Out of the clouds - Revit in the cloud

We are currently seeing a very exciting further development from Autodesk - even if only Americans with broadband internet are being denied access at the moment. We are talking about the integration of Revit into Autodesk 360, the Autodesk Cloud. For a few days now, Revit 2014 has not only been available for download, but is also being offered as an online trial in the USA.

The regular Revit version as well as Revit LT can be tested, whereby the only limitation of the trial is the deactivated worksharing with the editing areas.
Files used as part of the trial must be uploaded to Autodesk 360 beforehand.

Even if this is of course just a first step, I find the direction very exciting - without being dependent on Windows or hardware resources, you could even use Revit on a slim computer (or even iPad?). Definitely very exciting for occasional users, students or as a solution for on the go!

The link for the online trial can be found on the regular Revit 2014 download page only visible for IP addresses from the USA.
Interesting blog posts from American colleagues on this topic:

http://labs.blogs.com/

http://bimboom.blogspot.de/

3 comments
  1. It's a good thing. Especially if it's also available for students, for example, not all of whom have a workstation at home. Apart from the computers at the universities.
    With a citrix server, such virtualization has also been possible here in Germany since revit 2012, but you have to set up the server yourself and get the appropriate licenses

    1. Exactly - there is a big difference between a real cloud solution based on SaaS and virtualization in your own Citrix environment. Ultimately, only large companies with the appropriate resources can afford the latter.
      Ideally, I would like to see a subscription principle like the Adobe Creative Cloud, where subscriptions can be taken out without having to buy the software.

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