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Why Good UX Design Matters in the BIM Software Industry
Good UX (user-experience) design is paramount in successful BIM applications and UX design practices will improve outcomes in BIM industry.
BIM News: Infurnia—design and collaborate in the cloud on any device
Infurnia users can design and collaborate in the cloud on any device, using various design functions and managing their data efficiently.
Digital Blue Foam Launches for Soaring AI-AEC Market
DBF is an AI-infused generative design platform that replaces legacy technologies to deliver faster, sustainable building design workflows.
Monograph Grabs New Head of Engineering, Closes Series-B Round
Monograph gains new Head of Engineering in Ernie Miller, plus rapid expansion and new Series-B funding round.
Worldwide CAD Market to Double by 2030
New CAD market research report says overall CAD market to double between 2019 and 2030 — details sectors, drivers, trends and opportunities.
Monograph introduces ‘Resource’ — streamlines project planning for AEC firms
Monograph is a cloud-based platform that streamlines project planning now with its new Resource features aimed at AE firms.
Nemetschek Group — Stable Revenue Growth in Q2 2020
Nemetschek Group revenue proves stable, positive with high margins during the first half of the pandemic year—company diversities aiding German AEC giant.
Bentley’s ProjectWise 365 Has Gone SaaS—Brings Broad Market and Platform Appeal to AECO Industry
The future of Bentley’s ProjectWise 365 looks bright—technical advances, standards adoption, and carry-over from traditional ProjectWise customers all suggest good things for Bentley.
GRAPHISOFT expands BIMcloud as a Service to Global Availability—Free 60 Day Emergency Access
ARCHICAD users working from home can use BIMcloud as a Service to effectively work together as an integrated team regardless of project size or location of team members.
ConTech News: New PlanGrid Connect—Works to Integrate Cloud Apps
PlanGrid Connect offers users time-saving SaaS integrations enabling companies in AEC to build highly specific inter-app integrations that send data back and forth between design and build teams using entirely different workflows. It is a system that reflects the theme of convergence happening in AEC.
Autodesk Completes ‘BuildingConnected’ Acquisition
Autodesk closes acquisition of BuildingConnected in All Cash Deal.
Autodesk to Acquire BuildingConnected for $275 Million
The two companies will be looking to create a Digital Marketplace for the Global Construction Industry.
Introducing Monograph—New Office Management Software for Architects and Engineers
A new SaaS tool aimed at project management for architects and engineers has arrived this year and offers clarity and an evolving list of cloud tool integrations.
Bentley Acquires Agency9—To Help Them Realize ‘Digital Twin’ for Every City
OpenCities Planner takes advantage of city-scale reality models to span GIS and BIM
Web-based SimScale Releases Major New UI and UX Cloud Experience
SaaS tool SimScale, the world’s first web-based CAE software is now at version 2.0—powerful new performance features and improved UI/UX.
SkyCiv Is New Structural Engineering SaaS Software in the Cloud
There is a new cloud-based web-served structural engineering solution, and it looks very good.
A 3D City Within Weeks—Agency9 of Sweden Can Deliver
Getting a high-quality 3D city model within weeks is no easy feat. But with the power of software and high-resolution satellite imagery, it’s now possible and delivered within CityPlanner software.
Autodesk Forge Fund Invests in ManufactOn—AEC Industry Startup
Autodesk has participated in a Series A funding round for ManufactOn—Boston based startup aims to simplify supply-chain management for AEC industry with a cloud-based platform.
solidThinking Brings Generative Design to the Cloud
solidThinking Inc. wasn’t really dropping support for macOS in their latest Inspire release, they were merely gearing up for solidThinking Inspire Unlimited their full-featured cloud-based generative design platform.
Vectorworks, Inc. Partners with Modelo for AEC Presentation and Collaboration Plugin
Vectorworks taps into upstart AEC industry real-time web-based collaboration tool Modelo.
Revolutionary Cloud-based CAD Launched—Onshape Goes Commercial
One of the most dramatically different CAD products in history has finally launched as a ‘commercial’ offering as Cambridge, based Onshape sets sail after 400,000 hours of beta tester usage.
Frame raises $10M to build the next generation of personal computing in the cloud
Frame started with the software vendors, like Adobe, but the company today has announced a $10 M funding round and release date for its Frame Personal and Frame Business end-user model launch in early July. The public beta will allow users to test out Frame’s technology for the first time without using the invite process which has been open for months.
OnShape licenses new Graebert technology for Cloud-based MCAD
Hot new little CAD startup by SolidWorks vets, OnShape, has partnered with Germany’s well-regarded Graebert GmbH to license the former’s secret Cloud CAD technology.
Boston area startup OnShape Re-invents CAD—In the Cloud and Platform Agnostic
A startup in Boston backed by MCAD veterans—OnShape—has finally unveiled its innovative fully cloud-based MCAD software, now a public beta, and the news of the unveiling has been rather well embraced, including a spread in the Boston Globe.
Trimble Ships ProjectSight Mobile Construction Management
Trimble announced Trimble ProjectSight, a cloud-based solution for construction field management that simplifies the creation, access and sharing of project information between the field and the office.
In-Focus: A Look at CL3VER on the iPad—Visualization Tool for Architects
The CL3VER software as a service (SaaS) story continues to unfold as the company recently releases Revit plugin plus long-awaited dedicated iPad app—the app delivers configurator functionality and a whole lot more….
The (AIA) releases 8 New Contract Documents – Updates AIA Documents Software and SaaS Products
The American Institute of Architects have added eight new documents to its industry-standard AEC contractor documents portfolio, including two focused in newer areas of project delivery models. All eight new documents are available through its Documents desktop software and new SaaS (software as a service) Documents-on-Demand Plus and Documents-on-Demand online service.
Tidbits: Dosch Design, Lightwave Crossgrade offer and other news…
LightWave 3D News Lightwave 3D Group has recently announced how proudly they stand behind the support of indie artists and rogue studios and in that spirit have announced a super competitive Cross-Grade to Livewave offer. The promotion is for both 2D and 3D programs and requires that you attach a screen capture of your software […]
New tech: Archetris is new cloud-based Architectural Programming software tool
This new architectural and schematic design software tool–Archetris–offers its users a scaled cloud-based approach to simple and efficient programming phase work…
The US’s AIA releases new Mac friendly ACD5 web software for architecture industry
AIA delivers all new AIA Contracts Documents software solution as SaaS (software as a service) with new Web-based ACD5 for Mac and Windows platforms
Autodesk post video of Revit running through Web browser on Mac OS X
Following the hot swell of intense interest from last week’s post on Autodesk’s somewhat quiet news that it was expanding on its remote technology to bring popular Autodesk apps to “a browser near you”, the company has just posted a video of Revit running on FireFox on the Mac.
New bim+ Nemetschek platform goes online – Highly iPad Centric
New open solution bim+ revolutionizes working with BIM models in AECO industry. Innovative bim+ apps help build and design better and faster
Google’s secret project to revolutionize AEC software industry
Google X spin-off promises to revolutionize the building industry
MyCadbox now official released by CadFaster
MyCadbox officially now available as beta winds down. Company adds new features for shipping version
Lagoa: New cloud rendering and design platform
Build your studio in the cloud. Lagoa is a brand new cloud-based rendering and design collaboration platform with solutions for 3D and design professionals, enterprise customers and application developers.
M-SIX introduces VEO for the AEC industry
M-SIX announces new VEO BIM Platform for AEC industry
Gehry Technologies redefines online BIM collaboration for the AEC industry
This lofty headline may befit the advanced technological offering from Gehry Technologies
Autodesk Inc. intros “Autodesk Cloud” to design community
Autodesk launches large cloud initiative with new Autodesk Cloud service
New AIA Docs Web App: AIA talks to Architosh about its new plans
The American Institute of Architect discusses its upcoming AIA Contract Documents Web Based software with Architosh. The new software as a service (SaaS) model will bring new changes to the AIA and will put Mac users on an equal playing field for the first time with Windows-based colleagues
AIA Documents Software: Finally becoming Mac friendly with new Web version
AIA Documents software finally coming to the Mac platform in new web-based SaaS platform
In-Depth: Autodesk talks to Architosh about Project Butterfly
In this In-Depth feature Tal Weiss, Director of Autodesk’s AutoCAD Israel research and development group and co-founder of VisualTao, talks to Architosh’s editor about Autodesk’s Project Butterfly. Weiss details the many features of this first Web-based CAD application from US-based Autodesk.
Autodesk releases Homestyler beta design app
Autodesk launches easy-to-use, free online home design software as a service (SaaS)
Tidbits: Vectorworks, Graphisoft MEP Modeler and more news
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have tidbits on Vectorworks news, Graphisoft’s users who love MEP Modeler and use it to coordinate complex projects, and the new Copper Project V4 Enterprise Edition.
MacFive: Oct 26: Top News of the Week
MacFive™ for this week looks at the what we view as the top 5 most important stories breaking in the Macintosh or Apple news world. For October 26 we review Apple University, Apple’s new hard-hitting TV ads, Apple’s stellar financial results and $25 billion in cash, Apple and Proposition 8, and finally Linux is to Vista what American Idol is to Britney Spears.
Apple in 2008 – What Likely Lies Ahead
2007 was by all accounts an outstanding year for Steve Jobs and his beloved Apple Inc. But 2008 can shape up to be even better. Here’s why!
