Topcon
Topcon Positioning Group has released Topcon Point Manager, a construction industry plug-in for Autodesk AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit in the U.S. and Canada.
Point Manager is designed to automate point creation and easily import and export layout files to and from a robotic total station. The new solution will simplify the BIM-to-field process with a faster, more seamless point creation experience from within the design platform, reducing the time and cost of layout, according to Ray Kerwin, director of Topcon global product planning.
“Unlike standalone point creation software, which requires the user to leave their particular design environment, users of these two widely used Autodesk technologies will be able to access the solution as a plug-in component to their design package. They will be working in an environment where they will already have a comfort level, thereby speeding up the learning curve so they can be productive more quickly,” Kerwin says.
Topcon Point Manager, available as a plug-in for Autodesk AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit users in the U.S. and Canada, is designed to automate point creation and easily import and export layout files to and from a robotic total station.