AGTEK Development Company introduces major upgrade to mobile apps
(Livermore, California, USA) – AGTEK Development Company, part of Hexagon, announced today the release of a major upgrade to SmartPlan, SmartDirt and SmartTrack mobile apps to bridge the gap between the construction site and the office. AGTEK has moved the traditional construction and earthmoving plan set into the 21st century, putting the plans into the palm of users’ hands no matter where they are in the world. Simply geo-referencing traditional 2D plans and supplementing them with rich 3D...
Immersive Civil Engineering Game to Be Used Across the Country
Teaching tool has proven successful in the classroom TROY, N.Y. — Without ever needing to step outside of a classroom, a college dorm room, or a quiet nook in a library, civil engineering students can now transport themselves into the field where they must take measurements, make observations, and understand the impact of the environment on their designs, and their designs on the environment. This unique pedagogical approach is being made possible by an immer...
LBX and Trimble Announce Precision Grade Upgrade Kits for Link-Belt 160X4, 245X4 and 350X4 Excavators
LBX and Trimble are pleased to announce Link-Belt Precision Grade™—powered by Trimble® Earthworks—upgrade kits for Link-Belt 160 X4, Link-Belt 245 X4 Spin Ace and Link-Belt 350 X4 excavators. These kits provide all necessary components, hardware and software required to upgrade a standard machine to 2D/MG (Machine Guidance) or 2D/MC (Machine Control), or upgrade a machine with 2D/MG already installed to a 2D/MC capable machine. The Link-Belt Precision Grade 2D/MG system uses technology from T...
Golden Software Enhances Grapher Package to Handle Plotting of More Data Sets at Once
Grapher users can customize how break axes display for bar charts. Add a grid line, empty space, the axis break symbol, or a user defined symbol to show where the break affects the plot. GOLDEN, Colorado – Golden Software, a developer of affordable software for visualizing and analyzing diverse data sets, has released the newest version of its scientific graphing package, Grapher™. New capabilities significantly improve the user’s ability to model, analyze and interpret multiple data set...
Trimble Takes Construction Machine Control to the Next Level
Groundbreaking New Features and Industry-Firsts in Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform Version 2.0 LAS VEGAS — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform version 2.0 with groundbreaking new features for all machine types, along with the release of the Trimble Earthworks Assistant App for in-cab learning material. These improvements are designed to enable faster ROI, increase productivity and decrease training time for operators. A first in the co...
Trimble Introduces Tekla 2020 Structural BIM Software Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the latest versions of its Tekla software solutions for advanced Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management—Tekla Structures 2020, Tekla Structural Designer 2020, Tekla Tedds 2020 and Tekla PowerFab 2020. Tekla software is at the heart of design and construction workflows building on the free flow of information, constructible models and improved collaboration. Tekla Structures supports th...
Leica Geosystems introduces the Leica iCON grade solutions for dozers and motor graders on the one-for-all MC1 software platform
New Leica iCON offering becomes latest addition to one-for-all MC1 software platform (HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, 10 March 2020) – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, today announced to further develop its one-for-all Leica MC1 3D machine control platform with the new Leica iCON grade solutions for dozers and motor graders. The new MC1 platform will precisely and safely control dozers and motor graders automatically and assist operators to meet the exact grade on any given surface while reducing o...
Leica Geosystems introduces stringless paving on the one-for-all Leica MC1 software platform
New Leica iCON offering becomes latest addition to one-for-all MC1 software platform (HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, 10 March 2020) – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company,released the update of the latest Leica iCON asphalt paving solution on the one-for-all Leica MC1 software platform. With the all-in-one machine control platform MC1, Leica Geosystems delivers an intelligent and intuitive hardware and software combination supporting multiple machines for the heavy construction industry, including asph...
Leica Geosystems Now Offers Semi-Automatic Functionality for iXE3 3D Excavator Machine Control Solution
(HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, 10 March 2020) – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, today announced the release of the new semi-automated excavator functionality for the iXE3 3D excavator machine control solution, including tilt and tilt rotator bucket automation. The solution automatically controls boom, bucket, tilt and tilt rotator bucket functions to dig faster and more accurate to the target design surface and cross slope. The new semi-automatic functionality enables the operator to execute c...
Hexagon Unveils Luciad 2020
Latest release delivers even faster and more powerful 3D visualization and analysis capabilities (Norcross, GA. USA) Hexagon’s Geospatial division has launched Luciad 2020, a significant update to its platform for building advanced location intelligence and real-time, situational awareness applications. Luciad 2020 delivers even faster and more powerful 3D visualization and analysis capabilities. It also extends the portfolio with LuciadCPillar, an API for C++ and C# developers to incorporate a...
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