BIM & BEAM

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

[email protected]

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

AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2012 Service Pack 2 is now available

AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2012 Service Pack 2 is available on Autodesk.com at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=17812290&linkID=12952913
The update can be applied to all languages of AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2012.

Have you seen the enhanced integration between Revit Structure and Robot Structural Analysis Professional with the 2012 releases?

With the release of Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2012, enhancements have been made to the bidirectional link between Revit Structure. The enhancements helps to improve coordination between designers and engineers and the extended design team. The link from between Robot Structural Analysis Professional and Revit Structure is truly bidirectional helping to bring analysis into the BIM process. All changes to the analytical model for columns, beams, and bracings done in Robot Structural Analysis Professional can be reflected in the corresponding Revit Structure analytical model helping to streamline the design process. Watch the video to learn more.

IFC Exporter For Revit 2012 is Released as Open Source

Autodesk Revit IFC Exporter Code is now available as Open Source software; supporting greater Interoperability with compliant software! Read more on the BIM Apps blog