Specialist landscape and traffic software developer Keysoft Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire the rights to LANDCADD from US based Eagle Point Software.
The acquisition will secure future investment in the LANDCADD suite of landscape and civil design software and broaden Keysoft Solutions own offering to UK and international users.
The acquisition was completed on June 1 2015 and a three month plan is in place that will see existing LANDCADD users transition seamlessly over. During this period, LANDCADD customers will continue to receive the excellent technical support they have enjoyed from Eagle Point, while Keysoft Solutions builds up a dedicated sales and support team in Boston.
Jeremy Ellis, managing director of Keysoft Solutions, comments: "LANDCADD is a renowned global brand, particularly for its land modelling and civil design functionality. This strategic acquisition provides us with the capacity to extend the Keysoft Landscape portfolio and ensures that LANDCADD will continue to be developed for the international market.
"The acquisition marks an important step in the development of our Building Information Modelling (BIM) offering and responds to our customers' growing need to visualise their proposals in 3D. LANDCADD offers the capability to create 3D ground level surfaces, which users can then build upon with BIM objects, as well as tools to help with the maintenance phase of a project. This extends the reach of our BIM capability to both the early design and facilities management phases of a project, adding a new level to our suite of BIM compliant software."
Brad Heil, chief technology officer from Eagle Point, adds: "This represents a positive move for our existing LANDCADD customers because Keysoft Solutions is a specialist in landscape software. They are committed to using their experience to develop and enhance the product to meet the ongoing needs of users and prospects. We are pleased to be leaving the software we developed in very safe hands for the future."
LANDCADD for AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D is a comprehensive suite of landscape and civil design software which allows users to produce professional planting, irrigation and site plans for public and commercial developments. It contains an international plant database with detailed descriptions including characteristics, climate, colour, conditions, growth, maintenance and planting sizes. LANDCADD also includes surface modelling software that enables users to create ground models from site data and edit the surface to visualize design proposals.
LANDCADD will complement Keysoft Solutions existing range of landscape and traffic management software, which assists landscaping and highways professionals in the creation of detailed 2D and 3D drawings.
Jeremy Ellis adds: "In order to ensure a smooth transition for existing LANDCADD customers, Eagle Point Software will continue to provide technical support for three months while we establish our dedicated Boston office. Initially we will continue to maintain both the KeySCAPE and LANDCADD software as separate products. However, as they are so complementary, we plan to quickly integrate them so that all customers will get the benefit of both pieces of software.
"We already offer traffic management and aviation design software for the international market with our AutoSTRIPE and recently launched AeroSTRIPE applications. This acquisition adds a ground modelling solution to this suite of software, further strengthening our international offering."
