Revit AEC Blogger Day – Revit 2010 Subs Advantage Pack

The cat is out of the bag! Autodesk have been really busy…..today Autodesk ran what is described as a Blogger Day, where they presented the forthcoming Revit 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack. Hopefully due out this week, this release will have a number of enhancements over and above the out of the box version of Revit of 2010!!!

So what is the subs advantage pack???

This is like a point release and is only available to subscription users. Rather than releasing separate extensions like they have done in the past, Autodesk have bundled these all up as a complete release with a number of new features. So be aware, this is a complete new release!!!

So what do these improvements include:-

• Additional shortcut commands
• A UI to control the shortcuts (hooray) no more text file editing
• Conditional formatting in all products
• DWG export improvements
• Text formatting – from shortcuts
• Find and replace text
• Model lines to Detail lines and back
• Link file improvements
• API improvements
• Autodesk Revit Model Review
• Revit DBlink
• Image modeler will now be included so you can create point cloud data from images and export this to DWG and import this into Revit
• Wood Wall Framing tool

Finally, all the Revit Structure feature will now be included to in Revit Architecture!!! :-) Hooray!!!!

• Curved beams
• Beam copping
• Create Trusses
• Tag beam systems
• Slab directions and decking
• Slanted columns
• Split with Gap

Revit Structure advantage features will also include:-

• Insulation tool
• Placing 3d beams from geometry references in imported 3d drawings
• Control beam length tolerance
• Wood Framing
• Interferences of Reinforcing bars
• Bridge Design Modules

Revit MEP advantages features will also include:-

• will see MEP performance improvements
• Temp dims in layout mode
• Content Countrification for China, Russia,UK, International
• New Electrical content for the US