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Autodesk's vision for collaboration takes Revit out of the cente
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By: nqualls Date: March 23, 2017, 9:25 am
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In the AEC world Revit has become the default hub of
collaboration (whether that is appropriate or not)...mostly
because architects are brought on as the lead design consultant
for many projects. This has put civil engineers and landscape
architects in the difficult position of designing in a
environment not built for their needs. Civil engineers at least
have another design suite built for them, Civil 3D and
InfraWorks. Landscape architects are left in the dark by
Autodesk.
This article from AEC Mag
(
HTML http://aecmag.com/59-features/1241-autodesk-project-quantum-revit-bim
HTML http://aecmag.com/59-features/1241-autodesk-project-quantum-revit-bim)<br
/>outlines Autodesk's vision for increasing the specialization o
f
their existing product and creating a new collaboration hub that
is friendly to non-Autodesk products. For example, Revit's
capability will be specifically tailored for architect and may
even lose tools.
From Jim Awe:
"...by delivering specialized, targeted applications, instead of
huge, monolithic programmed, Autodesk can avoid trying to serve
too many people with applications overloaded with functionality.
In the BIM world, collaborative workflows and sharing are still
way too cumbersome."
Does this mean that we should stop bending Revit to accommodate
other uses, such as site grading and design? I know several
civil and landscape firms that have made huge time investments
to creating custom workflows in Revit. Are these efforts in vain
if Project Quantum gives designers the freedom to use the
technology that is most appropriate for the trade?
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Re: Autodesk's vision for collaboration takes Revit out of the c
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By: zuberio Date: April 7, 2017, 7:21 am
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From my GC perspective this is also an issue for me - as I'll
have to have all these specialized programs available to me for
my necessary coordination activities.
I can see the logic behind specializing the software (right tool
for the job and all that) but this ends up building silos of
information that are more difficult to bring together and
review. Even now there are things produced in Civil3D that
cannot be viewed in any other software - this presents a
challenge to coordination and collaboration.
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Re: Autodesk's vision for collaboration takes Revit out of the c
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By: davidwatson Date: April 13, 2017, 4:23 pm
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Hi All,
What you've just described is the PRIME motivator for the
existence of OpenBIM (buildingSMART).
I think in recent years, even Autodesk (to their credit) have
recognized that one tool cannot be adept at everything (in my
world of specifications, there is physically no place in Revit
to put the level of detailed information I need). I think their
decision to become a hub, and embrace IFC exchange will help
them to remain relevant in coming years.
buildingSMART International has plenty of standards under way
for enabling federated applications to talk to each other about
the same virtual BIM model.
Consider tuning into the next Members Forum on April 24 to get a
snapshot of everything that bSI is doing.
PS: The BEST way for users like you to encourage support by
software vendors is to ask for it (or vote with your software
purchases).
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