Subscription growth and tough love on licensing deals enable a 16% increase in revenues. Autodesk CFO Debbie Clifford described Autodesk’s financial results as strong, and that they were and that they have been. In his introductory comments, CEO Andrew Anagnost said the company offered its guidance at the start of 2021 during a period of “unwinding uncertainty,” which does … [Read more...] about Autodesk’s fiscal 2022 second quarter is a winner and no surprises
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The ODA Virtual Summit is planned for September 21st
Presentations will focus on new CAD and BIM interoperability, IFC updates, and more. The Open Design Alliance, a consortium of vendors, customers, software developers, retailers, and interested organizations is dedicated to creating interoperability solutions for CAD and BIM. The group is growing and taking on more technology challenges. The group’s annual conference is a … [Read more...] about The ODA Virtual Summit is planned for September 21st
PTC’s third quarter beats expectations
Alliances pay off; growth segment stalls are offset by Arena sales. There were no real surprises in PTC’s third-quarter announcement and no balls were knocked out of no parks but the company demonstrates the value of fast reflexes and strategic moves as well as the established position of its Core products in the market. PTC president and CEO James Heppelmann said, "our … [Read more...] about PTC’s third quarter beats expectations
Graphisoft unveils Archicad 25; builds on integrated design
2020: a landmark year for Graphisoft; direct and to the point: new features in Archicad 25 Graphisoft, a company of German AECO software group Nemetschek, has unveiled Archicad 25 and has also announced that its upcoming Building Together 2021 conference will again be virtual. It will be held September 14-16; it will be free and registration is open. In a short press … [Read more...] about Graphisoft unveils Archicad 25; builds on integrated design
SPECviewperf 2020 V2.0 benchmark is available for free download
The SPEC Graphics Performance Characterization Group (SPECgpc) has released an update to its SPECviewperf benchmark. The SPECviewperf 2020 V2.0 benchmark features updated Solidworks-06 viewset. The viewsets can be downloaded individually. V2.0 supports all the features of SPECviewperf benchmark V1.0 released in last October and adds on. The SPECviewperf 2020 benchmark license … [Read more...] about SPECviewperf 2020 V2.0 benchmark is available for free download
ODA updates its Drawings SDK and Visualize SDK
Open Design Alliance has been expanding its focus on DWG interoperability and adding additional formats and capabilities. This year, ODA has added support of sculpted solid functionality to its Drawings SDK. The Drawings SDK is ODA’s industry-standard toolkit for working with DWG data from any application on any platform. The new sculpted solid functionality supports the … [Read more...] about ODA updates its Drawings SDK and Visualize SDK
Autodesk makes bid for Altium PCB Design company
Follows the trend for big gulp deals in the CAD industry. In a short, direct little bit of a press release, Autodesk announced that it had made a non-binding proposal to acquire all the outstanding share common stock of Altium, Limited (ASX: ALU) for AUD $38.30 to be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement. In an equally short, pleasant press release Altium … [Read more...] about Autodesk makes bid for Altium PCB Design company
Bentley Systems announces good first quarter revenues
And expects bigger gains when the world gets back to business. Bentley Systems announced its revenue for its first quarter of 2021 which ended on March 31. In his opening remarks during his call to investors, CEO Greg Bentley warned them not to make generalizations about Bentley’s seasonality with such a small amount of data, especially when some of that data has been … [Read more...] about Bentley Systems announces good first quarter revenues
Cesium opens more doors for Unreal into AEC
The arrival of the Cesium for Unreal plug-in is fairly recent. It was announced last March and became officially available in April 2021, but the ability to work with large geospatial models in the Unreal game engine is a snowball rolling downhill. The alliance between Cesium and Unreal means that the Unreal Engine supports the open format 3D Tiles pioneered by Cesium, which … [Read more...] about Cesium opens more doors for Unreal into AEC
Bentley launches its education program to groom students as future infrastructure professionals
Sustained investment in infrastructure key to global economic recovery in the post-pandemic world. In the post-pandemic world, improving quality of life while settling down with a new normal is a challenge. The pandemic has caused forbidding drops in employment and economic growth worldwide. A sustained investment in infrastructure is being considered a key driver in the … [Read more...] about Bentley launches its education program to groom students as future infrastructure professionals