Autodesk Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection
The Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection is a rich set of software and innovative technologies to help you design, engineer, and construct higher-quality, more predictable building and civil infrastructure projects.
Using a connected BIM workflow, architects can more seamlessly conceive, model, optimize, and coordinate their designs with professionals across desciplines and throughout the lifecycle of a project.
Description
The AEC Collection provides designers, engineers, and contractors a set of BIM and CAD tools supported by a cloud-based common data environment that facilitates project delivery from early-stage design through to construction.
- Create high-quality, high-performing building and infrastructure designs with conceptual and detailed design tools.
- Optimize projects with integrated analysis, generative design, and visualization and simulation tools.
- Improve predictability in the field with tools that maximize constructability and project coordination.
What is BIM?
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the holistic process of creating and managing information for a built asset. Based on an intelligent model and enabled by a cloud platform, BIM integrates structured, multi-disciplinary data to produce a digital representation of an asset across its lifecycle, from planning and design to construction and operations.
What is it used for?
BIM is used for creating and managing data during the design, construction, and operations process. BIM integrates multi-disciplinary data to create detailed digital representations that are managed in an open cloud platform for real-time collaboration.Using BIM gives you greater visibility, better decision-making, more sustainable options, and cost-savings on AEC projects.
What are the benefits of BIM?
The benefits of BIM are through connecting teams, workflows, and data across the entire project lifecycle—from design and engineering to construction and operations—to realize better ways of working and better outcomes.Why is BIM important?
According to the UN, by 2050 the world's population will be 9.7 billion. The global AEC industry must look to smarter, more efficient ways to design and build not just as a means to keep up with global demand but to help create spaces that are smarter and more resilient too.
BIM not only allows design and construction teams to work more efficiently, but it allows them to capture the data they create during the process to benefit operations and maintenance activities. This is why BIM mandates are increasing across the globe.What’s Included in the Autodesk AEC Collection?
Software Purpose Revit BIM (Building Information Modeling) for architecture, MEP, and structural design AutoCAD 2D and 3D drafting, including specialized toolsets (e.g., Architecture, Electrical) Civil 3D Civil engineering design for roads, land development, and infrastructure Navisworks Manage Project review, clash detection, and coordination InfraWorks Infrastructure design and visualization (roads, bridges, terrain modeling) 3ds Max High-end rendering and visualization FormIt Pro Conceptual architectural design Recap Pro Reality capture and 3D scanning from laser scans or photos Robot Structural Analysis Structural load analysis and simulation Advance Steel Detailing and fabrication for structural steel Vehicle Tracking Transportation and site design, including vehicle path simulation Insight Building performance analysis and energy modelling for Revit Benefits
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Complete tools for BIM and CAD workflows
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Enables collaborative design across disciplines
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Powerful simulation, coordination, and visualisation tools
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Enhances accuracy, efficiency, and project predictability
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