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Cadwork informatik AG
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<p>cadwork informatik CI AG is a multinational software company headquartered in <a href="/facts/Basel,_Switzerland/EzXbzbUx">Basel, Switzerland</a>. It develops and markets software products primarily for the construction industry. These products include timber industry products in <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">computer-aided design</a> (<a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">CAD</a>) and <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_manufacturing/gqYHXcK9">computer-aided manufacturing</a> (<a href="/facts/Computer-aided_manufacturing/gqYHXcK9">CAM</a>) as well as products in <a href="/facts/Building_information_model/VFVtPmEr">building information model</a> (BIM) and <a href="/facts/Virtual_design_and_construction/Tl7AXTEJ">virtual design and construction</a> (VDC). These products are suitable for <a href="/facts/Designer/Jy3q7cap">designers</a>, <a href="/facts/Structural_engineer/6uVVnoKG">structural engineers</a>, <a href="/facts/Construction_engineering/rY2vMT8B">construction engineers</a>, <a href="/facts/Draftsman/zY142eHt">civil engineering draftspeople</a>, building contractors, and in the case of BIMTeam VDC, the <a href="/facts/Construction_worker/Hqt4n98w">construction crews</a>. </p><p>cadwork integration of design, manufacturing, and construction has contributed to Europe's 25-year lead on North America in the timber construction industry. cadwork was formed in 1988 at the <a href="/facts/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne/IBPANwjM">École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne</a> (EPFL) Department of Timber Construction as a continuation of research in software by the <a href="/facts/Swiss_Center_for_Electronics_and_Microtechnology/JAfEu2zg">Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology</a> (CSEM), a watch industry research department. The company has seven subsidiaries with offices in <a href="/facts/Sa%C3%B4ne,_Doubs/Ca4dQzxW">Saône, France</a>; <a href="/facts/Hildesheim,_Germany/6UHl6Frx">Hildesheim, Germany</a>; <a href="/facts/R%C3%BDma%C5%99ov/rVF3C6Rn">Rýmařov, Czech Republic</a>; <a href="/facts/Breitenwang/8QFGn647">Breitenwang, Austria</a>; <a href="/facts/Cuarte_de_Huerva/9CfXVa8L">Cuarte, Spain</a>; <a href="/facts/Montr%C3%A9al/uQQaWd1b">Montréal</a>, and <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto,_California/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto in California</a>. </p>