SAN RAFAEL, Calif.,
Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced it has
launched a new model coordination workflow between two of its
flagship products, Navisworks and BIM 360 Model Coordination, both
of which are widely used by architects, engineers and construction
teams. The new integration further strengthens Autodesk
Construction Cloud by enabling construction teams to manage
the entire model coordination workflow including clash detection
and issues management in a common data environment from within a
single solution. Customers can now take advantage of both
Navisworks and BIM 360 Model Coordination's best-in-class
capabilities to improve the quality of construction documents, save
time, decrease schedule risk and reduce rework.
Before a construction project breaks ground, Navisworks empowers
general contractors to identify and resolve clash and
constructability issues, and BIM 360 Model Coordination enables
design and trade partners to create, track and self-check issues
that arise during the model coordination process. Now, users can
automate clash detection in BIM 360 Model Coordination, as well as
create and assign issues from either Navisworks or BIM 360. This
new workflow enhances existing coordination workflows for
Navisworks users and empowers BIM 360 Model Coordination users
to do more specific clash detection and analysis in Navisworks.
"With the integrated workflow of Navisworks and BIM 360, all
project stakeholders from the field to the office are able to now
participate in issue tracking and resolution throughout the project
lifecycle," said Nick Bobbitt, VDC
Manager at Barton Malow. "Model coordination may now become a full
team effort, providing accessibility to team members that do not
have experience in clash detection and navigating models. This
transparency provides value to our clients, allowing them to easily
harness the power of the model and truly understand project design,
model development and issue resolution."
New workflow empowers anyone to be involved in the model
coordination process
The new workflow between desktop-based Navisworks with
cloud-based BIM 360 Model Coordination enables more project
partners to be involved in the model coordination process at any
time. Design and trade teams can self-check their models in
real-time using automated clash detection, while a BIM leader can
focus time and resources on the largest constructability issues and
open up an evolving data set in Navisworks to run specific
cross-discipline class tests on the latest design data.
For example with the new workflow, if a structural team uploads
a model to BIM 360 Model Coordination and as a result of the
solution's automated clash detection, notices a clash between the
stairwell and a basic wall, they can assign an issue to their team:
"wall incorrectly positioned in front of curtain wall – check
structural integrity." The issue can then be tracked and resolved
before the model is sent to the general contractor's VDC lead. The
model can also be opened in Navisworks where specific rules are
applied and a user's expertise taken into consideration to check
for larger constructability issues. For instance, the VDC manager
may notice the positioning of an air handling unit will make it
difficult for maintenance, requiring plumbing and HVAC to re-route
their systems. The manager can then assign issues to both plumbing
and HVAC partners directly from Navisworks and request a design fix
– enabling the VDC manager to track the issue to resolution
all from within Navisworks.
"To avoid the schedule and cost overruns that come with rework,
construction firms need to be able to address design issues before
construction starts," said Sameer
Merchant, head of product development at Autodesk
Construction Solutions. "The integration between Navisworks and BIM
360, both of which are widely adopted by construction teams,
creates a new Autodesk Construction Cloud workflow that allows for
the entire model coordination process to be managed from single
solution from a common data environment. Autodesk is raising the
bar for construction teams by helping to improve the quality of the
entire built environment, from design through operations."
The integration between Navisworks and BIM 360 Model
Coordination is now available. For more details and key features,
check out our blog post here. Also read about the 25 other product
updates made to the Autodesk Construction Cloud portfolio announced
today here.
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are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make
anything. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow
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