'I am completely sympathetic to the challenges of running a profitable architecture practice in difficult economic times, particularly during the pandemic,' he said. 'At the beginning of this year we significantly increased our engineering investment in Revit Architecture, and I am committed to continuing that investment into the future,' he continued.īut Anagnost pushed back against the claim that the cost of Revit, which architects use to create digital 3D models of buildings, is hurting architects financially.

'Our architecture functionality didn't progress as quickly as it should have,' Anagnost wrote. 'Autodesk spends more on research and development now than it has in its entire history,' said Anagnost.Īn Autodesk representative responded to the open letter in late July, calling the concerns a 'top priority', but the CEO took several weeks to publish his response. The company has only been able to invest in this new platform because of switching to the subscription model, he said.

'Significant' increase in Revit investment He offered to share the details of its new BIM platform that will be 'centred on a common data environment' with its customers under a non-disclosure agreement.

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