The financial impact of flooding on U.S. coastal cities is crippling and with rising sea levels and coastal populations, it’s anticipated to get much worse.

Earlier this week, as a member of the Autodesk AEC Bloggers Council, we got a sneak peek at Stingray, a powerful engine that can be used by AEC professionals to make BIM-informed 3D visualizations in 3ds Max fully interactive in a real-time environment. In plain English, it means that building designers using Revit can go anywhere in the BIM model and see everything as you would in the physical world.

Stingray has its origins in 3D gaming software and is built on the Bitsquid engine, which Autodesk acquired last summer.

What's the best general purpose CAD software out there? AutoCAD, of course!

It's official! A recent report by G2 Crowd—a leading independent reviewer of business software - gave AutoCAD the highest score among a field of other "Leaders, High Performers, Contenders, and Niche Vendors."

CAD News for Govies is a weekly feature on Acronym that scans thousands of industry articles to present you with a regular source of CAD and GIS news, information and ideas that impact the public sector.

Here’s the latest round-up:

Calling All Architects and Engineers: 3 Steps to Tap into Visualization with 3ds Max