BIM & BEAM

New 2008 e-Learning Lessons Available

 

Senior Marketing Communications Manager,Sarah O'Rourke reports that new 2008 e-Learning lessons are available. e-Learning features self-paced, interactive lessons for select Autodesk products. All registered members of the Subscription Center have access to the e-Learning that is available under their contract terms. Subscription customers who want to get up to speed quickly on Autodesk 2008 products will find these recently released courses of interest:

• Autodesk Inventor 2008: Working with Sheet Metal
• Autodesk Inventor 2008: Working with Frames
• Autodesk Inventor 2008: DWG TrueConnect
• AutoCAD 2008: Introduction to 3D Modeling Part 2
• AutoCAD 2008 Transitioning from AutoCAD 2007
• AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008: Creating an Intersection: Peer Roads
• AutoCAD Map 3D 2008: Working with Source Drawings
• AutoCAD 2008: Customizing the Interface Part 2
• AutoCAD Mechanical 2008
• AutoCAD 2008: Essentials of Customizing Part 1
• AutoCAD Mechanical 2008: AutoCAD Mechanical Basics Part 1
• AutoCAD Map 3D: Using Source Drawing Queries
• Productstream 2008: Working with Productstream
• Vault 2008: Managing Vault
• Revit Architecture 2008: Detailing & Drafting Techniques
• Revit Architecture 2008: Presenting the Building Model
• Revit Structure 2008: Starting Your First Revit Structure Project
• Revit Architecture 2008: Creating Construction Documentation
• Revit Architecture 2008: Starting Your First Project

e-Learning Lessons are great resources that some subscription customers inadvertently overlook. These courses are available exclusively to Autodesk Subscription customers. To access them, sign in to the Subscription Center at:

http://www.autodesk.com/subscriptionlogin 

Check it out.

New Build of Revit Structure 2008 is available for download

We would like to inform you that the new English build of Revit Structure 2008 (20070607_1700) was released today in the Autodesk website for customers to download under the RST2008 English product download page: www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads. This new build has fixed several platform and structural specific issues which are documented in the product download page.

Nicolas

New structural families available for subscription customers

If you are on subscription for Revit Structure, we have uploaded some newly created families in the Subscription Center: www.autodesk.com/subscription.

Once logged in, you can go to Product Information & Downloads > Building Solutions: Product Modules & Add-Ons > Structural Engineering Solutions to download the content. The new .rfa content includes some Light Gauge Steel, Precast Concrete Column with Corbels, Concrete Column with Drop Caps, 2D/3D Gusset Plates, 2D/3D Column Base Plates, Slab Step symbol, etc.

Nicolas

Autodesk to buy Navisworks

You can find more details at

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070531/autodesk_navisworks.html?.v=1

Nicolas

Revit Structure 2008 new functionalities (Part 2)

In the previous post, I presented the new modeling functionalities as well as the improved construction drawings. For this second part, I am going to present the 3 following themes:

• Extensions for Revit
• New content families
• Usability and performance

Extensions For Revit

Extensions For Revit is a new concept that Autodesk and Robobat develop together. The 2 product management teams work together to create additional value to RST user. The Extensions come in 2 versions. All of the Extensions have a free component that solve real user problems and help them to be more efficient in their daily work. Some of the Extensions also have an enhanced version that can be purchased for a minimum fee. For instance one of the Extensions is a macro to generate reinforcement in concrete columns. The base version (free) works for rectangular/square columns and the enhanced version will also include circular ones.

You can download the Extensions from www.extensions4revit.com but don't forget to download first the Extension Engine that will manage all of the Extensions in RST. Once the Extensions are installed, you can access them from a pull down menu or from the toolbar:

As of today 7 Extensions are available:

• Beam reinforcement macros
• Column reinforcement macros
• CIS2 Export that allows you to send a physical model to a steel detailer/fabricator
• CIS2 Import that allows you to get a physical model from a steel detailer/fabricator
• Excel based model generation allows you to define a structure in Excel using formulas or to copy and paste coordinates from another source
• Link to the flagship Robobat analysis software Robot Millennium
• Free limited version of Robobat analysis.

I encourage you to go to the website and see by yourself all the cool functionalities that Robobat has developed for RST.

The Robobat team is working really hard and they will be producing these Extensions on a regular basis, so stay tuned as I will announce them when they are available. By the way, if you have Extension suggestions, please let me know…

New content families

In this release we developed quite some content such as Structural Stiffeners, Pan joist, Pan joist with ledges, Pile Caps and Trusses:

This year we will also have the flexibility to develop new content that will be available for download on a regular basis. Just like the Extensions for Revit, just let us know what your wish list is

Usability and performance

• Groups improvements
  • New Group creation dialogue box
    • Activated with Group command
    • Name Model and Annotation Group
  • Enhancements to Group edit mode
    • Design Bar is active while editing groups
    • New Group edit dialogue box
    • Nested Group shortcut
  • Convert Groups to links
  • Exclude individual Elements in a Group
    • Tab to element and right-click to exclude
    • Pre-highlight excluded member and right-click to restore
    • "Restore all" command for excluded elements
  • Save and Load Groups as Links
    • Revit no longer produces .rvg
    • Existing .rvg files are supported
• New filter definitions
  • New Filter dialogue box
  • Easily manage all filters in one dialogue box
    • Create New
    • Edit, rename or delete existing
• Revit Links
  • Schedule elements by Link Instance
  • "Select available fields from" RVT links
  • Two new schedulable fields: Name and Files name
  • Display Nested Links in linked files
  • Represented in Project Browser
  • "Bind" link instances to Groups
  • Cross project copy of .rvt links using "copy to clipboard"
  • Copy elements from linked .rvt file into project using "copy to clipboard"

Nicolas

Revit Structure 2008 new functionalities (Part 1)

By now should have received your brand new RST2008, if you haven't, then this is the way it looks now:

as you can see, we changed the branding and what we used to call Revit Structure Series (Revit Structure + AutoCAD in the same box), we call it AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite now.

This release is huge in term of new functionalities. We focused on the following themes:

• Advanced modeling
• Improved construction documentation
• New content families
• Usability and interoperability
• Extensions for Revit

Let me give you more details about each theme and a list of all new functionalities:

Advanced modeling

• curved beams
  • Horizontally, vertically
  • Pick tool for beam creation
  • User defined, segmented analytical model
  • Arc, ellipse and spline primitives
• Family based Parametric trusses:
  • Library of trusses:
  • Truss command from the modeling tab
  • Dedicated layout tools in the family editor (top & bottom chord, webs)
  • Ability to attach the top chord of the truss to a roof or a slab:
• Warped and sloped slabs:
• Openings by face in beams and columns
  • Accessible from the opening toolbar modeling tab
  • Vertical and horizontal:
  • Radius options:
  • Stiffeners:

Improved Construction Documentation:

• Dependent views
  • Ability to create Primary and Dependent Views
    • One view split up onto multiple sheets
    • One set of annotations
    • Varying Crop Boundaries
  • Matchlines can have Top and Bottom constraints
  • Additional crop region for annotations
  • Convert Dependent View to standalone view
• Spot Reference Improvements
  • Fly-out menu for Spot Elevations and Coordinates
  • Place spot elevations/coordinates on non-horizontal surfaces and non-planar edges
  • Options Bar additions
    • "Leader" parameter
    • "Relative Base" parameter
  • Value is visible prior to placing
• Reinforcement improvements
  • Physical representation of rebar in 2D views in fine detail mode
  • Rebar and hooks have style parameters
  • Schedule mark parameter
  • Side reference for snapping
  • "Estimated Rebar Volume" parameter for concrete host
  • Path Reinforcement settings
    • "Alternating Bars Offset"
    • Start and End hooks for Primary and Alternating bars
  • Customizable abbreviations for Path & Area Reinforcement:
• Dimension Improvements
  • Auto-adjust dimension arrows
    • Linear
    • Angular
    • Radial
  • "Interior Tick Mark" parameter
  • "Flipped Dimension Line Extension" parameter

To be continued… for new content, usability and performance, Extensions For Revit

Nicolas