be practicable unless the urban areas are mapped out with real-time digital twins that enable driverless cars to plot an efficient route from A to B. They are all using 'Digital Twins'. It just happens that Bentley has been the first to give the term a proper airing.

David Chadwick

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