PASADENA, CALIF./STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Bluebeam Software has announced it is expanding its European presence. Bluebeam has partnered with Bluebeam AB, a Swedish firm based in Stockholm that will support the growing number of European CAD users, manufacturing and AEC firms deploying Bluebeam’s PDF solutions for digital project workflows.

REDMOND, WASH. — Microsoft Corp. has announced that Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed for midsize project-driven organizations, will be generally available in the second quarter of 2011 in English in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico.

NEW YORK — A little over a third (36 percent) of Western European construction professionals are now using Building Information Modeling (BIM), according to McGraw-Hill Construction's latest SmartMarket Report, The Business Value of BIM in Europe.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Newforma has announced that Boston-area construction company BOND has implemented Newforma Project Center PIM software to strengthen the firm’s ability to serve clients.

SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk Inc. has announced the availability of AutoCAD WS, a new Web application that uses cloud computing technology to enable AutoCAD software users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD designs and DWG files through Web browsers and mobile devices. The AutoCAD WS mobile application for iOS is also now available as an app in the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

IRVINE, CALIF. — Tilt-Up Design Systems LLC (TDS) and Nemetschek Scia announced at the Tilt-Up Concrete Association’s 2010 Annual Conference the availability of a new software bundle that provides design-build firms, architects, engineers and contractors with an integrated whole-building solution for site-cast precast (tilt-up) construction.

ALLEN, TEXAS — Ameri-CAD Inc. has announced it will premiere its VisionREZ 2011 architectural design software solution at the 2010 Building Components Manufacturing Conference (BCMC) trade show for the structural building components industry, Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

RALEIGH, N.C. — FM:Systems has announced that Michael Schley, FM:Systems founder and CEO, has been named to the IFMA Foundation 2010-2011 board of trustees.