New Delhi, India., Thurs, Sept 15, 2011 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, yesterday announced Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012, the latest version of its award-winning suite of plant design solutions in India. Available in Standard, Premium and Ultimate editions, the new suite simplifies cross-department coordination among process plant design stakeholders. Users of Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2012 will have access to the combination of Autodesk Inventor 2012 software for plant equipment and skid design, and Autodesk Revit Structure 2012 software for structural design and detailing for the first time. The company also announced the 2012 versions of AutoCAD P&ID and AutoCAD Plant 3D.  

With Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012, users can create compelling designs more quickly while sharing data throughout the piping, structural and equipment design processes. By engaging stakeholders at multiple workflow stages, Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012 helps reduce construction mistakes, expensive reworks and extended plant shutdowns.

“Today’s compressed timelines and tighter budgets mean cooperation on every process level is more important, yet more difficult to realize. The latest edition of Plant Design Suite was specifically developed with multidisciplinary coordination in mind,” said Manideep Saha, Head Solutions, AEC, Autodesk India & SAARC.  “With Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit Structure, AutoCAD Plant 3D and Autodesk Navisworks Manage now all part of the suite, Autodesk provides the best of AutoCAD, the best of BIM, and the best of digital prototyping solutions for a more streamlined workflow—all in one package.”

Built on the power and familiarity of AutoCAD, Autodesk Plant Design Suite provides an easily deployable set of plant-specific features and content for a range of tasks — from 2D drafting and schematics to 3D model-based design and review. Providing complementary software within one package, Autodesk eases project installation, deployment and management, all while helping to save plant designers time and money.  

 Commenting on the India launch of the Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012, Jayant Keswani, Head Marketing, Autodesk India & SAARCsaid, “Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012 offers real value by offering a compatible set of tools in one economical and convenient purchase. Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012 is -is the right tool  for industries that are also looking at plant retrofitting, revamping or expansion with the right mix of tools to manage the complexities and nuances of individual projects.”

Key components of Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012, which are all part of the Ultimate edition, include:

• AutoCAD 2012 for general drafting, design and layout.
• AutoCAD P&ID 2012 for piping and instrumentation design, featuring improved symbol library management and better support for mixed metric projects.
• AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012 for 3D modeling and documentation of piping, featuring enhanced AutoCAD isometrics and customizable report creation.
• AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2012 for drafting and editing structural details.
• Autodesk Revit Structure 2012 for 3D modeling of structural components.
• Autodesk Inventor 2012 for Digital Prototyping of plant equipment and skids.
• Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012 for model aggregation, visualization, and simulation.
• Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012 for clash detection.
• Autodesk Showcase 2012 for showing interactive presentations.
• Autodesk SketchBook Designer 2012 for design illustration and graphic communication.

Availability

English language versions of AutoCAD P&ID 2012, AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012, Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012 and Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012 are available now.

About Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and entertainment industries ¾ including the last 16 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects ¾use Autodesk software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information about Autodesk, visitwww.autodesk.com.