ZWSOFT Establishes a Joint Venture in Collaboration with CAPOL to Provide a Better BIM Solution

On February 17, ZWSOFT established a joint venture in collaboration with CAPOL, a Shenzhen-based architecture company, aiming to provide a BIM solution for civil architecture.

Figure 1. The signing ceremony

As the first listed company of CAD software in China, ZWSOFT has over 20 years of experience in this field. It offers a wide range of products including 2D CAD, 3D CAD/CAM and multi-discipline CAE. Its products are widely used in applications such as industrial design, industrial manufacturing, and architecture design. In the future, ZWSOFT is committed to creating a sustainable and all-win ecosystem for the industry and promoting the development of industrial software.

Figure 2. ZWSOFT staff visited CAPOL’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China.

Founded in Shenzhen in 2000, CAPOL is one of the pioneers in BIM technology research in China. With years of experience in architecture, it has extended its business to the entire industrial chain including planning, design, cost consultation, prefabricated building, BIM technology research, manufacturing, construction, whole-process engineering consultation, agent construction and general contracting. CAPOL is committed to becoming an innovative company covering the entire industrial chain with prefabricated building and BIM as its core technologies.

The application of BIM technology has become a trend with the digitalization of the global architecture industry. In 2019, ZWSOFT started Wukong Project intended to build up a high-end 3D graphics platform for large-scale engineering projects. This project is based on its self-developed 3D geometric modeling kernel, which stood the test of 30 years of application in industrial design. As the first product born from Wukong Project, our BIM for civil architecture aims to provide a PLM solution for this industry.

The collaboration between ZWSOFT and CAPOL is pioneering. ZWSOFT has rich experience in helping companies to accomplish their digital transformation. It now offers a comprehensive product line and owns its core technologies such as Overdrive Geometric Manager and Geometric Constraint Manager. Thus, ZWSOFT can empower the joint venture with its Wukong 3D design platform. Meanwhile, CAPOL can make best use of its experience in different scenarios of civil architecture and BIM technology research. They will work together to develop a BIM software product in line with the standards and workflows of the industry.

Truman Du, CEO of ZWSOFT, said, "Working with CAPOL can make great integration of our CAx solutions and their industry experience, and speed up the breakthrough in core technologies of high-end 3D software in BIM." Chongwu Tang, CEO of CAPOL, said, "We will adhere to the principle of ‘complement strengths and strive for mutual development’, and work with ZWSOFT to provide a high-quality BIM solution for civil architecture and facilitate the construction of smart cities."