Autodesk ARCHITECTURE 2010 Brochure page 3

The Power to Be Productive
Get all the functionality of AutoCAD software, plus tools
designed specifically for architectural drawing, design,
collaboration, and documentation.
Scheduling
Whether you are customizing the appearance of
out-of-the-box schedule styles to meet company
standards or creating new schedules from scratch,
complete with required calculations, you can do so
with ease. Since schedules are linked directly to your
designs, you can update them to reflect any design
changes at the click of a button.
Rendering
Bring designs to life for client presentations at
any stage of the design with integrated rendering.
The streamlined visualization capabilities are fully
integrated into the AutoCAD Architecture workflow.
Make your presentations stand out by visually
communicating richer design information.
Dimensioning
With even greater flexibility in AutoCAD
Architecture, you can now dimension any wall—and
all its components, including wall stud centerlines
and faces—according to your own dimensioning
standards. And since the dimensions are associative,
they automatically update as your designs change,
eliminating the tedium of many manual updates.
Drawing Compare
The Drawing Compare feature enhances
collaboration by using color-coded displays to
show items on a drawing that have been changed,
added, or deleted by other members of the
design team. Changes to items such as styles, fire
ratings, or other nongraphical properties are also
tracked. Combined with redlining features, such
as revision clouds, Drawing Compare helps clarify
communication across the design team.
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite—
® ®
For Maximum Flexibility
and Advantage
Combining AutoCAD, AutoCAD
Architecture, and Autodesk
Revit ® Architecture software
applications into a single,
comprehensive package, this
AutoCAD ®
Suite software allows you to transition to building
information modeling (BIM), while protecting
your legacy software, training, and design data
investments. Purpose built for BIM, Autodesk
Revit Architecture delivers a powerful competitive
advantage by speeding creative design work,
facilitating analysis for sustainable design, and
automatically delivering coordinated, consistent
documentation. Support ongoing work in either
AutoCAD or AutoCAD Architecture while you make
the switch to BIM with Autodesk Revit Architecture,
at your own pace.
AutoCAD Architecture
Success Story
Whitney Architects, Inc.
Since 1984, interior architecture firm
Whitney Architects has delivered a broad
range of technical and design services for
large corporations, financial services firms,
and hospitality providers. Whitney adopted
AutoCAD Architecture software to better
provide this diverse blend of services and to
foster improved collaboration.
Before moving to AutoCAD Architecture,
Whitney experienced difficulty sharing files
with consultants, and required a great deal
of support from their previous CAD vendor.
Additionally, says Stephen Bures, president
of Whitney Architects, "We consistently ran
into trouble training new employees. They
were familiar with AutoCAD, but none of them
knew our previous CAD application, resulting
in a steep learning curve and increased costs.
That was a big part of our decision to make
the switch."
Since adopting the software, Whitney has
completed almost 600 major construction
®
projects more productively and accurately
than possible with their previous CAD
software. "Right out of the box," says Bures,
"AutoCAD Architecture helped us save roughly
Revit ® Architecture
35 percent in time spent on drawings."
Collaboration with mechanical, electrical,
and plumbing engineers as well as structural
engineers and other consultants has improved
significantly, too. According to Bures, "Our
drawings are much better with AutoCAD
Architecture, not only because the quality
control process is easier, but also because the
interface with all of our consultants and clients
is easier and more exact. As a result, we save
time on projects."