This is just a formal announcement that I have returned to my role at Autodesk Canada as AEC Territory Manager for Civil Products in Ontario. As some of you may already know, I had a very busy spring and summer working with CAD MicroSolutions as a Senior Technical Analyst essentially building an implementation strategy for AutoCAD Civil 3D, reviewing changes in the production processes for residential site design and re-building the Landproject toolset (Point Tools, PipeX and DirtDemon) for AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Competing with AutoCAD Land Desktop…
Overall, the combination of Autodesk Civil 3D product training, custom “styles” and minor tool development (only if needed) was the solution to moving through a pilot project with expectations of matching productivity against proven 10+ year processes/custom tools currently running on Land Desktop. In my opinion, as users build more product experience, as style templates grow and new processes get adopted, the overall gains will easily surpass the AutoCAD Land Desktop legacy. Visions of using the data for other internal and external design, tendering and scenario comparison become reality once the true civil design model starts to take shape during the pilot and every project afterwards,
Our changing role as Civil Engineers…
While 3rd party tool development was the short term priority to ease the transition for some long time Land Desktop users, the work this summer was mostly about confirming that the “Civil Design Model” is the direction that will change how you interact as Civil Engineers with each other, your clients, the construction industry and government approval agencies. Model based design and analysis (Building Information Model or BIM) within the Architectural world is at least 5 years ahead of us civil people. Sustainable design and LEED Approved – these are terms now common place in a market where BIM is a standard design deliverable and is being requested by clients and government agencies alike…
Moving forward with AutoCAD Civil 3D in 2009,
As our industry changes in 2009 from massive land development to public infrastructure and environmental projects, consider how model based design, analysis and dynamic drafting could help your company. If you are having a hard time answering this question, contact me and I can meet with you and your team before you get started on that next big project.
Contact Information
Email: jeffrey.lyons@autodesk.com
Autodesk Canada, 210 King Street East, Toronto ON M5A 1J7,
Direct 416-874-8212 | Mobile 905-442-8985 | Fax 416-874-8386
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