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Company type | Public |
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Industry | CAD,Building information modelingSoftware |
Founded | Stavanger,Norway (1984) |
Headquarters | Stavanger,Norway |
Products | DDS-CAD |
Website | dds-cad |
Data Design SystemAS (DDS) supplies theconstruction industry withsoftware tools forbuilding information modelling (BIM).
The company was founded in 1984 in Stavanger, Norway. In 2021, the company merged intoGraphisoft.[1] in theNemetschek Group.
DDS is an active member ofbuildingSMART. DDS has its headquarters atStavanger,Norway. Other locations includeOslo andBergen (both in Norway). DDS has several subsidiaries, among them DDS Building Innovation AS and Data Design System GmbH.[2]
The main product line is tools forbuilding services/MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) engineers.
The company distributes DDScad MEP, mainly in continentalEurope from its office inAscheberg,Germany.
The company also develops software tools for the design and production of timber-frame buildings, DDScad Architect & Construction, from its office in Stavanger.