The new Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Design and Creation Suites offer unprecedented
access to the Autodesk 2014 software portfolio spanning the desktop and
cloud and allow building,
product,
plant,
and factory
design; engineering,
construction and infrastructure; and entertainment
creation professionals to innovate more. For the first time, the
2014 Design and Creation Suites include new reality capture software and
services that more easily incorporate both laser scans and digital
photographs of the physical world into the 3D design and engineering
process.
The flexible, economical software access provided by Autodesk Suites
means designers and engineers have a broader palette of tools to choose
from — they can choose the best tool for the job at hand and better
respond to changing business requirements. Suites customers on Autodesk
Subscription will also have access to select Autodesk
360 cloud services that extend designers and engineers’ workflows to
explore more design alternatives, collaborate more effectively and
experience greater mobility. Subscription customers now can purchase
additional cloud capacity as well.
“With our 2014 portfolio, organizations large and small across every
industry can simply innovate more,” said Andrew Anagnost, senior vice
president of Industry Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk. “Autodesk’s
commitment to making our 3D design, engineering and entertainment
software portfolio accessible to customers through suites workflows that
connect to value added services in the cloud is unwavering.”
The 2014 family of Autodesk Design and Creation Suites includes:
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Autodesk
AutoCAD Design Suite
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Autodesk
Building Design Suite
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Autodesk
Entertainment Creation Suite
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Autodesk
Factory Design Suite
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Autodesk
Infrastructure Design Suite
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Autodesk
Plant Design Suite
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Autodesk
Product Design Suite
Comprehensive Industry Workflows Include Reality Capture
A key addition to the 2014 portfolio of suites is Autodesk
ReCap, a family of new reality capture software and cloud services
that simplify the process of creating intelligent 3D data of physical
objects and environments using laser scans and photos, allowing
customers to bring the actual job site or physical objects into their
design and engineering process.
Rather than beginning with a blank screen, designers and engineers can
add, modify, validate and document their design process in context. For
example, a civil engineer can bypass an existing bridge or expand the
road underneath digitally and test feasibility with accurate survey
data. At construction phase, builders can run digital clash detection to
truly understand if existing utilities will be in the way. Urban
planners can get answers to specific design questions about large areas,
such as how much building roof surface is covered by shadow or
vegetation.
The 2014 suites’ industry specific workflows address specific user needs
and strengthen compatibility between products. For example, suites
containing Autodesk
Revit products and Autodesk
AutoCAD software enjoy tighter interoperability so when it is time
to import forms from AutoCAD into Revit products, the forms retain much
greater integrity, or when it is time to output drawings in AutoCAD,
users can generate 2D documentation within Revit products. Suites
containing Autodesk Revit and Autodesk
Inventor software will benefit from tighter interoperability that
allows customers, such as building product manufacturers, to simplify
and export an Inventor model into a Revit file format for the
construction environment without exposing any sensitive intellectual
property.
Better Together: Desktop and Cloud
Autodesk 360 extends the suites workflow advantage by connecting the
desktop to secure and virtually infinite computing power in the cloud,
helping subscribers rapidly design, visualize, simulate, and share their
ideas anywhere, anytime.
Illustrating the power of a combining the cloud and desktop, Autodesk
Infrastructure Design Suite 2014 and Autodesk Building Design Suite 2014
introduce Autodesk
InfraWorks software and Autodesk InfraWorks 360 cloud services.
These new tools help accelerate the adoption of Building
Information Modeling (BIM) and cloud-based workflows for the
planning, design, construction and management of civil infrastructure
projects. Helping improve the civil infrastructure design process by
engineering in 3D from the start, the software and services allow
collaboration with a broad set of stakeholders on mobile and desktop
platforms, and enables communication in new and visually compelling
ways. Autodesk InfraWorks allows civil engineers and planners to design
within the context of the real-world environment, helping to deliver
projects, both large and small, by more efficiently managing even
large-scale infrastructure models.
Economical Access
Finally, each suite offers an economical way for customers to access
their primary design software—plus the complementary software and cloud
services needed to more effectively complete design, engineering, or
entertainment creation tasks. The 2014 Suites, which come in Standard,
Premium or Ultimate editions, offer greater value than ever before:
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Standard editions of all suites containing AutoCAD have added AutoCAD
Raster Design software.
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Autodesk Building Design Suite subscribers gain access to Autodesk
Green Building Studio and energy analysis cloud services in the
standard edition, as well as InfraWorks 2014 and the Optimization for
Inventor cloud service in the Ultimate edition.
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Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite customers will benefit from new
workflows like the ability to easily generate moving or idle crowds
with populate, improved viewport display and shading, and the ability
to create production-quality meshes with the new retopologizing
options.
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Autodesk Factory Design Suite includes more than 300 new factory
assets.
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Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Premium now includes Autodesk
InfraWorks 2014, Autodesk Roads and Highways Module for InfraWorks, Autodesk
AutoCAD Utility Design software and for the first time, a single,
comprehensive version of Autodesk Revit products that combines tools
for architectural design, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP)
engineering and structural engineering.
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Autodesk Plant Design Suite Ultimate adds Autodesk Inventor with
Routed Systems, and the Plant Design Suite Premium edition now
includes Autodesk
3ds Max Design software.
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Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium now includes Autodesk Inventor
Professional, and Autodesk
Navisworks Manage has been added to the Product Design Suite
Ultimate edition for clash detection. Both Product Design Suite
Ultimate and Premium customers on Autodesk Subscription now have
access to the Optimization for Inventor cloud service.
Availability
Availability varies by country. Suites customers on Subscription have
access to select Autodesk 360 capabilities, and subscribers can purchase
100 additional cloud credits for only $100. See details and purchasing
options at http://www.autodesk.com/purchaseoptions.
About Autodesk
Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world.
Everyone—from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital
artists, students and hobbyists—uses Autodesk software to unlock their
creativity and solve important challenges. For more information visit autodesk.com or
follow @autodesk.
Autodesk, AutoCAD, Inventor, Maya, Navisworks, Revit and 3ds Max are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its
subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.
Autodesk is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that
may appear in this document.
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