The toolbox to support building information modeling and field data management by cloud computing is getting better stocked with new app releases and, announced on Nov. 30, the planned acquisition of cloud-computing firm Horizontal Systems by Autodesk Inc.
For example, Bentley Systems Inc. also released a new app, Structural Synchronizer V8i, for iPads and iPhones—with Android and Windows versions to come. It provides data synchronization, change management, revision history and model viewing, says Huw Roberts, Bentley's global marketing director for building.