The upcoming Ares Commander 2022 enables users to access BIM content to take off DWG files for documentation that stay current with the BIM model. (Source: Graebert) At one time it may have been possible to consider Graebert as the maker of products to compete with AutoCAD, but that was a long time ago. Graebert’s CAD tools—from DraftSight for … Read more
It’s not news to anyone that cloud-based workflows are booming, but it’s good news for Autodesk that its customers are buying into SaaS models. In addition to riseing revenues, the company says it’s becoming more engaged with its customers as strategic partners. In his call to investors, CEO Andrew Anagnost says the company has signed some of its largest deals … Read more
Graphisoft is turning the crank and getting updates when they’re ready rather than waiting for full release packages as has been the practice across the professional software world. This summer, Graphisoft released Archicad 24 as a significant release to advance BIM capabilities and interoperability between architects and engineers. It has enabled better exchanges of data across Architecture, Structural, Civil, and … Read more
Autodesk’s second-quarter revenues for fiscal 2021 were absolutely on course for the company underlining several points: the resilience of the subscription model, the ongoing progress of Autodesk’s revamped licensing plan, and the relative powerlessness of customers. Autodesk is in the process of transitioning from multi-user licenses to named license, which boils down to one license person rather than a company … Read more
Nemetschek is ahead of the adapting to the new normal curve. The company has been in the process of a major restructuring for a couple of years, and some of the most obvious changes became evident in 2019. In his annual address to shareholders, Alex Kaufman, spokesman for the management board and the company’s CFOO, wrote in the company’s annual … Read more
Trimble came out of 2019 with record results and it made it through the first quarter reasonably well. Meanwhile, Rob Painter took over as CEO in January and articulated a Connect and Scale 2025 strategy that would take the company to subscriptions and cloud-based services where it made sense and on to a stable growth trajectory. Then came Q2 and … Read more
There is no doubt some industry people sighed in relief when PTC's third-quarter financial results came in above guidance. In design and engineering, people are looking at this quarter as an indicator of what the year might look like. PTC's results look good in spite of this year’s extreme challenges. The companies in design and engineering have performed reasonably well through the … Read more
The Union Project in Oakland California is nearing completion. Holliday Development and Factory OS were able to stack the five floors on site in 10 days. The components of the building were built in a factory a few miles away in Vallejo before being trucked to the site. Autodesk has been hell-bent on its plan to build out its … Read more
We’re all virtual now. Graphisoft convened a meeting of our virtual selves for their annual worldwide meeting. This year the theme was Building Together as CEO Huw Roberts and his team unveiled a new version of Archicad. More important for parent company Nemetschek, the virtual conference also showcased new levels of interoperability with Nemetschek’s RISA and SCIA for an integrated … Read more
Technical Suite is the last of CorelDraw’s rolling introduction, which includes CorelDraw Essentials 2020 for creative consumers, occasional users, CorelDraw Standard 2020 for office, CorelDraw Graphics Suite for professionals, and now CorelDraw Technical Suite for technical documentation. There’s a version of CorelDraw for everyone. CorelDraw Technical Suite is not for everyone. It’s a Windows-based application for content creators working with … Read more
Before there were raster-scan TV-like screens on computers, we had vectorscopes, also known as stroke writers and calligraphic screens. They drew straight lines, one at a time, and were used for early warning systems, FAA monitoring, and CAD back in the 1960s and up till about 1990. A near cousin was the first oscilloscopes, and one of the most popular … Read more
Autodesk has come through its first quarter with good results and the company expressed satisfaction, revealing very little trepidation over the future. The company raised revenue 20% to $886 million and reported a net income of $66.6 million. The company’s operating margin increased 10 percentage points to 28%. Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost celebrated the stability of Autodesk’s subscription-based business model … Read more
