The name of the base system (platform): | Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 |
Developers: | PSS (Petrostroysistema) |
Date of the premiere of the system: | July, 2012 |
Last Release Date: | 2013/11/28 |
Branches: | Real estate, Construction and industry of construction materials |
Technology: | BIM - Information modeling of buildings and constructions, CAD |
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In July, 2012 the PSS St. Petersburg engineering and consulting company represents the Housing expansion for the Autodesk Revit software product. The main functionality of addition allows to simplify execution of documentation at design of residential buildings. "Housing" will extend PSS as in the free version with all necessary functions, and in paid with advanced functionality.
"Autodesk Revit is the software product based on technology of information modeling of buildings (BIM) and intended for design of high-quality, energy saving buildings, - Alexander Vysotsky, the leading specialist of department of a CAD of PSS company tells. – However, as we know, the Russian designers at design of residential buildings in Autodesk Revit face a problem: traditional tools it is impossible to display in the brand general meanings of the squares at apartments, especially taking into account decreasing coefficient. The PSS company having the status "The Authorized Autodesk Developer" developed addition to Autodesk Revit "Housing" which allows to solve a problem of an execution of documentation according to the Russian standards. The application represents the tool for creation of necessary brands, automatic accounting of the area of apartments and conducting permanent monitoring and updating of values and also for preparation of tabular data on the apartment".
Addition of "Housing" is established in several mouse clicks and looks as the additional Autodesk Revit tab. "Housing" offers 4 basic functions. The first - Apartment - allows to define premises border as the certain apartment, to set number of the apartment and its type. Using the buttons "Types of Premises" it is possible to specify to what group (residential, the general and a balcony) these or those premises in the apartment belong. The Consolidation button allows to move the premises from the apartment to the apartment.
Also using the Housing tool it is possible to apply any brand of the apartment on the drawing – thanks to implementation of addition through fixed functions of Revit of the brand are configured in the editor of families under any option of a design. Recalculation at change of floor area is automatic.
The Avtonumeration button is added for simplification of work with apartments in residential buildings. When copying placements on several floors in Autodesk Revit it will be required to number manually apartments that is the laborious work which is taking away a lot of time. The Avtonumeration button allows to number apartments automatically.
"Housing" - very simple solution in studying: on PSS channel on YouTube the video instruction is offered. Besides, all functions have the built-in hints.
"We are sure that addition of "Housing" will be demanded by the market for several reasons at once, - Dmitry Efremenko, the leading software developer of PSS company comments. – First, the popularity of Autodesk Revit grows as avalanche now: advantages of use of BIM are already well-known in Russia. Secondly, use of the addition developed by us allows to reduce significantly the term of development of a kvartirografiya, to exclude "manual transactions", thereby having increased the accuracy of data. Besides, at the moment there are no solutions of similar functionality in the market of a CAD. Besides "Housing" actively develops and is most focused on the solution of real tasks of the Russian architects. We in the application implement a possibility of fast sending wishes and notes for their accounting in future versions of the solution".
Addition will have 2 versions. The version with basic functionality can be downloaded free of charge from PSS website already now - http://www.pss.spb.ru/products/PSS/Kvartirographia.html. In it basic functions are available: accounting of the areas with coefficients, a possibility of placement of brands, calculation of apartments and their squares. In the paid version there will be additional functions facilitating work on the project.
2013: Housing 2.0
"Housing 2.0" allows to simplify significantly execution of documentation at design of residential buildings and includes considerably an expanded set of additional functions and options.
On November 28, 2013 PSS company released new release of the Housing program for design in technology of information modeling of buildings and constructions (BIM) in the environment of Autodesk Revit 2013-2014.
Description
"Housing 2.0" easily is established and looks as the additional Autodesk Revit tab. The application is free: its installation does not require registration or purchase.
Innovations
"Housing 2.0" offers users a number of new opportunities and tools. In the new version of addition there was an Apartment Type parameter which gives the chance to create apartments on types (Euro, Studio, Standard) and to display this information in the brand. Besides, an opportunity to place the brand of the apartment right after its creation is available now.
- Within the Housing 2.0 application the set of automatically loaded types of brands of the apartment and brands of the premises is available that allows to satisfy requests of many users. By the way, it is possible to perform marking of apartments and premises by means of the separate button now.
- New feature - the Number of the Premises of the Apartment parameter which automatically numbers all premises of the apartment from 1 to n. This number is entered in the table "Explication of Premises of the Apartment" and marked on the plan.
- Well now automatic creation of "Explication of premises of the apartment". The explication contains information on all rooms and premises, including room function, the area of each room or premises, the living or auxiliary space, total area of the apartment. Explications of apartments of the project can also be updated automatically now.
- Work with parameters is facilitated. Besides, according to requests of users changes were made to names of some parameters.
"Right after a release of the first version of the application of "Housing" we saw its popularity, - Natalya Parfyonova, the specialist of department of a CAD of PSS company told. - Naturally, we received a considerable response: users stated the wishes on accumulation of functionality of the application and increase in convenience of using – we tried to consider them and to implement in the new version "Housing 2.0" which is already available to users today. We hope that the new version will enjoy a bigger popularity among the designers using a front line today BIM technology. For only several days after release of new release the number of downloadings of the application from our website increased several times".
Availability
The new version "Housing 2.0" is available to loading on a developer's site.