Autodesk (News - Alert), a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, has harnessed the power of the cloud, mobile computing and its industry-defining Building Information Modeling (BIM) portfolio at Autodesk University. Autodesk demonstrated a BIM solution that is capable of significantly improving how AEC project team members connect, collaborate and communicate on building projects.

"Today's AEC projects are often hindered by widely dispersed teams relying on inefficient communications and collaboration services," said Jim Lynch, vice president, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Solutions, Autodesk. "Autodesk 360 for BIM is a powerful and comprehensive set of cloud-based and on-premise tools that can have project teams up and running with collaboration and data management in a matter of days. It represents a significant step toward enabling a BIM workflow from design through to construction."

Autodesk's BIM offering is part of Autodesk 360 solutions. It is flexible, easy to use and affordable solutions developed to streamline product and project business processes, according to company officials. The solutions can scale connectivity to a regional office, up to larger teams working on projects across continents.

The Autodesk 360 for BIM solution is developed to handle multi-discipline models, thousands of drawings and other project information. Autodesk 360 for BIM comprises of Autodesk Vault Collaboration AEC, Autodesk Buzzsaw and Autodesk 360 Nexus.

The Autodesk Buzzsaw cloud-based project collaboration solution offers secure exchange designs and documents with external partners and distributed teams from any location. It is enabled by Autodesk cloud technology and integrates with AutoCAD WS for DWG review and edit workflows.

In other company news, TMCnet reported that Autodesk, Inc. previewed a new solution designed to transform how manufacturers manage the entire lifecycle of a product – from its conception, through design and manufacture, partner and supplier management, procurement, quality, compliance, service and more.