Cadwork informatik AG

cadwork informatik 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 has been commended for their integration of design, manufacturing, and construction—contributing to Europe's 25-year lead on North America in the timber construction industry. 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 the United States of America.
Products.
Products and technical details.
cadwork is mainly known for their 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.
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.
In North America, cadwork collaborates with the Timber Framers Guild apprenticeship education in collaboration with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Manufacturing.
cadwork is the primary fabrication software used by timber manufacturers globally, 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
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.