It seems Autodesk have just released another technology preview on their Autodek Labs Website, which they have cunningly named ‘Structure Generator’ -- Can you guess what it does?
This is what us structures folk want to see. I haven’t had chance to play with the tech preview yet, but I definitely will be. It’s only available until 1st April 2012 so that does give much time for tinkering. Why not go and enjoy another freebie from Autodesk (although possibly not free for long?).
Here is the Autodesk blurb on what it is:
Overview
Project Structure Generator for Autodesk® Revit® Structure and Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software is a technology preview that provides a connection between massing models and objects created during conceptual design and structural elements such as beams, column, walls, plates. With Project Structure Generator, structural engineers and architects, from the earliest stages, can very quickly create and visualize a physical and analytical model of a structure based on the massing model.
What does Project Structure Generator do?
Project Structure Generator for Autodesk Revit Structure and Autodesk Revit Architecture is a technology preview that provides a connection between massing models and objects created during conceptual design. Project Structural Generator enables structural engineers and architects to:
Automatically create and visualize a physical model of the structure with mass objects
Generate variants of the physical and analytical model with structural systems based on the massing model.
Predict volume and weight of materials used.
Extend model to Revit Structure or Revit Architecture.
Extend massing model to structural analysis with Project Storm a cloud based technology preview on Autodesk Labs that allows static analysis to be performed or to Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional software.
…and here is a video:
Watch it on youtube here…Revit -- Structure Generator
