Autodesk Advantage Packs

Autodesk yesterday released all the Advantage Packs for their various software platforms. For those of you in the AEC market and the BIM market this means:

• Revit Architecture 2010
• Revit Structure 2010
• Revit MEP 2010
• Navisworks 2010
• Autocad 2010
• Autocad for Architects 2010 (ADT)

The good news is the update is a patch and series of extra plugins instead of a full install.  The update also includes the SP1 and SP2 patches for Revit and the Autocad based update includes many patches and hotfixes. 

Today I am going to focus on the Revit platform and what changes were added to each one. We are going to start testing the features and writing about them here over the next few days. 

Revit Architecture Features

• Added a structure tab with many structural tools now in Architecture
• Floors can now have structural deck shown
• Deck direction can be altered and shown in plan
• Beam coping is added
• Beam systems can now be tagged with span information
• Sloped columns are added
• Curved beams are added
• Beams can be attached to a 3D imported CAD model
• The truss tool is now available in architecture

• Convert Detail lines to model lines and vice versa
• Keyboard shortcuts are now editable in the application
• Shortcuts can be edited, exported imported and shared
• Conditional formatting in schedules is now available in all 3 disciplines
• This was available before but unknown since the button was hidden
• Text formatting can now be accomplished with keyboard shortcuts
• Ctrl-B, Ctrl-U,Ctrl-I
• Find and replace tool for text elements
• Users can split walls with a gap in between (Added split with Gap on Modify Tab)

Revit MEP Features

• Temporary Dimensions for general layout mode in ductwork and piping
• Convert Detail lines to model lines and vice versa
• Keyboard shortcuts are now editable in the application
• Shortcuts can be edited, exported imported and shared
• Conditional formatting in schedules is now available in all 3 disciplines
• This was available before but unknown since the button was hidden
• Text formatting can now be accomplished with keyboard shortcuts
• Ctrl-B, Ctrl-U,Ctrl-I
• Find and replace tool for text elements
• Users can split walls with a gap in between (Added split with Gap on Modify Tab)

Revit Structure Features

• Element Section Area and Linear Weight in Schedules
• Insulation tool added
• Convert Detail lines to model lines and vice versa
• Keyboard shortcuts are now editable in the application
• Shortcuts can be edited, exported imported and shared
• Conditional formatting in schedules is now available in all 3 disciplines
• This was available before but unknown since the button was hidden
• Text formatting can now be accomplished with keyboard shortcuts
• Ctrl-B, Ctrl-U,Ctrl-I
• Find and replace tool for text elements
• Users can split walls with a gap in between (Added split with Gap on Modify Tab)