Autodesk kicked off it’s 2012 product lines today with a special webcast hosted by Amar Hanspal. The company is focusing on design industry workflows with suites, packaged products that work together to help professionals meet their needs. These packages are not a new concept, as we saw some of this last year, but not across the entire fleet of products.
- Autodesk Product Design Suite 2012
- Autodesk Design Suite 2012
- Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2012
- Autodesk Building Design Suite 2012
- Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2012
- Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012
- Autodesk Creation Design Suite 2012
Additionally, the Autodesk will tier their products according to how much power you actually need (and how much moolah you are willing to part with). The breakdowns are Standard, Premium, and Ultimate. These are said to offer reduced package pricing, but for those on subscription, I do not know what net benefit will be realized.
A few notable points for this cycle are:
- Suites will be delivered on thumb drives
- More Multi-processor support in some products, enabling faster startups and view regeneration
- Inventor Fusion has emerged as a commercial product
- Autodesk and Granta Design Ltd. Partnership offers the Eco Material Advisor
- More use and support of Autodesk Vault
- Inventor loses their Routed, Simulation, and Tooling suite packages for Standard and Professional
- Alias Freeform models integrated into Inventor and Fusion
Manufacturing
The complete list of new improvements and functionality for Autodesk Inventor 2012 will be presented by yours truly in the next edition of AUGI World Magazine.
Autodesk Product Design Suite 2012
tandard edition provides foundation tools for concept, surfacing, and solid modeling design, as well as drafting and presentations:
- AutoCAD Mechanical with Inventor Fusion
- Autodesk Showcase
- Autodesk Sketchbook Designer
- Autodesk Vault
- Autodesk Mudbox.
Premium edition adds Digital Prototyping and Visualizations:
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk 3DS Max Design
Ultimate edition adds advanced surfacing capabilities as well as simulation and tooling functionality:
- Autodesk Inventor Professional
- Autodesk Alias Design
Autodesk Factory Design Suite
Standard edition for effective factory design and detailing:
- AutoCAD Architecture
- AutoCAD Mechanical
- Autodesk Showcase
- Autodesk Sketchbook Designer
- Autodesk Factory Design Utilities
- Autodesk Vault
Premium edition adds modeling and visualization:
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk 3ds Max Design
- Autodesk Navisworks Simulate
Ultimate edition adds advanced simulation and visualization:
- Autodesk Inventor Professional
- Autodesk Navisworks Manage
AEC Division
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2012
The AEC division is pushing forward with more BIM interoperability.
Standard edition offers AutoCAD 2012 functionality with geospatial tools with Navisworks:
- AutoCAD Map 3D
- Autodesk Navisworks Simulate
Premium adds 3D design features and tools paired with visualization:
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Autodesk 3Ds Max Design
Ultimate adds powerful construction simulation:
- Navisworks Manage
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2012
Standard concept design and layout functionality biased towards architectural needs, along with basic visualization:
- AutoCAD
- AutoCAD Architecture
- AutoCAD MEP
- AutoCAD Structural Detailing
- Autodesk Showcase
- Autodesk SketchBook Designer
Premium adds the intuitive 3D power of Revit along with advanced visualization:
- Autodesk Revit Architecture
- Autodesk Revit Structure
- Autodesk Revit MEP
- Autodesk 3Ds Max Design
Ultimate adds 3D modeling, simulation, and analysis:
- Autodesk Navisworks Manage
- Autodesk Quantity takeoff
- Autodesk Inventor
More AEC Product information can be found in this BusinessWire release
Media and Entertainment Division
Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2012
- Autodesk 3Ds Max
- Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk Softimage
- Autodesk Mudbox
- Autodesk Motion Builder
General Design
Autodesk Design Suite 2012
- Autodesk SketchBook Designer
- Autodesk Mudbox
- Autodesk Showcase
Premium adds:
- Autodesk 3Ds Max Design
Ultimate adds:
- Autodesk Alias Design
