20th century The company was founded by Prof. Georg Nemetschek in 1963, and initially went by the name of
Ingenieurbüro für das Bauwesen (engineering firm for the construction industry), focusing on structural design. It was one of the first companies in the industry to use computers and developed software for engineers, initially for its own requirements. In 1977, Nemetschek started distributing its program
Statik 97/77 for civil engineering. At the
Hanover Fair in 1980, Nemetschek presented a software package for integrated calculation and design of standard components for solid construction. This was the first software enabling
computer-aided engineering (CAE) on microcomputers, and the product remained unique on the market for many years. In 1989,
Nemetschek Programmsystem GmbH was founded and was responsible for software distribution; Georg Nemetschek's engineering firm continued to be in charge of program development. The main product, Allplan – a
CAD system for architects and engineers, was launched in 1984. This allowed designers to model buildings in three dimensions. Nemetschek began to expand internationally in the 1980s. By 1996, the company had subsidiaries in eight European countries and distribution partners in nine European countries; since 1992, it has also had a development site in
Bratislava, Slovakia. The first acquisitions were made at the end of the 1990s, including the structural design program vendor Friedrich + Lochner. The company, operating as
Nemetschek AG since 1994, went public in 1999 (it has been listed in the
Prime Standard market segment and the
TecDAX in Frankfurt ever since).
21st century Two major company takeovers followed in 2000: the American firm Diehl Graphsoft (now
Vectorworks) and
Maxon Computer GmbH, with its
Cinema 4D software for visualization and animation. In 2006, Nemetschek acquired Hungary's
Graphisoft (for its key product
ArchiCAD), and Belgium's SCIA International. In November 2013, Nemetschek acquired the
MEP software provider Data Design System (DDS). On 31 October 2014, the acquisition of
Bluebeam Software, Inc. was concluded. At the end of 2015, Solibri was acquired. Since 2016, the company has operated as
Nemetschek SE. Later that year, SDS/2 was acquired. In 2017, it acquired dRofus and RISA. MCS Solutions was acquired in 2018, closely followed by the acquisition of Axxerion B.V and Plandatis and subsequently rebranded to
Spacewell. Other acquisitions have been completed at a brand level (for example, Redshift Rendering Technologies, Red Giant and Pixologic were acquired by Maxon, DEXMA by Spacewell). Since 18 September 2018, Nemetschek is listed in the
MDAX in addition to its TecDAX listing. In the summer of 2024, the Nemetschek Group closed its largest acquisition in company history, adding the SaaS-based field management software GoCanvas, with its sister company Sitedocs. Among others, Nemetschek is a member of the
BuildingSMART e.V. and the
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) (German Sustainable Building Council), actively advocating for open building information modeling (BIM) standards ("open BIM") in the AEC/O industry. == Business units ==