Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012

Autodesk® Revit® Architecture building design software works the way architects and designers think, so you can develop higher-quality, more accurate architectural designs. Built for Building Information Modeling (BIM), Autodesk Revit Architecture helps you capture and analyze concepts and maintain your vision through design, documentation, and construction. Make more informed decisions with information-rich models to support sustainable design, construction planning, and fabrication. Automatic updates keep your designs and documentation coordinated and more reliable.

Parametric Components:
· Parametric Components, also known as families, are the basis for all building components designed in Autodesk Revit Architecture. They offer an open, graphical system for design thinking and form making as well as an opportunity to express design intent at increasingly detailed levels. Use Parametric Components for the most elaborate assemblies, such as cabinetry and equipment, as well as for the most elementary building parts, such as walls and columns. Best of all, no programming language or coding is required.

Conceptual Design Tools
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· Autodesk Revit Architecture software offers easy-to-use conceptual design tools that support your creative flow. Sketch freely, create free-form models more easily, and manipulate forms interactively. You can define forms and geometry as real building components for a smoother transition to design development and documentation. As you design, Autodesk Revit Architecture automatically builds a parametric framework around your forms, offering greater levels of control, accuracy, and flexibility. Take your design from concept model all the way to construction documents all in one environment.

64-Bit Support:
· Native 64-bit support helps improve performance and stability for memory-intensive tasks such as rendering, printing, model upgrading, and file importing and exporting.

Interference Check:
· Use interference checking to scan your model for collisions between elements.

Material Takeoff
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· Use the Material Takeoff tool to help calculate detailed material quantities and track material quantities in cost estimates. The parametric change engine helps support more accurate material takeoffs.

Task-Based User Interface:
· The interface offers desktop organization through a large drawing window and access to the tools and commands you need.

Detailing
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· Take advantage of the extensive detail library and detailing tools that are part of Autodesk Revit Architecture. Presorted to align with the CSI format, detail libraries can be tailored to accommodate your office standards. Create, manage, and share your own detail library.

Design Visualization:
· Capture design ideas in a photorealistic state. With easy user interaction, high-quality output, and faster render times, the mental ray rendering engine enables superior design presentation.

Design Options:
· Develop and study multiple simultaneous design alternatives to help make key design decisions. Present multiple schemes to your clients more easily. Substitute each option into the model for visualization, quantification, and other data analysis to better inform decision making.

Bidirectional Associativity:
· A change anywhere is a change everywhere. In Autodesk Revit Architecture software, all model information is stored in one place. As a result, any information that gets changed is effectively changed throughout the model.

Schedules
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· Schedules are just another view of the Autodesk Revit Architecture model. A change to a schedule view is automatically reflected in all other views. Functionality includes associative split-schedule sections and selectable design elements via schedule views, formulas, and filtering.

Revit Building Maker:
· The Revit Building Maker feature provides a more seamless way to turn conceptual forms into functional designs. Select faces to generate walls, roofs, floors, and curtain systems. Use tools to extract important information about your building such as surface area or volume per floor. Conceptual forms may be created natively in Autodesk Revit Architecture or imported from applications such as AutoCAD, form-Z, Rhino, Google SketchUp, or other ACIS- or NURBS-based applications into Autodesk Revit Architecture software as mass objects.

Interoperability:
· Autodesk Revit Architecture interoperability features enable you to work more efficiently with members of your extended project team. You can export your building model or site, complete with critical metadata, to AutoCAD Civil 3D civil engineering software and you can import accurate models from Autodesk Inventor 3D mechanical design software.

System Requirements

32-Bit Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012

- Microsoft® Windows® 7 32-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium; Microsoft® Windows Vista® 32-bit (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Ultimate, Business, or Home Premium; or Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP2 or later) Professional or Home*
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual core, 3.0 GHz (or higher) with SSE2 technology for Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit or Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit (SP2 or later). Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual core, 1.6 GHz (or higher) with SSE2 technology for Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later)
- 3 GB RAM <== Way too Low!!
- 5 GB free disk space
- 1,280 x 1,024 monitor with true color
- Display adapter capable of 24-bit color for basic graphics; 256 MB DirectX® 9-capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 for advanced graphics. Find out more about recommended graphics hardware.
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
- Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
- Download or installation from DVD
- Internet connectivity for license registration

64-Bit Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012

- Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium; Microsoft® Windows Vista® 64-bit (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Ultimate, Business, or Home Premium; or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later).*
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual core, 3.0 GHz (or higher) with SSE2 technology for Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit or Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2 or later). Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual core, 1.6 GHz (or higher) with SSE2 technology for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later)
- 3 GB RAM <== Way too Low!!
- 5 GB free disk space
- 1,280 x 1,024 monitor with true color
- Display adapter capable of 24-bit color for basic graphics; 256 MB DirectX® 9-capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 for advanced graphics. Find out more about recommended graphics hardware.
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
- Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
- Download or installation from DVD
- Internet connectivity for license registration

Performance Recommendations

- Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium
- Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor (2.50 GHz, 2X6M L2, 1333) or equivalent AMD processor
- 8 GB RAM (or more) <== Still too Low???  I think so.
- 1,280 x 1,024 monitor with true color
- 1 GB (or more) DirectX® 9-capable graphics card with Shader Model 3. Find out more about recommended graphics hardware.