Cadwork informatik AG explained

cadwork informatik AG
Founded: in Basel, Switzerland
Location:Aeschenvorstadt 21, 4051
Location City:Basel
Location Country:Switzerland
Num Locations:20 branch offices
Num Locations Year:2019
Area Served:Worldwide
Industry:Construction, Software, and Manufacturing & Industry
Num Employees:150 (2019)
Homepage:https://www.cadwork.ch/

cadwork informatik CI AG is a multinational software company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. It develops and markets software products primarily for the construction industry. These products include timber industry products in computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) as well as products in building information model (BIM) and virtual design and construction (VDC). These products are suitable for designers, structural engineers, construction engineers, civil engineering draftspeople, building contractors, and in the case of BIMTeam VDC, the construction crews.

cadwork integration of design, manufacturing, and construction has contributed to Europe's 25-year lead on North America in the timber construction industry.[1] cadwork was formed in 1988 at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Department of Timber Construction as a continuation of research in software by the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), a watch industry research department. The company has seven subsidiaries with offices in Saône, France; Hildesheim, Germany; Rýmařov, Czech Republic; Breitenwang, Austria; Cuarte, Spain; Montréal, and Palo Alto in California.

Products

Products and technical details

cadwork is mainly known for its timber industry wood products, but in Switzerland, it is a leading software for civil engineers. In 2004, cadwork started the development of Lexocad, a BIM-level design-planning-construction software.

Research and development collaborations

Education and certifications

The cadwork customer base is a network of practitioners; through a long-term client relationship, cadwork continues software support, development of custom solutions, and application education.

In education, cadwork works with collaborators to provide continuing education opportunities, such as with the Tall Wood Institute.[7]

In North America, cadwork collaborates with the Timber Framers Guild apprenticeship education in collaboration with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.[8]

Manufacturing

cadwork is the primary fabrication software used by timber manufacturers globally,[9] as such, cadwork has a diverse network of manufacturers throughout the world. To work in timber manufacturing, knowledge of cadwork is a criterion so to allow for operating and programming of CNC machines.

Modeling: Timber Frame Headquarters[10]

Fabricators

Equipment

Company history

cadwork informatik AG was founded in 1988 as a continuation of the research by the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). In 1992, cadwork expanded outside the Swiss market by opening cadwork Germany in Hildesheim.

Recognition of industry practitioners

The ‘cadwork competition' provides recognition for aesthetically pleasing timber construction. There are various categories; in 2019, Laminated Timber Solutions received a public buildings award for their Molenbeek-Saint-Jean passive building constructed entirely of cross-laminated timber (CLT). This residential structure consists of 17 units (single- and dual-story apartments) with ancillary common parts.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Joseph Gallivan "WHERE MASS TIMBER COMES TOGETHER," Pamplin Media Group, March 26, 2019. https://pamplinmedia.com/but/239-news/423542-328541-where-mass-timber-comes-together-pwoff
  2. Alexander Schreyer "TIMBER ENGINEERING REFERENCE – CAD SOFTWARE," [as], FEBRUARY 19, 2008. https://alexschreyer.net/timber-engineering/cad-software/
  3. Ben Kron "Open BIM Forum: Going Deep," baublatt, 02/19/2019. https://www.baublatt.ch/praxis/open-bim-forum-in-die-tiefe-gehen
  4. Manfred Breit, Manfred Vogel, Fritz Häubi, Fabian Märki, Marco Soldati, László István Etesi, Nicky Hochmuth, Andreas Walther "ENHANCEMENT OF VIRTUAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS," CIB W78 2008 International Conference on Information Technology in Construction, Santiago, Chile, 2008. http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB16896.pdf
  5. "cadwork integrates CAD Exchanger SDK into its Lexocad application to seamlessly convert customer 3D data," CAD Exchanger, last accessed 8/12/2019. https://cadexchanger.com/customers-3/38-success-story-cadwork.html
  6. Book: 10.2312/egve.20151314 . 2015 . Milet . Tomáš . Tóth . Michal . Pečiva . Jan . Starka . Tomáš . Kobrtek . Jozef . Zemcik . Pavel . Fast Robust and Precise Shadow Algorithm for WebGL 1.0 Platform . 85–92 . Icat-Egve 2015 - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments . 978-3-905674-84-2 .
  7. "Mass Timber Manufacturing and Construction Training Program: Introduction to Cadwork," Tallwood Design Institute, last accessed August 6, 2019. http://tallwoodinstitute.org/event/mass-timber-manufacturing-and-construction-training-program-introduction-cadwork
  8. "CABIN CREEK TIMBER FRAMES: TIMBER FRAMER," Timber Framers Guild, last accessed August 6, 2019. https://www.tfguild.org/companies/cabin-creek-timber-frames
  9. "SOLID TIMBER CONSTRUCTION," Off-site Studies, University of Utah, Integrated Technology in Architecture Center, College ofArchitecture and Planning, August 2015. http://itac.utah.edu/ITAC/ST_Perform_files/STC%20PPP%20V1.1.pdf
  10. "Find Your Team," TimberFrame Headquarters, last accessed August 6, 2019.https://timberframehq.com/find-your-team
  11. "TimberFrame/Post&Beam/Glu-lam," Timber Artisans, last accessed August 6, 2019. http://timberartisans.com/timberframepostbeamglulamconstruction
  12. "CNC MACHINE OPERATOR (HUNDEGGER K2I)," Rocky Mountain Joinery, last accessed August 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190806235229/https://www.tfguild.org/notices/cnc-machine-operator-hundegger-k2i2/
  13. "Euclid Technology," Euclid Timber Frames, last accessed August 6, 2019. https://www.euclidtf.com/euclid-technology
  14. Web site: February 23, 2016 . TimberLab´s monster CNC tames engineered timber HOMAG . 2024-05-21 . www.homag.com . HOMAG Group . en.
  15. "Hundegger USA," Hundegger, last accessed August 6, 2019 http://hundeggerusa.com/
  16. Web site: March 22, 2019 . Cadwork award for Laminated Timber Solutions . 2024-05-21 . Laminated Timber Solutions . en.