Autodesk Building Design Suite offerings
Autodesk suite offerings deliver a combination of Autodesk software products to provide a comprehensive solution for specific needs. Our newest suite offerings - the design suite family - provide comprehensive workflows based on user need, interoperability, and capabilities that leverage the familiarity of Autodesk's leading design and visualization solutions with a simpler, more cost-effective purchasing and deployment process.

Products
The 3 editions of the Autodesk Building Design Suite 2012 - Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard edition, Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium edition, and Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate edition - support Autodesk's leading design and visualization building tools in a single economical and convenient purchase.

	Standard	Premium	Ultimate
Included Software Products
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

Benefits	Standard	Premium	Ultimate
Functions
Design, document, and share drawings in the DWGTM format
Market and present designs with photorealistic imagery and interactive presentations
Show your ideas more effectively with tools for design illustration and graphic communication
Create better buildings with intelligent 3D model-based design
Produce compelling visualizations to market ideas more successfully
Use integrated analysis to inform design and construction decisions
Create consistent, higher quality construction documentation
Improve control over project outcomes
Perform building material quantifications more efficiently
Collaborate more effectively with manufacturers and fabricators

Success story: Equilibrium Studio Architects
The architects who created the winning submission in South Africa's Statue of Freedom competition, Sue Clark and Jens Jüterbock of Equilibrium Studio Architects, realised their ideas for the iconic project using Autodesk Revit software. Jüterbock had been an Autodesk Revit user for about 18 months when he used it to create the conceptual images required for the competition submission. The team was under extreme pressure. It started the project in January 2005 and had to make its first submission just three months later. "360 degrees around the structure, no two elevations are similar. It's not like a square or rectangular structure where you can copy and mirror an elevation to create a new one. So the ease with which we could create elevations, as well as sections, was an enormous benefit." Jüterbock is realising extensive time savings in the creation of working drawings, which are being generated from data contained in the project model.   Equilibrium Studio "It wasn't a conventional structure, more like a sculpture, so there were initially some setbacks. I, unfortunately, attributed the incorrect properties to the tubes. They should have been walls, not structural elements. So I had to re-do a lot of work." Once he overcame his initial frustrations, Jüterbock says the software was worth its weight in gold, especially when it came to creating elevations.
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MBH Architects
The 3 main conference auditoria (2000 seats) and restaurant (specialising in traditional Arabian cuisine) will be located at the top on a 6 level rotating platform and will be accessed via 6 observation lifts spiralling to the top through a 360 degree rotation, affording a view of the entire Dubai en rout to the top. The south facade will be clad in triple glazed curtain glass, in the colours of the UAE flag. A 2500 seat structural glass arena will form a podium for outdoor performances and events with a circular stage retracting under water to facilitate aquarium exhibitions. The 3 main entrances are via recesses through an 8m tall glass wall containing an aquarium. Power generation will constitute 35% sustainable energy (wind and solar).   MBH Architects MBH competition entry for Tall Emblem Structure at Za'abeel Park, Dubai The Dubai a'Alam ("The Flag") Design rationale: situated 4,5 km from the shore, our proposal would serve primarily as a cultural centre and will contain amongst others, a multi-level library and retail book shop outlet; a museum; an opera house situated on the existing lake; a multi-level art gallery; a number of coffee shops and restaurants.
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