• Autodesk Inc. is acquiring Vela Systems, which puts specialists in delivering data to the field under the same roof as the creators of 3-D design and engineering software used in Building Information Modeling.
• Details of the deal were not disclosed, but Vela's cloud and mobile capabilities should prove valuable to Autodesk so its products can make it to job sites and benefit project management.
• As one Autodesk executive put it, "BIM has tremendous value in the planning and design aspects of construction projects, but if you can’t get that rich data into the field, at the point of construction, you are leaving out the critical 'last 100 yards' in the process."

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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), which offers 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced Friday the acquisition of Vela Systems, a provider of cloud and mobile field management software for the construction industry. ...