{"id":5003,"date":"2019-04-11T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=news&p=5003"},"modified":"2019-04-22T15:04:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T19:04:23","slug":"industry-collections-subscriber-updates","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/news\/industry-collections-subscriber-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk\u2019s Industry Collections Are Dropping Their Biggest Updates of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" At Autodesk, we listen closely and collaborate with our customers to understand what they need in their tools. And because our software is delivered via subscription, we\u2019re able to put new functionality into the hands of our users as soon as its ready. Our product teams have evolved the way we update our software to meet our customers\u2019 ongoing needs, but it still happens that some of our biggest product releases drop within the same one- to two-month window. A couple of weeks ago,\u00a0the newest version of AutoCAD<\/a>\u00a0was released with a big batch of new and enhanced functionality, and new integrations with Box and Microsoft OneDrive. Along with Autodesk\u2019s cloud capabilities, the integrations allow subscribers to open and edit DWG files already stored in Box and Microsoft OneDrive with AutoCAD on desktop, web or mobile. This time of year is also a big deal for subscribers of our Industry Collections, <\/a>which combine the most powerful Autodesk software in simple packages. Subscribing to a Collection means you have streamlined access to powerful design-to-make workflows specific to your industry. \u00a0On top of having the best tools for their trade, subscribers of the AEC and PD&M Collections also get access to AutoCAD 2020 and its specialized toolsets. Regardless of your industry, our collections are the best set of solutions to help get you on the path to the future of making \u2013 using digital automations to help you do more, in less time, and achieve better outcomes. <\/p>\n

Learn more and download the latest updates for our Industry Collections<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We recently caught up with some of the product teams around the company to get a look at what\u2019s shiny and new in each Collection. <\/p>\n

Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\" \"\"\u201cOur team\u2019s mission is to help the AEC industry achieve better process and projects by providing a cohesive multi-disciplinary authoring platform, connecting design to construction. We\u2019re thrilled to release Revit 2020,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>building on improvements in\u00a0Revit 2019.1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Revit 2019.2<\/a>.\u00a0Architects will see improved wall\/curtain wall creation and a new Path of Travel to simulate minimal egress distance. Structural engineers will see improved design-to-fabrication detailing for concrete and steel. MEP customers will get improvements to their electrical design and mechanical fabrication workflows.\u00a0We\u2019ve fulfilled long-awaited enhancements like PDF Underlay.\u00a0We\u2019re also excited to introduce the Cloud Model Upgrade service that fully automates upgrading all cloud models in a BIM 360 project with literally the click of one button.\u201d\u2014 Chris Yanchar, Director of Building Design Products \"\" \u201cIn this new release of Civil 3D 2020,<\/a> we\u2019re most excited about the arrival of Dynamo for Civil 3D, a design automation tool helps customers save time by expediting repetitive design tasks. With this and other new features in Civil 3D 2020, we\u2019re delivering more efficiencies to our customers for their design and production workflows.\u201d \u2013 Tim Yarris, Civil 3D Product Manager \"\" \u201cOur commitment to the integration of BIM and GIS takes another step forward with latest release of InfraWorks<\/a>. Today, customers can read GIS data from ArcGIS into InfraWorks, make changes to that data, then save that back to ArcGIS. InfraWorks continues to excel at enabling customers to generate a real-world context model of their project. Now project information can be more easily shared between design and GIS teams.\u201d \u2013 Nick Zeeben, InfraWorks Product Manager For more details:<\/strong> <\/p>\n