ICTS has been contracted by the Engineering & Built Environment faculty to manage all of the Engineering CAD and Studio student computing labs. ICTS Lab Administrator, Hilton Kannemeyer, manages these labs and assists faculty staff and postgraduate students with lab bookings.
Access to the labs
Lab |
Who can use the lab? |
Number of PCs |
Location of lab |
Undergraduate Architecture Lab |
For use by undergraduate Architecture students |
48 |
Centlivres building |
Studio Lab 3 |
May only be used by fifth-year postgraduate students |
20 |
Centlivres building |
Studio Lab 4 |
May only be used by sixth-year postgraduate students |
20 |
Centlivres building |
Planning Lab |
May only be used by Masters students. |
24 |
Centlivres building |
CEM Lab |
May only be used by Construction Economics Management students |
56 |
1st floor, New Snape Building |
Opening hours
Lab |
Term time |
Times |
Vacations |
Times |
Undergraduate Architecture Lab Studio Lab 3 Studio Lab 4 Planning Lab |
Monday-Sunday |
Labs are open 24 hours. Office Hours: 08:00 - 16h30 |
Monday-Sunday |
Closed during June and December vacations |
CEM Lab |
Monday - Sunday |
07:00 - 17:00 |
Monday-Sunday |
Closed during June and December vacations |
Your lab administrators
Lab Administrator |
Hilton Kannemeyer |
Assistant Lab Administrator |
Naeema Less naeema.less@uct.ac.za |
What software is available in the EBE CAD and Studio labs?
The standard lab software is available in the labs. In addition, the following software is available in EBE CAD and Studio labs.
Lab |
Undergraduate Architecture Lab and Studio Labs 3 & 4 |
Planning Lab |
CEM Lab |
Adobe CC Suite |
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Adobe Photoshop Elements |
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ArcGIS |
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ArcGIS 102 Data Interoperability Extension |
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ArchiCad |
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Argus Developer |
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Argus Enterprise |
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Argus Valuation DCF |
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AShampoo |
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Audacity |
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AutoCad |
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AutoCad Blocks |
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Autodesk 3ds Max Design |
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Autodesk Alias Design |
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Autodesk AutoCad |
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Autodesk Inventor 2014 |
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Autodesk Navisworks Manage |
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Autodesk Raster Design 2014 |
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Autodesk Revit (architecture) 2014 |
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Autodesk Revit (Structure) |
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Autodesk Robit Structural Analysis Pro 2014 |
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Autodesk Showcase |
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Autodesk Sketchbook Pro |
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Autodesk TrueView |
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Autospec |
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BC55 |
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Bentley Descartes |
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Bentley Generative Components |
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Bentley Microstation |
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Blender |
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Candy CSS |
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CorelDraw |
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CostX by Exactal |
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GIMP |
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GIS |
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Google Chrome web browser |
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Google Earth |
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Grasshopper (Rhino plug-in) |
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Kerkythea Renderer |
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LizardTech Viewer (MrSID) |
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MS Moviemaker |
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MS Project |
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MS Visio |
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Notepad++ v6.3.3 |
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Processing |
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QSPlus International |
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Revit SA Families |
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Rhinoceros |
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Simul_C_EM |
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SketchUp Pro |
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Vectorworks |
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WinQS (Commerical version with dongle) |
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