Autodesk has announced new versions of its software for the building, infrastructure and construction industries.
The updated portfolio is designed to help increase industry adoption of the building information modelling (BIM) process, facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration and address new and renovation projects.
The new software will help architects, designers and engineers more easily create and profit from digital design data and better communication across extended project teams. Updated software includes:
· Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011, which helps architects and designers work naturally, design freely and deliver projects efficiently. Purpose-built for BIM, Revit Architecture helps explore design concepts and forms, and better maintain design data through documentation and construction. With parametric change technology, any change made is automatically updated throughout the model, keeping design and documentation coordinated and more reliable
· Autodesk Revit Structure 2011 is the purpose-built BIM solution for structural engineering firms, providing tools for structural design and analysis. Revit Structure integrates a multimaterial physical model and an independently editable analytical model for more efficient structural analysis while providing bidirectional links to popular structural analysis software
· Autodesk Revit MEP 2011 helps mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineers, designers and drafters gain the competitive advantage of BIM by analysing and optimising building systems designs before they are built.
Autodesk Revit MEP helps design teams accelerate better design with tools that promote productivity and support sustainable design and analysis To facilitate multi-discipline collaboration, the 2011 building and construction software portfolio includes:
· Autodesk Navisworks 2011, which enables design and construction professionals to unite project contributions into a synchronised model for whole-project review, simulation and analysis
· Autodesk Buzzsaw 2011
