Saturday, October 8, 2011

Already the leader in CloudCAD, Autodesk goes just about whole hog

Already the leader in CloudCAD, Autodesk goes just about whole hog:


In a Live Meeting presentation that was marred by a lack of VoiP (no sound for distant participants like myself), Autodesk laid out the next batch of cloud offerings -- most of which is limited to the roughly one-third of customers who pay an annual fee to Autodesk. Among the new items:



  • DesignReview for iOS devices, but limited to 2D/3D DWF files (no DWG support). Strictly speaking, not a cloud product.

  • 3GB storage space.

  • Cloud-based optimization for models created in Inventor.

  • Energy-use analysis for buildings designed in Revit.

  • The now-decade-old Buzzsaw (Autodesk's first "cloud" product) gets syncs to some mobile devices. See figure below.

  • Autodesk using Amazon and Citrix for its cloud infrastructure.


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With Android smartphones now at nearly 60% of new devices, Autodesk needs to concentrate on this larger market.


The Q&A was audio-only, so I cannot report on what would normally be the most interesting part of any presentation.


www.autodesk.com/cloud

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