So the "seminar" turned into one long sales pitch for Building Data instead. We attended a local "Seminar" for the SysQue product back in June just to give it a fair assessment of its Revit-to-fabrication functionality (which was one of the selling points for the "seminar"), only to be told that this feature was still in "beta" and would not be part of the demonstration for this "seminar".
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Sure, we could spend even MORE money (further inflating our overhead) for another THIRD PARTY software (SQ), and then we still have the additional burden of implementing (and procuring) Revit. Currently a Revit model would have to be redeveloped in AutoCAD in order to generate the maj file for fabrication. Now if Autodesk could only develop a straight-line path from Revit to Cam they would be on to something. That sealed the deal for us, especially as Autodesk resellers began to be "Qualified" as resellers for these products and has allowed us to cut or support costs by at least 40% (or more) when compared to the support costs of our previous (and only) reseller. CADmep used to be a separate product that cost EXTRA.Īutodesk went even further by offering an "amnesty" period for those users whose support had lapsed (ours was over four years out of support) to renew their support without penalty to get their software up to date.
Then consider that CADmep functionality has been rolled into CADmep. Originally only one post processor would be included and any additional post processors used to cost EXTRA. On the CAMduct side ALL of the burn table post processors were enabled by Autodesk, as well as ALL of the decoilers. This included ABS Convert, Item Scripting (yes scripting was an OPTION that cost EXTRA), and they had begun to break out piping and electrical libraries as EXTRAS that had always been included in the past, which are now again included (as they should be). Autodesk added a lot of value to the product, especially by eliminating the "a la carte" pricing structure for the dongle options. We were looking hard for alternative solutions when Autodesk bought CADduct.
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