I cannot find anything about autodesk's SAM initiative on their website...
what, we can't even get a teaser?
Here is the class description from AU
Facilities Management
If you work in the post-construction portion of the building industry,
you'll want to hear about the tools Autodesk is building for you! The
leaders of Autodesk's SAM initiative will present some of the exciting
enterprise applications they are delivering to large corporate customers.
Working with Autodesk technologies and partners, these applications provide
enhanced space and occupancy management, more accurate cost allocations, and
automated moves/adds/changes. The presenters will discuss how these tools
help corporate real-estate managers understand their portfolios, align with
their business, and save millions of dollars. Learn how Autodesk plans to
extend support for the Building Information Model across the complete
building lifecycle. Gain the knowledge you need to make the best possible
technology decisions and plan for an exciting tomorrow.
"melanie stone" wrote in message
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> autodesk building solutions division put on a presentation on tuesday
> evening before the augi meeting.
> So, they talk about these tools, they aren't starting small, they are
> starting at the top and working their way down to gain experience...
> this talk was given by steve brown and mark evans from autodesk
>
> So, the SAM tool modules?
>
> dwg tool - clean up, define spaces, map dwg & data
>
> fm tool - navigate, search, query, floor browse, analyze, space attribute
> editor, report builder
>
> space & occ mgmt - space loc. edit, chargeback reports
>
> move mgr - move requests, project scenario planning, reporting
>
> they say that building a building costs about $200 sq ft, and maintaining
> costs about $40 a sq ft...
>
> so, you author your info in acad, adt or revit, keep it in dwg format...
> 60% of the solution is out of the box, 40% is customized...
> there is no lease or maint mgmt modules (no mepfp mgmt, do any cafm
> programs actually help with this info?)
> there are two versions of SAM, one for acad, one for map? (acad,
> attributes; map, object data)
>
> so, give me details, tell me how this stuff works. is it easy to
> customize? can we host this info on a website without having to buy 2,000
> seats of pointless for occasional users. How much information publishing
> is available? Is it easy to send my info out to others?
>
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