With a significant increase in the number of construction projects in Ireland over the past 6 months, more and more enquiries are coming to us about the Autodesk solution for BIM and information on Autodesk Revit and Navisworks. Here is a summary of the autodesk BIM solution that may be useful to anyone looking for information on the Autodesk building design suites. More details & overview videos can be found on our website
AUTODESK BIM – See what you can do!
Architect:
Design to your excellence
- Work more successfully with tools created for architects
- Design better-quality, more percise designs
- Use BIM and CAD based workflows
Visualize to enhance collaboration & review design options
- Create visualizations to better present design intent
- Use presentation tools to evaluate options in context
- Gain greater downstream visibility earlier in the process
Make better design decisions
- Design more efficient buildings using energy analysis tools
- Gain better awareness into constructability using 3-Diemensional models
- Help solve clashes before construction begins
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Contractor:
Visually explore project constructability
- Determine project complexity, labor and materials scope
- Aggregate data for whole project review
- More effectively coordinate site and workflow planning
Improve cost reliability
- Rapidly generate material takeoffs
- Evaluate the cost of design alternatives
- Maintain more accurate budgets
Better predict and communicate project outcomes
- Simulate schedules and logistics in 4D
- Quickly assess scope changes
- Compare actual schedule to forecasts
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Structural engineer:
Design more efficiently
- Design with intelligent, information-rich models
- Optimize outcomes by exploring design alternatives
- Connect design intent with analysis and fabrication
Visualize to help inform your designs
- More clearly communicate design intent
- Perform more accurate simulation and analysis
- Minimize waste and total embodied energy
Document with constructability in mind
- Help resolve conflicts before construction
- Share designs with detailers, fabricators, and contractors
- Document more accurately-from design to fabrication
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MEP engineer:
Create better MEP systems
- Design more accurately with intelligent models
- Design complex building systems with greater efficiency
- Facilitate coordination of designs using 3D models
Visualize to gain better project insight
- Communicate ideas with integrated visualization tools
- Simulate early and often to better predict performance
- Better predict project outcomes through visualization
Design and build more accurately
- Create more coordinated construction documents
- Help resolve conflicts before construction
- Deliver documentation, models, and renderings
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AUTODESK BIM – See what your company can do
Market your company as a BIM-ready firm
- Compete more effectively
- Expand services to help win more work
Boost efficiency and reduce costs
- Supply your team with flexible tools for different needs
- Greater control on project costs and schedules
- Promote creativity and management effectiveness
Standardize your toolset
- Provide a consistent set of tools to help increase efficiency
- Lower IT costs by using a single suite*
- Improve streamline learning and use with a single toolset
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BUILDING DESIGN SUITE 2015 EDITIONS
| Standard |
Premium |
Ultimate |
| Designer, drafter |
Architect, engineer |
Construction professional |
| AutoCAD® |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| AutoCAD Architecture |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| AutoCAD MEP |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| AutoCAD Structural Detailing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Showcase |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| AutoCAD Raster Design |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| ReCap |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| 3ds Max Design |
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Navisworks Simulate |
|
✓ |
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| Navisworks Manage |
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|
✓ |
| Revit |
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Inventor |
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|
✓ |
| Robot Structural Analysis Professional |
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|
✓ |
| InfraWorks |
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✓ |
