The marriage of CAD and metrology is the marriage of the digital and the real-world. It is transforming many industries including AEC and manufacturing. Hexagon, which has its roots in metrology, has addressed the digitalization revolution from the sky down. Founded in 1992 in Stockholm, Hexagon acquired ERDAS for their satellite-based geospatial technology and they’ve acquired the leading lidar companies … Read more
The Open Design Alliance’s season of press releases is here and the quantity of information is greater than ever as the organization follows up on the several new directions they have taken to support interoperability and communication in the CAD industry. The organization has moved into new territory with its Visualize, Web SDK, and BIM (Building Information Modeling) APIs. The … Read more
PTC’s new headquarters on the Boston waterfront is in the heart of Boston’s building boom and designed to be a magnet for talent in PTC’s fast-growing IoT and AR business. (Source: JPR) PTC is building on gains made and lessons learned. CEO Jim Heppelmann was a keynote speaker at the AWE AR conference in May and followed up a … Read more
Bentley teams with Microsoft’s upcoming HoloLens 2 to introduce Synchro XR; brings Mixed reality for AEC and specifically construction analysis and visualization. Bentley Systems and Microsoft have been collaborating since at least 2016 when the company announced its commitment to Microsoft Azure for its AssetWise CONNECT Edition and ProjectWise CONNECT Edition tools. Since then, Bentley has expanded the list of … Read more
