MIAMI — McGraw-Hill Construction and Autodesk have announced a new, simplified way for manufacturers to create and publish information-rich, Building Information Modeling (BIM)-ready models of their building products in both McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets and Autodesk Seek.

Vancouver, B.C. — Aftercad has announced the closed beta launch of its new mobile maps and webapps service Zoomthere to deliver advanced 3D property map visualization capabilities to mobile devices.

BURNSVILLE, MINN. — USP Structural Connectors and Structural Soft LLC have entered into an agreement under which USP has acquired an equity interest in Structural Soft. Structural Soft has recently introduced an innovative lateral design software, LateralWorx 2010.

REDLANDS, CALIF. — With the release of Introduction to Geometrical and Physical Geodesy: Foundations of Geomatics, ESRI Press said it has added a key technical offering to its growing list of academic titles.

EXTON, PA. — Bentley Systems Inc. has announced the integration of its civil engineering design and stormwater modeling and analysis applications to further enhance workflows and facilitate collaboration. The applications include Bentley’s InRoads, GEOPAK, PowerCivil for North America, MXROAD, CivilStorm, StormCAD, and PondPack products.