Efficiency, collaboration and productivity are the buzzwords for the best AEC project teams. With Adobe Acrobat 9, partnered firms can eliminate many of the basic obstacles to well-organized teaming processes.
Get on the same page.PDFs with Video and Audio
As construction teams use more and more audio and video data to capture project info in design and on the jobsite, Adobe Acrobat 9 helps organize and distribute those recordings. It’s easy: Just drag and drop video file formats such as QuickTime (MOV) and Windows Media Video (WMV) right into Acrobat for instant conversion Flash movies – displayed right inside the PDF. Plus, you can get feedback on the videos using commenting and mark-up tools directly on selected frames of the Flash movie.
File types that can be instantly converted include avi, mov, mp4, mpeg, qt and wmv files. By leveraging the PDF format – and the Free Adobe Reader – you keep all the Acrobat functionality, including review and comment and the ability to combine the video with other project information.
INTEROPERABILITY: Connecting Project Teams and ProcessesHow does Adobe Acrobat 9 improve the AEC and construction processes? The answer is all about its underlying technology. The PDF standard is built on XML code, meaning that users of the PDF format can extract data and reuse it. And that means a lot for construction documents:
- Document Interoperability. Using PDF, construction project teams can simply and effectively exchange information. Whether the data came from AutoCAD or MicroStation, it can all work together.
- 3-D Intelligence. In a PDF, 3-D models and objects retain their descriptive traits. That means BIM data and other 3-D info is retained, and users can comment on that, too.
- Transportable data. Not only is the intelligence retained in the PDF, but thanks to the use of Industry Foundation Class (IFC) standards, that information can be used anywhere.
- Automatic creation of forms. Adobe’s “Forms” technology instantly creates fields where documents have spacing and underlines. That helps users determine what’s important on a document, and makes it easy to distribute, use, and digitally sign construction project forms.
For a design review, the CAD drawing actually functions like a “form.” Anyone with Reader can view and use the forms, allowing them to comment on the design.
Even better, anyone with Acrobat 9 can make this compatibility and interoperability possible, bringing project participants closer together.
Reader Enabled: Bringing Together the Whole AEC TeamWhether you’re an engineer, architect, contractor or facility executive, Adobe Acrobat 9 gives you the freedom to engage in virtually any project workflow.
How?
It’s all thanks to the Free Adobe Reader – a software installed on 89% of all desktops.
Right now, for Review and Commenting workflows, users of Acrobat 9 can “reader-enable” a PDF file, giving all recipients in the AEC project team the ability to:
Most of the business world already uses the Free Adobe Reader. That’s why we call it a true engagement platform for AEC communications and collaboration. It solves software incompatibility issues faced by project teams. It allows teams to address challenges together. And it bring AEC teams closer to their goals.
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