Snaptrude compares seven AEC platforms on SSO, SOC 2, ISO 27001, workflow fit, and the security questions firms should ask before deployment. Source: Snaptrude.   Security has become an important factor in BIM software selection as architecture firms handle sensitive ...

Free tools rarely feel this useful inside Revit, yet BIMCraft manages to cut through everyday BIM friction without asking for a credit card. For years, the conversation about Building Information Modeling has sounded the same. BIM sits at the center. ...

AEC Magazine examines whether Autodesk’s shift toward Forma, AI orchestration, and consumption pricing could turn automation, compute, and project data into additional sources of recurring cost. Source: AEC Magazine.   Autodesk’s agentic AI strategy could change both AEC workflows and ...

Image source:  Teeraphon/stock.adobe.com, AI-generated.  It’s October already and renewal quotes for next year’s software are starting to arrive. CAD managers must estimate costs while renewal pricing, staffing, and upcoming project requirements may still be uncertain. A useful budget needs to ...

Bentley is adding MCP servers across its engineering software so AI agents can automate structural analysis, modeling, monitoring, and repetitive tasks while engineers retain control of technical decisions. Source: Bentley Systems.   Structural engineering faces mounting pressure from talent shortages, ...

Closed-beta capabilities connect 3D models with site imagery, schedules and simulations to assess project changes before fieldwork. ORLANDO, FL, Oct 28, 2026 – Procore Technologies is testing an integration with NVIDIA that connects construction models and project data with 3D ...

Blueprints AI automates construction documentation across architecture and engineering while keeping licensed professionals responsible for final review and approval. Source: Blueprints AI.   Blueprints AI is applying artificial intelligence to one of architecture’s most labor-intensive tasks: producing detailed construction documents. ...

L’ingresso dell’intelligenza artificiale generativa nella redazione delle offerte tecniche sta trasformando la preparazione delle gare d’appalto, sollevando interrogativi complessi sulla tenuta operativa dei cantieri pubblici. Se da un lato i software garantiscono relazioni formali dettagliate e visivamente impeccabili, dall’altro emerge ...

A growing class of software can check drawings, models, and project requirements automatically, but professional judgment and documented human review remain essential. Source: AEC Magazine.   Compliance software is becoming a significant category in AEC technology. According to AEC Magazine, ...

The platform turns existing architectural plans into structured information, helping homebuilders automate quality control, plan mirroring, documentation, and other repetitive production tasks without abandoning established workflows. Inside the Geom viewer: an existing plan set read as structured information—rooms, walls, openings, ...