Integrated engineering with Autodesk: How engineering firms are working smarter to achieve better business outcomes Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the foundation of digital transformation in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry. In a BIM environment, multiple design disciplines can work together closely in a more coordinated way. By streamlining workflows, BIM enables teams to collaborate…
Moving from CAD to BIM: How engineering firms are working smarter to achieve better business outcomes
Moving from CAD to BIM The industry is evolving rapidly. Clients are increasingly demanding higher quality, more complex designs, delivered faster, using more sustainable methods and resources. To stay ahead, firms are leaning into digital engineering capabilities to make this possible. How? The first step is moving from CAD-based processes to working in a Building…
BIM 360 and Unified Platform Model Coordination Updates
Autodesk have made some great headway with the addition of some highly anticipated features to the Model Coordination service. Alignment Tools Released this May, the Alignment tools help to define transforms (move, rotate and copy) necessary to correct model misalignment, ensure accurate clash results and support multi-model project review. Why are these tools helpful? Revit…
FAQ’s for Autodesk’s three new Cloud offerings: Autodesk Docs, Autodesk BIM Collaborate and Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
An overview of each new Autodesk Cloud offering: Autodesk Docs: Autodesk’s centralised document management solution on Autodesk Construction Cloud and included in the AEC Collection next year. Autodesk BIM Collaborate: Autodesk’s new offering for non-authoring team members will help project stakeholders to follow along with real-time design progress and annotate design clashes BIM 360 Design…
Introducing BIM 360 Assets – Tracking Key Milestones
In June, Autodesk added a new module to BIM 360 Build called Assets. Assets is used to track key milestones in the asset lifespan, from design and fabrication to delivery, installation, commissioning and ultimately handover. Assets can be defined as the following; Systems Components – such as Mechanical Equipment or Windows Moveable Equipment – such as…
Autodesk Revit 2019.2 Update
New features connecting data, cloud, and customer. Since the release of Revit 2019, Autodesk developers have put a lot of focus on suggestions from the Revit Ideas page. This is a platform where users can post ideas and features that they wish to see in Revit. Subsequently, with enough votes, it might be added to the…
Cloud Collaboration – Autodesk BIM 360 Platform
Cloud Collaboration: Out with the old in with the new If you currently work in the Building industry, you are bound to have heard the term BIM (Building Information Modelling) used often. Yet it seems that after more than 10 years since the term was first uttered, people are still confused as to the exact meaning…