MultiSUITE released on AutoCAD 2005

MultiSUITE Software has announced that all MultiSUITE structural products are now available for AutoCAD 2005. The improved features of AutoCAD 2005 include a refreshed user interface and increased power, which further enhance the benefits of the MultiSUITE products. The core technology has now been optimised for Microsoft Windows XP and 2000.

Both the MultiSTEEL and MultiREBAR products automate the creation of intelligent drawing objects for steel and reinforced concrete bar information. The drawings produced are to a highly professional standard and information from the drawings can be presented as user defined reports and schedules.

With the new compressed drawing file format of AutoCAD 2005 a typical reinforced concrete detail drawing in MultiREBAR, with its integral bending schedules, is reduced by 60% from 2.0 to 0.8Mb. Even in this age of high speed broadband Internet, this will be of great benefit in the electronic transmission of drawings and the day to day storage and manipulation of drawings will obviously be made easier.

MultiSUITE products can be used as stand-alone on a single PC or fully networked via the MultiSUITE Network Licence Manager. This enables multiple users to work simultaneously on the same design, regardless of location. In combination with the enhanced network licensing and distribution tools of AutoCAD 2005, monitoring of licences is now easier, allowing unused licences to be freed up when a workstation has been left unattended for a period of time.

The open file policy operated by MultiSUITE products ensures fluid data transfer between file types and other applications, such as design and analytical tools. The degree of functionality offered to end users continues to be refined with regular product upgrades.

The result is, that when used with AutoCAD 2005, MultiSUITE looks and performs better than ever....

New look property dialog box.

	Style Sheets Organize sheets into logical sets and subsets that you can define by company, project, or other standards.
	Manage Sheets Views Manage sheet views with automatically created and updated cross-references between sheets and views that track and update each detail drawing, reference tag, callout, and label.
	Archive Style Sets Archive sheet sets using automatically generated and stored copies to work only with pertinent data, minimize mistakes, and easily revisit project milestones.
	Layer Properties Manager Manage layers efficiently using the streamlined Layer Properties Manager. Quickly select and define groups of layers so you can easily update a specified selection in a single click.
	Insert Fields Fields automatically update placeholder text—such as callouts, labels, and title blocks— so that you can be sure that your information stays up to date.
	Insert Tables Tables can be created and modified in one error-free step; you can even import Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets as table objects that preserve the original formatting.
	Simplified Plotting Simplified publishing increases productivity with one-click plotting and a more intuitive plot user interface.
	eTransmit Improvements eTransmit groups and delivers multiple DWG and related files to multiple recipients—with all the information (including xrefs and fonts) needed.
	New Red-Line Markup Tools Markup review enables you to overlay DWF markups created in Autodesk® DWF™ Composer, streamlining review and editing processes.

AutoCAD 2005 Features

MultiSUITE Software is now AutoCAD 2005 Compatible