Autodesk 2010 Software Now Avaliable for Students.

I know I mentioned the release of Revit 2010 on the Autodesk Student Community long before this email (which I recieved yesterday) but now all the programs are out!


Changing the Way Students Design for the Future
As the school year comes to a close, summer is the time to download the new versions of your favorite digital design software - or try out a new product. Become proficient with the tools design professionals use worldwide, so you can make an impact on your future.
There are now more than 20 Autodesk products available for free* download on the Student Engineering & Design Community! And, for the first time ever, we're making AutoCAD® 2010 available as well.

The Student Community expands the portfolio of products you can use to develop the skills you need in design industries such as mechanical engineering, industrial design, architecture, civil and structural engineering, and the digital arts. It will also help you gain expertise in the growing industry trends of Digital Prototyping, building information modeling (BIM) and sustainable design.

Free* 2010 Software Includes:
• AutoCAD® (new!)
• Autodesk® Revit® Architecture
• AutoCAD® Inventor® Professional Suite
• AutoCAD® Civil 3D®
• Autodesk® Alias® Automotive
• Autodesk® Showcase®
• AutoCAD® Map 3D
...and more!

AutoCAD 2010

I know this is a Revit blog but this could be good Revit student news. The new AutoCAD 2010 is availiable for downloads to students on the Autodesk Student Community site today! This comes a week or so after the official subscription release of AutoCAD 2010.

This COULD mean Revit 2010 will be availiable to students within the next two weeks... I will keep you all updated.

By the way.. here is Autodesk Ed's youtube channel. Some interesting videos there!

New Revit 2010 Video.

Great new Revit 2010 video out over at DesignReform.  For those of you who have been using Revit for a long time now the improvement in free form modeling is enough to make even the most depressing architect smile.

Check out the video here.

Revit 2010 Detailed Feature List.

Autodesk has released an entire page of new features for the new revit!

Check them out here

I am personally very excited about 64bit and the new modeling tools.

Blog Updates: Revit 2010

David over at Everything Revit posted a couple blogs that caught my attention:

Inside the Factory

This appears to have a great amount of info on all things Autodesk. More importantly, a bunch of Revit 2010 information.

"Welcome to Inside the Factory – a blog about designing the Revit user experience. I’m Tom Vollaro, Senior User Researcher with AEC Solutions User Experience Team at Autodesk. Myself and other members of the team will be using this blog as a way to connect with you, Revit users. This blog has two goals. First, we want to provide a window into how the Revit user experience is designed (a bit more on that later). Second, we want to establish a conversation with our users to improve the Revit user experience."


Designing the User Experience at Autodesk

"Designing the User Experience at Autodesk provides a venue for the individuals across our global user experience teams—including user researchers, designers, and user assistance professionals—to share insights on methods & practices, innovation, leadership, design’s connection to achieving business objectives, and reflections on topical interests in the design community."

Revit 2010 on the Way.

I have received a bunch of emails and comments regarding the release of Revit 2010.  Including a great post by Alan at Revit Structure Learning Curve. (Thanks for the acknowledgement!)

I always wanted this blog to be based on a Question and Answer discussion between Students using Revit and it has been working great so far.  Ultimately, I plan on doing an entire series of video tutorial's exploring every tool, property, and menu in the new Revit.  The Student to Student Revit Guide will continue on into Revit 2010.

I know many schools will not update soon (if at all) to 2010 so I will continue using Revit 2009 on request.  Personally, my school is still running Revit 2008 with single core machines.  Ultimately, I want to cater to my readers needs and knowledge.  The Architecture student and profession is evolving.  I believe in Revit as the a tool that will evolve with the Architecture profession.

Stay tuned for many more videos to come!  I am prepared for Revit 2010... are you?!