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Cadalyst - Comparing Costs of Remote Workstation Offerings for CAD and BIM

Cadalyst - Comparing Costs of Remote Workstation Offerings for CAD and BIM

Does it make more sense for your company to set up its own private cloud, or to rent virtual machines on a public cloud?

When one architect described the costs of enabling remote working with CAD and building information modeling (BIM) as a “massive financial burden,” he spoke for many in the architecture, engineering, and design (AED) industries. The coronavirus lockdown forced hundreds of thousands of AED professionals to work remotely, and this has introduced significant costs to businesses.

And with potential repeating waves of the disease, more local lockdowns, and a greater number of employees demanding a remote work option, the temporary cost of providing BIM and CAD software remotely could become a permanent expense. But what are the costs of running CAD and BIM software remotely, and how can you minimize them?

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Cadalyst - Is CAD in the Cloud Right for you?

Cadalyst - Is CAD in the Cloud Right for you?

Trusty desktop-based CAD software has been the staple of designers for decades. In the last few years however, there’s been growing interest in the potential of delivering CAD via the cloud – with plenty of claims and counterclaims about its strengths and weaknesses

Despite all the hype, the cloud isn’t a silver bullet to all business problems – it’s just one new way of using your CAD software. For some designers, the cloud will be ideal, for others, not so much.

So, when is the cloud right for you, and how should you decide?