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Bethany Pensis
A few years ago i started using Ecotect v4 for energy analysis on projects. I gotta say that is a very easy to use tool, with a very short learning curve that lets you conduct several analysis on the design phase of your projects, such as shading, energy consumption, airflow, acoustics, lighting, etc. Also, during the process of analysis, it shows you on a very didactic way new terms and how they affect the project.
Well, these software was acquired by Autodesk as of last year and was released as Autodesk Ecotect 2009. And now during the AIA 2009 Convention they announced Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010, the latest version of the software that offers improved integration with Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 and Autodesk Revit MEP 2010.
And continuing with the teaching spirit of the original version of Ecotect, Autodesk has launched the Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design, a new free online resource for designers that illustrates sustainable design principles, decisions and technologies for every phase of the building project lifecycle.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of itson-going commitment to support the practice of sustainable design and greenbuilding in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries,Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced two acquisitions to improvebuilding performance analysis in the building information modeling (BIM)process. Autodesk announced that it has completed the acquisition ofsubstantially all the assets related to the Ecotect software tools forconceptual building performance analysis from both Square One Research Ltd.and Dr. Andrew Marsh. Autodesk also announced that it has completed theacquisition of substantially all the assets of Green Building Studio, Inc., aprovider of web-based whole building energy, water and carbon-emissionanalysis software. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.
Buildings are a leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, so tocombat climate change it is critical for the building industry to rapidlyadopt sustainable design practices that will lead to buildings which areappreciably more efficient and eventually carbon neutral, said Jay Bhatt,senior vice president, Autodesk AEC solutions. The addition of these toolsto our technology portfolio will help make it easier for architects, engineersand designers to understand the impact of their design decisions on buildingperformance earlier in the design process so they can optimize for reducedenvironmental impact.
The acquisitions of Ecotect and the Green Building Studio assets willsupport Autodesk's vision to deliver software that enables architects andengineers to design more sustainable projects. With improved buildingperformance analysis capabilities, Autodesk will be uniquely positioned tooffer a comprehensive suite of software solutions for sustainable design andanalysis, enabling a BIM process that can facilitate cost-effective design anddelivery of high-performing, resource-efficient buildings and infrastructure.
Square One Research, Ltd. and Dr. Andrew Marsh, creator of the Ecotectenvironmental design and analysis tools, are based in Isle of Man. TheEcotect tools can measure how fundamental criteria, such as solar, thermal,shading, lighting, and airflow, will affect building performance in theconceptual and detailed phases of design. Their capability to forecastbuilding performance over time better equips architects and engineers todeliver more energy efficient and sustainable building designs.
Square One Research and Autodesk share a commitment to using technologyto make the design and construction of sustainable, high-performance buildingseasier and more efficient, said Dr. Andrew J. Marsh, Co-Founder and Head ofResearch & Development, Square One Research. We are pleased to join Autodeskand look forward to helping develop and deliver simple and effective buildingperformance analysis to architects and engineers around the world.
The Autodesk Green Building Studio analysis tools, now available at , provide improved design insightthrough whole building energy, water and carbon-emission analysis, helpingarchitects and designers to maximize building economic and environmentalperformance. The tools are compatible with Autodesk design software as well assoftware from other industry providers through the Green Building XML (gbXML)schema and can now be directly accessed from within the Revit platform for BIMwith a new plug-in now available for download. Green Building Studio Inc.launched the Green Building Studio web service in 2004.
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I have been using many Autodesk software applications throughout my academic and professional career. Some of them I really appreciated, such as AutoCAD (at least initially, as it got me into 3D modelling in architecture school) and 3ds Max (or rather the old 3D Studio for DOS) and eventually Revit (before it was acquired by Autodesk), while others I cannot get a grip on, such as Maya.
But as a company, they are looking at their shareholders first by definition. And your product of choice can be scrapped at any time. Here is a small list of tools that Autodesk once acquired, promoted but eventually abandoned after a while. Why? Maybe they needed the engineers? Maybe they needed the IP? Maybe they needed to get rid of a competitor? Maybe they had too many products doing similar things and got confused? I don't know. But I have become reluctant to jump on the new tools because of this.
- Lightscape - famous for its approach to radiosity and center of the marvelous renderings in the work of Kent Larson for the digital reconstructions of the works of Louis Kahn. It was really advanced at the time and for a while, its main functionality ended up in Autodesk VIZ, which itself was a product derived from 3ds Max for architects as a more streamlined offering. Lightscape and Autodesk VIZ eventually got scrapped. Current iterations of 3ds Max don't use the Radiosity approach anymore as it could not scale with larger projects. For advanced photorealistic rendering, several other plugins and approaches took over, from the integration of the Mental Ray rendering engine (moved to NVIDIA and now discontinued) to the external VRay plugin (alongside many others) and more recently the Autodesk Cloud Rendering service. VRay is still going strong, but remains a separate product to add to an already expensive license for what is essentially a visualisation software.
- Architectural Studio was a cross-breed between a drafting and sketching environment for architects and SketchUp. Nifty and a bit uneven, but at least an original take to architectural design. See -architectural-studio At one time, the FormIt app for iPad seemed to be a second approach to tackle SketchUp modelling, but also press-and-pull in AutoCAD and currently Fusion seem to replace some of it for modelling. More recently, we've seen the acquisition of SpaceMaker which is now deployed into Autodesk Forma, but I don't think there is any technological relation to these older products. It was nice while it lasted.
- Softimage XSI - This advanced visualisation and animation software has been through a few owners, including Microsoft (to prove Windows NT was a valid platform for 3D CGI), AVID and eventually Autodesk, where it sat alongside 3ds Max and Maya, before being discontinued. Very nasty as it was one of the more capable and longstanding systems for 3D animation and rendering. Here is a recap.
- Remember all the different variants of 123D? Design, Sculpt, Make, Catch... They were free (or cheap), user friendly, accessible for hobbyists and focused. Some were iPad apps, others were desktop apps. Again, a bit uneven and one by one being scrapped. Autodesk now suggests you migrate to one of their other offerings: usually subscription-based software or cloud solutions, such as Fusion 360, Tinkercad, Eagle, Maya LT and ReCap Pro.
- Ecotect Analysis was an interesting take on building analysis. It combined a SketchUp-like modelling environment with several analysis tools for daylighting and energy (here is a nice overview). But it was abandoned too. Some of the functionality has moved into Green Building Studio and Revit (via Vasari - remember that name?). There are still traces via the GBxml format and there is a linked energy analysis toolset available with Revit. And also the current SpaceMaker/Forma includes some of the features, but there was something magical about Ecotect in its focused offering.