Autodesk unveils new software for architecture, engineering, construction industry

Autodesk unveils new software for architecture, engineering, construction industry
Autodesk has launched its 2014 portfolio of software and cloud services for Building Design Suite 2014 and civil infrastructure design software for architects and engineers in India. While the Building Information Design Suite 2014 combines Building Information Modelling (BIM) and CAD tools to help building and construction professionals design, simulate, visualise, and build better and sustainable buildings, the Civil Infrastructure Design software will help accelerate the industry’s adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for infrastructure.
Building Design Suite 2014Building Design Suite 2014 is a comprehensive software portfolio that combines Building Information Modelling (BIM) and CAD tools to help building and construction professionals design, simulate, visualise, and build better buildings. Available in three versions (standard, premium and ultimate), Autodesk Building Design Suite allows architects, engineers and contractors to benefit from the depth and breadth of the Autodesk portfolio of intelligent model-based design software and expanded cloud services.
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2014The flexible software access provided by Autodesk Building Design Suite means building design and construction professionals have a broader palette of tools so they can choose the best solution for the job and quickly respond to changing business requirements.
New products in Building Design Suite • Autodesk ReCap: Available to all users of Autodesk Building Design Suite 2014, Autodesk ReCap allows architects, engineers and contractors to create intelligent 3D data from laser scans and captured photos. Rather than beginning with a blank sheet, Autodesk ReCap now enables any designer, architect or engineer to add, modify, validate and document their design process in context from existing environments.• Autodesk Raster Design: Powerful raster editing and raster-to-vector conversion tools that help architects, engineers and contractors increase the visual information on a building plan.• Autodesk InfraWorks 2014 (formerly Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler): Easily create, evaluate and communicate building projects in the context of the broader site to help architects and urban planners to gain faster stakeholder buy-in and decision making.
Key enhancements to Building Design Suite• Autodesk Revit 2014 enhancements: Specifically designed for BIM, Autodesk Revit 2014 combines features for architectural design, MEP and structural engineering, as well as for construction. The 2014 release provides enhanced design, analysis and documentation capabilities to improve architectural and engineering workflows. Revit 2014 also includes the newBuilding Element Energy Analysis tool, which provides advanced workflows for energy analysis using detailed Revit models.• Interoperability enhancements: Enhanced interoperability between technologies allows more effective collaboration, including improvements for IFC, DWFTM, DWGTM/DXFTM and 3D solids. There is also improved interoperability between AutoCAD and Revit, which makes it easier for firms making the transition to BIM. • New quantification tools in Navisworks Manage and Navisworks Simulate: allow building customers to more easily bring quantities from an aggregated model into a project.
Expanded Cloud Services in Autodesk 360As part of the Building Design Suite, architects, engineers and contractors now have access to select Autodesk 360 capabilities, which allow them to rapidly design, visualise, simulate, and share ideas anywhere, anytime with the secure and virtually infinite computing power in the cloud. Autodesk Building Design Suite customers have access to the following services as part of an active subscription (services vary by edition):
• Rendering: Architects, engineers and contractors can produce compelling, near-photorealistic visualisations in reduced time without tying up the desktop or requiring specialised rendering hardware. Available for all Autodesk Building Design Suite customers on subscription.• Autodesk Green Building Studio: Designers, architects and engineers can optimise energy efficiency and support carbon neutrality and evaluate energy profiles and carbon footprints of various designs. Users can more easily share outcomes and data between engineering software programs, making sustainable design more efficient and cost-effective. Available for all Autodesk Building Design Suite customers on subscription.• Energy Analysis for Autodesk Revit: Users can analyse multiple building design iterations, optimise energy efficiency, and work toward carbon neutrality in the cloud.• Structural Analysis for Autodesk Revit: Provides users cloud-based static structural analysis capabilities allowing models to be sent to the cloud removing computational intensive tasks from the desktop. • Autodesk InfraWorks 360: Autodesk InfraWorks 360 enhances Autodesk InfraWorks workflows by enabling architects, engineers and contractors to publish, store and manage large models centrally and more securely in the cloud.• Optimisation for Autodesk Inventor: Allows architects, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineers to easily integrate manufacturer building components into their design process.
Civil Infrastructure Design Software 2014The BIM process enables the creation and use of an intelligent model to facilitate coordination, communication, analysis and simulation, project management and collaboration during the infrastructure design and construction process, and is increasingly becoming a standard workflow in the industry. Autodesk’s new 2014 portfolio of software and cloud services for civil for infrastructure is highlighted by new Autodesk InfraWorks software and Autodesk ReCap software.
The new Autodesk InfraWorks (formerly Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler) software provides innovative 3D modelling and visualisation technology for desktop, Web, and mobile that goes beyond traditional CAD-based workflows prevalent in the civil infrastructure industry today. Autodesk InfraWorks allows civil engineers and planners to design within the context of the real-world environment, helping to deliver projects, both large and small by more efficiently managing even large-scale infrastructure models. Autodesk InfraWorks helps design by engineering in 3D from the start, collaborating with a broad set of stakeholders using cloud and mobile technologies, and communicating in new and visually compelling ways.
 

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