Showing posts with label Software Updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Software Updates. Show all posts

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

What new in Revit 2016






These enhancements can benefit all users of the Revit software, regardless of the specific discipline they practice.
  • Allow Navigation During Redraw: This feature allows you to navigate the model smoothly and continuously, panning, zooming, and orbiting around the view without waiting for the software to finish drawing elements at each step.
  • Rotate Project North: In addition to rotating model elements, this tool also rotates view-specific detail elements, including text notes, detail lines, filled regions, revision clouds, and more. The tool is enabled for plan views only.
  • Open sheet view: To quickly open and identify the sheet on which a view is placed, in the Project Browser, right-click the view name, and click Open Sheet.
  • Revisions: The following enhancements are available in the Sheet Issues/Revisions dialog:
    • The ability to select multiple rows in the dialog makes it easy to delete multiple revisions at once.
    • You can change the starting number for a numeric sequence to zero or any positive number.
    • Alphabetic sequence type is now "alphanumeric," and it can accept any custom sequence of characters. Each value in the sequence can consist of more than one character.
    • Add a prefix and/or suffix to display with values in a sequence.
  • Selection Boxes: To more efficiently document a model, you can now quickly isolate selected elements in an unobstructed 3D view. See Isolate Elements in a 3D View with a Selection Box.
Learn about software improvements for architectural features of the software.
  • IFC links and rooms: When creating rooms in the host model, you can use many IFC-based elements to define room boundaries
  • Floors: To improve annotation and scheduling of architectural floors, the following fields are now available: Elevation at Top and Elevation at Bottom.
  • Place Rooms: Use the Place Rooms Automatically tool to quickly place rooms in all closed and bounded areas on the current level. See Place Rooms Automatically.
Learn about software improvements for mechanical systems, electrical systems, plumbing systems, and related analysis.
  • Piping flow units: When you define project units for piping, you can now specify values for Flow in liters per minute (L/min). See Set Project Units.
  • Improved snapping behaviour: While working with large system models, you may notice an improvement to snapping behaviour. Remote snaps include only the objects in the visible portion of the view, rather than the view extents. In addition, snap filters are now based on the zoom level.
  • MEP fabrication detailing: You can now use LOD 400 content from Autodesk Fabrication products (CADmep, ESTmep, and CAMduct) in Revit to create a more coordinated model. This functionality provides greater certainty for detailers in construction firms that the model accurately reflects the intended installation. See Fabrication Detailing.
  • Revit Extension for Autodesk Fabrication: You can import and export fabrication jobs between Revit and the Autodesk Fabrication products. See Autodesk Revit Extension for Autodesk Fabrication.
Learn about software improvements for structural engineering and analysis.
  • Elevation parameters: To improve annotation and scheduling, the following fields are available:
    • Elevation at Top (beams, braces, structural floors, and foundation slabs)
    • Elevation at Top Core (multi-layered structural floors, and foundation slabs)
    • Elevation at Bottom Core (multi-layered structural floors, and foundation slabs)
    • Elevation at Bottom (beams, braces, structural floors, and foundation slabs)
    • Reference Level Elevation (beams and braces)
  • Rebar placement: The following enhancements are available when placing rebar.
    • Rebar Offsets: In the Rebar Constraint dialog, you can now specify rebar constraints to the host and an offset distance from the cover. See Apply Overrides to the Host Constraint Behaviour of Rebar.
    • Rebar Constraints dialog: You can now zoom, pan, and adjust your view without closing the dialog.
    • Rebar rounding: When specifying reinforcement rounding defaults, you can round to the nearest increment, the next higher increment, or the next lower increment. See Reinforcement Rounding.
    • Lock rebar parallel to host face: You can now place rebar parallel to any host face with precision using the Shift key during placement. See Place Rebar.
  • Rebar scheduling: To improve rebar documentation, you can now include the following parameters and fields in schedules and tags:
    • Host Mark displays the name of the structural element hosting the rebar.
    • Host Count displays the number of identical structural elements hosting the rebar.
    • Quantity by Element displays the calculated value of the total number of rebar per host.  
Click on the image below to have a look at this playlist from Autodesk Building Solutions on YouTube to learn the new functionalities in Revit 2016, and see how they will improve your performance in Revit.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY-ggSrSwbZq-U8uu0uCIdzf0omMgtzc_

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Here is a quick peek at some of the new features in AutoCAD 2016.

Autodesk has just released AutoCAD 2016, the 30th release of the world’s most popular CAD program. The new release includes scores of new features that accelerate the 2D and 3D design process while also improving the overall on-screen experience.

User Interface

Autodesk continues to make improvements to the user interface. The New Tab, introduced in the last release, was renamed. It is now called the Start tab. While its appearance is largely the same it is visible all the time as one of the drawing file tabs across the top of the drawing area. That way, you can easily return to this tab at any time with a single click.
AutoCAD 2016 New Features fig-01
There are also a host of other UI enhancements. For example, the Help system’s UI finder animated arrow now identifies tools within the Status bar as well as the ribbon and points to the Customization button if a Status button is not currently displayed. And although not actually a new feature, the LockUI control is now available in the Status bar, making the ability for users to lock and unlock tool palettes and ribbon panels much more easily accessible.
AutoCAD 2016 New Features fig-02

Documentation

Perhaps the biggest news in AutoCAD 2016 are improvements to the program’s dimensioning commands. Rather than having to choose from among nearly a dozen different tools to add linear, radial, angular, baseline, or ordinate dimensions, AutoCAD 2016 now provides a single DIM command that intelligently predicts the type of dimension you want to create when you move the cursor over existing geometry. For example, when you move the cursor over a linear object, you see a preview of the appropriate horizontal, vertical, or aligned dimension. Move the cursor over an arc, and AutoCAD 2016 shows a radius dimension. Move it over a circle and you see a diameter dimension.
A new tool on the ribbon enables you to control the layer on which dimensions are created, much the same as specifying a layer for hatch patterns. And if you attempt to place a dimension that overlaps another dimension, a cursor menu offers options to automatically move, break up, or replace the existing dimension.




AutoCAD 2016 New Features fig-03
 
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Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2015 Geolocation Online Map Hotfix

Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2015 Geolocation Online Map Hotfix

Nov 4, 2014  |  Download

This hotfix fixes the issue where the Online Map stopped displaying since October 29th, 2014.

Description of Problem

The Geolocation online map provided by Bing® stopped downloading on October 29th, 2014, when Bing changed its server-side connection protocol.

This hotfix ensures that the connection protocols are compatible with the protocols currently used by the Bing servers. After applying this hotfix, the online map correctly downloads and displays in Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2015.
Autodesk AutoCAD 2015 Geolocation OnlineMap Hotfix.zip (zip - 834.18Kb)

Readme

Friday, 17 October 2014

Service Packs

What is the difference between Revit 2015 R2, and Revit 2015 UR2?

As mentioned previously the Revit Sundial Release preview has ended and Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 is now available for Autodesk Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers. Click the following link for information on 39 Architectural, Structural, MEP, and multi-disciplinary enhancements made in R2:
New in Revit 2015 R2
If you haven’t looked at the updates released for Revit (or Sundial), there could be some confusion between Revit 2015 R2 (Build: 20140905_0730), and Revit 2015 Update Release 2 (UR2) (Build: 20140323_1530). 

If you look on the Revit download page, you should see that the latest 2015 update available is Update Release 4 (released 21,09,2014). 
If you look on the Subscription Center, you will find Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 (released 17,09,2014). 

R2 includes all of the updates included in Update Release 4 (and after installing will show Update Release 4 in the About Revit dialog), but also has added functionality available only to Autodesk Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers.  

Note: You cannot install both UR4 and R2. Additionally, if you inadvertently install UR4, and later realize that you want to load R2, you will need to uninstall Revit, reinstall, and then install R2.
Additional Note: As mentioned in the installation readme for UR4 (and R2) the update requires either the initial release of Autodesk Revit 2015 (build: 20140223_1515) or Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 3 (build: 20140606_1530). If UR1 or UR2 is installed, you will need to install UR3 prior to installing R2 or UR4.


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Thursday, 7 August 2014

Autodesk® Revit® Sundial Release Preview





No more secrets! 
You can now test a brand-new version of Revit and see exactly what we are working on. The Revit Sundial Release Preview is HERE

Have a read of the FAQ on the link, they are very informative. You can see a list of all the possible enhancements to the software HERE

Remember, this is a Release preview, so none of the enhancements are guaranteed to appear in any future release of the software.



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Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Current Promotions






LT Family upgrades: Up to 20% discount
20% discount when purchasing an upgrade with subscription
Applies to AutoCAD LT Revit LT & Revit LT Suite until 24th July


Full product upgrades: Up to 20% discount
20% discount when purchasing an upgrade with subscription
10% discount when purchasing an upgrade without subscription
Applies to all full products (AutoCAD, Revit, Design Suites, etc.) until 24th July

Legacy upgrades: Up to 30% discount
30% Discount when purchasing an upgrade for a previous version from 2008 or older with Subscription. Includes ACAD LT valid until 24th July
Why Subscription?
Subscription is now the most cost effective way of keeping your Autodesk software current.  Benefits include home use License, previous version license, 25GB cloud storage and cloud rendering units (depending on product).  Multiyear subscriptions are available which protect against future price increases.
Please be aware that as of Feb1st 2015 Autodesk will not be offering an upgrade path for any licences not on the current version or on Subscription
All promotions are subject to change without prior notice
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