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PTC and Unity Technologies today announced a collaboration to simplify augmented reality (AR) development. PTC and Unity will work together to integrate the Vuforia® AR platform with Unity in order to deliver a seamless development experience to Unity’s global ecosystem. The Vuforia AR platform uses advanced computer vision technology to…

Topcon Positioning Group and Bentley Systems today announced their joint intentions to connect cloud services for constructioneering. During the keynote presentations, the companies’ CEOs presented new construction workflows designed to increase efficiency and productivity with enhanced integration between their respective cloud services. Each company will bring to market cloud-based solution offerings, which…

BIMobject AB (BIMobject) today announces a new collaboration with Allplan GmbH (Allplan), which is a major player in BIM and AEC. Allplan is owned by Nemetscheck Group, which had a turnover of EUR 285 million in 2015. In the near future, Allplan will develop a BIMobject App for its approximately…

Accenture has completed the acquisition of Kurt Salmon, a leading global strategy consulting firm focused on the retail industry and a subsidiary of Management Consulting Group. The acquisition was first announced on September 22, 2016. More than 260 employees of Kurt Salmon across the U.S., Germany, U.K, Japan and China are…

Global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. (Vectorworks), and BIMobject AB (BIMobject) today announce that the BIMobject App, that integrates the BIMobject Cloud with direct access to manufacturers' product libraries, will be provided as a part of Vectorworks Architect 2017 Service Pack 1. The BIMobject App will be available…

Three new capabilities in the 2017 edition of PartXplore, are maintaining the powerful high speed CAD viewer and analyser’s long tradition of updating format support and new enhancements. PartXplore, from Vero Software, contains many innovative features usually found in high-end CAD systems which enable to the user to perform part…

OpenText™ today announced Release 16 Enhancement Pack (EP1), a comprehensive, integrated digital information platform that enables customers to digitize any business process and manage information workflows across the digital enterprise. With the new enhancements, OpenText continues to extend its EIM platform to enable the flow of information from Engagement to…

CGTech is now shipping the next major release of VERICUT Composite Applications: VERICUT Composite Programming (VCP), VERICUT Composite Simulation (VCS) and VERICUT Composite Paths for Engineering (VCPe). VERICUT Composite Applications are being used by leading manufacturers to program and simulate automated fiber placement and tape-laying machinery from machine tool builders…

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition will be available for Early Access on December 1, 2016. OpenRoads CONNECT Edition is the successor to Bentley’s industry leading civil engineering brands InRoads, GEOPAK, MX, and PowerCivil. OpenRoads Designer is a comprehensive, multi-discipline 3D modeling application to advance the delivery of roadway projects from conceptual…

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced AssetWise CONNECT Edition. The CONNECT Editions of AssetWise and ProjectWise provide and share a connected data environment, upgrading a common data environment to fully realize the BIM potential of digital engineering models, created during CAPEX, for continuous benefits throughout the OPEX lifecycle. A connected data environment is vital to infrastructure advancement because CAPEX projects are repeatedly…