At Autodesk, our commitment to our customers is unwavering: to give construction teams the tools they need to work smarter and faster. This month, we are thrilled to share 30+ product releases that will be rolling out across the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform to bring even more value to our users.
With updates across Autodesk BIM Collaborate, Autodesk Build, Autodesk Takeoff, and BuildingConnected, let's explore how these enhancements can supercharge your construction processes.
Dig in by product:
* Autodesk Construction Cloud Platform & BIM 360
** Autodesk BIM Collaborate, Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro
*** Autodesk BIM Collaborate, Autodesk Build
**** Autodesk Build, Autodesk Docs
Admin (Account) | Set Product Access for Roles
Now, account administrators can set product access for roles in their account, enabling any assigned members to gain access to specific products associated with the role.
Admin (Account) | Assign Duplicate Subscriptions
Account administrators can assign a subscription to account members who already have an external subscription, helping to make sure they have the right access to projects in the account.
Admin (Account) | Advanced Invite at Account Level
Account Admins can now benefit from the same advanced user invite capabilities that Project Admins have.
Data Connector | Schema Enhancements
We've added new updates to the Data Connector schema to include new tables and fields for RFI and Cost workflows.
Files | Automated Drawing Extraction (GA)
Project members can extract custom attributes and text from the title block of single-page and multi-page PDFs in the Files tool, bringing OCR technology and permissioned folders together for more controlled document management.
Files | "Open with AutoCAD Web" to Support Custom Fonts and Plot Styles
AutoCAD web can now load the supported files managed in the Autodesk Construction Cloud project by Project Administrators. Custom fonts and line styles are viewable in the drawing, and plot styles are available for the Plot PDF.
Issues | Issues Watchers Enhancements
Support for Watchers in Filters and Templates
Issues | Issues (Roles) Permissions in Autodesk Construction Cloud Project Templates
Issues (Roles) Permissions can now be set in Project Templates. When admins create a new project from a project template in Autodesk Construction Cloud, the Issues (Roles) Settings will be copied over to the new project Issues Settings tab.
Issues, API | API Detail Length Limits
New length limits of title, description, and location description (locationDetails) will be enforced for the Autodesk Construction Cloud Issues API.
Reports | Condensed Issue Detail Report
Within the Issue Detail Report, users can now select if they want the standard default layout, or a more condensed layout. This new compact layout that will show more issues on less pages, allowing for more efficient consumption of information.
Viewing | Infrastructure Design Review in Autodesk Construction Cloud
Civil Tools enable project teams to navigate along a centerline geometry inside the file viewer of the Files tool, track their position with stationing information, cut the geometry perpendicular to the centerline, and inquiry the model in convenient ways – such as measuring coordinates and station-offset distances.
Coordination | Object Table Integration with Clash & Issues
Open the object table while reviewing clashes or issues to isolate important properties associated with model objects. Previously, the object table button was disabled.
Coordination | Clash Visibility in Issues
For issues involving multiple clashes, valuable clash details may be overlooked. The Clash Visibility feature provides a summary view of all clashes associated with an issue in a separate tab, with the ability to temporarily hide or isolate them in the viewer.
Coordination | Level Offsets
Sometimes, you want to filter to a particular level but also see what is just above or below it. Now, using the level offsets, users can shift the boundary planes of the level filter up or down to control the extent of what is visible.
Coordination | Always on Mini-Map**
Now, rather than just in first-person mode, users can access the mini-map at any time, including in the compact or side-by-side view.
Models | Spot Coordinate Tool for Model Coordination
The spot coordinate tool was recently released for Autodesk Docs and is now available for Model Coordination. This new measurement tool provides coordinates and elevation values for any snapped point in the model.
Autodesk AI | Autodesk Assistant
The AI-powered Autodesk Assistant empowers you to find key information about your projects in a simple chat interface. This first release of Autodesk Assistant gives you more intuitive ways to access, validate, and summarize critical information in published project specifications. You can ask the Assistant to answer specific questions, generate lists of items, or draft summaries to share with your team. You can also save your questions to a prompt library to easily use them again.
With Autodesk Assistant surfacing key data and answers from across your project, you get the benefit of using a single, unified platform and can help your team make faster, more informed decisions to improve project outcomes.
Correspondence | Advanced Permissions (Phase 1)**
Admins are getting better control over project communication through a series of advanced permission enhancements. More advanced settings allow Admins to choose which users can create a Correspondence - and assign this permission by name, role, and company.
Cost Management | E-signature Adapter
Cost Management now supports direct integrations with several leading e-signature tools, including DocuSign, Adobe Sign, and SignNow. Using a common setup and workflow it offers greater flexibility and choice.
Cost Management | Inclusive & Capped Tax Calculation*
Cost Management has enhanced tax calculation abilities, including the ability to calculate inclusive tax, for example, Materials Purchase Orders, and facilitate capped tax.
Cost Management | Internal Budget Transfer Enhancements*
A new option has been added in Project Settings to allow budget transfers to affect the Main Contract and have associated internal approval workflows if required for scenarios where money can be moved around but not require a formal Owner Change Order.
Cost Management | Contracts Compliance Enhancements*
Several enhancements to contract compliance requirements have been added, providing users with greater flexibility to support their workflows and business needs.
Handover | Issues in Handover****
Handover users can benefit from a more comprehensive Handover package with the addition of Issues as a supported data type in the Handover tool.
RFIs | Open for Manager Status at Creation
RFI Managers and Admins can now select Open for Manager as the status when creating an RFI. Teams can use this status to create RFIs on behalf of other team members.
Schedule | Export Task List to Excel
Schedule users can now export the Tasks list as an Excel file, making documenting, sharing, and reporting on project schedule activity easier than ever.
Submittals | Public APIs
Developers can use this API to help establish a more complete Submittal review workflow between Autodesk Build and certain outside architectural software. Product: Autodesk BIM Collaborate, Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro, Autodesk Build
Submittals | Download All Final Response Attachments
A ‘download all attachments’ option has been added to the Submittal final response box. When clicked, all attachments included with the Submittal final response will download as a zip file.
Specifications | Reference Spec Sections****
Docs and Build users can now directly link to much needed supporting context within project specifications. Use the new reference picker in the Specifications tool to reference Files, Sheets, RFIs, Submittals, Plan Tasks, Schedule Activities, and Assets from spec sections.
Takeoff | Specifications Tool in Autodesk Takeoff
Members can now access the Specifications tool within Autodesk Takeoff, giving them access to the same content available in Autodesk Docs and Build. By leveraging Autodesk AI, the Specifications tool provides a more efficient and automated approach to preparing specifications to support easy section navigation, advanced search, and cross-reference to other workflows in Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Bid Management | Bidder List Optimization Enhancements
Users now have more control over their bidder lists with better filtering and selection tools. They can remove bidders who don’t work in the project area, don’t offer the trades needed, or already have a primary or preferred contact being invited. They can also add preferred trade partners whose service area matches the project and make sure each invited company has at least one contact. These updates simplify and improve the bidder selection process.
