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Dear [customer first name],
Hello and welcome to the December 2009 issue of Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) News.
In this issue, learn more about sustainable design through our newly renovated "AEC Guide to Sustainable Design" and have funs playing the RetroFit game. We bring you a piece of good news if you are using Windows 7 as Autodesk now supports customers on this platform.
For Autodesk® Subscription customers, be sure to sign up for the Subscription Advantage Pack Webcast and discover features and functionalities that extend capabilities in key areas like modelling, coordination and construction documentation for Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2010, Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2010, Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2010.
As always, we'll share our dose of tips and tricks and in our customer showcase, we're featuring South China University of Technology, a Revit BIM Experience Award winner for their leadership role in the use of building information modelling (BIM) to instruct students in building design. We also showcase LAUD Architects on how Autodesk Revit Architecture has helped them improve on design innovation and productivity.
If you would like to share your comments on how we can improve this newsletter, please send them to .
Last but not least, we would like to wish all readers Happy Holiday and Best Wishes for 2010!
The AEC News Editorial Team |
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More than 25,000 people from 100 countries participated in (AU) from 1 – 3 Dec, attending in Las Vegas and virtually via , making this year’s AU the most far reaching in the event’s 17-year history.
Feedback from AU attendees indicates that staying competitive is one of the major reasons people come to the three-day user conference in Las Vegas. .
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Do you know that buildings are one of the top sources of greenhouse
gas emissions? Play the RetroFits game and help raise awareness about the benefits of better, greener buildings. Make these buildings better with sustainable and energy efficient design. Play the game, post your high score, and invite your friends to compete - every little fit helps.
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More than half of the buildings that will be standing in the year 2030 are already built, and the urgency to improve the efficiency of existing buildings as a means to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions is growing. To help our customers take advantage of the enormous opportunities in renovation and retrofit, we “retrofitted” the Guide to Sustainable Design.
Updated site now features expanded content with best practices for improving performance of existing buildings and a new interactive user interface. The newly renovated Guide is designed to let building industry stakeholders select their profession and then virtually “walk through” all phases of a design or renovation/retrofit project - viewing relevant key decision points at each stage of the building lifecycle that affect energy efficiency, water efficiency and carbon emissions.
Autodesk’s BIM-enabled sustainable design solutions are highlighted for every phase of new or renovation projects, and new sections now feature an overview of Governance, Customer Stories, and Resources such as demonstrations, videos, white papers, and articles.
The Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design illustrates sustainable design principles and technologies for more energy-efficient buildings and environmentally conscious infrastructure projects. Users learn how decisions made early in the process can significantly improve the efficient use of energy, water, materials and land in a final project design.
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In the upper left hand corner of AutoCAD 2009 and 2010 you'll find a nice big red "A". This is where the Application Menu can be found.
This Application Menu is very similar to those found in the Microsoft Office 2007 products such as MS Word. Autodesk is trying to provide a consistent interface - which ultimately will make your life easier as you move around from product to product. Within the Application menu you'll find easy access to your recently viewed files (including sheet sets!).
By Lynn Allen, Autodesk Evangelist and Cadalyst Columnist
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We occasionally have to share data with groups that use Microstation, so we need to convert our Civil 3D drawings to .dgn format- including both AutoCAD linework and Civil 3D objects, such as points, alignments, profiles, etc.
There are a few ways to convert a Civil 3D DWG to a DGN.
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The out-of-the-box Door and Window Schedules and Schedule Tags are set up to identify each Door or Window with a unique identifier and list each one in the Schedule Table. While that suits many practices (including mine, for Doors), there are many who prefer to assign a "mark" to a particular Door or Window configuration and use that mark on all instances of that configuration. The Schedule Table would then list each mark only once. This is easily done in Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture, with the addition of a few properties and some tweaks to the Schedule Table and Schedule Tag you are using.
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By David Koch, The Architect's Desktop
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Autodesk has announced support for Windows 7 for nine products for its 2010 product line. These include AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD Architecture 2010. Windows 7 offers many powerful new features and functionality that will benefit Autodesk customers, including full support for 64-bit computing, Windows search and improved performance. . |
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Hosted by Autodesk’s technical support experts, and featuring a live Q&A session, this series will show you new features, specialised functionality and powerful tools that are released in Autodesk® Subscription Advantage Packs. The webcasts are exclusive to Autodesk® Subscription customers.
When: Friday, January 29, 2010
Topic: Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010, Autodesk Revit MEP 2010, Autodesk Revit Structure 2010
To learn more about the Webcast on Subscription Advantage Pack and register, visit
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The Product Support team has created training videos for the following Subscription Advantage Packs: AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Civil 3D. These videos are now available for customers via the Autodesk You Tube Channel. .
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As one of China’s pre-eminent technology universities, South China University of Technology (SCUT) has taken a leadership role in the use of building information modelling (BIM) to instruct students in building design. In 2005, the university’s School of Architecture established a laboratory to provide BIM education and training to students.
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SCUT faculty members also use the laboratory for their research and publications relating to BIM theory and practices. SCUT students use Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit Structure , Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design, and Autodesk® Ecotect® Analysis software during their architectural training - helping them conceptualise, document, and analyse their architectural designs.
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Thanks to Autodesk Revit Architecture – a smaller team of architects and technical staff were empowered to generate many versions of coordinated plans, sections, elevations and 3D renderings, which would easily have taken twice the time and staff count.
- Ho Tzu Yin
Director, LAUD Architects
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With a philosophy that emphasises the appropriate and creative use of technologies, materials, space and forms, LAUD Architects Pte Ltd, saw the opportunity to adopt Building Information modelling (BIM) using Autodesk Revit Architecture to improve design innovation. In addition, the economic downturn and increased pressures on overheads further served as a compelling reason to invest in staff training to enable the firm’s lean team to design in a more resource and time efficient manner. The Revival Centre Church in Singapore was the first project that LAUD Architects designed fully in 3D using Autodesk Revit Architecture.
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Workstation Performance, Desktop Value
Looking for a cost-effective system to drive your Computer Aided Design productivity? Look no further. The Dell Precision T1500 is an excellent system providing advanced performance for workstation applications like AutoCAD. It boasts workstation-class professional graphics card options, yet offers a cost-effective combination of technologies designed to help make the most of ever tightening budgets.
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Lightning fast application performance and excellent productivity for users of demanding applications comes from the Intel® Core®i7 processors and chipset technology linked with fast 1333MHz DDR3 memory. Interactive and responsive work comes from the professional graphics cards that take advantage of amazing bandwidth of the PCI Express Generation 2 graphics slot. Important data files can be loaded and stored rapidly, or backed up locally, using RAID options when more than one hard drive is installed.
Dell offers you comprehensive customisation options and control over your workstation configurations. Choose from our wide range of solutions including desktop, mobile, and rack form factors. .
First 10 customers who register to meet with our representative for the Dell Workstation Evaluation Program will receive a FREE 320Gb portable hard drive. .
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