For the second time in ten years, Autodesk is dealing with an activist investor problem. Will Starboard Value get its way, and if it does, what might be the knock-on effect for customers? Among the trials and tribulations faced by executives running publicly listed...
The productivity gains to be had from current AEC software options may be close to exhausted. To adapt and survive, the industry should instead be focusing on knowledge-based expert design systems, writes Richard Harpham Today, most designs are produced in software...
In the shift from BIM to BIM 2.0, big changes are underway at Graphisoft. Martyn Day chats with new CEO Daniel Csillag about his plans for the company To Graphisoft observers, the company’s recent CEO transition looks like one of the industry’s more abrupt handovers....
In mid-September, out of the blue, Bentley Systems announced it had acquired Cesium, an industry cherished 3D geospatial platform with an ecosystem of open standards, including Cesium.JS and 3D Tile technology. Martyn Day talked with Patrick Cozzi, previously of...
For the 2025 release of Vectorworks, we caught up with company CEO, Biplab Sarkar, to talk new features, moving from file to cloud databases, auto-drawings AR, openness in BIM and, of course, AI AEC Magazine: How would you define the overarching theme for the 2025...
Web-based software now includes 100+ high-detail furniture blocks, AI-powered rendering and integrated engineering tools. Laiout has added several new features to its ‘fully automated’ floor planning solution, which uses proprietary algorithms and generative design to...
