Autodesk Expands Global Reach of Building Information Modeling for Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Engineers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 New United Kingdom Version Benefits Autodesk Building Systems Users Worldwide Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), the world's leading design and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. company, today announced the availability of a localized United Kingdom (UK) version of Autodesk(R) Building Systems 3, the most complete building information modeling application for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP MEP maximum expiratory pressure. MEP, n muscle energy procedure; diagnostic and therapeutic technique. Pulsed muscle energy techniques (MET) and integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT) are two examples. ) engineers. With this release, any engineering firm worldwide that uses British standards for designing MEP building systems, including U.S. firms with global practices, can now take advantage of Autodesk's building information modeling solution. Offering specialized UK content libraries and UK metric dimensional units, this localized release may now be used on building projects not only in the United Kingdom, but also in Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Hong Kong, Singapore, and any other region that adheres to the British Standard Institute's (BSI BSI - British Standards Institute ) guidelines and generally accepted drafting practices and procedures. Additionally, the localized content enhances coordination among worldwide offices and increases the accuracy of construction documents created using Autodesk Building Systems 3. "The UK content allows any firm using BSI standards to quickly begin producing drawings without spending significant time creating customized content," said Joe Domanski, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. product marketing manager, Building Solutions Division, Autodesk. "As a result, engineers decrease drafting time and improve accuracy, resulting in higher quality construction documents for our clients." The UK version includes locale-specific language in the user interfaces and new content that supports common UK diagramming and drafting requirements, enhancing the functionality for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing disciplines in one powerful and cost-effective application. Duct dimensions, pipe diameters and materials, parts sizes, conduit diameters and types, cable tray diameters and types, part size name and catalogue entry tables are all in UK terminology, sizes, and units of measurement Units of measurement Values, quantities, or magnitudes in terms of which other such are expressed. Units are grouped into systems, suitable for use in the measurement of physical quantities and in the convenient statement of laws relating physical quantities. . Additionally, schematic symbols have been added to provide industry specific symbols and revised style descriptions for use in the UK, across all three MEP disciplines. Autodesk contracted with its UK-based development partner, Computer Systems for Business (CSB CSB Kashubian (SIL code, Poland) CSB Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board CSB Chemical Safety Board (Washington, DC) CSB Community Services Board CSB Computational Systems Bioinformatics ) Ltd, to convert the existing US metric catalogues for Building Systems 3 into UK versions, containing content conforming to standard British sizes, terminology and symbology sym·bol·o·gy n. 1. The study or interpretation of symbols or symbolism. 2. The use of symbols. symbology 1. the study and interpretation of symbols. Also called symbolism. . CSB's experienced team of software consultants completed the work successfully to the requirements set by Autodesk. For more information about localized content for Autodesk Building Systems 3, contact your local reseller. About Autodesk Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. (C) Copyright 2003 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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