New Autodesk Informed Design solution industrializes construction and connects design and manufacturing work

Autodesk Informed Design enables:

• architects to work with predefined and customizable construction products
• and manufacturers to share their products with design stakeholders.

Objective: To facilitate industrialized construction and the application of manufacturing industry principles to the built environment and thereby transform the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AECO) sectors ).

Indeed, the construction sector faces increasing pressure to respond to population growth, urbanization and the global housing crisis. In fact, nearly 100.000 new affordable homes must be built every day to house a population estimated at 3 billion people by 2030. In addition, the construction sector must be more sustainable but also more ecological. : it is responsible for nearly 40% of global CO2 emissions.

For Ryan McMahon, general manager of Informed Design at Autodesk: “The current way the construction industry operates is neither sustainable nor scalable. For the sector to keep pace, it must build more, faster and more sustainably. The answer is industrialized construction. Autodesk Informed Design makes workflow and industrialized construction a reality. Our solution is unique because it allows architects to design with certainty and validate their plans in real time, while product managers and engineers can share accurate manufacturing information with design teams. As a result, projects are completed faster, with better quality and generate less waste. »

Autodesk Informed Design is part of Autodesk's Design and Make Platform, which includes cloud-connected software solutions that unite teams, data, and workflows across the project lifecycle to achieve better and faster results. With Informed Design, Autodesk is guiding the AECO industry toward an industrialized setup that integrates sustainability at every level. Autodesk Informed Design is available globally as a free add-on feature for two of Autodesk's industry solutions:

• Autodesk Informed Design for Revit
• Autodesk Design for Inventor

Autodesk Informed Design for Revit empowers design professionals to design with unmatched quality building products. This feature for Revit 2024 improves design quality, increases workload capabilities, and reduces errors and rework. The features are as follows:

• Model discovery: Explore building product models to seamlessly integrate manufacturing details into your design files.
• Customization: adapt construction products to the requirements of your building, respecting manufacturers' specifications.
• Confirm design decisions are accurate to reduce project risk and avoid errors.

Autodesk Design for Inventor enables product managers and product engineers to align their manufacturing capabilities with customer requirements. This addition to Inventor 2024 helps streamline design and manufacturing processes. The features are as follows:

• Seamless collaboration: Collaborate with designers by creating parametric models of your building products and confirm that only compliant versions are created
• Powerful content creation tool for Building Information Modeling (BIM): Define BIM content to confirm that your building products meet project requirements and are compatible with other components and industry standards.
• Streamlining Product Documentation: Simplify the generation of product documentation and generate the results needed for manufacturing.

Green Canopy NODE, a construction technology company tackling the housing and environmental crisis, used early access versions of Informed Design for Revit and Inventor to improve its design processes and of building engineering.

For Benjamin Hall, Senior Product Manager at Green Canopy NODE: “Autodesk Informed Design has shown that it is possible to integrate custom details, careful aesthetics and quality engineering into a product that can be mass produced. Designing with constraints doesn't inhibit my creativity - it allows me to be confident that my choices will work. And it’s good for the planet, for building residents and for the building industry. »

International Data Corporation (IDC), the world's leading provider of business information, consulting services and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets, shared its insights on the benefits of connecting workflows with Informed Design:

For Jeffrey Hojlo, vice president of research, Future of Industry Ecosystems & Energy Insights: “With connected, bi-directional flow and data sharing across the AECO partner ecosystem, it is easier to optimize vendor performance and deliver quality products and services that complement the overall design of a building . With Informed Design, Autodesk enables AEC organizations to streamline the connection between asset design and the BIM process. »