Bentley Unveils AECOsim Family of Information Modeling Software

Bentley Systems, which provides software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, recently introduced its new AECOsim family of information modeling applications. The premise of AECOsim is that integrated projects benefit from interdisciplinary integration and that rigor in analysis and simulation, as opposed to merely notional analysis, need not be sacrificed in an information modeling workflow based on full information reuse.
 
Bentley's AECOsim family provides interdisciplinary building design, analysis, and simulation software focused on helping architectural, engineering, and construction professionals deliver intelligent buildings. According to Bentley, AECOsim enables best practices in integrated building systems design and performance simulation, and results in simulations that properly represent design intention and accurately predict the performance of the delivered building. 

With AECOsim, architects and engineers can author and use information models to: 

predictively design and interactively optimize the performance of building systems, while benefiting from integrated workflows among multiple disciplines

produce building and project documentation for use throughout the project lifecycle of design, construction, and operations.

The applications also extend the capabilities of commonly available design tools from Bentley, Autodesk (including AutoCAD and Revit), Graphisoft Archicad, and others through their support of open standards.
 
AECOsim Building Designer
 
AECOsim Building Designer provides multidisciplinary models for use as the centerpiece of a building design workflow, as well as for the integration of design simulation, analysis, and documentation. This building information modeling (BIM) application enables architects and structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers to:

create buildings and constructions using comprehensive engineering tools in an immersive design environment

simulate designs with direct links to analysis applications for interdisciplinary optimization

produce photorealistic images and animations

generate fully coordinated construction documentation for output as paper or dynamic PDF deliverables

interact with drawings in their appropriate 3D context — hypermodels — navigating callout links to enhance and clarify the 3D model, which serves as a spatial index

deliver hypermodels to constructors and owners for immersive review.

Source :- http://www.cadalyst.com