However, this necessitates the best possible, stable Internet connections. With Amazon’s server farm, it would certainly enable customers to make savings, purchasing low-power, low-cost workstations. There are rumours of a 13-inch iPad next year, perhaps we are not far away from design computers being just large thin touchscreens? Make the connection Thus enabling Windows, Macintosh and yes, iPads/tablets to run any of Autodesk’s applications. Autodesk is also experimenting with delivering applications like Revit, direct to web browsers, bypassing the need for a workstation with a corresponding software license.Ĭombining HTML-5 with a Java-based streaming technology from OTOY, with Nvidia’s Keplar GRID GPUs running on Amazon’s servers, Autodesk can deliver demanding applications like Revit to a Chrome, Firefox or Safari browser at speeds in excess of 35 frames per second, which is seamless to the human eye. However, Autodesk Remote is just the start of the application of this technology. The main drawback is the reliance on the Internet and bandwidth, as it is essential to access both the data and authoring application.
This would secure the design data, as the model information never actually leaves the building and aids offshoring or 24/7 project work. Using technologies like Autodesk Remote, it would be possible to host the data centrally and have teams log in remotely to licenses hosted on powerful centralised workstations. Virtualisation is something that many AEC firms are currently investigating as project teams work across the world on common Building Information Modelling (BIM) data sets. Autodesk has not rewritten Revit to run on an iPad, it is being manipulated by the compressed graphics over a streamed network. There is an element of smoke and mirrors to this technology as it is ‘virtual’. There is a companion iPad version of Remote, still in development, which enables Inventor or Revit to be run from the workstation virtually on the iPad, with the Remote iPad version featuring optimised touch interface, dependent on the speed of the wi-fi connection. Remote is installed on a target PC and enables Autodesk software installed on the main workstation to be run from a remote computer over a standard network.
Similar to McNeel’s Grasshopper and Bentley Systems’ GenerativeComponents.Īutodesk Remote is a standalone application for Autodesk subscription customers using Windows 7/8 (32-bit and 64-bit) and is compatible with all Autodesk products. Autodesk Dynamo is Autodesk’s visual programming interface for computational-based geometry creation.
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