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Comment on Gehry Does Revit : Pigs Fly Addition : BIM by Javaknight

Javaknight — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:33:00 +0000

Not really (I am sure the data is publicly available), but I wouldn’t compare total Autodesk revenues with Nemetshek’s both for the reason you mention and for the fact that Autodesk marketing capabilities are spread across several products (as the figures that you report seem to be gross figures across several products as well?) Knowing what I do about Revit (as compared to other BIM packages) and Autodesk (as compared to other forward thinking tech firms) I am not sure if I would equate Revit to the future. (although, it may continue to do quite well in the future)

Comment on Gehry Does Revit : Pigs Fly Addition : BIM by Jim Foster

Jim Foster — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:47:26 +0000

I would assume Archicad has better penetration in Europe but distilling the numbers gets difficult as they are not generally broken out by the companies themselves. To break it down quickly Nemetshek is had $150 million Euro Revenue last fiscal year, Autodesk had $2,000 million or $ 2 billion. $150 Euro converted is approx. $212 Million, so Autodesk roughly ten times the size. You can argue Nemetshek is just about architecture/buildings while Autodesk is spread among other business units, however, net dollars equals marketing muscle. Personally, I am asked to provide AutoCAD or more prevalent now Revit deliverables here in the US, not once asked for Archicad, so I am following what the market is asking for and not really saying one is better than another, just responding. Do you have any data in the UK and what firms are working with?

Comment on Gehry Does Revit : Pigs Fly Addition : BIM by Javaknight

Javaknight — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:10:11 +0000

What’s Revit penetration like in the UK, compared to. . . say. . . ArchiCAD?

Comment on BIM FM Rundown by Jim Foster

Jim Foster — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:12:30 +0000

Marty,
Thank for clarifying.
Jim

Comment on BIM FM Rundown by Marty Chobot

Marty Chobot — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:36:45 +0000

Just a quick clarification… Autodesk never purchased FM:Systems. They purchased a product call FMDesktop and then later discontinued the FMDesktop product. While the names are similar there is no relationship between FM:Systems and FMDesktop.

When Autodesk decided to discontinue the FMDesktop product, FM:Systems provided a migration path that allowed FMDesktop customers to move to FM:Systems’ products.

Comment on About by Jim Foster

Jim Foster — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:21:26 +0000

Peter,
Was expecting you to be first to comment.
cheers,
Jim

Comment on About by Peter Cholakis

Peter Cholakis — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:15:11 +0000

BIM, per NIBS, is life-cycle facility/building managment supported by digital technology.
For more details, visit: http://buildinginformationmanagement.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/the-top-ten-truths-about-bim/

Comment on About by Jim Foster

Jim Foster — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:43:52 +0000

Hey Pedro,
First Revit…than the world.
cheers,
Jim

Comment on About by PEDRO NEVAREZ

PEDRO NEVAREZ — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:26:36 +0000

Amazing Technology Gadget, it surely is going to make our work more precise and easier !!!!!

but…Is this New little gadget going to work with all bim software platforms out there or is it just going to work with REVIT ?

Comment on Unlocking the Multi-Billion Building Retrofit Market from the Carbon War Room : #BIM by Jim Foster

Jim Foster — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:50:26 +0000

I had never even heard of Lockheed being in this business until seeing this ‘consortium’, one could argue that where there is government money there are firms good at getting government money, no matter what discipline.