Johannesburg, 19 September 2022 - Modena Design Centres is making inroads into the civil infrastructure industry with its product offering of advanced, tailor made design solutions for civil design professionals. The company is the first to introduce Beyond CAD to South Africa, a new, more efficient, 3D visualisation engine built specifically for transportation and other civil projects.

Beyond CAD is published by Beyondware and is built on the Unreal Engine platform which is well-known for its ability to deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds. The product was launched globally in February 2022 by licensed professional engineer, Sam Lytle, who has over 10 years of experience in 3D visualisation. 

Cadi McKnight, Director of Modena Infrastructure, and her team have spent many years customising solutions for civil infrastructure design professionals and have come to understand the intricate needs of their clients. She says,“Infrastructure clients have been using design tools that have not been built for their industry and as a result they have experienced project delays, design errors, and increased costs. We’ve made it our business to change that. Beyond CAD is a unique visualisation tool created for infrastructure projects that eliminates the need to create visualisations in tools designed specifically for use in architecture.”

With Beyond CAD, industry leading 3D visuals can be created at a fraction of the time and cost. It works especially well with CAD data so those using InfraWorks, Civil 3D, InRoads/OpenRoads and other infrastructure design software can create realistic, real time 3D visualisations and presentations for key project stakeholders.

Beyond Typicals, part of the Beyondware product range, is also available from Modena Infrastructure. This product offers an all-new, drag and drop 3D typical section creator that easily communicates design and construction intent clearly to all stakeholders. The product can be used for real time planning, draft concepts, safety analysis, urban designs etc. and is capable of producing designs with real time editing in minutes and includes thousands of photorealistic assets combinations.

About Modena Design Centres:

Since 2000, Modena Design Centres has been dedicated to helping our customers work more efficiently. Today, with the help of the Autodesk portfolio of products we are helping our customers around the world change the way they work together by enabling them to not only visualise their designs, but also predict the real-world performance of their ideas before they are created. Whether the workflow involves Building Information Modelling (BIM) in architecture, digital prototyping in manufacturing, integrated project delivery in process, energy and mining or creative pipelines. In media and entertainment, Modena provides its customers with the broadest and deepest technical expertise. Our services together with Autodesk software enables a faster, more efficient and more iterative design process. Our award winning team assists our clients in getting and maintaining their competitive advantage. Visit our website for more information: www.modena.co.za