Autodesk Revit Structure 4, and the"Letterman Digital Arts Center" Story

AECbytes starts this month with a Viewpoint article by Patrick Aragon of Adobe Systems Incorporated who talks about the challenges that AEC professionals face in collaborating across internal and external project teams, and shares the results of a study conducted online in April 2006 by Harris Interactive for Adobe focused on collaboration. He also discusses means to improve project collaboration and document exchange, which was a constant theme that emerged from this study.

Autodesk just announced the release of a new version of Revit Structure as well as the acquisition of France-based Robobat, a software provider for structural engineering analysis, design and steel/concrete detailing. We will take a detailed look at Revit Structure 4, and discuss the potential implications of the Robobat acquisition for structural engineers using Revit Structure.

This month's Building the Future article is authored by Mitch Boryslawski by View By View, who worked extensively on implementing BIM in the Letterman Digital Arts Center project commissioned by LucasFilm Ltd. in San Francisco. This article captures some of his insights and experiences working on this highly involved and complex project.

And finally, the offerings in the Tips and Tricks section this month include a tutorial on solid element operations in Archicad 10, and a tip on how to place a SketchUp model into Google Earth and then change its location.

Thank you!

Lachmi Khemlani

Editorials > September 2006