All IT and computing articles – Page 7
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Gates looks ahead
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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Adobe record results
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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ReviewReview: Testing cad skills with CADsmart
How do you know if job candidates are as good at cad as they say? And how effective are your own employees? Paul Carnell, associate director at Benoy, explains how CADsmart is helping his practice to get some answers
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Smart seminar
The Smart Geometry Group, a charitable organisation backed by Bentley Systems, is organising another of its highly popular workshops — this time in Munich from February 29 to March 3.
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Greening up
Autodesk and the American Institute of Architects have announced the results of their 2007 Green Index, an annual survey that measures how AIA member architects in the US are practising sustainable design.
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Latest feature
Maxon has released version R10.5 of Cinema 4D, the modelling, rendering and animation program.
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FeaturesQuick on the draw, cheaply
Increasing numbers of practices are adopting the cheap yet highly effective modelling tool SketchUp. Alan McBeth, technical and design director at multi-disciplinary firm RPS Group, explains why
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Leopard chasing
Nemetschek has released a range of fixes to allow VectorWorks to work effectively with the latest Apple operating system — version 10.5 (Leopard).
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FeaturesDon’t catch a virus this Christmas
I hear about computer viruses all the time. What purpose do they serve, and should I be worried?
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FeaturesA room with a viewport
Jonathan Reeves finds it is the small advances that really make a difference with VectorWorks’ latest upgrade
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FeaturesTime to move ahead on cad standards
What is cad standard BS1192 going to mean for my practice?
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FeaturesGehry rewrites the rules of modelling
Gehry Technologies has launched the latest version of its BIM package based on Catia. Rebecca Haines-Gadd of Zaha Hadid Architects gives it the once-over
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FeaturesA faster, less clumsy way of file-sharing
File-sharing can be clumsy and time-consuming. Is there anything that can let us work together effectively in real time?
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FeaturesStephen Griffin & Paul Eaton of Allies & Morrison on The concepts at the Heart of DP
Allies & Morrison have also begun to see what Digital Project can do, but architects Stephen Griffin and Paul Eaton warn it means adopting a new way of working:
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FeaturesHow to dispose of your old computer
How should I dispose of old computer equipment? Are there any legal obligations I need to be aware of?
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FeaturesWright resurrected in 3D
When US architect Thomas A Heinz, an expert on Frank Lloyd Wright, was asked to design a house based on a handful of Wright sketches, he turned to ArchiCAD. Here, he tells how the software made the sketches a reality
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FeaturesReview: Cad program MicroGDS
Cad program MicroGDS is used extensively in Japan, but is little known in the UK. HLM Architects has long used it, and here Paul Tunstall, the firm’s corporate cad manager, explains why he continues to stick with it