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Page 1: Autodesk Design and Creation Suites 2014 Sales Quick ...€¦ · Autodesk® Design and Creation Suites 2014 Sales Quick Reference Guide. Selling Autodesk Design and Creation Suites

Autodesk® Design and Creation Suites 2014 Sales Quick Reference Guide

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Selling Autodesk Design and Creation Suites 2014

The family of Autodesk® Design and Creation Suites supports comprehensive workflows in building, engineering, construction, infrastructure, product, plant, and factory design and entertainment creation that connect the desktop to mobile devices and the cloud*. These workflows enable customers to do more, achieve better results faster, and collaborate more effectively. The 2014 editions of Autodesk Design and Creation Suites are better than ever—with more tools and better access to Autodesk® 360 cloud services.

The primary target customers for suites are small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These are the firms you already interact with regularly. SMBs are often looking for ways to be more efficient. As comprehensive solutions that support the end-to-end design process, suites provide that—and more.

Suites will make your job easier. They will provide customers with very compelling reasons to use more Autodesk solutions in their daily work, both on the desktop and in the cloud. We’ve reduced the complexity of owning multiple products, we’ve simplified product selection, and we’re delivering a great set of products to customers for terrific value. We’ve done this by keeping our hero brands at the core of the suite offerings.

Autodesk Design and Creation Suites offer the most convenient and economical way for your customers to access their primary design or entertainment creation software of choice and the other compatible tools and cloud services they need to complete their design, engineering, and entertainment creation tasks. Demonstrate how the suites provide a high-value, economical offering that supports business needs—for example, with Digital Prototyping, Building Information Modeling (BIM), design visualization and simulation, and digital entertainment creation (DEC). Help your customers succeed by ensuring they have the right tool at the right time.

Visit the Autodesk Design and Creation Suites Center at www.autodesk.com/suites.

About this iPDFThis interactive PDF is designed to help you position and sell Autodesk Design and Creation Suites. Use it to gain an understanding of what’s included in each suite. The section for each suite covers what’s new for 2014, who to target with different editions, key opportunities to drive sales, and a high-level value proposition.

* Some cloud services only available with Autodesk® Subscription.

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Autodesk Design and Creation Suites 2014 editionsProducts new to designsuites for 2014 arehighlighted in blue

Autodesk AutoCAD DesignSuite 2014

AutodeskProduct DesignSuite 2014

AutodeskFactory Design Suite 2014

AutodeskBuilding Design Suite 2014

AutodeskInfrastructure Design Suite 2014

AutodeskPlant DesignSuite 2014

AutodeskEntertainment CreationSuite 2014

ULTIMATE Premium plus

Autodesk Alias Design

Premium plus

Autodesk Alias Design

Autodesk Navisworks Manage 1

Premium plus

Autodesk Inventor Professional

Autodesk Navisworks Manage 1

Premium plus

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Navisworks Manage 1

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional

Autodesk InfraWorks

Premium plus

Autodesk Navisworks Manage 1

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional

Autodesk Revit 2

Autodesk Roads and Highways Module for InfraWorks

River and Flood Analysis Module 6

Premium plus

Autodesk Inventor with Routed Systems

Autodesk Navisworks Manage 1

Autodesk Maya ECS Premium plus

Autodesk 3ds Max

PREMIUM Standard plus

Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Standard plus

Autodesk Inventor Professional

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate

Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical

Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Standard plus

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate

Standard plus

Autodesk Revit 2

Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate

Standard plus

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D

Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Autodesk InfraWorks

Autodesk AutoCAD Utility Design

Autodesk Revit Structure

Geotechnical Module 6

Rail Layout Module 6

Bridge Module 6

Standard plus

Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate

Autodesk Revit Structure

Autodesk AutoCAD Structural Detailing

Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Autodesk 3ds Max ECS Standard plus

Autodesk Softimage

Autodesk Maya ECS Standard plus

Autodesk Softimage

STANDARD Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Showcase

Autodesk SketchBook Designer

Autodesk Mudbox

Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Vault Basic

Autodesk Showcase

Autodesk SketchBook Designer

Autodesk Mudbox

Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture

Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Vault Basic

Autodesk Showcase

Autodesk Factory Design Utility

Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture

Autodesk AutoCAD MEP

Autodesk AutoCAD Structural Detailing

Autodesk Showcase

Autodesk SketchBook Designer

Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk AutoCAD Map3D

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate

Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk AutoCAD P&ID

Autodesk Showcase

Autodesk SketchBook Designer

Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk 3ds Max

Autodesk MotionBuilder

Autodesk Mudbox

Autodesk SketchBook Designer

Autodesk Maya

Autodesk MotionBuilder

Autodesk Mudbox

Autodesk SketchBook Designer

AUTODESK 360with Autodesk Subscription

Includes cloud credits 3

Store / View / Search /Collaboration capabilities

25 GB of storage

plus Cloud Services

Rendering

plus Cloud Services

Rendering

Optimization for Autodesk Inventor 4

plus Cloud Services

Rendering

Green Building Studio

Optimization for Autodesk Inventor 4

plus Cloud Services

Rendering

Green Building Studio

Energy Analysis for Autodesk Revit 4

Structural Analysis for Revit 4

Optimization for Autodesk Inventor 5

InfraWorks 360 5

plus Cloud Services

Rendering

Green Building Studio 4

Structural Analysis for Revit 4

InfraWorks 360 4

plus Cloud Services

Rendering

Structural Analysis for Revit 4

Optimization for Autodesk Inventor 5

1 Includes Autodesk Navisworks Simulate Includes a version of Autodesk Revit software that combines tools for architectural design, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering, and structural engineering in a single, comprehensive application3 Cloud credits are required to perform rendering, simulation, optimization, and structural analysis tasks in Autodesk 3604 Requires Premium or Ultimate Edition5 Requires Ultimate Edition6 Requires Autodesk Subscription

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What is Autodesk AutoCAD Design Suite?Autodesk® AutoCAD® Design Suite includes AutoCAD® software, plus additional design software such as Autodesk® AutoCAD® Raster Design software, a powerful raster-to-vector conversion tool.

What’s new in 2014Autodesk® ReCap™ software delivers powerful workflows by helping create 3D models from captured photo and scanned data. Design Feed social collaboration tools enable greater involvement with project stakeholders. Timesaving enhancements speed workflows. And with live maps and reality capture capabilities, AutoCAD Design Suite connects design ideas to the real world.

Target customers StandardAutodesk® AutoCAD® Design Suite Standard: any AutoCAD user who reuses paper-based drawings or uses 3D modeling tools.

Premium Autodesk® AutoCAD® Design Suite Premium: general, interior, exhibit, and landscape designers, as well as small homebuilders who use AutoCAD software as a primary design tool and have some modeling and visualization experience.

UltimateAutodesk® AutoCAD® Design Suite Ultimate: industrial, consumer product, kitchen, furniture, automotive part, and medical equipment designers who are responsible for the entire design process.

Key opportunitiesAutodesk AutoCAD Design Suite creates opportunities for you to:

• Drive upgrades from previous versions of AutoCAD or Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software

• Sell new seats to AutoCAD customers who could benefit from raster-to-vector conversion tools or easy-to-use tools that present designs with more impact

Autodesk AutoCAD Design Suite key messages

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Value propositionAutodesk® AutoCAD® Design Suite includes AutoCAD® software, plus additional design software such as AutoCAD® Raster Design software, a powerful raster-to-vector conversion tool. With it, users can:

• Create and sketch extraordinary designs with widely used conceptual sketching and design tools

• Capture design information from a variety of sources, and convert it into the DWG™ format

• Connect to Autodesk® 360 cloud* services for easy sharing, collaboration, and rendering

• Showcase design ideas easily with illustrated drawings, renderings, 3D presentations, and 3D physical models

Autodesk AutoCAD Design Suite workflow and benefits

* Some cloud services only available with Autodesk® Subscription.

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Autodesk Product Design Suite key messages

What is Autodesk Product Design Suite?Autodesk® Product Design Suite is a comprehensive solution for Digital Prototyping, delivering 3D design, visualization, and simulation tools to complete your customers’ entire engineering process. The Digital Prototyping capabilities of Product Design Suite can help design better products, reduce development costs, and get products to market faster. The suite facilitates engineering productivity, makes design validation part of the ongoing engineering process, helps create better internal and external collaboration, and extends engineering data to the sales and marketing of your product.

What’s new in 2014Autodesk Product Design Suite for 2014 has changes to the packaging of products as well as pricing. In addition, the products in the suite have many functionality and workflow enhancements for 2014. Autodesk® Inventor® software, for example, has many improvements around large assembly performance, ease of assembly, and greater compatibility with Autodesk® Revit®-based building models.

Target customersStandardAutodesk® Product Design Suite Standard: provides designers and engineers with functionality to allow the creation of compelling designs using comprehensive 3D design, drafting, and documentation tools.

PremiumAutodesk® Product Design Suite Premium: mechanical/electrical engineers get the functionality of Product Design Suite Standard, plus capabilities for complete Digital Prototyping with integrated control systems, simulation, tooling, and visualization.

Ultimate Autodesk® Product Design Suite Ultimate: in addition to all Product Design Suite Premium edition capabilities, industrial designers and project managers get specialist tools for project management and for incorporating industrial design aesthetics into 3D designs.

Key opportunitiesStandardAutodesk Product Design Suite Standard provides a foundational 3D design and drafting solution making it easy to move from AutoCAD®, Inventor®, or competitive 3D software solutions.

PremiumAutodesk Product Design Suite Premium includes tools for complete Digital Prototyping and—with the new addition of Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software—adds capabilities for integrated simulation, control systems, and tooling.

UltimateAutodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate includes tools for specialists who require industrial design and surfacing workflows with Autodesk® Alias® Design software or complete project management with the addition of Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage software.

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Value propositionAutodesk® Product Design Suite is a comprehensive solution for Digital Prototyping, delivering 3D design, visualization, and simulation tools to complete the entire engineering process. With it, your customers can:

• Gain access to easy-to-use and comprehensive 3D design, drafting, and documentation tools

• Take advantage of integrated motion simulation and stress analysis to help predict product performance

• Integrate electrical designs with mechanical control systems

• Use engineering data to create photorealistic visualizations to gain early design approval and win competitive bids

• Incorporate industrial design aesthetics into 3D designs and create production-ready surfaces

Autodesk Product Design Suite workflow and benefits

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Autodesk Factory Design Suite key messages

What is Autodesk Factory Design Suite?Autodesk® Factory Design Suite includes design, analysis, and presentation software to help your customers discover and communicate the most efficient layout solutions by creating a digital model of their factories. It offers unique factory-specific interoperable workflows in AutoCAD® and Autodesk® Inventor® software and combines them with powerful visualization and analysis tools to help improve collaboration and innovation earlier in the design process.

What’s new in 2014Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2014 includes many workflow enhancements including:

• Import of Autodesk® Revit®-based formatted building models into a Factory Design Suite project

• Autodesk Inventor software layers that work like layers in AutoCAD

• Autodesk® ReCap™ software, which delivers improved point cloud* workflows by helping to create 3D models from captured photo and scanned data

• A larger library of commonly used factory assets that makes it easier for users to build layouts

• Improvement of Autodesk® Vault software integration

• Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities that are licensed separately from the suite and can be installed separately or with the suite

Target customersStandardAutodesk® Factory Design Suite Standard provides layout designers with unique functionality in the AutoCAD environment they are familiar with to create factory layouts much faster than is possible with traditional workflows. PremiumAutodesk® Factory Design Suite Premium contains everything in Factory Design Suite Standard, plus specialized factory-specific tools that enable manufacturers and systems integrators to build digital factory models to improve communication and make more-informed decisions before any equipment is installed on the factory floor.

UltimateAutodesk® Factory Design Suite Ultimate contains everything in Factory Design Suite Premium, plus advanced capabilities that can help machine and equipment builders, engineering service providers, and manufacturers to better design, visualize, and simulate factory layouts and equipment.

Key opportunitiesStandardFactory Design Suite Standard supports the DWG™ file format and makes it easy to move from the familiar, 2D AutoCAD environment and experience the benefits of 3D CAD without making drastic workflow changes.

PremiumThe interoperable software in Factory Design Suite Premium edition automatically converts 2D drawings into 3D layout models and lets users integrate reusable 3D models of machine and factory components, making it easier to try different layout scenarios digitally and find the optimal layout solution.

UltimateYour customers can use the advanced functionality of Factory Design Suite Ultimate edition to validate and qualify manufacturing equipment, conduct clash analysis, and check for clearances digitally before making any expensive capital equipment commitments.

* Some cloud services only available with Autodesk® Subscription.

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Value propositionAutodesk® Factory Design Suite is a factory layout and optimization solution built specifically to help design and communicate the most efficient layout by creating a digital factory model. It can help your customers:

• Increase layout design productivity and layout efficiency

• Reduce costs by analyzing and optimizing layouts before building

• Improve collaboration and win more business by visually communicating layout designs in 3D

• Take advantage of cloud*-based factory asset resources and efficient factory asset creation workflows

Autodesk Factory Design Suite workflow and benefits

* Some cloud services only available with Autodesk® Subscription.

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Autodesk Building Design Suite key messages

What is Autodesk Building Design Suite?Autodesk® Building Design Suite is a comprehensive software portfolio that combines BIM and CAD tools to help your customers design, visualize, simulate, and build more efficiently.

What’s new in 2014New features and enhancements for Autodesk Building Design Suite 2014 include:

• Point cloud* viewing and editing features

• More powerful quantification tools

• Autodesk® Revit® software productivity and interoperability enhancements

Target customersStandardAutodesk® Building Design Suite Standard is for building designers, drafters, and detailers who need a foundational set of tools to efficiently design, document, and share drawings in the DWG™ file format.

PremiumAutodesk® Building Design Suite Premium is for architects, engineers, and construction professionals who need an optimized set of tools for building design and construction.

UltimateAutodesk® Building Design Suite Ultimate is for architecture, engineering, and construction professionals who need the power of BIM and an advanced set of comprehensive tools for design and construction.

Key opportunitiesStandardTarget designers, drafters, and detailers who may not be ready to move to BIM with Building Design Suite Standard. They will appreciate the workflow advantages.

PremiumTell architects, engineers, and construction professionals who already use BIM with Autodesk Revit software products about the additional capabilities they will receive with Building Design Suite Premium.

UltimateIndustry professionals working on larger, more complex projects need the tools within Building Design Suite Ultimate to help them communicate, collaborate, and coordinate with extended project teams.

* Some cloud services only available with Autodesk® Subscription.

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Value propositionAutodesk® Building Design Suite can help your customers to:

• Create better buildings with BIM software and intelligent 3D models

• Use integrated analysis to inform design and construction decisions

• Produce compelling visualizations and walk-throughs to market ideas more successfully

• Create consistent, higher-quality construction documentation and as-built models

• Accelerate project schedules and decrease costs

• Improve control over project outcomes with valuable insight across the building lifecycle

Autodesk Building Design Suite workflow and benefits

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Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite key messages

What is Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite?Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite is a comprehensive BIM for infrastructure software solution that combines intelligent, model-based tools to help gain more accurate, accessible, and actionable insight throughout the project execution and lifecycle of transportation, land, water, and utility projects. With broad access to the Autodesk portfolio—both on the desktop and in the cloud*—your customers can benefit from:

• Comprehensive workflows not possible with individual products alone

• An expanded toolset, industry-specific suites workflows, and a more consistent user experience

• More economical and convenient access to the software and cloud services needed to complete infrastructure projects

What’s new in 2014Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite Standard now includes Autodesk® ReCap™ software, which delivers powerful workflow enhancements that help users create 3D models from captured photo and scanned data.

Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite Premium now includes Autodesk® AutoCAD® Utility Design and Autodesk® Revit® Structure software. Subscribers to this edition can also take advantage of the Bridge Module, Geotechnical Module, and Rail Layout Module, all of which streamline tasks associated with specialized functions.

Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate includes Autodesk® Roads and Highways Module for InfraWorks™ and Autodesk Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional software. The Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate edition also comes with a version of Autodesk® Revit® software that combines tools for architectural design, MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) engineering, and structural engineering in a single comprehensive application. As an additional benefit with Autodesk® Subscription to this edition, customers receive the River and Flood Analysis Module, which helps automate analysis, mapping, and modeling functions.

Target customersStandardOffer Infrastructure Design Suite Standard edition to infrastructure professionals who need software that provides foundational planning, design, and coordination capabilities.

PremiumOffer Infrastructure Design Suite Premium edition to infrastructure professionals who need a BIM solution that provides model-based civil, structural, and utility design along with analysis and visualization capabilities.

UltimateOffer Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate edition to infrastructure professionals who need specialized tools for roadway design, architectural design, MEP engineering, and structural engineering.

Key opportunitiesStandardThe powerful combination of Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Autodesk® AutoCAD® Map3D, Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate, AutoCAD® Raster Design, and Autodesk ReCap software can drive upgrades from stand-alone products. In talking to customers, point to comprehensive workflows not possible with individual products alone.

PremiumFor utility professionals, explain the workflow advantages that come from the addition of Autodesk® InfraWorks™ and AutoCAD Utility Design software. Civil engineering professionals can accelerate design processes by adding Autodesk InfraWorks to the current Civil 3D workflows. Revit Structure software adds support with tools for modeling infrastructure structures such as tunnels, bridges, and railway stations. Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software gives all professions the additional functionality needed to create cinematic-quality visuals and animations from design data. Explain the workflow benefits that customers gain by having access to model-based civil, structural, and utility design along with analysis and visualization capabilities.

UltimateFor customers who work on roads and highways projects, Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate adds to the power of the other editions with Autodesk Roads and Highways Module for InfraWorks, which enables them to engineer in a 3D contextual environment during preliminary engineering. Additionally, multidisciplinary project teams can benefit from the addition of Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage, Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional, and Autodesk Revit software. These applications give them access to specialized tools for architectural design, MEP engineering, and structural engineering as well as the functionality to perform clash detections on projects as a whole.

* Some cloud services only available with Autodesk® Subscription.

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Value propositionAutodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite is a comprehensive BIM for infrastructure software solution that combines intelligent, model-based tools to help you gain more accurate, accessible, and actionable insight throughout the project execution and lifecycle of transportation, land, and water projects. Using the Infrastructure Design Suite customers can:

• Better understand and communicate project risk, intent, and options before a project is built

• Maintain consistent data, context, and processes across the project lifecycle

• Respond more quickly to change with processes that are smarter, faster, and mobile

Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite workflow and benefits

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Autodesk Plant Design Suite key messages

What is Autodesk Plant Design Suite?Autodesk® Plant Design Suite 2014 provides comprehensive plant design, modeling, and review software in an economical package that enables customers to design more efficiently and helps them stay on schedule and within budget. Building on the power of AutoCAD® software and Autodesk® 360 cloud* services, the Plant Design Suite adds plant-specific content and functionality to help drive greater productivity and better project coordination.

What’s new in 2014Autodesk® Plant Design Suite 2014 software includes new and enhanced tools for process plant design workflows. New tools for reality capture, visualization, and equipment design help incorporate laser scan data into projects, create near-photorealistic process plant visuals, and design routed systems for equipment and skids.

Target customersStandardAutodesk® Plant Design Suite Standard is ideal for process engineers and CAD managers.

PremiumAutodesk® Plant Design Suite Premium delivers the tools piping designers and engineers and structural designers and project managers on plant design projects need.

UltimateAutodesk® Plant Design Suite Ultimate provides software to support the workflows of mechanical engineers and construction planners/managers on plant design projects.

Key opportunitiesStandardTarget customers doing basic P&ID work with AutoCAD software. Highlight the many features in the Plant Design Suite Standard that are built for creating, editing, and managing P&IDs.

PremiumSeize opportunities to replace competitive, AutoCAD-based plant design solutions, including Bentley AutoPLANT and Intergraph CADWorx. And for potential customers using AVEVA and Intergraph software, point out how Plant Design Suite Premium complements those high-end, enterprise-level plant solutions.

UltimateAutodesk Plant Design Suite Ultimate can help you win customers who require plant design capabilities that include mechanical design tools for equipment and skids along with more comprehensive project review features, including clash detection analysis.

* Some cloud services only available with Autodesk® Subscription.

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Value propositionAutodesk® Plant Design Suite supports multidiscipline, plant design workflows from 2D drafting and schematics to 3D model-based design. The Plant Design Suite builds on the power and familiarity of AutoCAD® software and Autodesk® Navisworks® software products, which are widely used in the industry, to deliver a comprehensive solution for model-based plant design workflows across disciplines. Your customers can use it to:

• Create and modify P&IDs faster and more accurately

• More efficiently design, model, and document process plants using intelligent 3D design tools

• Communicate more effectively with tools for visualization

• Combine whole-project design information for efficient multidiscipline reviews

Autodesk Plant Design Suite workflow and benefits

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Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite key messages

What are Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites?Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suites—packed with tools used by leading artists working in visual effects, 3D game development, and other 3D animation production—provide an affordable end-to-end creation solution. Integrated through single-step interoperability workflows and common look and feel elements, Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites help increase pipeline efficiency and productivity and provide enhanced creative opportunities.

What’s new in 2014StandardIn the new edition of Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Standard, your customers will find a number of product enhancements:

• Autodesk® 3ds Max® software: new populate crowd animation capabilities

• Autodesk® Maya® software: next-generation viewport display and shading

• Autodesk® Mudbox® software: advanced retopology tools

• Autodesk® MotionBuilder® software: advanced motion capture workflow options

PremiumIn the new edition of Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium, your customers will find the enhancements in the relevant Entertainment Creation Suite Standard along with Autodesk® Softimage® software’s new camera sequencer feature.

UltimateAutodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate edition delivers the new features of 3ds Max and Maya software.

Target customersStandardAutodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Standard edition is ideal for entertainment customers who can benefit from increased creative capabilities, productivity, and pipeline efficiency.

PremiumAutodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Premium best suits entertainment customers who require increased creative capabilities with specialized tools for creating believable characters, environments, and effects.

UltimateAutodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate edition is for entertainment customers who require increased pipeline flexibility and specialized tools for creating believable characters, environments, and effects.

Key opportunitiesStandardThe two versions of Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Standard edition are built around either Autodesk 3ds Max or Autodesk Maya software. Each are enhanced with Autodesk MotionBuilder, Autodesk Mudbox, and Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer software. You can use the software to drive upgrades from stand-alone products to comprehensive workflows not possible with individual products alone.

PremiumAutodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Premium edition comes with the advantages of Entertainment Creation Suite Standard plus Autodesk Softimage software. Use it to target customers who need character animation and procedural effects capabilities.

UltimateAutodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate includes both Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya software. You’ll find opportunities with customers who need both for enhanced pipeline flexibility, creative capabilities, and productivity.

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Value proposition Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite is a comprehensive digital entertainment creation (DEC) solution for film, television, and game development. It combines core modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing toolsets with specialized solutions for digital sculpting and painting, real-time character animation, facial animation, procedural effects, and concept design. The Entertainment Creation Suite will help your customers meet and exceed client expectations while staying on schedule and on budget. Using the Entertainment Creation Suite, customers can:

• Expand their creative capabilities through access to a broader palette of core and specialized production-proven toolsets

• Increase their productivity through the ability to select the best toolset for the task at hand

• Drive pipeline efficiency with integrated single-step interoperability, more standardized workflows, user interfaces, toolsets, and technology

• Maximize pipeline flexibility with the ability to switch between core pipeline toolsets or implement a blended pipeline depending on the client requirements

Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite workflow and benefits

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What is Autodesk Subscription?Autodesk® Subscription helps customers maximize the power of their design tools. Subscription customers enjoy access to the latest software releases, technical support, and flexible licensing. In addition, a variety of Autodesk® 360 cloud benefits help them increase mobility; streamline collaboration; and visualize, optimize, and share more design options.

What’s new in 2014We continue adding value to the Subscription program by expanding the availability of cloud services to Autodesk Design and Creation Suites customers in 2014. Check out the product matrix and individual suites for more information.

Target customersReach out to prospects and customers who have or are planning to purchase Autodesk Design and Creation Suites. Make sure they know about all the additional features and benefits that come with Autodesk Subscription.

Key opportunitiesWhen you offer Subscription along with Autodesk Design and Creation Suites, you can:

• Increase sales

• Gain a predictable cash flow for your business

• Enhance customer relationships

• Lower the cost of making sales

• Create more sales opportunities

• Promote repeat business

• Gain more time to focus on new sales

Value propositionAutodesk Subscription is the foundation for an ongoing relationship with your customers. By encouraging your customers to purchase and utilize the benefits they receive by having their Autodesk Design and Creation Suites on Subscription, you have the ability to increase customer satisfaction and drive revenue growth for many years.

Autodesk Subscription

Autodesk, AutoCAD, Alias, Autodesk Inventor, Civil 3D, DWG, Green Building Studio, InfraWorks, Inventor, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Navisworks, ReCap, Revit, Robot, Showcase, SketchBook, Softimage, and 3ds Max are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2013 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.