Most of my exploration of virtual worlds for engineering has been in Second Life and OpenSim. However, this year I have been looking more at Unity3D. Engineers are conservative and seem to dismiss virtual worlds like Second Life and OpenSim. Even though these programs are 3D modeling tools, they don't resemble nor do they use [...]
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Using Unity3D to Simulate a City
August 14th, 2010 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in CAD, Civil Engineering, Development, GIS, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse 
Tags: CAD, city, engineering, GIS, planning, simulation, Unity3D, visualization 
1 Comment »Boots on the Ground: Building a GIS, Part 1
July 19th, 2009 Pam Broviak The beginning in a series of blog posts focusing on building and implementing a GIS in local government.
Posted in GIS, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: CAD, engineering, General Government, GIS, mapping Comments OffWhy Do Social Networks Hate My Avatar?
August 29th, 2008 Pam Broviak Ok, I am really starting to get a complex about my avatar. For the second time this year, I have tried to join a social/business network and been told by the administrator that they don’t let people stay in their network unless a “real” photo is used in the profile. In other words, “No Avatars [...]
Posted in CAD, Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Social Media Tags: avatars, CAD, networks, virtual worlds, Web 2.0 4 Comments »More CAD Stuff
July 18th, 2008 Pam Broviak Just wanted to point everyone towards a CAD-related blog titled: “Virtual World Primer for CAD People” by Mark Burhop with Siemens PLM Software. Mark makes note of a lot of reasons why CAD and 3-D virtual worlds like Second Life fit together so well.
Posted in CAD, Public Works in Second Life Tags: CAD, second life, Siemens PLM Software, virtual worlds Comments OffDesigners in Second Life Unite!
July 11th, 2008 Pam Broviak Theory Shaw and Keystone Bouchard, along with many other designers using Second Life, have been pushing for an import/export tool in the Second Life client that would allow us to easily bring designs into and out of the Second Life environment. Theory has set up a request for this feature on the JIRA site. Read [...]
Posted in Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: 3-D modeling, CAD, Linden Lab, second life Comments OffSiemens PLM Software Scavenger Hunt On Now
June 11th, 2008 Pam Broviak In my last blog entry, I mentioned that Siemens PLM Software was hosting several events this month on their island in Second Life. Along with the presentations, the company is offering a scavenger hunt on the Siemens Innovation Connection island from 10 A.M. (EST) May 28 to 10 A.M. (EST) June 23. Visitors to the [...]
Posted in CAD, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: CAD, National Steel Car, Public Works, second life, Siemens PLM Software Comments Off
