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The Designers 3D CAD Shoot-Out News and Developments |
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| General News | September 30, 1998 | |
| News and Info for Teams | For the 1998 competition, November 18th in Boston, there are currently a 12 Teams : Sigma Design with ARRIS (our 1996 winner) AutodeskAEC with AutoCAD Architectural Desktop and AutoArchitect Deihl Graphsoft with MiniCAD (our 1997 winner) Bentley Systems with Microstation TriForma DataCAD LLC with DataCAD 8 for Windows and Visual Reality Deneba Software with DenebaCAD SoftCAD International with ArchiTECH.PC and SoftCAD 3D Graphisoft with ArchiCAD for TeamWork SoftPlan with SoftPlan (a new entrant) Sigma Design with BuildersCAD Visio Corporation with ArchT (using both IntelliCAD and AutoCAD) BAGH with Architrion and ArchiDesign Other Competitors Not Yet Officially Registered : ARC with ARC+ Intergraph with Project Architect Nemetschek with AllPlan | |
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See the blow by blow description of how the MiniCAD Team won on the Diehl Graphsoft Web site. |
Architecture as Spectator Sport There are Teams of architects you can watch on an enormous projection system as they try to design a challenging building project and do all the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, renderings, animations, and more all in only 3 hours. The 1997 the Teams were AllPlan, Arch+ / ConceptCAD, ArchiCAD, ArchiTECH.PC, Architrion, AutoArchitect / AutoCAD, BuildersCAD, DataCAD, DenebaCAD, Microstation TriForma, MiniCAD, and ARRIS Learn more in 1 fun day than you can from months of research, consultants, and CAD salesmen. |
This event is designed specifically for architects who are trying to decide on what CAD software they should use - whether they are re-evaluating, trying to decide whether to upgrade their existing, or start with CADD software. It is an educational event, that is also designed to be entertaining, where you can also learn very speedy techniques, why and how to use 3D CADD modeling for architectural production, and a number of design techniques. |
| Details of the next events are still being worked out. The official challenge and invitations will be posted here on this site in the next few weeks. | Meanwhile, read about the exciting 1997 event in the current issue of A/E/C Systems Journal, the January issues of Architectural Record and Architecture, the December issue of CheapTricks newsletter, UpFront Ezine, Cadence Magazine, and the new Architecture Boston - journal of the Boston Society of Architects chapter of the AIA. You can also judge for yourself, by getting the popular video of the shootout, that has now gone out to almost every State and Province and over two dozen countries. Many AIA user groups have used the video the topic for very lively meetings. |
May 17, 1998
Invitations are just about to be sent out to potential Team competitors. Two different Teams raring to go have even jumped the starting gun by sending in their reservations early - Sigma Design with ARRIS (our 1996 winner), and AutodeskAEC with AutoArchitect.
There will be an informational meeting for the competitors at A/E/C Systems in Chicago, Thursday June 4, 1998 10:30am-11:00am.
The venues for the 1998 and 1999 events have been worked out with our co-sponsors :
The 1998 Designers 3D CADD Shootout will again be co-sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects and Architectural CADD Consultants and held during the BuildBoston98 Exposition in Boston, in November 1998.
The 1999 Designers 3D CADD Shootout will be co-sponsored by the A/E/C Systems and Architectural CADD Consultants (with possibly other co-sponsors including Boston Society of Architects) and held during the A/E/C Systems Conference and Exposition in Los Angeles, in June 1999.
September 12, 1998
Invitations were hand delivered to potential Team competitors in Chicago at the A/E/C Systems show. There are still openings, but any Team or Company wishing to be part of the Design Shootout should call 978-927-6796 as soon as possible because there are only 2 spots left.
