Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard 2013

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Benefits for your workflow:

Features and tools designed for architects, MEP engineers, structural engineers, and contractors. Included in some or all of the Building Design Suite 2013 Standard, Premium, and Ultimate editions, these features help you to:

Take Advantage of 3D Building Design Software – Use Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools for intelligent 3D model-based design and construction.
Work with Comprehensive CAD Tools – Maximize productivity with a comprehensive set of CAD tools specifically created for the building industry.
Communicate Your Ideas More Effectively – Produce compelling visualizations to market ideas more successfully and help win more business.
Explore Ideas Within the Context of the Building – Assess the impact of design recommendations in the context of the overall design with BIM tools.
Simulate Complex Building Structures and Systems – Use integrated simulation and analysis to help inform building design and construction decisions.
Analyze Energy Consumption and Costs – Use lighting and energy simulation and analysis to inform sustainable design decisions.
Create More Accurate Documents – Create more consistent, higher-quality construction documentation for greater accuracy and efficiency.
Create Fabrication Drawings More Efficiently – Extend structural design workflows to fabrication to enable a more efficient and accurate process for creating fabrication details and drawings.
Visualize Projects, Costs, and Schedules – Use high-quality visualizations to explore and communicate designs and track schedules and costs to help improve project insight.
Virtually Explore Projects Before Breaking Ground – Assess the performance of designs even at the earliest stages of a project, leading to more informed decisions.
Identify Costly Conflicts Before Construction Begins – Benefit from greater project insight. Help reduce costs by supporting the identification and resolution of design conflicts virtually, before projects are built.

Benefits for your business:

Explore New Ways to Win Work – Explore new ways to win work with interoperable 3D building design tools that enable you to expand the services you offer.
Standardize on a Single Suite – Utilize expanded design capabilities and more opportunities for collaboration than individually licensed products by adopting multiple products from the same suite.
Improve Efficiency and Minimize Costs – Provide your teams with flexible tools that address a variety of workflow needs and help save time and money.

Software included in Autodesk^® Building Design Suite 2013 Standard, Premium, and Ultimate editions

Product	Description	Standard	Premium	Ultimate
AutoCAD^® 2013	Speed documentation, share ideas, and explore 3D concepts with powerful design and documentation tools.	✔	✔	✔
AutoCAD^® Architecture 2013	Get the power and familiarity of AutoCAD software with features designed specifically for architectural drafting.	✔	✔	✔
AutoCAD^® MEP 2013	Get the power of AutoCAD with features designed specifically for MEP designers and drafters.	✔	✔	✔
AutoCAD^® Structural Detailing 2013	Get the power of AutoCAD with features designed specifically for structural drafting.	✔	✔	✔
Autodesk^® Showcase^® 2013	Easily transform AutoCAD designs and Revit models into compelling imagery, movies, and interactive design presentations.	✔	✔	✔
Autodesk^® SketchBook Designer^® 2013	Explore design concepts like never before, and product high quality illustrations for communication.	✔	✔	✔
Autodesk^® Revit^® 2013*	Take advantage of Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools for architectural deign, MEP engineering, and structural engineering.		✔	✔
Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® Design 2013	Create cinematic-quality visuals and movies to market and sell your designs before they are built.		✔	✔
Autodesk^® Navisworks^® Simulate 2013	Integrate multiple models to improve team collaboration, simulate construction sequencing, and enhance project review.		✔	✔
Autodesk^® Navisworks^® Manage 2013	Integrate data from multiple sources to facilitate whole project review, perform interference analysis and simulate construction.			✔
Autodesk^® Quality Takeoff 2013	Collect and quantify multiformat design data to help measure, count, and price building objects.			✔
Autodesk^® Inventor^® 2013	Design better products in less time with easy-to-use 3D mechanical CAD, visualization, and documentation software.			✔
Autodesk^® Robot^™ Structural Analysis Professional 2013	Use advanced structural analysis tools to investigate linear and nonlinear behavior in large, complex structures.			✔
Autodesk^® Infrastructure Modeler 2013	Create, evaluate, and communicate convincing 3D infrastructure proposals for faster approvals.			✔

*Autodesk Revit software is only available as part of the Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013 Premium and Ultimate Editions.

System Requirements

Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard 2013 System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

32-Bit

Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise¹
Microsoft^® Windows^® XP Professional (SP3 or higher)

64-Bit

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise1
Windows XP Professional X64 (SP2 or higher)

¹ For Autodesk^® SketchBook^® Designer 2013, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium is not supported.

Supported CPU Type

Baseline Recommendation

Microsoft Windows 7

3.0 GHz or higher Intel^® Pentium^® 4; AMD Athlon^™ Dual Core with SSE3 technology or AMD Opteron^™ with SSE3 technology

Microsoft Windows XP

1.6 GHz or higher Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core with SSE3 technology

Exceptions

For 3D Modeling in AutoCAD^®-based products:

Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater

Recommended Memory

Baseline Recommendation

2 GB RAM (4 GB RAM Recommended)

Exceptions

AutoCAD^® Structural Detailing 2013

3 GB RAM

Recommended Graphics Hardware

Baseline Recommendation

Basic Graphics

Display adapter capable of 24-bit color

Advanced Graphics

256 MB Microsoft^® DirectX^® 10 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3

Exceptions

Autodesk^® Showcase^® 2013 or Autodesk SketchBook Designer 2013

Certified hardware-accelerated graphics card with a minimum of 512MB graphics memory (1GB recommended) and DirectX^® 9 support.

Recommended Display Resolution

1,280 x 1,024 with true color

Recommended Hard Disk

24 GB of Free Space

Pointing Device

Baseline Recommendation

Microsoft^® Mouse compliant

Exceptions

Autodesk Showcase 2013

Three-Button Mouse

Autodesk SketchBook Designer 2013

Intuos^® 3 or higher tablet or Wacom^® Cintiq^® active tablet highly recommended, using a tablet driver of 6.1.6-7 or higher. For Bamboo^® users, a tablet driver of 5.2.4-5 is recommended.

Browser

Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 8.0 or higher

Media

USB 2.0

Network

Internet connection for full User Assistance Documentation and Subscription Web Services

Other

Microsoft^® .NET Framework Version 2.0 (included in install)

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Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions, or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the certified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).

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Benefits	Building Design Suite Premium with Subscription Autodesk® Building Design Suite Premium includes Autodesk® Revit® for Building Information Modeling (BIM), AutoCAD® applications for documentation, and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design for visualizations. Subscription provides Autodesk® 360 cloud services, upgrades to current software releases, online technical support, and flexible licensing privileges. Includes: AutoCAD® AutoCAD® Architecture AutoCAD® MEP AutoCAD® Structural Detailing Autodesk® Showcase® Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer Autodesk® Revit® Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate Intended for: Architects MEP and structural engineers Construction professionals Building Design Suite Premium with Subscription US$7,800 MSRP*	Building Design Suite Premium Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium is an optimized set of building design tools for architects and engineers. It includes Autodesk® Revit® for BIM, AutoCAD® applications for documentation, and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design for visualizations. Includes: AutoCAD® AutoCAD® Architecture AutoCAD® MEP AutoCAD® Structural Detailing Autodesk® Showcase® Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer Autodesk® Revit® Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate Intended for: Architects MEP and structural engineers Construction professionals Building Design Suite Premium US$6,825 MSRP*	Autodesk Revit Architecture Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software provides BIM tools specifically for architectural design. A change anywhere is a change everywhere. Includes: Parametric components Citrix readiness and native 64-bit support Bidirectional associativity Intended for: Architects MEP and structural engineers Contractors Revit Architecture US$5,775 MSRP*	AutoCAD AutoCAD® software is one of the world's leading 2D and 3D design tools. It can help you design, document, and share drawings more accurately and efficiently in the DWG™ file format. Includes: Circle, mesh, and solid modeling tools Model documentation tools Parametric drawing capabilities Native support for DWG technology Intended for: Designers Architects Engineers AutoCAD US$4,195 MSRP*
Intelligent 3D model-based design tools Design and build better buildings using BIM tools for intelligent 3D model-based design and construction.
Cinematic-quality rendering and 3D animation Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software provides architects, engineers, and visualization specialists with sophisticated 3D visualization tools that extend the BIM workflow with push-button cinematic-quality rendering and 3D animation.
Conceptual site planning tools Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler conceptual design software helps you create, evaluate, and communicate convincing site plan proposals for faster stakeholder buy-in and more confident decision making.
Advanced scheduling and visualization capabilities Navisworks® Simulate project review software supports intelligent 3D model-based designs with advanced scheduling and visualization capabilities.
Coordinated models and documentation In Autodesk® Revit® software, all model information is stored in one place. As a result, any information that gets changed is effectively changed throughout the Revit model.
Construction modeling tools Construction modeling tools in Autodesk® Revit® and Revit® Architecture software help you derive better construction insight from design models.
Real-time navigation Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate provides tools for real-time navigation, enabling you to explore your integrated project model using advanced navigation tools while extending the whole-project view to all project stakeholders, improving communication and collaboration.
CAD- and BIM-based workflows Autodesk® Building Design Suite offers an economical way for customers to access their design software of choice and provides access to tools that support flexible workflows using both CAD and BIM tools for building.
BIM tools for architectural design, MEP engineering, and structural engineering Autodesk® Revit® software supports Building Information Modeling (BIM), helping you drive accurate design, analysis, and documentation of more efficient building systems from concept through to construction.
Professional drafting and documentation tools Maximize productivity with automation, management, and editing tools specifically designed for drafting, minimizing repetitive tasks, and speeding projects to completion.
Native support for DWG files Create in the genuine DWG file format to share your work with colleagues and clients. The DWG™ format is one of the most commonly used design data formats.
Specialized AutoCAD for the building industry Autodesk® Building Design Suite Premium includes versions of AutoCAD specifically created for the building industry, such as AutoCAD® Architecture, AutoCAD® MEP, and AutoCAD® Structural Detailing.
Design illustration and graphic communication tools Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer provides building professionals with an effective tool for design illustration and graphic communication.
Architectural, MEP, and structural design tools Autodesk® Revit® is now available as an application that combines the capabilities of Autodesk® Revit® Architecture, Autodesk® Revit® MEP, and Autodesk® Revit® Structure software.
Compelling visuals and interactive presentations Transform your AutoCAD and Revit® BIM data into compelling imagery, movies, and interactive presentations more easily with Autodesk® Showcase®.
Powerful cloud rendering Autodesk® 360 Rendering enables designers, architects, engineers, and contractors to reduce time and project costs and produce compelling, photorealistic visualizations—without tying up the desktop or requiring specialized rendering hardware.
Energy consumption and building lifecycle analysis Autodesk® 360 Energy Analysis for Autodesk® Revit® enables users to quickly gain insight into the energy consumption and building lifecycle costs of design concepts, helping create more sustainable building designs.
Cloud-based structural analysis Autodesk® 360 Structural Analysis for Autodesk® Revit® provides cloud-based structural analysis as a part of the BIM process. So you can extend design models to the cloud for analysis. Once analysis is complete, you can visualize and explore results within the Revit environment.
Previous version and home-use license rights Stay current with immediate access to the latest software releases. Use previous and current versions of your software, install the software on both home and office computers, and use it at multiple locations, with flexible licensing privileges designed to work the way you do.
Technical support Resolve issues online with Autodesk product support specialists who can help with installation, configuration, and other needs. Stay on top of your company's support cases with web-based tracking and management.

Benefits	Building Design Suite
Benefits	Standard US$5,775 MSRP*	Premium US$6,825 MSRP*	Ultimate US$12,075 MSRP*
Design, document, and share drawings in the DWG™ 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

Products	Building Design Suite
Products	Standard US$5,775 MSRP*	Premium US$6,825 MSRP*	Ultimate US$12,075 MSRP*
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® MEP
AutoCAD® Structural Detailing
Autodesk® Showcase®
Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer
Autodesk® Revit® products
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design
Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate
Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage
Autodesk® Quantity Takeoff
Autodesk® Inventor®
Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional
Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler

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