Computer labs

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

LabWho can use the lab?Number of PCsLocation of lab
Undergraduate Architecture LabFor use by undergraduate Architecture students48Centlivres building
Studio Lab 3May only be used by fifth-year postgraduate students20Centlivres building
Studio Lab 4May only be used by sixth-year postgraduate students20Centlivres building
Planning LabMay only be used by Masters students.24Centlivres building
CEM LabMay only be used by Construction Economics Management students561st floor, Snape Building

 

Opening hours

LabTerm timeTimesVacationsTimes

Undergraduate Architecture Lab

Studio Lab 3

Studio Lab 4

Planning Lab

Monday-Sunday

Labs are open 24 hours.

Office Hours: 08:00 - 16h30

Monday-SundayClosed during June and December vacations
CEM LabMonday - Sunday07:00 - 17:00Monday-SundayClosed during June and December vacations

Your lab administrators

Lab AdministratorHilton Kannemeyer

Room 2.07, Cadlab,  level 2, Centlivres Building

Hilton.Kannemeyer@uct.ac.za

021 650 2184
Assistant Lab Administrator

Naeema Less

2.07, Cadlab,  level 2, Centlivres Building

naeema.less@uct.ac.za

021 650 6260

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

Adobe Photoshop Elements
ArcGIS
ArcGIS 102 Data Interoperability Extension
ArchiCad
Argus Developer
Argus Enterprise
Argus Valuation DCF
AShampoo
Audacity
AutoCad
AutoCad Blocks
Autodesk 3ds Max Design
Autodesk Alias Design
Autodesk AutoCad
Autodesk Inventor 2014
Autodesk Navisworks Manage
Autodesk Raster Design 2014
Autodesk Revit (architecture) 2014
Autodesk Revit (Structure)
Autodesk Robit Structural Analysis Pro 2014
Autodesk Showcase
Autodesk Sketchbook Pro
Autodesk TrueView
Autospec
BC55
Bentley Descartes
Bentley Generative Components
Bentley Microstation
Blender
Candy CSS
CorelDraw
CostX by Exactal
GIMP
GIS
Google Chrome web browser
Google Earth
Grasshopper (Rhino plug-in)
Kerkythea Renderer
LizardTech Viewer (MrSID)
MS Moviemaker
MS Project
MS Visio
Notepad++ v6.3.3
Processing
QSPlus International
Revit SA Families
Rhinoceros
Simul_C_EM
SketchUp Pro
Vectorworks
WinQS (Commerical version with dongle)