Download Architectural Desktop 2005
Closely following on the release of AutoCAD 2005, an overview of which I presented in AECbytes Newsletter #6, comes Autodesk Architectural Desktop (ADT) 2005, the new release of Autodesk’s architecture-specific modeling solution built on the AutoCAD platform. Those concerned about the near-term future of ADT, following Autodesk’s acquisition of Revit two years ago, should find the continuing development and support of ADT reassuring. With regard to how ADT fits into the building information modeling (BIM) vision before the AEC industry, Autodesk is presenting BIM as a specific approach to building design, construction, and management rather than a technology per se, and proposing that ADT’s object-based CAD technology can be used with some effort to implement BIM and achieve some of its benefits (see AECbytes Newsletter #2).However, ADT continues to be primarily targeted at architects who are looking for drafting and documentation productivity built on AutoCAD. In essence, Autodesk has reaffirmed its commitment to ADT, and it is likely that ADT will continue to be around as long as AutoCAD is in demand in architectural practice.

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