Reed Construction Data (RCD) earlier this month announced new releases for two of its building information modeling (BIM) products, SmartBIM Library 4.0 and SmartBIM QTO 2.0, which now include support for Revit 2011 from Autodesk.
The enhancements to SmartBIM Library make object content management easier by improving performance for publishing and filtering large catalogs of BIM family content, RCD stated. "These enhancements and the other features of SmartBIM Library can drastically reduce time spent managing and organizing Revit families."
SmartBIM Library 4.0 comes pre-loaded with more than 23,000 Revit product types, including MEP families, and continually publishes new content from a growing list of building product manufacturers.
SmartBIM QTO, powered by RSMeans, enables early cost estimating for Revit projects. This product is expected to help architects and designers quickly estimate or refine costs for a project as they go. As a project changes, architects have the freedom to run cost estimates for multiple design options to facilitate "what-if" scenarios. After an estimate is created, any line item can be edited manually, allowing users to input their own costs or further refine the estimate using the RSMeans CostWorks database.
SmartBIM Library and SmartBIM QTO now also support network licensing, which simplifies software asset management and allows for concurrent usage of a given number of licenses, according to RCD.
SmartBIM Library 4.0 still includes several features from prior versions, including drag-and-drop functionality that allows users to drag objects from SmartBIM Library directly into Revit projects.
