![]() Hexagon is concentrating on connecting Hexagon’s own software for now, so there are few connections to external programs, such as from Autodesk, except via IFC. No new division is being created for the two programs instead, the PPM divisionis expanding from oil and gas to BIM and construction. The back end is very complex, needing three slides to show all of it (see figure 4.) As with Smart Factory, it is the sensors that provide feedback from the field.įigure 4: A fraction of Hexagon's software for SmartBuild But then I received my first definitive answer: BricsCAD is working with HxGN SmartBuild to be Hexagon's new foray into the AEC market.īricsCAD was presented as the front-end design software, while SmartBuild provides the back end for construction management. ![]() In short, the answer always was, "It is still early days." Point clouds are an obvious one, and sheet metal might be another. I interviewed a half-dozen Hexagon executives about where else they saw BricsCAD fitting into Hexagon. The big question was, how else will Hexagon make use of BricsCAD’s abilities in general drafting, 3D modeling, and BIM - and conversely, which Hexagon technology will BricsCAD adopt? For instance, BricsCAD is in desperate in need of analysis software (it currently has none), which could be provided by MSC. Hexagon Steps Out Into AEC Hexagon PPM last fall acquired Bricsys to replace AutoCAD in its CADworx line of software. Cloud - where all the data from the many software packages and machines is exchanged, examined, and expelled. If not, then adjustments are made in the software that controls the machines. Validate - which is Hexagon's strength through CMMs that measure the output from the additive and/or subtractive machining operations to verify whether it is within tolerance. Hexagon's line of CAM software and robotic sensors play a roll here. Manufacturing - where most of the machines are provided by third parties. Similarly, what Hexagon calls "engineering" we call simulation, and of course it owns MSC Software for that stage. Never mind that Hexagon already owns three CAD systems, albeit none at the level of Catia. Executives told me that third-party CAD software would probably be used for design-design, with Catia mentioned most often. Design and Engineering - except that what Hexagon calls "design" is what we call pre-design. We were shown a scale model of the Smart Factory concept sliced into four parts (see figure 3): Hexagon says it works with customers step-by-step, instead of putting in all available software at once, as competitors presumably do. This also is the aim of competitors Siemens and Dassault Systemes (not named by him), but Hexagon's approach is different, because it recognizes that every factory is different. Hexagon's Smart Future It turns out that Hexagon's solution to eco-destruction is to make every factory a smart factory. ![]() It is up to corporations to enable the changes that he envisions. When one reporter questioned why Hexagon was not lobbying the US government to force change on the population, the ceo replied that government is too inefficient to get things done, and that lobbying doesn't work. Other buzz phrases from Hexagon include “Scalable Sustainable” and “Empowering an Autonomous Future.” Hexagon sees much opportunity in making use of data that isn’t being used right now, specifically with their line of measurement sensors.ĭuring a breakfast press conference the next day, Mr Rollen opined that 100% use of electric cars is not an answer, as there is insufficient electrical generation to recharge them all. Doing good cannot be altruistic, Mr Rollen explained: it has to be profitable. "Do well to do good" is the company's official slogan, both at the conference and on its Web site. The eco-story coming from Hexagon is unsurprising given its headquarters are in Sweden. ![]() He never did specify precisely how Hexagon would be involved, other than getting customers to process data better. He asserted that there is no conflict between saving the planet and satisfying shareholders. Mr Rollen explained that it's easy to change the world when you use the incentive of money, such as paying fishermen to collect garbage from shores and waters - Hexagon supported one NGO by buying its plastic bracelets for all attendees. (GNDers prefer top-down socialism through government fiat.) Hexagon's ceo said the answer is bottom-up capitalism, more specifically the efficient re-use of data. The end of the world will come in 2050, the date we run out of food, as we were told several times, which, happily, is double the deadline projected by the Green New Dealers. Figure 2: Spotlights decorate the continually-updating statistics
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