06.11.2018 | By Mikko Lehtinen | Share:

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Progman and Schneider Electric Announce Cooperation; MagiCAD Enables Ecodial Electrical Calculations Directly from the Revit Model

Progman releases MagiCAD Electrical 2019 Update Release 1 for Revit with integrated electrical calculations for Revit At the same time, Progman and Schneider Electric announce that they have signed a cooperation agreement, enabling Schneider Electric’s Ecodial calculation engine to be integrated with MagiCAD’s electrical modelling functions for Revit The possibility to perform electrical calculations is […]

05.11.2018 | By Mikko Lehtinen | Share:

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MagiCAD 2019 Update Release 1 now available

The new MagiCAD version for Revit and AutoCAD is now available for download. MagiCAD 2019 UR-1 introduces Electrical Calculations for Revit and many important new functions for MagiCAD Ventilation, Piping, Electrical, Sprinkler Designer, Schematics, Circuit Designer and Room modules. Click here for new features MagiCAD 2019 Update Release 1 for Revit – Highlights Perform electrical […]

16.10.2018 | By Mikko Lehtinen | Share:

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Rettig ICC further commits to a BIM strategy with MagiCAD and MagiCloud;
Additional libraries of 3D product models now available

Progman announces an expanded relationship with its customer Rettig ICC, Europe’s leading supplier of systems for indoor climate comfort BIM objects of Rettig’s well-known brands Vogel & Noot, Purmo, Radson and Thermopanel are available for download via online BIM platform MagiCloud The available BIM objects for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) design include a wide […]

28.09.2018 | By Arlinda Sipilä | Share:

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Digital Engineering Works: MagiCAD Builders Work Tool speeds up clash detection work for MEP systems

Digital Engineering Works (DEW) is a Building Information Modelling (BIM) and digital engineering firm specialising in mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) design, based in Liverpool, England. Founder Alan Farrell has built a niche line of business for himself by taking on complex jobs that are already in the design phase. Most of DEW’s projects have […]

13.09.2018 | By Mikko Lehtinen | Share:

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Lean Construction, Lean Design and Building Information Modelling

Originating in Japan in the car manufacturing industry in the 1950s, Lean is a set of principles for optimising manufacturing processes essentially by reducing waste of time and resources. Since then the Lean methodology has gained acceptance in a variety of business areas, one of them being the construction industry. Lean Construction applies the principles […]

23.08.2018 | By Mikko Lehtinen | Share:

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MagiCloud Connect add-in for Revit now downloadable via the Autodesk App Store

The MagiCloud Connect add-in can be installed free of charge from the Autodesk App Store to Autodesk Revit versions 2017-2019 MagiCloud Connect enables free-of-charge access to a selected portion of MagiCloud’s Building Information Modelling (BIM) objects, enabling Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) designers to insert them into native Revit projects as parametric Revit families. MagiCloud […]

08.08.2018 | By Arlinda Sipilä | Share:

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6 key trends in the construction industry, Part 6: Sustainable construction

One trend that is clear for everyone to see is the way that development is moving more and more towards energy-efficient, sustainable buildings. On 1 January 2021, the new, more stringent European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive will come into effect.

01.08.2018 | By Arlinda Sipilä | Share:

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6 key trends in the construction industry, Part 5: 3D printers

All over the world, people are trying to make buildings using 3D printers. Researchers in California have succeeded in printing and building a house in just 24 hours using this technology.

25.07.2018 | By Arlinda Sipilä | Share:

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6 key trends in the construction industry, Part 4: Robots can keep working during construction site downtimes

In the near future, it will be more common to see robots out on building sites. At the moment, only a small number of all industrial robots make it to the construction sector, and most of those are used in prefab production.

18.07.2018 | By Arlinda Sipilä | Share:

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6 key trends in the construction industry, Part 3: Easy-access models in the Cloud

Cloud services simplify construction projects. Instead of everyone involved in a project sending updated models to one another once a week, only for one party to discover that the wall they have been working on seems to have been moved, everyone can now work according to the same model in real time.