Created by architects, “Buildings” gives tourists and architecture enthusiasts a mobile encyclopedia of more than 40,000 buildings across the globe to discover at their fingertips, complete with expert commentary and insight. The app enhances your experience by using GPS to identify your location and highlight interesting ‘Nearby’ buildings.

Architect Design Estimating
http://market.android.com/details?id=air.ArchitectCalc

Easy to use estimating calculator for architects and interior designers. This is an imperial units calculator (feet and inches) for architects. Calculate lengths, areas, hypotenuses, and simple volumes. Add a unit cost to estimate the cost of construction, remodel, or room finishes. Convert easily between imperial units such as square feet and square yards, or feet and inches and miles.

Frame design 2D
http://market.android.com/details?id=dako.dakosoftware.nl

Professional 2D Linear Analysis FEM application at your fingertips. This 2D linear static analysis app allows you to analyze the force distribution, deflections and tensions in 2D structures

Design Dimensions
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.SolidDesignStudio.DesignDimensions

An extensive visual database of commonly referenced items and their corresponding dimensions. With Design Dimensions you will find it remarkably easy to navigate through hundreds of illustrated items to find the exact information you are looking for.

My Measures & Dimensions Lite
http://market.android.com/details?id=si.sis.mymeasureslite

My Measures is a powerful application for storing and sharing object dimensions. A must have tool for all real estate agents, engineers, carpenters, architects, auction sellers, construction workers.

SketchBook Mobile
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sketchbook

Unleash your creativity with SketchBook Mobile for Android! Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing application offering a full set of sketching tools and a streamlined and intuitive user interface.

Dwell
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.zumobi.android.dwell

Dwell delivers photos, videos and more for fans of modern architecture & design. With fresh, intelligent coverage of modern architecture and design, tailored for mobile devices, the Dwell App features: Videos and slide-shows showcasing the best in modern home design, Photographs and editorial of product collections, Dynamically updated stories for staying on top of the latest trends while on the go, Facebook and Twitter integration for sharing inspiring design ideas with friends.

Autodesk AutoCAD WS
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.autodesk.autocadws

Experience the freedom of taking your designs with you — wherever you go.
AutoCAD® WS is a mobile CAD application that gives you the freedom and flexibility to view, edit, and share your DWG™ files on your Android phone or tablet. AutoCAD WS mobile app offers a simplified, intuitive set of viewing, editing, and markup tools so you can work on your designs while you are on the go. Open drawings from email attachments, sync your files from the web, or upload drawings directly from AutoCAD software. Drawings can also be saved locally so you can work in the field without an Internet connection.

Adobe Photoshop Express
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.adobe.psmobile

Edit and share photos virtually anywhere. Touch to crop, rotate, adjust color, and add artistic effects. Access all your photos and videos directly from your free Photoshop.com account. Quickly share with family and friends. Requires SD card. By downloading you agree to the Terms of Use at www.photoshop.com/misc/terms.html

Adobe Collage
http://market.android.com/details?id=air.com.adobe.collage

Adobe® Collage lets you capture and refine concepts by combining inspirational images, drawings, text, and files from select Adobe Creative Suite® components into modern, conceptual moodboards. Upload your files to Adobe Creative Cloud* to refine later or share with others.

Adobe Kuler
http://market.android.com/details?id=air.com.adobe.kuler

Adobe Kuler is the most powerful color inspiration tool you’ve seen on a tablet device. Create harmonious color themes that can inspire any project with easy-to-use tools. Explore hundreds of thousands of color themes created by the Kuler community – a vibrant social network of color enthusiasts.

Smart Ruler Pro
http://market.android.com/details?id=kr.aboy.ruler

Smart Ruler Pro is the easy and useful measuring tools. It has 5 tools for measurement, and includes Protractor pro version. 1. Ruler : for length 2. ProtractorⅠ(Touch) : for angle 3. ProtractorⅡ(Plumb) : for slope 4. ProtractorⅢ(Camera) : goniometer 5. Surface level : clinometer * Pro version added features 1) ProtractorⅢ, Surface level 2) Horizontal x Vertical 3) Multi-Touch mode 4) Caliper mode 5) Architectural and Engineering Scales 6) Thread pitch gauge 7) various Tilt units 8) App2SD

Construction Calculators

This amazing App Features THIRTY ONE (31) Easy-To-Use TIME-SAVING TOOLS for Home Owners. No other construction calculator offers as many features as this one. This simple calculator not only allows you to do all the calculations for your home project, but also allows you to SAVE your calculations. STORE all your notes in the app and also ADD TO CALENDAR any of your notes for remainders. Now features search and full calculator.

*Credit: Unknown*

This is the COMPLETE list of features (that I could find documented) for both platforms, not wattered down to show the strengths of one over the other. If you have more to add, please let me know by adding it in the comments.

Keep in mind the hardware is NOT included. The only variable here is that some of Apple’s OS decisions were based on giving better performance to the hardware (speed/battery-life)

Enterprise Support

Of the top quality apps, here are my picks for May:

1) Mint.com

http://www.mint.com/features/android/ (not online yet)

(Android Market) http://www.android.com/market/

2) Official Twiiter app for Android was released (requires 2.1):

http://blog.twitter.com/2010/04/twitter-for-android-robots-like-to.html

3) Skyfire web browser (includes Flash video support)

http://www.skyfire.com/

4) iMobster (Mafia Wars like game for Android)

http://imobsters.storm8.com/

5) Asphalt 5 (paid)

http://www.asphalt-5.com/

http://www.gameloft.com/

6) UPS Mobile

http://www.ups.com/android/

7) Runkeeper

http://runkeeper.com/

8) Subsonic (media streaming app)

• Check out Lifehacker’s article on howto stream media from home to your mobile.

http://www.subsonic.org/

9) Craigslist Notification

http://craigslist-notification.mufumbo.com/

10) SlideIT

• Swipe based keyboard input (similar to Swype)

http://dasur.co.il/Product/SlideIT/Android/download.php

Direct Download:

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 exe – (2.59GB)

Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011 — English

IMPORTANT

This download is the latest release of Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011 software as a standalone product and as part of AutoCAD® Revit® Architecture Suite 2011 software.

It is available to users for trial or demo purposes and users who have purchased a valid license for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 or AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2011, and is subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that appears during installation.

First Customer Ship of Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 (Full Install) – April 2010

Get Started

Click on the following link to download the executable file:

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 (exe – 2.59 GB)

Notes

• The Readme file is located in the Documentation section of the installer.
• The full install executable file contains both 32 and 64-bit versions of Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011.
• The executable file can be applied to both the standalone and suite versions of Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011.
• Files saved in new releases of this product are not compatible with previous releases. However, files saved in the same release are compatible across different build numbers.
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 browser (or later) is required.
• For problems downloading or installing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 and for general information or questions, contact Autodesk Product Support (Autodesk® Subscription login required).

Related Information

• Installation Guide / New Feature List
• System Requirements

Source: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=14973244

The biggest changes for Revit Architecture, is that rendering is no longer limited to 4 cores, so you can go all out rendering if you have more than 4 cores available.  Also even more reliance on 64-bit processing, so you’re best bet is using the new Windows 7 64-bit operating system with your hardware allowing your computer to use the most memory available.

UPDATE:
Supported Graphics Card Hardware for Revit 2011:
http://www.autodesk.com/us/revit/revit_graphics_hardware_-_graphics_hardware_list_final.html

System requirements for installing Autodesk 2011 products:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6vDZiRqLg

This includes:

• AutoCAD 2011
• Revit Architecture 2011
• Inventor 2011

CPU (processor):

Requirement

• Windows 7 or Vista processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology

Recommendation

• Intel Core 2 Quad or Core i5 or i7,quad-core processor, 2.33Ghz or higher with SSE2 technology.
• AMD Athlon or Phenom X3 or X4, triple-core, or quad-core processor, 2.6Ghz or higher with SSE2 technology.

RAM (physical memory):

Recommended

• 32/64-bit AutoCAD = 2GB or more
• 32-bit Inventor = 3GB for tooling
• 64-bit Inventor = 6GB or more for complex models
• 32-bit Revit Architecture = Use 64-bit for optimum performance
• 64-bit Revit Architecture = 8GB or more
• For all systems I’d recommend at least 4GB w/ 3GB switch enabled.  Keep in mind, memory is cheap, waiting on your computer is not!

Required

• 32/64-bit AutoCAD = 2GB
• 32/64-bit Inventor = 2GB
• 32/64-bit Revit Architecture = 3GB

Graphics Card (video):

• DirectX & Direct3D 9.0 or 10 capability
• Shader Model 3.0 capability
• 256MB or higher of video card memory (I’d recommend 512MB at minimum)

Hard Drive (virtual memory/page file/swap file):

Required free hard drive space:

• 32/64-bit AutoCAD = 2GB min.
• 32/64-bit Inventor = 2x memory installed
• 32/64-bit Revit Architecture = 5GB min.

Operating Systems (AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit):

• Windows 7 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows XP (32-bit & 64-bit)

Logmein Android
https://secure.logmein.com/welcome/android/

Paypal
http://www.androidcentral.com/paypal-bump-android-bound

Dropbox
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/22/dropbox-android-app/

Skype Mobile
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/android/

Oregon Trail
http://www.androidcentral.com/oregon-trail-android-app-ctia

Fandango
http://www.fandango.com/androidapp

Rhapsody (public beta coming April 4th)
http://www.rhapsody.com/android/download

Blockbuster (aren’t they bankrupt?)
http://www.androidcentral.com/blockbusters-android-app-ctia

Grandmasterpixel (social pixel-art game):
http://www.droidgamers.com/index.php/game-news/android-game-news/210-grandmastpixel-beta

Zenonia (RPG game):
http://www.eurodroid.com/2010/03/famed-iphone-rpg-zenonia-hits-android-for-5-99-and-1-6-phones-and-above/

Thickbuttons:
http://thickbuttons.com/

DriveSafe.ly:
http://www.drivesafe.ly/

Slacker Radio:
http://www.slacker.com/everywhere/mobile/android/

Out of the list, my favorites are the changes made to the ribbon UI. Many people will be glad to hear that the modify tab can be static now and the contextual tab will have the ability to return to the previous tab when done. Also they’ve included a QAT or Quick Access Toolbar that will give the user an option to “create their own” toolbar. These enhancements will greatly reduce confusion for new users.

Other essentials (read: wish list items) that were included in this release are backgrounds for renderings, a more realistic view for panning around in 3D, text enhancements, tagging items in linked models… a lot of these will help our workflow out immensely!

As I’m sure most of you are here for the details (and not my opinion), alas, here they are:

• Improvements to DWG Export, increased visual fidelity, text treatment
• Improvements 3D display quality & new types of views (ambient occlusion, realistic, consistent colors views)
• View open time reduced
• New Guide Grids (alignment grids) for sheets to help with view alignment
• Align in 3D
• New keyboard shortcut editing dialog box
• New abilities around linked files, ability to tag an object in a linked file
• Quicker file open times, now multi-threaded
• Repeat last command (enter or right-click menu)
• New Autodesk Material Library 2011
• Materials displayed more consistently across views and platforms
• New Placeholder sheets, ability to change placeholder to actual sheet
• Ability to add/crop background image for rendering
• Text enhancements
• Find/Replace
• Options for exporting text to CAD to maintain visual or functional fidelity
• Box around text note
• Distance between leader and text
• Bullets & Numbering now possible
• Additional dialog boxes now resizeable
• Ability to create custom elevation tags
• New sun path feature added
• Ability to control temp dimension appearance (without editing Revit.ini)
• Revit MEP copy/monitor fixtures
• Ability to disable the auto-switch to contextual tab when object is selected so you can keep current tab active.
• Ability to return to previous tab after action completion
• New Properties Palette
• Modify tab is both static & contextual now, remains in same location
• New Customizable QAT (Quick-Access Toolbar) to add your most-used tools
• New workset & design option controls added to the bottom-right of Revit window
• Workset visiblity enhancements

That’s it for now! As always bookmark revit2011.info for the latest on Revit 2011.

Download the Autodesk Press Packet

Also the brochures for Revit Architecture 2011 & Revit Structure 2011 & Revit MEP 2011:
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autodesk_revit_architecture_2011_brochure.pdf
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/revit_structure_2011_overview_brochure_us.pdf
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autodesk_revit_mep_overview_brochure_us.pdf

User Interface Improvements

• A modeless properties palette allows the user to change the properties of an element during placement or modification.
• Contextual tab improvements reduce the number of tab switches and provide consistent tool locations.
• Users now have the ability to adjust the order of tools on the Quick Access toolbar.

User Interface Improvements

Adaptive Components

Adaptive component functionality is designed for situations when components need to flexibly adapt to unique contextual conditions. Adaptive points are created by modifying reference points. The geometry drawn by snapping to these adaptive points results in an adaptive component.

Adaptive Components

Form Editing

A form can be edited in sketch mode by modifying the curves from which it was created. A form can also be dissolved back to the curves from which it was created. Once a form has been dissolved, its profile curves and path (when applicable) remain. These curves and path can be edited to create a new form.

Form Editing

Large Team Workflow

Improve your ability to work with projects containing linked files with the capability to apply view filters, tag elements, and control visibility of worksets.

Large Team Workflow

Text Improvements

Improvements to text tools enable you to:

• Adjust the location of the leader relative to the text block
• Format text with bullets and numbering
• Modify text using the Find & Replace Text tool

Text Improvements

New Structural Tools

Several structural tools, previously available only in Autodesk® Revit® Structure software, are now available to Autodesk Revit Architecture users.

These tools include:

• Curved Beams
• Metal Decking
• Slanted Structural Columns
• Trusses
• Beam Coping tool
• Beam System Tags

New Structural Tools

Enhanced Visualization

Autodesk Revit Architecture now provides the ability to display materials and ambient lighting in editable views.

Enhanced Visualization

Keyboard Shortcuts

Autodesk Revit Architecture now provides a new interface for managing keyboard shortcuts for Revit Tools:

• Add or remove keyboard shortcuts and assign multiple shortcuts for each Revit Tool.
• Import keyboard shortcuts from another user.
• Export keyboard shortcuts to share them with other users, or to a spreadsheet program where you can sort, organize, and print a list of shortcuts for quick reference.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Custom Elevation Tags

Define the appearance of view tags used for elevations. Elevation tags can now have any shape and any number of arrows pointing in nonorthogonal directions relative to the tag body.

Custom Elevation Tags

Background Images in Rendering

Autodesk Revit Architecture now provides the ability to display images in the background of rendered views.

Background Images in Renderings

Sheet Improvements

Improvements to sheets enable you to:

• List sheets on the drawing list that are not in the project, such as consultant drawings
• Consistently align views on sheets

Sheet Improvements

Convert Line Types

The convert lines tool converts existing model lines, detail lines, and symbolic lines into the preferred line type.

Convert Line Types

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011
Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011 software helps architects and designers work naturally, design freely and deliver projects efficiently. Purpose-built for Building Information Modeling (BIM), Revit Architecture helps you explore design concepts and forms, and better maintain your design data through documentation and construction. With parametric change technology, any change you make is automatically updated throughout your model, keeping your design and documentation coordinated and more reliable. Share essential BIM data with your partners for a more collaborative, integrated building design process. Support a more efficient design process that enables improved sustainable design analysis, clash detection, construction planning and material fabrication.

Key Features Common to all Revit Platform Software Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011, Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2011 and Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2011 software share a common set of key enhancements for improved design functionality and workflow to help design teams accelerate better design with tools that promote productivity and support sustainable design and analysis. See the Autodesk® Revit® Platform Enhancements for 2011 backgrounder for information on the platform enhancements.

• Sketch editing for conceptual masses in Revit Architecture 2011 has been improved with the ability to edit individual profiles of any type of form without having to delete the form first, similar to “sketch mode” but even more accessible.
• The Dissolve Form command removes the surfaces from a form, leaving the valuable defining profiles, curves and points.
• In the past, only voids could be used as cutting elements for Boolean operations, and it was difficult to access them again for further transformations. Now solids can be used to cut other solids, so that when the cut is executed, geometry from both forms remains visible.

Don’t forget to bookmark: http://www.revit2011.info