One of our most popular posts has been the announcement of the integration of Pictometry with AutoCAD Map 3D in 2011. Pictometry Integration for AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 allows users to plan and design assets without leaving the Map 3D environment.
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Pictometry integration for AutoCAD Map 3D features
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012Utilities workflow in Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012While Autodesk does not talk about GIS much these days, embedded in their Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013 is a Utilities Workflow that offers intelligent model based software for meeting the complex needs of the SmartGrid, with GIS products built in. The emphasis appears to be on helping transform planning, design and management processes by capturing conditions at the start of the design process, useful for both designers and GIS professionals.
Think computing – mobile, social and the cloud
Thursday, April 12th, 2012A bevy of new “consumer” customers fueled by the mobile, social and cloud platforms may be behind Autodesk’s financial success for 2011.
The Autodesk Media Summit held in San Francisco two weeks ago trumpeted news of the latest Autodesk 2013 product suites and products launch. CEO Carl Bass opened the Summit with some business results, big trends, followed by specific product information by Amar Hanspal. There is a video and partial transcription available on AECCafe Today
To reiterate what was covered in the opening keynote, last year Autodesk finished 2011 with revenue of about $2.2 billion. Bass said that in forecasting the economy he had predicted they would grow by about 10 percent last year, “I got a lot of grief from financial community because they didn’t think we could grow by 10 percent,” he said. “People were still worried about what going on with financial matters in the U.S. as well as in Europe. There was a sense the financial world was coming to the end – as it turns out we finished the year with 14 percent. Business was robust around the world, particularly a resurgence of economy in the U.S.”
Autodesk Media Summit news: launch of Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012The big GIS related news from the Autodesk Media Summit this week in San Franciso is the launch of the Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013 that provides civil engineering, GIS, planning and utility design professionals with building information modeling (BIM) for infrastructure solution for planning, designing, building and managing civil infrastructure and utility infrastructure projects. This is the first time for the integration of Autodesk’s Infrastructure Modeler 2013 into the 2013 Building Design Suite.
Bentley Systems’ Performance for 2011
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley gave Bentley Systems’ second annual Corporate Update in a conference call last week.
“Bentley Systems’ revenue on an historical gap basis grew 10% to a record $523 million,” said Bentley. Asia was a major driver of this growth, increasing to comprise 19% of total revenue from 16% in 2010.
The software subscription business model accounts for 17% of revenues in 2011. The company’s resilient subscription revenues have enabled them to fully recover from the downturn faster than their competitors and software peers with less volatility and with greater visibility into this coming year.
The subscription business model also benefits the user organization that had invested in their future reuse of infrastructure information modeling through Bentley software. The relative lack of volatility in Bentley Systems’ revenues is good for the company’s stability and reliability and that is, along with subscription elimination of cost barriers for technology adoption and improvement, is good for user organizations.
Autodesk Q4 financial results reported
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Autodesk’s Q4 financial results were reported on in various periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal, Marketwatch, RTT News, and Seeking Alpha. Press release issued February 23, 2012 re: Autodesk Q4 financial results and full fiscal year 2012:
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2012.
Interactive Terrain Shaping for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 just released on Autodesk Labs
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Autodesk Labs has just released Interactive Terrain Shaping for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012. This technology preview provides users with a workflow for developing grading proposals in Civil 3D 2012. Users will be able to interactively explore and create new conceptual grading plans.
~Autodesk Labs
2012 Predictions: Autodesk on GIS and Utilities
Monday, January 30th, 2012GIS/Utilities
In 2012, utilities will begin to invest heavily in analytics in order to manage increasingly large volumes of data due to the rise of smart meters. Utilities and GIS companies are also exploring how this information can be used for real-time tracking and operations and to help drive business value.
Smart buildings will become important to utilities. Twenty-five states have energy-efficiency standards or targets and smart buildings can help meet these goals. The building energy analytics market will double between 2012 and 2015, jumping from $193 billion to $402 billion.
-Autodesk AEC Executive Team
Autodesk and Pitney Bowes pen new partnership
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012For about three years, I have been watching Autodesk do interesting things with their GIS division, finally rolling some great mapping products into their Infrastructure Division. The sense was that Autodesk was primarily a provider of software for the built environment, with its GIS products designed with the architect or engineer in mind.
Autodesk Map 3D
Top Geospatial Predictions for 2012
Thursday, January 12th, 2012When compiling this group of predictions, I looked back on what I had tagged for 2011 as predictions going forward. Some of those are still on the list, others are new.
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