“The AEC industry is one of the most collaborative of all industries, yet it really struggles with collaboration, says Ganihar. “I think the true promise of BIM is bringing people together,” he continues, “and relating the relevant and necessary information to each party.

Snaptrude is also playing another angle in the AEC market, teaming with Germany’s Graebert and its excellent DWG CAD and cloud technologies. While it aims to fit into Revit-based workflows, Graebert quickly recognized a fellow cloud-native AEC app and partner to enable Snaptrude BIM models to push into its ARES Kudo cloud app.

Following a partnership model similar to PTC’s Onshape, Snaptrude and Graebert see potential in each other. “I think the integration to construction drawings is going to be really exciting,” he adds, “and will take shape towards early next year.”