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cadalystlabsreview Vico 5D Presenter (figure 4) provides high-level, condensed views across all this project detail in a format suitable for reporting to the building client and/or to senior management within the general contractor, construction manager, or design builder organization. Across the board, Vico’s approach is to make information presentation both denser and more understandable, for better decisions and action at all levels within the project team. Vico’s approach is to make information presentation both denser and more understandable. ing. More than just training, this transition entails a kind of learning by doing, in which Vico clients progressively take on more direct involvement as their familiarity grows and their understanding deepens. Vico also provides extensive online tutorials, frequent Webinars, and an extremely generous schools/education program that will ensure that the emerging generation of construction industry leaders have mastery over and are comfortable with this new way of viewing and managing projects. Free downloadable trial versions of the software are available at www.vicosoftware.com. For qualified users, educational versions are available free of charge. Highly Recommended. Industry analyst and consultant Jerry Laiserin helps AEC/O businesses — and the technology providers who serve them — build smarter through the integration of technology strategy and business process. E-mail him at jerry@laiserin.com. Happy Ending The result, as hinted at the outset of this review, is a newgeneration way of looking at and managing construction process and progress. Almost everything else on the market is still in the “paving the cowpaths” mode of separately automating the 3D of CAD (typically via whatever proprietary model-authoring tools the architect or engineer chooses, irrespective of their suitability to construction practice), plus automating the fourth dimension of schedule and the fifth dimension of cost and then linking these dimensions in a digital replica of traditional construction workflow. Vico’s VC Suite simply slices through that old paradigm with a totally integrated and completely construction-centric way of working. Of course, the shift away from old paradigms requires process change within any organization and its work culture. Vico offers extensive consulting services to organizations ready to explore new and improved ways of work- Looking for 3D design software, move over to Carlson! You’ll get increased productivity and the ability to create better designs with Carlson’s line-up of land development software solutions for 2009. Create your civil engineering designs in 3D from scratch. Design fully in 3D for both surface and subgrade. Transform 2D designs to 3D for construction estimation and machine control. Learn more about the better software choice for your design projects. Call Carlson now – “It’s what civil engineering software should be.” The Carlson Civil Suite The Carlson Civil Suite Civil • Survey • Hydrology • GIS Plus Carlson Takeoff & More © Copyright 2008 Carlson Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Carlson Software is a registered trademark of Carlson Software, Inc. All other product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. 800-989-5028 www.carlsonsw.com ® Authorized IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Member ® Works Simply Simply Works Authorized Developer July 2008 cadalyst www.cadalyst.com 29 http://www.vicosoftware.com http://www.carlsonsw.com http://www.carlsonsw.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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Cadalyst - July 2008 Editor’s Window CAD Central FIRST Robotic Beasts Draw Students to Engineering Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! Vico Virtual Construction Suite 2008 AMD ATI FireGL V8600 and FireGL V8650 — 1-GB and 2-GB Graphics Cards Gaining Independence and Influence The Current State of MCAD Rewriting the Rules of PDM BIM Goes Residential CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes Pleasures of Customization

Cadalyst - July 2008

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