Today is the official announcement day for the Autodesk 2012 Product Line. Yesterday saw a launch webcast and if you missed it you can watch the recording here:
With Suites, this year marks a significant shift in the way Autodesk delivers products to the customer. In the AEC world we are getting the Autodesk Building Design Suites that provide a comprehensive set of design tools to address a range of industry workflows. Each suite will come on a USB drive (the Ultimate Suite is approximately 55Gb uncompressed). Pricing and availability will vary from country to country.
The lineup looks like this:
Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® MEP
AutoCAD® Structural Detailing
Autodesk® Showcase®
Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer
Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® MEP
AutoCAD® Structural Detailing
Autodesk® Showcase®
Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer
Autodesk® Revit® Architecture
Autodesk® Revit® MEP
Autodesk® Revit® Structure
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design
Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® MEP
AutoCAD® Structural Detailing
Autodesk® Showcase®
Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer
Autodesk® Revit® Architecture
Autodesk® Revit® MEP
Autodesk® Revit® Structure
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design
Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage
Autodesk® Quantity Takeoff
Autodesk® Inventor®
All will include 2012 releases of the various products and interoperabilty has been worked on to improve workflow between the numerous products, for example the new Revit Construction parts can be used in Navisworks and Quantity Takeoff.
Finally, for those of you looking for new features in Revit be sure to check out Dave Light's excellent as usual round-up in his blog. I'll cover more as we near release date.
