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What’s New inAutodesk Building Systems 2007

A Better Faster AutoCAD for Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing engineering for buildings

AMS | CAD Consulting Grouphttp://www.amsystems.com


Focus of Autodesk Building Systems 2007

• Ease of Use

• Ease of Migration “Lines, Arcs & Circles”

• Construction Documents


Ease of Use

Ease of Migration

Construction Documents

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Ease of Use

Discipline Specific Tool Palettes

Single Line and Double Line Piping

More Grips & On-Screen Editing

Properties Palette

Context Menu

Piping Catalog Organization


Discipline Specific Tool Palettes

Group by size, system or shape

Discipline specific

Purpose based for MEP

Benefit… Save time on

training, find drafting tools easily

Mechanical

ElectricalPlumbing

Piping


Single Line & Double Line Piping

Single line and double line by size

Scaled fittings for plotting clarity

Benefit… create concise and

accurate construction documents that clearly represent your designs


More Grips & On Screen Editing

Grips to flip, move, array, rotate

Edit on screen

Sticky move

Benefit… speed up productivity

by focusing on design and documentation


Properties Palette

Activity Based

Relevant information first

Benefit… Make changes easily

from one easy to access location on your workspace


Context Menu

Tools and commands where needed

Tools on objects

Conversion tools

Benefit… Increase speed and

production with tools and commands a right click away


Piping Catalog Organization

Adapted to the way you design

Grouped by type, fitting type, and connection type

Benefit… Organized for ease

of use to increase speed and productivity


Ease of Use

Ease of Migration



Ease of Migration

Templates for Company Standards

Convert AutoCAD 2D Symbols to ABS Content

Work with Enhanced AutoCAD Commands in ABS

Migration Tools

Simplified Content Builder


Templates for Company Standards

Benefit… Easily manage company standards using templates

Location for company standards

System definitions, layer key styles

Drawing consistency


Convert AutoCAD 2D Symbols to Autodesk Building Systems Content

Convert AutoCAD blocks

Convert symbols

Batch convert all

Benefit… easily convert existing

2D symbols and blocks to Autodesk Building Systems content


Work with Enhanced AutoCAD Commandsin Autodesk Building Systems

Benefit… increase productivity

using one command instead of three

Copy, snap, align in 1step

Array along duct, pipe, conduit


Migration Tools

Migrate drawing standards

Templates, convert to device

On-screen editing and more

Benefit… Easily and quickly

migrate from AutoCAD using ABS specific migration tools


Enhanced Content Builder

Use Primitives to create content

Simple 3D shapes

Save equipment info on part

Benefit… Quickly create fittings,

parts and equipment using standards shapes


Ease of Use

Ease of Migration




Color & Linetype Preserved in Sections

Pipe Display by Size

Separate Connectors

Annotation Capabilities in Content Builder

Automated Hatching Support

Autodesk Inventor


Color/Linetype Preserved in Sections

Display sections accurately

Layer, color & linetypes preserved

Sections in seconds not hours

Benefit… easily plot sections

based on your specific color/ linetype standards


Pipe Display by Size

Display small pipe as single line

Use pipe size to determine display

Route by pressure class

Benefit… Create construction

documents that display and plot piping with clarity


Separate Connectors

Two types of connectors on pipe

Flanged, threaded, grooved & more

Accurate pipe length

Benefit… layout piping the

way it’s designed


Annotation Capabilities in Content Builder

Created scaled schematic blocks

Add text to annotation of parts

Benefit… display parts

based on view (plan/section)


Automated Hatching Support

Hatch by theme

Hatch systems by size, velocity

Benefit… clearly identify

design intent with hatching to check for accurate design layout


Autodesk Inventor

Access content for ABS

Greater library of equipment

Linked to your MEP design

Benefit… Increase library of

equipment for your design


And Don’t Forget…


Spaces and Zones

Analysis & square footage data

Vertical adjacencies for gbXML

Benefit… Easily store and

retrieve room information in one location


Export to AutoCAD

Accurate graphic representation

100% visual fidelity

Benefit… confidently deliver

accurate standard AutoCAD files


Built On AutoCADHeads-up DesignDynamic DimensionsProject StandardsDisplay ThemesQuick CalculatorEdit-in-ViewEase of Use ToolsSetup and Deployment

OptionsProject Tool PalettesPublishing ToolsArchitectural Desktop

And we don’t just stop here…


Autodesk Revit Structure

3D visual design coordination

Structural interference check

Benefit… share models

with structural engineers using Autodesk Revit Structure


Benefit from Partners


Extend to Fabrication

EastCoast CAD Fabrication

3D sheet metal and piping

Benefit… Create

fabrication drawings using ABS with EastCoast CAD software


Extend to Cost Estimating

Wendes Systems, Inc.

Cost estimation

Mechanical, plumbing, piping

Benefit… Generate complete

labor and material cost estimates


Links to Load and Sizing Analysis

The Trane Company TRACE 700: Load Analysis VariTrane Duct Designer: Duct Sizing

Elite Software Elite DuctSize: Duct System Analysis Elite FIRE: Fire Protection

Green Building Studio Energy Analysis


Autodesk Solutions


Autodesk Design Review 2007Streamline reviews and team collaboration

Design Reviews Markup Measure Annotate Stamp Custom Symbols

Communicate Changes Auto-tracking Combine Project

Documents Round-trip Reviews

(formerly Autodesk DWF Composer)


Autodesk DWF Viewer Securely share designs with extended teams

View & Print 2D & 3D designs accurately

Rotate, Cross-section, Pull apart

Preview and Print – Scale, Tile, B&W, Grayscale

View design intelligence: Properties, Block Data, Bookmarks, more


Autodesk BuzzsawCollaborative Project Management

• Streamline the way you manage and share

information with distributed teams

• Ensure that accurate information is always

available to everyone involved in the

execution of your projects

• 850+ customers across multiple industries

• 125,000 users across 7 continents

• Learn how to save time and money with

Buzzsaw: www.autodesk.com/buzzsaw

Simple. Secure. Proven


Autodesk Subscription

More cost effective than upgrades

Protects investments in design technology by keeping software current and customers more competitive

Annual fee provides predictable budgeting

Simplifies software license management and administration through exclusive password- protected portal

Product upgrades and any available incremental enhancements during contract period

Autodesk direct web support

Autodesk e-Learning

Entitlement to legally use previous versions of purchased software

BENEFITS ENTITLEMENTS


The Time is Now!

Autodesk Building Systems

enables customers to realize immediate productivity gains

within existing ways of working by

accelerating design and documentation of their projects

Plan your upgrade today and soon you’ll be producing higher-quality construction documents quicker.

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