Softline Launches Autodesk Revit in Krasnoyarsk
Russia’s Softline has completed a project to introduce its new Autodesk Revit at Vertical Project Bureau in Krasnoyarsk
May 21, 2014
Automation has now reached the company’s architectural department and represents the first step to using fully-featured customer solutions that combine capabilities for architectural engineering systems and structural design as well as a construction simulator, reports CNews citing Softline.
Vertical Project Bureau was launched in Krasnoyarsk in 2004 and provides services in the architectural design of residential commercial and industrial construction. The company employs about 50 staff members, about 40 of who are engaged in design. When the management of the company needed to optimize its departments, work began on reducing the both project duration and the number of errors in the implementation of projects. The company required a software product that was able to change the approach to design and allow them to start modeling objects in real time.
To address the issue, the bureau turned to Softline, with whom they had previously collaborated on design programs for the office. Softline conducted a needs analysis and offered them Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2014. The package includes AutoCAD 2014, with which they were familiar, and a new product — Revit 2014, based on BIM technology (Building Information Modeling). This allowed the design bureau to make the transition to the new solution gradually, noted Softline.
As explained by the Softline, BIM involves the collection and processing of complex information about a building (technical, engineering, budgeting, etc.). As a result, the construction site and everything connected with it is perceived as a whole. Accordingly, the change of one parameter leads to the change of associated components, including the rendering of drawings and specifications. In addition, the technology allows the user to optimize Autodesk by creating and adapting templates to produce finished 3D renderings.
In contrast to the previously installed AutoCAD system at Vertical, the new technology provides the ability to share information on the construction throughout all stages of its life cycle. This prevents the loss of important data and errors in the design process.
The process of implementing the project at the design office was conducted in two stages. At first, Softline employees trained Vertical’s architects on how to work with the new software. Next, Softline and Vertical launched a pilot project to apply their newly-acquired knowledge in practice. Once Vertical’s employees had created a project and began to appreciate the possibilities offered by working with Autodesk Revit, management moved the entire bureau over to the new technology.
"Our task was to update the company’s software and to help with the transition from designing exclusively in AutoCAD to the introduction of the new BIM technology, which reduces the number of errors in the design process." said Sergey Evdokimov, Director of Vertical Project Bureau. "We are pleased with the results of our collaboration with Softline and are now planning to transition into BIM in the other divisions of our company with Softline’s help."
"Our collaboration with the design office was effective due to the fact that the employees were aware of the need to introduce new technologies and actively involved in the learning process," said Yevgeny Zhukovsky, Project Manager with Softline’s Department of CAD and GIS. "In the future, our cooperation will continue and will hopefully be just as fruitful."
Vertical Project Bureau was launched in Krasnoyarsk in 2004 and provides services in the architectural design of residential commercial and industrial construction. The company employs about 50 staff members, about 40 of who are engaged in design. When the management of the company needed to optimize its departments, work began on reducing the both project duration and the number of errors in the implementation of projects. The company required a software product that was able to change the approach to design and allow them to start modeling objects in real time.
To address the issue, the bureau turned to Softline, with whom they had previously collaborated on design programs for the office. Softline conducted a needs analysis and offered them Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2014. The package includes AutoCAD 2014, with which they were familiar, and a new product — Revit 2014, based on BIM technology (Building Information Modeling). This allowed the design bureau to make the transition to the new solution gradually, noted Softline.
As explained by the Softline, BIM involves the collection and processing of complex information about a building (technical, engineering, budgeting, etc.). As a result, the construction site and everything connected with it is perceived as a whole. Accordingly, the change of one parameter leads to the change of associated components, including the rendering of drawings and specifications. In addition, the technology allows the user to optimize Autodesk by creating and adapting templates to produce finished 3D renderings.
In contrast to the previously installed AutoCAD system at Vertical, the new technology provides the ability to share information on the construction throughout all stages of its life cycle. This prevents the loss of important data and errors in the design process.
The process of implementing the project at the design office was conducted in two stages. At first, Softline employees trained Vertical’s architects on how to work with the new software. Next, Softline and Vertical launched a pilot project to apply their newly-acquired knowledge in practice. Once Vertical’s employees had created a project and began to appreciate the possibilities offered by working with Autodesk Revit, management moved the entire bureau over to the new technology.
"Our task was to update the company’s software and to help with the transition from designing exclusively in AutoCAD to the introduction of the new BIM technology, which reduces the number of errors in the design process." said Sergey Evdokimov, Director of Vertical Project Bureau. "We are pleased with the results of our collaboration with Softline and are now planning to transition into BIM in the other divisions of our company with Softline’s help."
"Our collaboration with the design office was effective due to the fact that the employees were aware of the need to introduce new technologies and actively involved in the learning process," said Yevgeny Zhukovsky, Project Manager with Softline’s Department of CAD and GIS. "In the future, our cooperation will continue and will hopefully be just as fruitful."