Paris, France – 1 April 2026 – BIM World Paris 2026 officially opened today, with Gstarsoft exhibiting jointly with ASSE, its official distributor in France, at Booth D58 & E59. The company presented its full range of open and interoperable CAD and BIM solutions, showcasing proprietary technological innovations tailored to local design workflows across Europe, as it continues to strengthen its strategic footprint in the European market.

Held over two days (1–2 April) at the Paris Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre, the event brings together more than 260 international exhibitors and attracts nearly 10,000 professionals from architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sectors worldwide. As a central hub for live product demonstrations and industry engagement, Gstarsoft’s booth garnered strong interest from attendees, thanks to its fully integrated digital product portfolio backed by proprietary core technologies, delivering high compatibility, stable performance and flexible deployment.

Richard Li, Chief Executive Officer of Gstarsoft’s BIM Business Unit, stated: “Gstarsoft has built an integrated CAD & BIM ecosystem, enabling high compatibility, stable performance and flexible deployment across its full product line through proprietary core technologies. This is a great stage to show how we created the continuous digital design environment spanning from CAD to BIM and covering multiple design stages. Practical AI features, including AI rendering and multimodal human-AI interaction, will be key to our products, providing moderate efficiency gains to help customers deliver projects seamlessly.”

Interactive Experience & Product Highlights

BIM World Paris 2026 marks a further step in strengthening Gstarsoft’s presence in France and across Europe, alongside a presentation of its end-to-end solutions tailored to the needs of the French AEC sector. Visitors gained hands-on experience via interactive labs to see how the company’s integrated and highly compatible GstarCAD and GstarBIM portfolio helps adapt to local design workflows and overcome digital transformation barriers, with core strengths in lightweight performance, high compatibility and low barriers to entry.

• GstarBIM: The flagship product showcased at the exhibition, designed to enable seamless integration and multi-disciplinary collaboration. It integrates smoothly into existing design workflows, aligns with OpenBIM standards and France’s RE2020 regulations, and supports one-click conversion of 2D CAD drawings into 3D BIM models, with built-in support for the buildingSMART bSDD. With lightweight deployment that does not require high-performance hardware, GstarBIM lowers adoption barriers and helps French enterprises achieve compliant design and end-to-end collaboration at a lower cost. GstarBIM is also integrated with AI rendering to generate high-quality visualizations quickly, streamlining design and creative expression workflows.
• GstarCAD: Engineered for professional design scenarios, its proprietary core technology boosts drawing opening speeds by up to 40%. It supports all major file formats including DWG, DXF, IFC and RVT, ensuring seamless connectivity with widely used industry tools. The most recent release is enhanced with parametric constraint tools, ensures both precision and flexibility for repeat-pattern designs, product layouts, and architectural plans where updates need to cascade reliably.
• GstarCAD 365: A cloud-native collaboration platform enabling real-time synchronization across multiple devices, asynchronous editing for distributed teams, drawing access control and cloud storage. It closes the data loop from design to construction, suits cross-border project collaboration across Europe, assists with energy optimization and RE2020 compliance, and eliminates issues such as conflicting drawing versions and inefficient file transfer.

On-site feedback from local French practitioners noted that Gstarsoft’s high compatibility drastically reduces tool-switching costs, AI-assisted features streamline repetitive tasks, cloud collaboration supports remote working, and lightweight design aligns with the hardware configurations of small and medium-sized enterprises – precisely matching the French AEC sector’s core demands for usability, compliance and affordability.

Expert Insights & On-site Statements

At BIM World Paris 2026, senior executives from Gstarsoft and leaders of its French local partner ASSE addressed key topics including European market strategy, localized services and the development of an open BIM ecosystem, affirming their commitment to deepening regional roots and empowering digital transformation in the French AEC sector. Key on-site comments are as follows:

• William Wang, Overseas Sales Director of Gstarsoft: “The European market’s emphasis on technological flexibility and open ecosystems aligns closely with Gstarsoft’s product philosophy. We are focused on delivering interoperable solutions that integrate into real-world workflows. Our ongoing collaboration with our French partner ASSE enables us to stay close to local customer needs and provide professional users across Europe with diversified, vendor-independent and locally adapted technology options.”
• Jérôme Fauconnet, President of ASSE: “We chose to form a strategic partnership with Gstarsoft for its stable proprietary core technologies and product features highly tailored to the French market, which perfectly meet French AEC sector’s core needs for affordable, easy-to-use and compliant digital tools. As Gstarsoft’s official partner in France, we will fully drive local implementation and technical support, leveraging Gstarsoft’s robust and reliable CAD & BIM technologies to help the French AEC sector streamline workflows and accelerate digital progress.”

Gstarsoft reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the European market at BIM World Paris 2026. In collaboration with its French partner ASSE, the company highlighted its focus on localized product optimization, stronger product and service capabilities, and dedicated regional support to help customers advance digital design and adoption with greater efficiency and confidence.

Industry Recognition & Global Footprint

The French construction and engineering sector faces tangible challenges including fragmented workflows, and high compliance costs associated with the RE2020 sustainability regulations, as well as all the digital transformation challenges. Coupled with high costs, complex operation and steep hardware requirements of traditional BIM solutions, these barriers have severely hindered digital transformation among customers.

During the exhibition, a number of local French engineering firms confirmed that Gstarsoft’s flexible deployment and high-compatibility features can help customers improve design efficiency and reduce digital transformation costs without disrupting existing workflows, delivering strong practical value.

Gstarsoft’s proprietary core technologies and reliable product performance have earned recognition from numerous renowned global enterprises, with its products and services now available in more than 110 countries and regions worldwide, surpassing 100 million cumulative users. Its participation in BIM World Paris underscores Gstarsoft’s ongoing commitment to customers in France and across Europe. By combining highly compatible and flexible CAD and BIM solutions with responsive local support, the company continues to deliver practical tools and services that help AEC professionals work more efficiently and advance digital collaboration.

About Gstarsoft

Gstarsoft Co., Ltd., established in 2001, is a leading provider of R&D-focused industrial software. With a mission to be “customer-centric – making design more efficient, collaboration smoother, and value sustainable,” the company is committed to becoming a world-class, product-innovation-driven industrial software provider, delivering a full spectrum of solutions including 2D CAD, 3D CAD, BIM, and cloud-based CAD. Currently, Gstarsoft‘s products and services cover more than 110 countries, with a cumulative global user base exceeding 100 million.

About ASSE

ASSE is Gstarsoft’s official partner in France, with extensive experience in the French HVAC and construction engineering sectors. It possesses deep expertise in local French building regulations, market demands and practical industry pain points. ASSE focuses on delivering local technical support, product implementation guidance and tailored services to French customers, partnering with Gstarsoft to promote the adoption of open CAD & BIM technologies in the French market and support high-quality digital upgrading of the local AEC sector.