All IT and computing articles – Page 5
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FeaturesHelpdesk: Hugh Davies looks at the best architecture tender search websites
How can I use Tenders Electronic Daily, or Ted, to search for architectural project opportunities?
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FeaturesPDFs ready to enter the third dimension
The Adobe Acrobat PDF has become the common file format for electronic publication of text and image-based documents. What isn’t as commonly appreciated is that the PDF file format now supports 3D objects.
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FeaturesPixel this: Designing intelligent objects
Marc Fredrickson has a post-graduate degree in architecture, but his California milieu meant that for years he designed computer games instead. Now with digital provider FormFonts 3D, he’s leading the quest for intelligent objects
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FeaturesThe shape of things to come in building information modelling
A new era of collaborative design and project management could be ushered in by building information modelling
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FeaturesHelpdesk: There’s life in the old fax yet
Hugh Davies explores the options for architects who still need to fax
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FeaturesThe building blocks for digital cities
Terry Farrell previews an exhibition at the Building Centre on role of digital technology in city planning, co-curated by his practice
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ReviewBentley’s V8i upgrade provides new vision for architecture visuals
Bentley’s V8i upgrade, its largest-ever simultaneous release of new products, is an important step along the evolutionary line to 3D design
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FeaturesHelpdesk: Don’t let your computer catch a malware malady, says Hugh Davies
For most users, the idea of your computer becoming infected with a malicious program invites the prospect of falling into the chasm of non-comprehension that lies at the edge of the our understanding of how computers actually work.
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ReviewPlanar sailing with Vectorworks 2009
By incorporating Parasolid, the best 3D modelling technology available, Vectorworks 2009 is racing ahead of the pack, reports Jonathan Reeves
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FeaturesHelpdesk: Don’t forget your backups
Hugh Davies on why comprehensive data backup is essential for every practice
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FeaturesThe future is parametric
In Venice last week, Patrik Schumacher, partner at Zaha Hadid Architects, hailed parametricism as the great new style after modernism. This is an edited version of his manifesto
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FeaturesTake charge of your practice’s data
It pays to research the options for document management
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FeaturesHelpdesk: where has my broadband speed gone?
Hugh Davies offers tips on how to boost your web speed — from upping your ‘contention ratio’ to implementing policy on ‘acceptable net use’ in the office
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FeaturesEntering another digital design dimension at the University of Bath
From 3D modelling to design practice, the University of Bath is sharpening its digital skills, say Andrew Watts and Paul Shepherd
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FeaturesCraft your practice’s website as carefully as your next building
Richard Frankland of FKDA, which designs both buildings and websites, on how architects can achieve a striking online presence
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Review2D or not 2D? Hugh Davies on the architectural modelling packages that offer you more
The acceptance of fully integrated 3D design might be closer than we think
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FeaturesHelpdesk: how smart devices can make the office more efficient
Hugh Davies on how to work remotely using digital applications
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FeaturesThe age of alien archi-forms has arrived
David Littlefield explains the thinking behind Space Craft, his new book on computer modelling
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FeaturesHelpdesk: Green computing is easy and very PC, says IT consultant Hugh Davies
How green is my PC? How do I get rid of a redundant computer?
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FeaturesThe Bartlett’s Neil Spiller is still blazing a trail after all these years
In the first of a new series on how architecture schools are responding to new technology, the Bartlett’s Neil Spiller says the rapid evolution of computing is liberating for architects, but also poses some serious challenges