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smartgeometry 2013 London: Computation Tools Add Numbers Into The Design Process

Posted on 22. Apr, 2013 by .

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In the architecture, urban planning and infrastructure sectors there is rising interest in supporting designs and plans with real-world numbers. Although these software provide geometry capabilities for adding and editing designs, the connection between geometry and design is as much or more highly valued because it is on that basis that contacts are developed, construction [...]

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smartgeometry 2013 London Workshop: Students Deliver Advanced 3D Computational Designs

Posted on 19. Apr, 2013 by .

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Students at smartgeometry 2013 in London displayed their workshop projects (images below) and answered questions about their projects. Under the ‘Constructing for Uncertainty’ theme, 10 project groups worked on their individual projects. Groups included: (A)Synchronous Streams Adaptive Structural Skins Computer Vision & Freeform Construction Digital Intuition & Prediction PAD Projections of Reality Robotic FOAMing Thermal Reticulations Transformational [...]

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eBook: Augmented Legality 1.0

Posted on 21. May, 2012 by .

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We are heading toward a sensored future with augmented reality, real-time tracking and the continued advancement of spatial technologies in 3D and 4D. Mobility is a large part of the future footprint. But the legal aspects that arise through these technologies is not only interesting, but likely to cause us to scratch our heads a [...]

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Are There Limits to CAD Use In Urban Planning – What About GIS?

Posted on 02. May, 2012 by .

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Writing in newgeography in an article entitled ‘Homebuilding Recovery:  How CAD Stifles Solutions‘ , author Rick Harrison “addresses how a reliance on CAD software and a lack of collaboration stifle sustainable land development solutions.”  “CAD was intended as a drafting tool to serve hundreds of purposes within a multi-billion dollar software industry. To serve all [...]

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Is My 3D Application Vulnerable If GNSS Fails?

Posted on 19. Apr, 2012 by .

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Many 3D applications depend upon accurate and precise 3D location data. Higher levels of accuracy as provided through GNSS technologies and the data gathered through them, enable improved quality and more precise work where location matters and positioning is integral to the business. GNSS can include augmentation systems designed to improve the functioning and performance [...]

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