AutoNews CAD BIM FM Feb 2020

AutoNews CAD BIM FM Feb 2020

In this issue:

  1. Autodesk begins Network Licensing changes
  2. A Little Island is growing across the Hudson
  3. Your Guide to Workplace & Facility Management Software
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Design Competition
  5. Legacy Autodesk License Trade-in, 25% off new subscriptions
  6. AutoCAD 2020.1.2 Update PDF Edit Hotfix
  7. Upcoming CAD, BIM, CAFM Training Classes
 

1.     Autodesk begins Network Licensing changes – May 7, 2020

Autodesk (like other software companies) has been transforming their business into software as a service (SaaS). To further this transformation, they will be phasing out the sales of networked based license managed software subscriptions on May 7. To both ease and encourage adoption of this system for network customers, Autodesk will be offering a two for one […]

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2.    A Little Island is growing across the Hudson

There has been a flurry of new construction across our office in Hoboken. It seems that every month there are new features to discover across the Hudson river in NYC. One of these new features was spotted by our support engineer Alberto [..]

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3.    Your Guide to Workplace & Facility Management Software

With so many terms and acronyms surrounding facilities management software and solutions, it can be hard to decipher the differences and even harder to determine which system is right for your organization. […]

Call us at 201-792-6300 or click here to learn about Archibus Workplace & Facility Management software and Robotech’s implementation services

 

4.    Brooklyn Bridge Design Competition

New York City Council and the Van Alen Institute have announced a new design competition to reimagine the Brooklyn Bridge. The international competition seeks creative, unconventional designs that respect and enhance the bridge’s landmark status, think inclusively about mobility and access, and accommodate commuters, visitors, and vendors[…]

Call us at 201-792-6300 or email [email protected] to learn how you can leverage CAD, BIM and CAFM technology to enhance your business by mastering the flow of information.

 

5.    Legacy Autodesk License Trade-in, 25% off new subscriptions

Until April 24, 2020 you can trade in old legacy Autodesk perpetual licenses to receive a 25% discount on new subscriptions of most Autodesk tools. Extend and deepen the discount with a 3 year subscription. While you might not be ready to move to a new version of the software now, you should protect your ability to upgrade to the latest version in the future as your business needs change, and avoid the limitations that may come with technology compatibility or up-front costs to acquire new tools. Staying current will help you remain competitive and avoid any downtime when you need new capabilities.  

Call us at 201-792-6300 or email [email protected] to learn more about Robotech’s cost effective CAD and BIM solutions

 
 

6.    AutoCAD 2020.1.2 Update PDF Edit Hotfix

This Hotfix applies to the following:

  • 2020.1.2 Update versions of Autodesk AutoCAD 2020, Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2020, and Autodesk AutoCAD 2020-based products and specialized toolsets.

This Hotfix resolves the following 3 issues:

  • Error in Adobe® Acrobat® Pro when using the EDIT tool with PDFs created from AutoCAD 2020
  • Inability to add a watermark in Adobe Acrobat to a PDF file created using the 2020.1.2 Update version of AutoCAD
  • Crash when using the Reduce File Size > Reduce Single File feature in Acrobat with a PDF file created using the 2020.1.2 Update version of AutoCAD

Call us at 201-792-6300 or email [email protected] for Autodesk’s CAD and BIM products training and support

 

7.    Upcoming CAD, BIM, CAFM Training Classes

  • Courses conducted in small groups by Autodesk certified instructors.
  • All classes are eligible for AIA Continued Education Credits.
  • Check if you are qualified for fully sponsored training by NJ Dept of Labor.
  • Inquire about our CAD-BIM-CAFM custom training onsite and online

Contact Cissie at 201-792-6300 or email [email protected] to find the training program which best fits your goals and budget.

Best Regards,

The Team at Robotech

CAD, BIM & FM Solutions

Hoboken, NJ 07030

Phone. 201-792-6300

www.robotechcad.com

ARCHIBUS – The Agile Work Environment

ARCHIBUS – The Agile Work Environment

The workplace is rapidly changing. Businesses have outgrown the open office, and leaders are waking up to the workplace as a key strategic asset—one that promises a competitive edge through heightened productivity, reduced real estate spending, and a fresh ability to attract top talent. At the same time, data is driving a new age for corporate real estate, providing organizations with more insight than ever before on wasted spaces and their impact on mission success.

Read article bellow or download by clicking here.

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Whats New in ARCHIBUS v24.1

Whats New in ARCHIBUS v24.1

This document provides information about the ARCHIBUS V.24.1 Multilingual (ML) release.
This release is an update to the major release V.24.1, and this document is intended to be a follow-up to
the “What’s New” document for the major release V.24.1 distributed earlier.
In addition to the features described, this release has been fully internationalized and tested so that it can
be adapted to non-English languages and regions without software changes. Full support has been added
for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese.

Download PDF here

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How ARCHIBUS Space Planning Optimizes Real Estate, Productivity, and Culture

How ARCHIBUS Space Planning Optimizes Real Estate, Productivity, and Culture

Archibus Provides the Data, Tools and Intelligence to Optimize Your Space Strategy

It’s no secret that space is expensive, but misused space not only leads to overblown property portfolios, it impacts your organizational mission. Spaces shape the activities we do within them, from office productivity to campus learning, or hospitals maximizing government reimbursements. Whether you need to consolidate real estate, improve forecasting and planning, or create an innovative workplace, ARCHIBUS applications align your space strategy with your mission. The immobilier kenny langburt service will give you a best real estate agent to buy or sale your property.

10 Benefits to Using Archibus Space Management Software

1. Shrink real estate footprint

Consolidate space use to consolidate your property portfolio. Track every space and every occupant across your entire portfolio to optimize your real estate strategy.

2. Enhance accountability with chargebacks

Calculate the cost of every space in your organization and charge it back to departments, holding them accountable for every space they use.

3. Forecast needs with scenario planning

Plan for future needs by visualizing scenarios that reflect the future state of your leases and total occupancy. Test different space and occupancy scenarios until you find the ideal solution.

4. Transform the workplace with shared team space

Design different shared space types for different types of workflow, and track them with capacity models. Automate desk reservations with hoteling.

5. Increase building capacity with innovative space use

Increase capacity by consolidating space, convert space into denser seating, or creating innovative team space for partially remote staff that don’t need a permanent desk.

6. Visualize space use and needs

Access all of your space data through interactive floorplans, switching views to cleanly evaluate area, space type, cost, and occupancy data. Integrate with 2D and 3D modeling.

7. Track trends, identify outliers

See how space use evolves over time with KPI dashboards. Compare and evaluate space use by department, division, business unit, and other functional groups

8. Track teams and personnel

Easily see where departments, teams and staff are located. Click on a space to see how it has been assigned, track staff with a search filter.

9. Automate reservations and hoteling

Automate reservations of common areas (conference rooms, community centers, etc), and create a transparent hoteling system for workstations.

10. Integrate with Real Estate and Building Operations

Integrate all of your space data with ARCHIBUS Real Estate Management for a centralized view of leases alongside space use. Integrate with Building Operations to optimize the time, cost, and labor of maintenance.

How Each Application Targets Your Goals

ARCHIBUS applications fully integrate data, floorplans, and functionality into one system, providing a central repository of information. Seamlessly switch between applications, and add applications as you go.

Discover each application’s role in optimizing your space strategy:

Space Inventory & Performance

Track Space, Centralize Data Sort all your floorplans and space data into a clean visual inventory with strategic metrics. All space activities depend on having the centralized, accurate, and organized view of space that Space Inventory & Performance provides. Key Benefits

    • Sort and define floorplans in a clean inventory tree
    • Navigate space data with interactive maps and floorplans
    • Access area measurements at your fingertips
    • Filter total area by site, building, floor, department, or team
    • Integrate with a variety of drawing technologies such as AutoCAD and Revit to publish drawings

Personnel & Occupancy

Track People, Optimize Space Use Avoid wasted space and optimize occupancy by tracking space usage and simplifying how space is assigned to people and teams. Create shared team spaces to enhance capacity. Key Benefits

    • Locate occupants quickly through interactive floorplans, occupant trees, and a search function
    • Optimize space use with occupancy metrics that identify overcrowded or vacant spaces
    • Set benchmarks for ideal occupancy ratios, and measure against actual occupancy metrics
    • Transform workplace with team space to enhance collaboration and capacity

Space Chargeback

Track Costs, Enhance Accountability Consolidate space and optimize your real estate footprint by charging departments and teams for the space that they use. Key Benefits:

  • Calculate the cost of space by square foot or square meter
  • Filter space costs by department, team, site, building, floor, or room type
  • Split costs between teams/departments for shared and common areas
  • Quickly generate accurate chargeback reports

Strategic Space Planning

Forecast Needs, Test Future Scenarios Leverage space, cost, and occupancy data from the applications above, along with lease data, through a visual sandbox for space scenario planning. Forecast needs, test solutions, and identify the most successful strategy for your organization. Key Benefits:

  • Evaluate hypothetical space scenarios with detailed data on personnel, space types, cost, and area
  • Visualize occupancy and space assignments by dragging and dropping space allocation blocks between floors and between buildings
  • Gather space requirements and visualize those requirements as events in a stacking plan
  • Evaluate how plans impact costs and occupancy, with key performance metrics
  • Incorporate lease data by integrating with ARCHIBUS Real Estate Portfolio Management

Reservations

Automate Reservations of Common Areas Connect occupants to a transparent and automated system for reserving common areas. Key Benefits:

  • Automate the coordination of meeting spaces
  • Track reservation schedules
  • Connect staff to a centralized and streamlined system

Hoteling

Manage Reservations of Temporary Work Stations Manage reservations of individual work stations by automating how employees reserve individual desks and other areas. Key Benefits:

  • Coordinate reservations of individual work stations and desks
  • Connect staff to a centralized system for instant reservations
  • Abandon one-seat-per-person, efficiently share desks
 
To track leases, optimize your real estate portfolio, and evaluate your total cost of ownership from a financial viewpoint, see ARCHIBUS Real Estate Portfolio Management applications.