While the turnout at this year's A/...

While the turnout at this year's A/E/C arrangements show, June 3-6 in Anaheim, Calif., was lighter than late shows, what did appear were increasing signs that significant gradations are being made with object-based modeling software. Overall, the exhibit drew more than 5,000 registrants searching for issues and solutions from vendors and speakers.

As the first A/E/C methods show since both the fall of the curtain of the dot-com mania and the clan 11 attacks, certain themes persisted forward the minds and lips of attendees and presenter For many, the words "collaboration" and