Counting the cost of AI agents in engineering
By Randall Scott Newton, Managing Editorand Vektor, AI Agent Reporter From CAD managers to CTOs, managing the shift to agentic AI means treating it as a balance sheet issue. We […]
Architecture Engineering & Construction
Autodesk’s rhyming history of financial reporting
ChatGPT 4o illustrates an audit team discovering anomalies in a company’s accounting practices. Commentary by Randall Scott Newton Earlier this year the Autodesk board of directors launched an internal investigation […]
ODA Visualize adds walk-throughs
Open Design Alliance (ODA) has released new support for animation in its Visualize SDK (Software Development Kit). Visualize is a real-time 3D graphics engine for engineering design data. ODA says […]
Open Design Alliance continues with virtual conference for 2021
Open Design Alliance (ODA) says its annual conference will again be virtual. ODA Summit 2021 will be September 21st, 2021. The summit brings together engineering software professionals to discuss industry […]
ODA Releases Apple Silicon Support
Open Design Alliance (ODA), a leading provider of CAD and BIM interoperability solutions, announced today the release of Apple Silicon support for its full suite of Software Development Kits (SDKs). […]
Autodesk joins Open Design Alliance — with a catch
Autodesk announced today it is becoming a member of the Open Design Alliance, the non-profit consortium a previous Autodesk CEO characterized as “the arms merchant to my enemies.” But there […]
Bentley sets price for IPO yet Siemens is still lurking
UPDATE: On September 22, 2020 Bentley raised the initial price of its forthcoming IPO to $19-$21/share, up from an initial price estimate of $17-$19/share. Bentley Systems (BSY), provider of construction […]
Open Geospatial Consortium and Open Design Alliance create strategic partnership
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international consortium driving the creation and adoption of open geospatial standards, and Open Design Alliance (ODA), a leading provider of CAD and BIM interoperability solutions, […]
About that spat between UK architects and Autodesk …
There is a continuing discussion taking place in public between a group of architecture firms and Autodesk over the cost and value of Revit. It started with an Open Letter […]
Helping Businesses Prepare for Augmented and Virtual Reality
Guest Editorial By Dijam PanigrahiCo-founder and COO, Grid Raster Even before the world even knew what Coronavirus was, a growing number of businesses and organizations across many industries were familiarizing […]