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At the top level we've all agreed on a few key strategies that apply to all the products. The IFC push is one big example. The teams meet to exchange IFC information and best practices, and work very closely on making sure that there is an open standard for the marketplace.hence what we see in AC14...
..We, for example, are working closely with the Maxon and Scia (structural engineering software) R&D teams and have a number of initiatives to exchange information and proof compatibility between the products because we see some clear customer workflows supported by those group products...VW only or AC as well?
..We have been able to interact with some teams in India and China and have formed Nemetschek Bulgaria. It is a much more open relationship, since we're all reporting to the same people. This lowers our R&D costs and is a much more efficient way for us to develop.one can only wonder what these guys are up to as it sounds bigger than VW..
The Parasolid-based engine is a major internal change. We used the best modeling kernel in the world for our software solution. Parasolid comes from the aerospace and automobile industry and is now part of the BIM world. This version has a great deal of added functionality. I think the market is still debating where BIM fits in, which firms will use it, and for which types of projects. I think people are unsure, including our customers. They're asking themselves, 'Will this 3D-focus really benefit me if I don't design buildings that are free-form-shapes?' I'm really looking forward to doing 3D-modeling and having a more efficient practice. And the increased investment in advanced 3D-technologies is slowly paying off. We have been steadily making more and more architectural modeling Parasolid-based, with the 3D flexibility getting more powerful with each version. On top of that, the other big feature we're working on is a kind of 3D-editing environment.wouldn't it be nice if ArchiCAD got parasolid too?- I wish...read on and you will see the tremendous potential it offers...linking back to first quote - wouldn't it be great if it was one of the
few key strategies that apply to all the products
2010-05-18 02:55 PM
What lies ahead for Vectorworks? In which direction will the company be heading?
I think the next big thing will be what I talked about the beginning: horizontal integration. We really want to stick with a design-based product, and for me the future lies in establishing and maintaining our lead as the provider of the best 3D solution on the market. A lot of architects use our products to design constructions never built before. Architects such as Daniel Libeskind, who is a long-time customer of ours, Peter Zumthor, who's just won the Pritzker Price. These types of architects, i.e. design-focused architects, are really interesting to us. They have a need for extreme flexibility, because a wall or roof on some of these buildings is essentially an abstract term, for example when folded.
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wouldn't it be nice if ArchiCAD got parasolid too?- I wish...read on and you will see the tremendous potential it offers...linking back to first quote - wouldn't it be great if it was one of thefew key strategies that apply to all the products
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