Revit 2009 products Web Update #3 is now Live!

Autodesk is pleased to announce that the Revit product teams have just released the English Web Update 3 Service Packs for Revit Architecture 2009, Revit Structure 2009 and Revit MEP 2009 (Build 20081118_1045) on www.autodesk.com. Web Update 3 can be found under the Revit Architecture/Structure/MEP 2009 product download pages:

www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-download

www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads

www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download

Cheers!!!

Suhail Arfath AEC Marketing

Technical Marketing Manager - MEP
Autodesk, Inc.

New Content Extensions

Well, here am I again with one more good news for the subscription customers (God, benefits are like raining). Anyway, there are two new “Content” – Families extensions for Revit MEP 2009 available for download on Autodesk Subscription Center:
· The "US Content Extension for Revit MEP 2009" contains imperial and metric duct and pipe fitting families that adhere to SMACNA and ASME standards, respectively
· The "UK Content Extension for Revit MEP 2009" contains duct fitting families that adhere to the DW/144 UK industry standards
This content was developed based upon feedback from users like you, so we do appreciate your feedback. A ReadMe file exists that explains how and where to install the files.
Happy Subscription!!! www.subscription.autodesk.com
Suhail Arfath
Technical Marketing Manager – MEP
Autodesk Inc.

New Extensions for Revit Structure 2009 Now on Subscription Center

Well everytime I get to know from our internal team about the extensions, I get excited like once upon a time I used to get hearing somebody had some quite nice & interesting "Lisp" routines and he (well sometime it was SHE too) was ready to share with me. So, here I go with this facinating news again, there are some new Revit Extensions available to download.
Revit® Extensions are a series of easy-to-use applications that extend the capabilities of Revit® Structure 2009 software in various key areas, including structural analysis and reinforced concrete detailing. New extensions now available on the Subscription Center include Static Analysis of Beams, Frame Analysis, Automatic Generation of Reinforcement for Retaining Walls and Slab Corners, and Automatic Reinforcement for Concrete Structures.
Autodesk sales teams and resellers can access the Revit Extensions on the Subscription Center and a Revit Structure File for Extensions demonstration from OTW.
http://www.subscription.autodesk.com/
PS: You need to be a subscription customer to enjoy these benefits, well this is called a BENEFIT actually.
Cheers!!!
Suhail

Conceive in Maya® and Deliver in Revit

The Maya team has updated the technology preview of the export to DWG capability to support Maya 2009. To get the DWG export utility:
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/maya_export_dwg
The utility is available for Maya in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. This is part of an envisioned overall workflow of:
Create an initial design expression in Maya.

• Export file from Maya to the DWG file format.
• Convert DWG™ files to SAT file format (ACIS® Solid) in AutoCAD® software.
• Import SAT file to Revit Architecture for documentation and inclusion in BIM model.

Cheers!
Suhail

Robot Structural Analysis and new set of Revit Extensions

Robot Structure Analysis 2009 and Robot Structure Analysis Professional 2009 fully integrates with Revit Structure, and will allow the structural engineer to seamlessly analyze complex structures. These new products are comprised of over 25 years worth of software development effort from Robobat. They support over 16 languages and 60 different building codes from all over the world.
To learn more, go to the product center located at: www.autodesk.com/robot

1. New Extensions for Revit in 7 languages with 5 new Extensions (!!!). Specifically these extensions are:
- Two analysis related Extensions for continuous beam AND 2D frame analysis that will support simulation “inside BIM”. They will allow our customers to make better decisions early in the design process based on rational analysis and not rule of thumbs or hand calculations.

- Three Reinforcement related Extensions that will extend BIM to fabrication: Retaining wall Extensions for Civil Structures, Slab corner, and automatic reinforcement for an entire building!!
These extension reinforcement macros allow the model to be sent to AutoCAD Structural Detailing for automatic shop drawings.

More information on the Extensions at: http://www.extensions4revit.com/

Did you KNOW : We are about to hit 1000 NUMBER

It is not too long when we started this group with mere 18 people, and I feel so proud today that we are about to hit 1000 members very soon. While countdown has started for 1000, I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you particularly those who contribute to help others for making this group a great success. On the behalf of entire Autodesk India team, I wanted to thank our technical team from our Authorized partners to be a great resource of help in this forum. I am sure this group is going to touch great heights and is going to be a key resource for BIM in Architecture going forward.
I think now time has come to bring some more action here, following are some ideas from our side, however please don’t not hesitate to share with us any addition or modifications

· Unofficial list of “Wishlist” items for Revit Architecture future releases
· User Group Meeting (I mean meeting each other at some common location and share some high-end technology stuff, invite some key professionals from industry to share wisdom)
· Design Competitions J
· Any other welcome

I am sure we all would be excited to add and support these new adventures, I am going to send separate emails for each of them please reply to the respective emails

Once again thank you so much on the behalf of entire Autodesk India AEC Team and Authorized Partner technical team.

CLICK HERE to contribute
Best Regards,
Suhail Arfath

Revit 2009 products Web Update #2 is now Live!

We are pleased to announce that the Revit product teams have just released the English version of Web Update 2 for Revit Architecture 2009, Revit Structure 2009 and Revit MEP 2009 (Build 20080915_2100) and it is now LIVE.

For the first time in the Revit product line history, we have implemented Service Pack technology similar to the AutoCAD based products. This will greatly reduce the effort needed to update the Revit products to the newest build by allowing our users to update their existing installations without having to reinstall Revit

The Web Update 2 can be found under the Revit Architecture/Structure/MEP 2009 product download pages:
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-download
www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads
www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download

Cheers!!!
Suhail Arfath
Technical Marketing Manager - MEP
AEC Division,
Autodesk Inc.