Roca’s extraordinary international expansion creates the need to offer versatile products that adapt to the habits of the different markets in which it operates. For this reason, in 2005 the Roca Design Centre was redefined, centred on research into design trends on the basis of a multicultural, multidisciplinary approach, and the search for and coordination of first-class technological suppliers throughout the world.

The Roca Design Centre has enjoyed the collaboration of the most prestigious architecture and interior design studios (Chipperfield, Herzog & de Meuron, Moneo) and industrial design firms (Giugiaro, Schmidt & Lackner, Benedito Design). This attention to design in all Roca’s product lines has been rewarded by numerous acknowledgements and prizes at both the domestic and international levels, the latest being the DME’08 Design Management Europe Award which distinguishes the best design management in the large company category.

In 2007, the “Roca Innovation Lab” was created as a cell of the Roca Design Centre: an autonomous, multidisciplinary working group centred on the activities of research and innovation, which makes it possible to design and develop new products and concepts independently of the Design Centre’s everyday activities. This laboratory promotes a global international vision of the product, recognising people’s changing requirements, behaviours and tastes. The Lab operates as a nursery of ideas and analysis of the materials and technology to be applied, constituting a centre of international reference in the field of research and innovation.

Clinker tiles

It is difficult to define clinker tiles precisely because of the heterogeneity of the existing types. It is produced from a mixture of selected raw materials, with the addition of coloring oxides, energy melter and annealed untreated clay. Ceramic mixture obtained by extrusion is brought to high temperature during firing (up to 1250 ° C) until the beginning of glazing. Tile has a relatively compact structure with a colored ground, usually neemalirovannym. In some cases, the clinker can enamel during firing, or to be covered by the “salt” (a thin layer of clear glass).

Application for extrusion molding process allows to make the tile and complex geometric shapes. For example, a tile, which is used in the construction of swimming pools (caps, corners, stairs, fittings, etc.). In terms of surface treatment different solutions can also be used: untreated surface, semi-bright, enameled, structural. For the outer lining of the sexes, exposed to strong mechanical loads (road), it is produced tiles with increased thickness, which is able to meet the required performance.

Clinker has high characteristics of resistance to mechanical stress, abrasion, the action of atmospheric influences, temperature. It is not exposed to corrosive chemicals, doesn`t absorb water, and it is easy for cleaning and maintenance.

The range of applications: interior and exterior floors, including swimming and other sports facilities, industrial floors, urban renovation, false-floors.

Tile type Cotto (Cotto)

Cotto (baked tiles) is a ceramic material consisting of clay, the solution chosen, which is forming, drying and calcining at temperatures up to 1110 ° C. This tile, which is a porous mass with a variety of shades, as a rule, is not emaliruetsya.

Tiles can be a traditional form (square or rectangular) and the most difficult (hexagon, rhombus, etc.). Different solutions can be used for the surface treatment, both traditional (natural handling, manual processing, polished surface, polished, rough), and the more modern (eg, surface pre-treatment). Tiles may have the most diverse natural color, which covers the entire gamut of red, pink, yellow and brown colors.

Cotto is characterized by low permeability, abrasion, resistance to compression, bending action of aggressive chemicals and atmospheric phenomena, increased service life. It is used mainly for internal floors, in buildings, new construction, and during the reconstruction and restoration.

Majolica

Also called majolica glazed faience or glazed terracotta. This double-fired glazed tiles with a porous and non-ferrous base, is molded by pressing. Mainly it is used for lining the interior walls.

Cottoforte

Cottoforte is a product invented in the mid 60-ies of the century. Glazed ceramic tile, molded by pressing, is produced by the method of double-fired at low temperatures. This material differs from the majolica mechanical strength derived from the compound in the mass, at least two clays with the addition of grog. The high strength allows the use cottoforte at facing the sexes.

Faience (white ceramic)

Glazed ceramic tiles are double-fired with a porous white base, molded by pressing. Intended for internal lining of the sexes.

Ceramic granite

Ceramic granite is a stand alone product, which has its original properties that distinguish it from other ceramic products.

New in Version 5.1 + Render

Tile 5.1 + Render consists of Tile 5.1 and a module of export to POV-Ray external render.

The program allows you to export data to POV-Ray render format. Using POV-Ray you can get realistic, high-quality images of your project.

Rendering is the most capacious computing process. One of the main aims of rendering is creating an image as close to reality as possible. While rendering the computer is taking into account all factors to get maximum-realistic images.

POV-Ray render is using ray-tracing technology. It creates an image by modeling the path of light rays in the real world. The ray-tracer is modeling the reverse flow of rays from the camera to the objects. Every time when the object gets on the ray path, in this point the surface color is calculated. The ray is sent from this point to each light source, in order to determine the quantity of light coming from the source. Using POV-Ray render to create images for personal and commercial purposes is free.

Tile 5.1 + Render supports export to POV-RAY official version 3.62 and to POV-RAY beta-version 3.7. Both render versions are 32bit and are intended for use with Microsoft Windows OS. Unlike version 3.62, the beta-version 3.7 supports multiprocessing, that is, if you have a multi-core processor, the program will use all cores and that will lead to proportional increase in speed of rendering.

Program features:

1. Program supports the export of materials, 3d objects, light sources, project geometry;
2. The result of rendering could be displayed on screen or saved in a bmp file (then you could convert it into *.jpg or *.png format);
3. You can adjust the following characteristics:
   • Image size;
   • Color gamma;
   • Image anti-aliasing;
   • Light source properties (turn on/off, brightness, color);
   • Light properties of all coatings (light dispersion and reflection, glares, etc.);
   • Properties of object materials (material replacement to mirror, metal, glass, color replacement, transparency adjustment);
   • Zoom (±60%);
   • Ability to hide/show ceiling;
   • Ability to turn on/off daylight and/or sun rays (you can set sun position and angle above the horizon).

POV-Ray features:

• Anti-aliasing;
• Gamma correction;
• Radiosity (calculation of reflected light);
• Light source properties adjustment;
• Material properties adjustment (mirror, metal, glass, etc.).

New in Version 5.1

1. The button “Panoramic view” (Hand) — a mode for scene movement by mouse in the line of image plane.
2. Automatic room reframing when creating one.
3. Traced work load — now you can see a process of loading saved project on the screen.
4. Changes in workig with materials for 3D-objects — there is no confusion with textures of different objects.
5. A feature to substitute generated picture to object imagery for any other in utility “Make3dt”.
6. Loft generation mode: outputing calculation and a picture of all surfaces in project simultaneously. Mode facilities:
   • list function for deducible surfaces;
   • scaling of deducible surfaces;
   • type calculation sampling;
   • export to Microsoft^® Excel^®;
7. Rendering mode:
   • shade from light out of windows (max 3);
   • shade from positioned light sources (max 6 including windows);
   • setting of shade depth;
   • setting of shade direction;
   • facility to smooth shade borders;
   • facility to smooth roughness of seams pattern
8. Export of Calculation results to OpenOffice Calc;
9. Facility to copy objects and plates in project;
10. Texture optimization for all types of cover.

Limitations of DEMO

• The possibility of saving projects is switched off;
• You can’t add or import new tiles into the Tile Catalogue;
• You can’t change tile texture (the options “Download” and “Paste” are switched off);
• Access to 3DT objects is limited (only the first 10 objects in subfolder “Models” are available, subfolders are not displayed);
• Access to 3DS and 3DT objects isn’t possible (the button “Set up the object” is switched off);
• Export of Calculation results to Microsoft^® Excel^® is switched off.

Hardware requirements

• IBM PC-compatible computer;
• Intel^® Celeron^® 1.8 GHz or higher processor;
• Display resolution at least 1024×768;
• Color depth: 32 bits;
• Open GL v 1.5 support;
• At least 1 GB RAM;
• Microsoft^® Windows^® XP/Server 2003/Vista/7.

With Antipodes.Cubes you get a powerful combination of BPM (Business Process Management) solution and a fully functional ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system – everything you need to successfully manage your business.

Through this approach all the advantages that there is a complete solution for Business Process Management are automatically added to the benefits of an ERP system, which greatly increases the added value of the information system. Implementation of additional modules and functionality also becomes much faster, ensuring easier future development of your corporate infrastructure.

Why BPM + ERP

The combination of the two gives an overview of the situation in your company and simultaneously on the processes in it at any time. Using a unified solution for helping optimize resources and allows for example to restrict to a minimum stock, as well as to minimize costs and get the most from their employees.

Such a system gives you not only answer the question “What?” But the “how? And When?”

Platform for Business Process Management added to your ERP series analytic capabilities that create management to a much clearer picture of what is happening in the company, allowing it to detect trends even during their formation and respond in real time. An integrated BPM and ERP solution actually reduces business analysis to everyday business activities, allowing them to use more levels of the team. The system can inform the staff when it is the biggest load of activities such as placing the invoices or other tasks and thus to contribute to their more uniform distribution.

We know that it is difficult but not impossible

pCon.planner 6

Overview

With the free pCon.planner 6 we have developed a new generation of space planning systems which combines highly efficient planning and visualization features with completely new opportunities of interaction between the different actors in the planning process.

Planning

pCon.planner 6 is easy to use and yet it contains all features that you do expect from a professional space planning software. Simple rooms up to highly complex buildings with fancy architecture can easily be realized. For the interior planning the program provides direct access to pCon.catalog. In this compilation of web catalogs you find the original 3D models of the products of many well-known manufacturers from all over Europe as well as a collection of high-quality materials.
Due to the synchronized multi-window workspace you can pursue each work step simultaneously from up to four different perspectives.

Presentation

The quality of visualization of the pCon.planner 6 is extraordinarily close to reality – also during the navigation in the drawing. Colors, light and shadows are adjusted simultaneously. For the professional presentation of the drawing you can define individual camera views or create, save and play camera animations. The precision of the planning and the brilliance of the graphical visualization will likewise convince your customer.

Networking

The biggest strength of pCon.planner 6 is its potential to network all actors of the planning process: With pCon.catalog all users of the software have direct access to the original graphical product data provided by the manufacturers and can therefore be sure to work with the latest data at any time. Furthermore, pCon.planner 6 saves the drawings in the file format DWG. Thus, the drawing is directly compatible with AutoCAD®. The exchange of drawings between both programs is easily possible. This facilitates the communication between the customer, the sales person and the back office and speeds up the decision-making process.

Getting to know pCon.planner 6

pCon.planner 6 is free of charge and can be acquired in the Download area of the program’s own website www.pCon-planner.com. On this website you will also find detailed information and services around the software. For any queries please feel free to contact us at products(at)EasternGraphics.com.

Interior Design Software

	3D Spacer On- and offline home and office interior design software. Provides for precise 2D modeling and realistic 3D visualization of interiors. Based on Macromedia Flash, XML, 2D and 3D CAD. www.3dspacer.com - details
	pCon pCon is a professional and free space planning solution. pCon allows the creation of interior design projects using a wide range of products from leading brands. www.pcon-planner.com - details
	Specify Specify is web based software to write specifications, request vendor bids and manage accounting for interior design and procurement projects. Collaborate with co-workers and clients in one shared space. www.specifyapp.com - details
	Specsources Specsources is an internet based furniture specification tool designed around the needs of the commercial interior designer. It is a complete front to back solution which allows the designer to electronically create specification sheets, manage a budget, and collaborate with their colleagues, all in a secure environment. www.specsources.com - details
	Tile The program “Tile” will help you to choose the necessary tile, its size and colour, plan design and lay it out correctly in a bathroom, toilet, in the kitchen and other rooms where this kind of finishing material is used. www.tile3d.com - details

Read more: http://www.dexigner.com/directory/cat/Interior-Design/Software.html#ixzz1c6KOCfx5

Definition

Levels of Emotional Awareness

This model deals mainly with levels of self-awareness. There are also levels of awareness of the feelings of other people.

Additional Notes

Emotional Awareness and Happiness

I believe emotional awareness is a key to leading a happier and more fulfilling life. To really “know oneself,” as the Greek philosophers urged us to do, requires that we know how we feel in all of life’s many situations. When we know how we feel we know what we enjoy doing and who we enjoy doing it with. We know who we feel safe with, who we feel accepted by and understood by.

Though we might be able to lead a productive life, even a “successful” life — if one defines success by the level of status, education, or material worth — it is unlikely we will actually ever be happy unless we are very aware of our specific feelings. In fact, it is quite possible to be successful and miserable, as I have written about with respect to my own life. It is easy to accept without question other people’s definition of success and happiness. But when we become more aware of our own true and unique feelings we are more likely to find our own individual happiness. This may be the essence of using our emotional intelligence.

Emotional Awareness, Sensitivity and Numbing

If we are emotionally sensitive we will feel things sooner than others will. If we have no emotional sensitivity, or we have numbed ourselves from our feelings we won’t have any emotional awareness at all. Sensitive people living in abusive environments and insensitive cultures learn ways to numb themselves from their feelings because so many of their feelings are painful.

In my adaptation of the academic model of emotional intelligence I place emotional awareness under the first branch of their framework. This first branch is emotional identification, perception and expression. Increasing your awareness of your own feelings is perhaps the first step towards furthering the development of your EI.

I believe the ability to forecast our feelings is probably a legitimate part of emotional intelligence, but Mayer et al have not addressed this as yet. I am not certain how you would test this with a paper and pencil test, but not all aspects of emotional intelligence are suitable for such tests. As Mayer et al acknowledge there is more to emotional intelligence than can be tested. Though they don’t stress this in their writing, they do say effectively the same thing when they say that “aspects of” emotional intelligence can be tested. This clearly implies that they leave open the possibility that there are also aspects of it which can never be tested in a formal, controlled fashion.

To raise awareness of feelings, it helps to ask two questions when someone says something:

1) How is that person feeling?

2) How did they want the other person to feel?