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Faculty 6 Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning

computer suite

The computer suite in LG 2 A/B (intermediate building 1st floor) is open to all students of relevant study programmes and staff members of Faculty 6. Please send support requests or appointment requests for plotting to fakultaet6+pcpool@b-tu.de Please use your @b-tu.de e-mail address for communication.

Details on the file formats for plotting and prices can be found at Notes on plotting.

Offers

  • Workstations in the PC pool
  • Plotting service (large format, roll width up to 106cm)
  • Network drives (archive) for chairs
  • Remote access (Remote Desktop) to Windows 10, allowing you to use programs such as Ansys, Rhino, Archicad, Revit, etc. without having to install them locally on your computer. The virtual computers are usually much more powerful than a notebook.
  • Remote access to computers for scientific computing (CPU, GPU) for employees and students with corresponding project requirements. For access, please submit an informal request as a chair to fakultaet6+pcpool@b-tu.de

Account for the use of the services

To use the computers in the pool and "Remote Desktop", you must create an account for the computer suite. For technical reasons we can NOT use the central account of the BTU. Registration and use is only possible from the campus network (usually Eduroam) or via the VPN. Read the instructions for creating an account or use the link in the right-hand column to register. To set up the VPN, see https://www.b-tu.de/it-services/zugangsdienste/vpn-dienst/konfiguration-vpn-client
Remote access via the browser to the computer suite via https://gw1.bauwesen.tu-cottbus.de Documentation is available here RemoteDesktop

Notes on the installed software

The virtual pool (see Remote Desktop) provides so-called collections for various purposes. Each collection has different software installed:

Notes on the use of Autodesk products

Revit 2024, Inventor 2024 and Autocad 2024 can be used without registration. Autocad 2021, Revit 2022 and ReCap require registration with an Autodesk account. This requires registration with Autodesk and the personal user data must be entered before each use in the pool. A quick guide is available here: Using Autodesk in the BiPool.pdf

Notes on the use of licenses for Rhino7

You can use the licenses from our license server on your devices. The license server has the address 141.43.118.72 (access only within the campus network/VPN). The number of licenses is limited by simultaneous use. We cannot guarantee that a license will always be available.

Notes on the use of licenses for ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Desktop

You need an account with ESRI to use the software. The campus license is managed by Mr. Kursawe from the Chair of Civil Engineering Informatics, Geodesy and GIS. Please write him an email with your valid BTU email so that he can assign you to the campus license.