BIM & BEAM

New structural content for Revit Structure is available

Dear Revit Structure users,

We have just uploaded some new country specific, structural .rfa content and templates in the Subscription Center for you to download.

The delivery inludes content for Brazil, Russia and Spain.

The Content Pack provides structural engineers with access to additional content and families based on respective market requirements helping structural engineers to streamline the design and analysis process and access the components they need.  

Please log into the Subscription Center in order to access the new content libraries.

Your feedback will be well appreciated

regards

Pawel

Operating Systems support change for Autodesk products

There has been an important change to our supported Operating Systems for Autodesk products.  This change directly impacts the Revit family of solutions.  Please see the following link for the change and important details.

Microsoft Windows Vista Support FAQ

Autodesk ForceEffect Version 2.0 Now Available!

Autodesk ForceEffect is a free app available for Apple iPad and iPhone from the iTunes App Store that allows engineers including structural engineers to model and simulate concepts.
Real time solving capabilities provide immediate feedback on the performance of a design, enabling you to bring engineering to the point of the problem.
The version 2.0 brings a set of great functionalities. One of them is ability to add a load evenly distributed along an existing element at any angle. Thanks to this you will better simulate conditions like snow on rooftops or wind loads.
Find out more on ForceEffect http://itunes.apple.com/

Speak French?

Hear what industry experts are saying about BIM and Autodesk solutions with this blog hosted by Autodesk BIM Community members in France.

Engineering.com BIM Café Video Series Launches

A new 4 part video series has launched on Engineering.com introducing the value of BIM for MEP and structural engineers. Watch episode one of four today!

Project Structure Generator for Revit Structure and Revit Architecture - available now on Labs!

Project Structure Generator for Autodesk^® Revit^® Structure and Autodesk^® Revit^® Architecture software is a technology preview available on Autodesk Labs that provides a connection between massing models and objects created during conceptual design and structural elements such as beams, column, walls, plates. With Project Structure Generator, structural engineers and architects, from the earliest stages, can very quickly create and visualize a physical and analytical model of a structure based on the massing model.

Have you heard about SDS/2 Connect ?

Design Data’s SDS/2 Connect gives structural engineers the ability to design steel connections within Revit Structure and bi-directionally communicate their model and connection information as an active part of the fabrication process. 
More robust than simply an IFC or CIS/2 model exchange, SDS/2 Connect designs connections and gives users the ability to customize these connections inside of Autodesk Revit Structure, and seamlessly transfer building information modeling (BIM) data to enhance the construction process.
Read more at http://www.sds2connect.com/

The Italy Country Kit is now live!

The Italy Country Kit for Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis 2012 and Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional 2012  software is now live on the Subscription Center.
The country kit helps to solve complex structural engineering calculations for concrete and steel design based on Italian standards.

Design to Fabrication for Structural Engineers at Autodesk University 2011

As the building industry as a whole continues to move to BIM, structural engineering professionals continue to look for ways to extend design information to fabrication. At Autodesk University (AU) this year held from November 29 – December 1st, third party developers who are strategic industry and Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) partners of Autodesk, will offer classes focused on design to fabrication for steel and precast concrete with Revit Structure based workflows. Be sure to register for one of the classes below:

Autodesk® Revit® Structure Linked to Bocad™ Steel Detailing Design: A Path to Industrial Partnership

Precast Concrete Industry Extensions for Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2012

Using Revit Structure for Steel Connection Design and Driving BIM Models to Fabrication

New update for Project Storm for Revit Structure now available

Project Storm for Autodesk Revit Structure is a technology preview that provides cloud-based structural analysis to structural engineers as a part of the BIM process. Results can then be visualized and explored within Revit Structure, but disruptions to design workflows are minimized by performing analysis in the cloud. You can download the update from the Autodesk Labs site.

Project Storm for Revit Structure on Autodesk Labs

Here it is a list of updates for this release of the technology preview:

1. Calculation Reports can now be generated as PDFs.
   The PDF version of a calculation report can now be downloaded and saved locally. The content of the report is the same as on the website. It contains model views and tables with analysis results. The form of the report is ready to print and attach to a technical documentation.
2. Calculation Reports have been optimized with content refinement.
   Several issues have been corrected in the content of a calculation report. Moreover a new presentation of linear supports is applied. They are presented as diagrams. Reports are more clear and compact.
3. Support for material defined as Type Parameter has been added.
   There is no limitation for materials applied to members. Materials can be defined now both as instance or type parameters in models sent for analysis.
4. Improvements were made for results availability within Revit Structure.
   In some cases it was possible that there were no results in Revit Structure although the analysis was completed.

Updating a technology preview with the speed of a lighting strike is alive in the lab.