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Jon Peddie Research announces its 2022 Worldwide CAD Report: Building a more resilient marketplace

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GfxS staff

The AEC industry achieved a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9%. MCAD grew at a rate of 8%. Tiburon, ...

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Shapr3D adds significant features throughout 2021

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Kathleen Maher

It’s the little things that count, like 2D drawings, cross platform support including M1 Macs and Windows machines, and cross-sections. ...

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Ashlar-Vellum releases new Lithium downloads for Mac and Windows

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Kathleen Maher

Tough contender Ashlar-Vellum adds a new draft tool for industrial design. Austin-based Ashlar-Vellum is the inheritor of a long tradition ...

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Adding on to the Construction Cloud, Autodesk acquires ProEst

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Kathleen Maher

As we’ve been following the CAD companies’ progress during the Covid years, it’s striking to note that the large companies ...

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Autodesk’s fiscal 2022 second quarter is a winner and no surprises

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Kathleen Maher

Subscription growth and tough love on licensing deals enable a 16% increase in revenues. Autodesk CFO Debbie Clifford described Autodesk’s ...

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The ODA Virtual Summit is planned for September 21st

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Kathleen Maher

Presentations will focus on new CAD and BIM interoperability, IFC updates, and more. The Open Design Alliance, a consortium of ...

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PTC’s third quarter beats expectations

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Kathleen Maher

Alliances pay off; growth segment stalls are offset by Arena sales. There were no real surprises in PTC’s third-quarter announcement ...

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Graphisoft unveils Archicad 25; builds on integrated design

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Kathleen Maher

2020: a landmark year for Graphisoft; direct and to the point: new features in Archicad 25 Graphisoft, a company of ...

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SPECviewperf 2020 V2.0 benchmark is available for free download

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Ruchika Saini

The SPEC Graphics Performance Characterization Group (SPECgpc) has released an update to its SPECviewperf benchmark. The SPECviewperf 2020 V2.0 benchmark features updated ...

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ODA updates its Drawings SDK and Visualize SDK

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Ruchika Saini

Open Design Alliance has been expanding its focus on DWG interoperability and adding additional formats and capabilities. This year, ODA ...