BIM & BEAM

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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.

Have you heard about PopIcon™ Software?

PopIcon™ Software is an application programming interface for Autodesk Revit^® Structure that makes it faster and easier to create building models and documentation because you can easily find, select your components directly into your drawing without having to search and load additional families from your Revit library.  Features and benefits  of PopIcon include:
•    Select elements into place from easy to understand icons on tabular ribbons – no hunting for families
•    Software includes 6 popIcon tabs and popIcon families designed specifically for Revit^® Structure
•    Add your own custom families to popIcon’s Tools tab/Custom Components panel for easy access to your own symbols & families
•    PopIcon loads along with Revit no additional waiting
•    Simple to use, just click and place components directly into your drawing
•    Makes learning and using Revit easier
•    Makes detailing Revit as fast and easy at CAD
•    Improves Q/A & drawing quality by giving users access to a common library with the same symbols & names

For more information about the software please visit: popiconsoftware.com

Revit Structure online survey on join and cut concrete elements

Autodesk is conducting some user research to improve Autodesk Revit Structure.  The goal is to understand your needs and your workflow better.  Specifically, we are focusing on building elements that you might represent in concrete formwork drawings for cast-in-place monolithic construction.  These elements may need to be joined.

 
This survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. The link to the online survey is:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RevitStructureJoinGeometry

The information from this survey will be used only by the Revit product team. Your involvement helps make our products better fit your needs.  Please complete the survey by the end of Monday, October 3rd, 2011.

Thank you,

David Aurelio

david.aurelio@autodesk.com

Autodesk User Researcher

Autodesk Industry Partner CSC releases Revit Integrator

CSC a structural software developer and Autodesk Industry Partner, announced the release of its new BIM integration tool, Revit Integrator. This unique and free tool enables structural engineers and technicians to synchronize models between Autodesk Revit Structure and CSC's steel building design software, Fastrak, and concrete building design software, Orion.

“Revit Integrator is a major step forward for all those companies involved in Structural BIM, giving enhanced control to the technicians and engineers who share, amend and synchronize models”, comments Kevin Lea, BIM Business Development Manager at CSC. “This new functionality will enable synchronization of models to take place throughout the entire project, without compromising existing or new modeling work.”

Read more at http://www.cscworld.com/Regional/USA/Corporate/News/CSC-releases-Revit-Integrator.aspx