Autodesk BIM 360 Provides Anywhere, Anytime Access to Building and Civil
Infrastructure Projects
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 18, 2012--
Reinforcing its technology leadership in the building design,
construction and civil infrastructure industries, Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today unveiled Autodesk
BIM 360, the next generation of
Building Information Modeling (BIM). Autodesk BIM 360 includes a set of
cloud services that will provide anytime, anywhere access to BIM project
information throughout the project lifecycle. Autodesk BIM 360 will work
with BIM solutions for design, construction and operations including the Autodesk
Building Design Suite and Autodesk
Infrastructure Design Suite. BIM is an intelligent 3D model–based
process that provides insight for creating and managing building and
civil infrastructure projects faster, more economically, and with less
environmental impact.
"Cloud-connected workflows are giving our customers worldwide a better
way to work with colleagues across their organizations and with business
partners, clients and stakeholders,” said Amar Hanspal, Autodesk senior
vice president, information modeling products. "Autodesk BIM 360, the
next generation of BIM, will revolutionize the way building and
infrastructure owners, designers, engineers and contractors create,
share and use project information."
With Autodesk BIM 360, Autodesk is bringing the BIM process to the
cloud. New cloud-based services for multidiscipline collaboration that
support model coordination and intelligent object data exchange will
transform the way architects, engineers, contractors and owners
collaborate in real time and manage as well as distribute building and
civil infrastructure data. Autodesk BIM 360 offers civil engineers,
transportation and urban planning professionals new cloud-based services
to collaborate between geographically dispersed teams to explore design
concepts, create and review proposals and conduct feasibility
evaluations.
“Using Autodesk BIM 360 with the Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite,
we have been able to share our early design concepts to better evaluate
feasibility on our infrastructure projects,” said Keith Warren, Virtual
Design Technology Manager at VTN Consulting. “This has been a great
addition to what we can already do with our Autodesk products and
has extended our ability to share even the largest models more
efficiently with remote teams.”
Autodesk recently
announced the acquisition of Vela Systems, a provider of cloud and
mobile field management software for the construction industry. The
combination of the Vela technology with Autodesk BIM 360 will bring the
BIM process to the project site, helping contractors to automate field
processes such as quality, safety and commissioning checklists and
distribution of plans and drawings. Autodesk BIM 360 can also help
improve project outcomes by moving computational intensive tasks to the
cloud, allowing rapid visualization with rendering services and the
ability to simulate early and often with energy and structural analysis
services. Autodesk BIM 360 will also help support the project handover
and lifecycle by providing intelligent information to building and
infrastructure owners for operations and maintenance.
“Time is money, especially in the construction world and every owner
wants more value for their money. Autodesk BIM 360 is a key tool that
helps us accomplish this,” said Weston Tanner, Virtual Construction
Manager, The Walsh Group
The launch of Autodesk BIM 360 marks an important expansion of Autodesk
360, a cloud-based platform that enables customers to harness the
vast computing power available in the cloud to transform the way they
design, visualize and simulate their ideas and share their work. Earlier
this year, the company launched Autodesk
PLM 360 lifecycle management software, a cloud service that enables
manufacturers to better access and manage product information to help
continuously improve the products they design and manufacture, followed
by a range of new Autodesk 360 services for Autodesk
Design and Creation Suite customers. Since launching Autodesk 360 in
September 2011, nearly nine million users have accessed the services.
Availability
Autodesk BIM 360 is now available in English, and will be available in
the near future in other languages. Some services may be available
exclusively for Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013 and Autodesk
Building Design Suite 2013 subscription customers. Customers may contact
their local reseller or visit www.autodesk.com/bim360
to learn more.
About Autodesk BIM Solutions
BIM is an intelligent model–based process that provides insight for
creating and managing building and infrastructure projects faster, more
economically and with less environmental impact. Autodesk BIM solutions
for building and infrastructure lifecycles are based on intelligent
models created with Autodesk
Revit software products and AutoCAD
Civil 3D software. Helping to expand the benefits of BIM is a
powerful set of complementary solutions for visualizing and simulating
projects virtually, documentation and professional drafting, and data
management and collaboration. Autodesk
Building Design Suite 2013, Autodesk
Infrastructure Design Suite 2013 and Autodesk
Plant Design Suite 2013 offer comprehensive sets of tools to support
BIM workflows in single, cost-effective packages.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is a leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the
manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and
entertainment industries ― including the last 17 Academy Award winners
for Best Visual Effects — use Autodesk software to design, visualize and
simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in
1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information
about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.
Autodesk, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Revit are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates
in the USA and/or other countries. Academy Award is a registered
trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All other
brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective
holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and
specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for
typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.
© 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Source: Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk, Inc.
Noah Cole, 415-200-6310
noah.cole@autodesk.com
Paul
Sullivan, 603-289-8987
paul.sullivan@autodesk.com