Project Storm is here!

Autodesk has announced an interesting technology preview for Revit Structure called Project Storm. Storm is an extension that provides Engineers with the ability to perform cloud based structural analysis directly from a Revit Model with the same analysis engine that powers Robot.

Autodesk Labs description:

Project Storm for Autodesk Revit Structure is a technology preview that provides cloud-based structural analysis to structural engineers as a part of the BIM process. With Project Storm, engineers and designers can extend design models from Revit Structure to the cloud for structural analysis from directly within Revit Structure. Results can then be visualized and explored within Revit Structure and disruptions to work flows are minimized by performing analysis in the cloud as users continue to design.

For more informaiton; Autodesk Labs Program Manager Scott Sheppard has posted an article about Project Storm that includes a good overview and work flow examples. There is also a good post about Storm at the  BIM Apps blog.

 For more information and to try out Project Storm for yourself please visit the Autodesk Labs Project Storm website