Autodesk® Building Information Modeling Autodesk Support for AEC Data Exchange Standards ® Autodesk BIM solutions for building and infrastructure currently support a wide range of industry standards and file formats, including DXF™, DWF™, ODBC, CIS/2, DWG™, LandXML, gbXML SAT, DGN, IFC, PDF, XML, SHP, SDF, WMS, WFS, GML, and LAS, as well as imager formats such as MrSID, ECW, TIF, DEM, DTED, PNG, and JPEG2K. Autodesk also provides support for data exchange mechanisms through open, published Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for its software. DXF and DWF are open, published file formats developed by Autodesk. The formats are supported by developer tools that provide straightforward and easy ways to interact with design information created in Autodesk products, as well as those of many other vendors. A good example of Autodesk’s support for standards delivered by open, published APIs is ® the CIS/2 (CIMSteel Integration Standards/Version 2) plug-ins available for Autodesk ® Revit Structure software. CIS/2 is an open standard for the exchange of structural

DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS IN THE AEC INDUSTRY engineering data, specifically concerning steel structures. Support for Autodesk Revit ® Structure import and export in CIS/2 format is provided through the Revit Extensions for ® ® Autodesk Revit Structure software available to Revit Structure Subscription customers (see http://subscription.autodesk.com). Visit www.cis2.org/index-bak.htm for more information about CIMSteel and CIS/2. ® DWG is the native file format of Autodesk's AutoCAD software. For software publishers who wish to incorporate AutoCAD publishing in their application, Autodesk offers...

DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS IN THE AEC INDUSTRY In 2006, Autodesk contributed its Feature Data Object (FDO) technology to the open source community and helped to establish OSGeo to help manage this technology. FDO helps increase productivity and save time by enabling users to work on a variety of spatial and non-spatial databases and file formats natively, without the need for translation and risk of data loss. The technology is incorporated into Autodesk geospatial and infrastructure products, and is available as a stand-alone, open source technology for developers. Autodesk also supports cross-vender...

DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS IN THE AEC INDUSTRY Revit Architecture software (formerly called Revit Building) received full buildingSMART certification for its export of IFC data in November 2005. Revit Architecture continues to support the IFC2x2 Code Checking View that expands the IFC Coordination View for ® architectural code checking. Revit Architecture (formerly Revit Building 9.1) received stage-1 IFC 2x3 Coordination View Certification in June 2006, and full stage-2 certification for Coordination View in May 2007. These certifications constitute the full set of certifications currently available...