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Dear [customer first name],
Hello and welcome to the June 2009 issue of Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) News.
In this issue, learn how to plan for your CAD project, find out more about Autodesk's partnership with Clinton Climate Initiative to provide technology to help build more sustainable cities and the Autodesk 3rd Digital City initiative. Don't miss the CASE Design white paper on Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 Conceptual Design Tools and check out the latest Navisworks videos on Autodesk YouTube channel.
For Subscription customers, we highlight new extensions and learning materials that are available on Subscription Center, so make sure you login to Subscription Center today!
As always, we’ll share our dose of tips and tricks and in our customer showcase, we’re featuring ONL, a Revit BIM Experience Award winner and HOK on their success with Autodesk BIM solutions.
We also like to welcome on board, Dell Inc, our technology partner who will bring you the latest workstation related news.
If you would like to share your comments on how we can improve this newsletter, please send them to .
The AEC News Editorial Team |
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Races are won by reaching the finish line first. First one done is the winner. No one would think of starting at the finish line and if they did, they would be disqualified. When it comes to your workload and planning, however, things may be different. You may need to go to the end to find the beginning. Mark W. Kiker, President of Autodesk User Group International’s (AUGI) Board of Directors tells us
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Calling all Revit User Group members in Singapore. Mark your calendar for the next members get-together event:
Date: Thursday, 30 July 2009
Time: 7pm to 9 pm
Venue: Wild Oats @ Emily Hill, 11 Upper Wilkie Road, Singapore 228 120
Come and share, learn, network and have funs with your peers. Attractive Lucky Draw prizes to be won!
Visit for updates on this event.
Admission is free. To register, email: .
Not a member yet? Sign up today:
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 If you are an Educator, there’s a Revit blog for your students to learn more about BIM. Created for students by students, this blog is hoping to be a major source of information for students using Autodesk Revit based products. The blog is designed for students planning on entering a career in Architecture, Engineering, and even Construction Management, and strives to help all users become comfortable with the world of BIM. Check it out at
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The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) works with governments and businesses around the world to create and advance solutions to the core issues driving climate change. Autodesk is collaborating with CCI and other partners to develop web-based software designed to help cities track and manage greenhouse gas emissions.
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 Using a speculative urban high-rise project as the model for exploration, this white paper details how CASE Design, a design technology consultancy based in New York City, utilised the new conceptual design tools in Revit Architecture to more easily create massing designs; explore design alternatives based on qualitative and quantitative feedback; and address various environmental, constructability, and aesthetic concerns that arose during project realisation.
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Explore some of the new 3D modelling tools that are available in this new release. AutoCAD 2007 greatly improved 3D capabilities of AutoCAD and AutoCAD 2010 continues the improvements to make AutoCAD an even better modelling tool. With AutoCAD 2010, not only can we work with free-form modelling tools, but we have gizmos too! .
By Brian C. Benton, a CAD technician and designer located in Fort Myers, Florida.
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When you start AutoCAD Architecture 2010 for the first time, the first thing you will notice is that the Menus are no more. AutoCAD Architecture 2010 version is now 100 percent "ribbon oriented." But not to panic, there are ways to bring back the old familiar menus if you want to..
By Tharakesh Ananthakrishnan, a technical/project manager for OMNIX International - Dubai |  |
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In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010, you can now put the days of using .raw and .rw5 files converted into .fbk files behind you. AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 now uses double, triple, and even quadruple point coding within ASCII files to process and draw linework. How can you do this, you ask? for a brief "How-to"!
By Melanie Santer, a Civil Engineering Technical Manager for U.S. CAD, managing the Civil Engineering division and technical staff. |  |
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City to use digital cities technology to visualise a 3D city model of the future, aid sustainability efforts, prepare for future development and improve public participation.
Autodesk previously announced two other pilot cities in its Digital Cities program: Salzburg, Austria and Incheon, Korea.
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New Autodesk Navisworks Videos on YouTube
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Learn how Autodesk Navisworks helps you coordinate, analyse, visualise, and simulate 3D building models.
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Eligible Autodesk® Subscription members, as part of their benefits, can now download the following extensions and view new training videos via the .
Extension:
Revit® Extensions for Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2010 – Extend capabilities in key areas, including modelling, coordination, and documentation. Specifically, the extensions provided in this executable file are: Grid Generator, Freeze Drawings, Compare Models, Text Generator, Elements Positioning, and Microsoft Excel®-based Model Generation.
Training videos:
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- AutoCAD® Civil 3D® – The Power of Pipes: Drainage Design
- Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design – Superior Real World Visualisations
- Autodesk® Revit® Architecture – BIM: Towards a Sustainable Future using Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Exclusively for Autodesk Subscription Customers: Previous Version Rights |
Only Subscription customers have Previous Version Rights that allow you to run the current release or certain previous versions of your licensed software (up to three versions back for most products).
For more information, go to
> Contract Administration > Previous Versions
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"To better develop, understand, and build these non-standard architectures, we depend on coordinated high quality 3D models"
- Marthijn Pool, MSc Senior Project Architect.
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Award-winning ONL Architecture firm uses Autodesk Revit Architecture and Autodesk 3ds Max Design software to support conceptual design and sustainable development of innovative architecture projects.
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"BIM supports our core mission in a way that no other design process can do." - Patrick MacLeamy, CEO
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In the early 1990s, HOK became the first major design practice to join the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). As a result of adopting the Revit platform for BIM in 2005, HOK project teams have been able to work more efficiently, producing better, more accurate designs earlier in the building process. These increased levels of accuracy have led to fewer requests for information (RFIs) during the construction process as well as a reduction in change orders.
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That partner is Dell. |
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