The frustrations of working on complex design files across multiple software platforms are real, and have only been compounded as BIM files grow in size and complexity. Architects and engineers, working in Revit, Tekla, Grasshopper and other design tools often end up spending extra time to ensure data imported and exported between these platforms transfers smoothly.
In an effort to create a common environment for design visualizations, Autodesk has partnered with Nvidia to bring its broad suite of design software to Nvidia's Omniverse, a recently launched collaborative 3D environment that allows users of different software to see their 3D designs in one shared online space. Using Nvidia’s RTX technology and built upon Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) format and Nvidia’s open-source Material Definition Library (MDL), Omniverse can fully display the live building models in real-time, drawing data from a range of applications in real-time. This allows collaboration between users across the world and among different design software applications.