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6 May 2008
Product News
McGraw-Hill Construction Extends Building Product Content to Millions of Autodesk Designers
McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC), part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and Autodesk, Inc. announced a new partnership that will extend the rich building product content of MHC's Sweets Network to millions of Autodesk designers using the new Autodesk® Seek web service. By connecting building product manufacturers to architects and engineers inside their design applications, MHC continues its commitment to integrate best-in-class content into workflow applications easily accessible to design and construction professionals.
Together, Mica leading provider of design and construction information and intelligence in North America, and Autodesk will enable designers to search, select, and specify building products directly from their Autodesk applications. Adding Sweets content to the designer's workflow reduces the time spent searching for and creating building product information during the design project.
"Building product manufacturers who participate in the Sweets Network will be easily found through Autodesk Seek, allowing their product content to be accessible at the very point when the end user is seeking their products," said Per Lofving, senior director, McGraw-Hill Construction. "We are delighted to be partnering with Autodesk, connecting the MHC Network with the most widely used design workflow applications," he added.
"By combining the speed and efficiency of Autodesk Seek with the breadth and quality of building product information in the Sweets Network, we have a powerful new solution for the millions of designers and building product manufacturers we serve together," said Jeff Wright, director of Autodesk Content Solutions.
Inclusion of Sweets content in Autodesk Seek will enable building product manufacturers to:
-- Reach millions of highly qualified AutoCAD® and Revit® software application designers who specify product information directly into designs from their desktops
-- Integrate rich information beyond simple product pages including catalogs, CAD details, 3D Revit models, and 3-part specifications
-- Increase awareness of designers' activities and identify sources of product inquiries, thus enabling continued relationship building
Demonstrations of Sweets content in Autodesk Seek, http://seek.autodesk.com/ will be available at the McGraw-Hill Construction booth #15011 at the AIA 2008 National Convention and Design Exposition at the Boston Convention Center on May 15-17.
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