The Trimble revolution televised

[Anonymous]

Has anybody been watching Trimble's acquisitions ?


You've seen that they bought Sketchup ?

They most recently acquired VICO which many of you will know as previous Archicad tools sold off to former employees who started the offshoot.
see: http://www.trimble.com/news/release.aspx?id=110212a

Trimble is moving to cover the entire AEC platform. Of course they're already a large footprint in surveyingGPS covering a range of fields besides just construction.
They've even acquired a european drone company. Their strategy is obviously to integrate the entire process .. from design straight through to execution on the job site.

read : http://www.aectechstrategies.com/news-trimble_s_bryn_fosburgh_explains_the_sketchup_acquisition-440....

But the missing link is a solid BIM platform. (sorry VICO)

I think archicad should be their next purchase to pull together the whole packaged offering. ( VICO can go back into AC)

I emailed Bryn Fosburgh (bryn_fosburgh@trimble.com) at Trimble suggesting such. Trimble has the resources to stomp Autodesk.

Anyone like the idea ?

How can we encourage it

It's time that AC stops being the step-child.

[JaredBanks]

Maybe suggest Trimble buy Nemetschek as a whole?

It does raise another question since Graphisoft is owned by another company. What value has been brought to ArchiCAD/Graphisoft since they became a subsidiary? Maybe a different owner (ei, Trimble) would do more with connecting and integrating ArchiCAD with the rest of their software portfolio?

[Anonymous]

Someone smart than me said:

"a small company can strike with innovated products. But it takes a large company to hold the ground.

If AC could be bought by Trimble it could have better chances.