CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
28 June 2013
Company News
IDS Engineering Donates idsDesignTOUCH™ Navisworks® Manage® Plug-In to Stanford University
IDS Engineering, a subsidiary of Advanced Solutions, Inc., has generously donated 20 idsDesignTOUCH Autodesk Navisworks Manage Plug-In licenses to the Stanford University Center for Integrated Facility Engineering(CIFE).
The idsDesignTOUCH plug-in allows design teams to collaborate using Autodesk Navisworks® Manage® on SMART Board® interactive displays. The user interface works with multi-touch finger movements as well as the SMART Board pen.
Donating the plug-ins to the Stanford University CIFE helps to further their mission of being the "world's premier research center for Virtual Design and Construction of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry projects."
Advanced Solutions, Inc. believes in educating the next generation of Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Designers with the most innovative technology possible. In support of the CIFE mission, the donation of the plug-ins enhances classroom-based virtual design experience for both practitioners and students.
Advanced Solutions, Inc. Vice President of Engineering Justin Palmer shared, "In giving back to education, we are also providing the CIFE organization with the tools to take them to the next level. CIFE is charged with looking at the virtual design and construction industry, while selecting tools to enable an efficient workflow for the collaboration portion of the process. We feel that the idsDesignTOUCH software is an enabler for seamless collaboration with Autodesk Navisworks Manage when using a SMARTBoard user interface."
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