HP Demonstrates New Collaborative Design Process at Autodesk University

By DE Editors

At Autodesk University 2010, HP launched DesignByMany, a new challenge-based online community for the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. HP also demonstrated its suite HP Z series workstations, which are used by Autodesk to develop, test and demonstrate its own products, as well as the new HP Designjet T2300 eMultifunction Printer (eMFP) with the HP ePrint & Share platform, which allows design teams to access, share and print large-format project files online.

HP has collaborated with Autodesk to offer an integrated workflow solution that it says helps design professionals improve efficiency, collaboration and productivity on every project. The HP ePrint & Share plug-in for HP Designjet simplifies the printing process directly from AutoCAD, allowing users to access HP ePrint & Share directly from the application and create print-ready files with just one click while printing from AutoCAD.

Also included with every HP Designjet T2300 eMFP purchase, AutoCAD Raster Design enables the full scanning and vectorization of sketches, printed plans or blueprints so design professionals can manage, convert, analyze and edit images from scanned paper draw­ings in AutoCAD software and applications based on AutoCAD.

“As our customers move to building information modeling and digital prototyping, many are choosing powerful HP Workstations and printers, so they can fully benefit from our advanced 3-D visualization, simulation and analysis tools,” says Jeff Kowalski, chief technology officer, Autodesk. “HP Z Workstations also play a critical role in Autodesk’s development process, and we are pleased to supply HP Z Workstations to our attendees for use in hands-on classes here at Autodesk University.”

In the HP booth, HP Z Workstations were used to demonstrate features that benefit Autodesk customers, such as the newest version of HP Performance Advisor, a tool that helps users set up and optimize HP Z Workstations to match their Autodesk application requirements. HP also demonstrated the performance of AutoCAD on an HP Z200 Workstation, which earned the official AutoCAD certification label, as well as Inventor running on an HP Z600 Workstation and the full range of HP EliteBook Mobile Workstations.

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Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.