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Revit® Structure 2009 software integrates a multimaterial physical model with an independently editable analytical model for efficient analysis, design and documentation. Create your own models or import architectural files from AutoCAD® Architecture or Revit® Architecture software. Bi-directional linking to SMART Modeller ESA PT (see below) and other third party structural analysis software enables accurate model updates, while parametric change management technology coordinates those updates across your documents. (See below for more information on parametric change management technology)
Efficiency: Minimise repetitive, labour-intensive tasks with efficient, concurrent modelling for structural analysis and documentation.
- Enter information just once for engineering, analysis, design, documentation and coordination with the design team.
- Simultaneously create a physical model for coordination and documentation, and multiple, fully associated analytical models.
- Focus on engineering and design, not laborious manual coordination and redundant data entry.
- Easily explore design alternatives and make changes as the software updates your design and documentation.
Accuracy: Produce accurate documents with parametric change management and bidirectional linking to industry-leading analysis software.
- Reduce coordination errors with immediate global updating.
- Analyse any part of your building. Bi-directional linking to
SMART Modeller ESA PT (see below) and other third party structural analysis packages means design and documentation are automatically, accurately updated.
- Find errors long before they show up in the field or require costly redesign.
Flexibility: Easily accommodate design alternatives and changes while the software coordinates those changes through your design and documentation.
- Work with architectural information as digital CAD files, intelligent 3D architectural models, or on paper.
- Link to intelligent 3D architectural models from AutoCAD Architecture 2008 or Revit Architecture 2008 and intelligent 3D building services models from AutoCAD® MEP 2008 software.
- Minimise coordination headaches associated with last-minute revisions through parametric change management.
What is parametric and how does the parametric change engine keep everything updated when I make changes? Why is the concept important?
The term "parametric" in this context refers to the relationships among and between all elements of the model that enable the coordination and change management that Revit Structure provides. These relationships are created either automatically by the software or deliberately by the user as the user works. A fundamental characteristic of a building information modeling application is the ability to coordinate changes and maintain consistency at all times. The user does not have to intervene to update drawings or links.
At the heart of Revit Structure is technology that is new to structural design, engineering, and documentation systems: a parametric change engine. Revit Structure is built from the ground up using this technology. The Revit parametric change engine uses the information captured as you work to build a network of relationships between elements. When you change something, Revit Structure immediately applies that change to any related elements.
This concept is important because it is this capability that delivers the fundamental coordination and productivity benefits of Revit Structure: change anything at any time anywhere in the project and Revit Structure coordinates that change through the entire project. This parametric change management is also one of the fundamental characteristics of a building information modeling solution.
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The beauty of Revit Structure is that you work in the view that makes sense for your project.
You can make your changes in section, elevation, or the schedule and Revit Structure propagates the changes throughout the model using parametric change technology. |
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