PTC buys Frustum, as gen des heats up

PTC buys Frustum, as gen des heats up

Nov 20, 2018 | Hot Topics

Not sure what gen des is? Generative design is the use of assistive technologies to help refine a design. Need a chair to hold a certain sized person? Give a gen des tool a set of parameters, and let it design the chair for you — that’s called topology...
AU 2018 goes convergent

AU 2018 goes convergent

Nov 15, 2018 | Hot Topics

For the first time in years, I had to leave AU before the bitter end. It’s for a work commitment, so 100% necessary, but it means that this writeup doesn’t cover what will happen in the AEC and manufacturing keynotes, which took place after I left. I’ll watch...
PTC buys Frustum, as gen des heats up

Bentley makes AIworx official, announces second deal

Nov 13, 2018 | Hot Topics

Bentley’s acquisitions just keep rolling. At last month’s Year in Infrastructure conference, the company announced one in pedestrian simulation, LEGION, and Agency9 to complement its existing digital cities offering. Another one was hinted at: AIworx,...
PTC buys Frustum, as gen des heats up

Altair + Datawatch = interesting opportunities

Nov 6, 2018 | Hot Topics

Yesterday, Altair announced that it wants to acquire/merge with Datawatch, prompting a lot of “who?” and “why?”. Since I hadn’t heard of Datawatch, I did a bit of research — here’s what I learned and why I think this...
PTC buys Frustum, as gen des heats up

Quickie: Altair to acquire Datawatch for analytics

Nov 5, 2018 | Hot Topics

Dashing out the door to an all-day meeting and this pops into the inbox: Altair is merging with really, acquiring) Datawatch, a company that makes data prep, data prediction, and high-volume data visualization technologies that Altair feels will enable it to...
Eek – schnitgercorp.com not secure???

Eek – schnitgercorp.com not secure???

Nov 3, 2018 | Hot Topics

You may have noticed that your browser throws up a little warning that Schnitger Corp’s website is not secure. That’s currently true because we’ve run into an IT-gremlin issue related to SSL certificates. We’re working on a fix and hope to turn...
Nemetschek’s Build offerings contribute to strong Q3

Nemetschek’s Build offerings contribute to strong Q3

Nov 1, 2018 | Hot Topics

Nemetschek Group, the holding company for brands like Allplan, Graphisoft, VectorWorks and Bluebeam, announced results this week that show continued progress in digitizing the AEC world. The details: Group revenue for Q3 was €115 million, up 20% as reported and up 20%...
Nemetschek’s Build offerings contribute to strong Q3

PTC’s F18 closed strong as reinvention continues

Oct 31, 2018 | Hot Topics

PTC’s Q4 and fiscal 2018 results, released last week, were solid yet investors were displeased because the forecasts for F19 presupposed a faster transition to subscriptions than many expected. Remember: subs mean lower initial revenue but a longer tail, so...
PTC buys Frustum, as gen des heats up

Quickie: SigmaTEK acquired by Battery Ventures

Oct 30, 2018 | Hot Topics

Super quick because I’m knee-deep in earnings news: Battery Ventures announced yesterday that it has acquired SigmaTEK Systems, makers of the SigmaNEST nesting solution. Nesting is the process of taking the flattened versions of 3D parts like sheetmetal...
Bentley’s AEC digital twin combines BIM, CAD and more

Bentley’s AEC digital twin combines BIM, CAD and more

Oct 29, 2018 | Hot Topics

The Year in Infrastructure (YII) is Bentley Systems’ annual media fest, where new product releases, customer successes and acquisitions vie for attention. We’ll cover more of those over the next several blog posts, but today we’ll focus on one of the big product...