Autodesk continues to push the envelope with its building information modeling (BIM) offerings for the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. In July 2016,it brought “on demand” interactivity to the industry with the introduction of Autodesk Revit Live (formerly Autodesk LIVE). Autodesk Revit Live is a cloud-based service that transforms a Revit model into an immersive experience, allowing you to do much more than just “see” your model in 3D. Then in October 2016, Autodesk announced that Revit Live would also support virtual reality gear for the HTCVive and Oculus Rift.
Autodesk moves into the new year with even more BIM updates. In February 2017,it announced the release of version 1.7 of Revit Live. The name changing to Autodesk LIVE was to help reflect the integrated functionality within Revit and the ability to extend BIM to immersive visualization and virtual reality. Autodesk’s Revit LT users will be happy, as this is the first release that supports them—previously,this support was only available for users of full-blown Revit. The new release also boasts a 20 percent performance improvement for users when working with large models and virtual reality by improving the Level of Details geometry generation.Custom building materials are also now supported in Revit Live, which gives users greater flexibility to create unique visualizations based on their specifications.
Autodesk Revit Live editing tools. (Image courtesy of…