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Dear [customer first name],
Welcome to the May issue of Infrastructure News, the Autodesk newsletter designed specifically for civil engineering, mapping, survey, land planning, AM/FM and Spatial Information Management.
In this issue we have links to the DWF community resource center, sustainable wind power plants in China, geospatial webcast series, some useful tips & tricks, our new products, and a great example of how the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) uses Autodesk Mapguide to map the world’s largest state.
Infrastructure News to be re-branded as Geospatial News
Our next issue of Infrastructure News will be updated to cover mainly Geospatial news to provide you, our readers with specific geospatial news and information. Our new AEC News (formerly known as Building News) will cover civil engineering content.
Click here to register your interest in recieving the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) News.
As with all our newsletters, if you would like to share your comments on how we can improve this newsletter, please send them to anz.marketing@mail.autodesk.com.
Happy reading!
The Infrastructure News Editorial Team
Community
DWF community online resource centre
Top organisations worldwide are harnessing the power of DWF™ technology to extend design information beyond the initial design teams. With extensive 2D and 3D design collaboration capabilities, DWF is the choice for critical design-related manufacturing, architecture, building, facilities, and infrastructure workflows. The DWF resource centre contains information on utilities, tools and Plug-Ins, blogs and discussions and user submitted tips and tricks.
Click here to enter the DWF world…
Civil Engineering Community Portal - Content Sharing now available!
The Autodesk Civil Engineering Community Portal is an ever-growing resource of information for the civil engineering community.
Looking for Civil 3D content to help save time and effort? The Civil engineering Community portal now offers content sharing functionality which enables members to submit templates, styles, design standards files, reports files, and utilities for download.
Click here to start uploading your own content. Or register for the community portal, by clicking here.
Focus on
Introducing the new 2008 Family of Products
Today, everyone is facing more risks, complexities and competitive pressures than ever before. That’s why you need the ability to innovate, visualise and simulate in the digital world before creating anything in the real one. In fact, you need to experience your next project before it’s real. Learn how our new 2008 industry-specific software helps you analyse the real-world performance of your designs. All before you build a thing.
The exciting new 2008 Family of Products include:
Tips and Techniques
Tip 1 – Scanning surface…drawing contours
Posted to Civil Engineering Community Portal by Steve Boon.
Tip 2 – Extracting coordinate data from Shape Files
Posted to Civil Engineering Community Portal by Richard Reid.
Tip 3 – Select Similar and Isolate Objects
Posted to Civil Engineering Community Portal by Anon.
General News
Geospatial Webcast Series: Map 3D
Go from basic maps to advanced presentations using powerful new styling capabilities in AutoCAD® Map 3D. Autodesk expert Pete Southwood shows you how in his webcast, "Creating and Publishing Maps with AutoCAD Map 3D."
View the webcast now.
Enhanced Geospatial Solutions to Offer Powerful Engineering GIS
Autodesk has added enhancements to its AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 and AutoCAD Raster Design 2008 geospatial software products, to further improve the integration of geospatial data. These two applications, combined with Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Web-based GIS software and Autodesk Topobase infrastructure design and management systems, offer customers and developers alike a powerful, cost-effective GIS solution.
Subscription News
Web Support on Subscription Centre
Get what you need to be productive with Autodesk Subscription web support.
You get direct, one-to-one communication with Autodesk support technicians for fast, complete answers to your installation, configuration, and troubleshooting questions. Web and email communications deliver support straight to your desktop. Plus you have web access to your account, so you can track and manage questions and responses.
Get support from the source — through Autodesk Subscription.
To access to the eLearning tools, please visit the Subscription Centre www.autodesk.com/subscriptionlogin. Don’t have a login? Please email us at ap.subscriptions@autodesk.com for your login.
Customer Success
Autodesk assists REIWA in mapping the world’s largest state - Western Australia
REIWA uses Autodesk MapGuide to deliver real-estate mapping information to the public - saving its members time and money and improving the professionalism of the real estate industry in Western Australia.
“Autodesk’s MapGuide has enabled REIWA to position itself as a market leader in delivering quality mapping for the real estate industry, giving our members a competitive advantage in the marketplace,”
Neville Pozzi
Director of Corporate and Member Services
Real Estate Institute of Western Australia
Sustainable Wind Power Plants in China
Discover how the Chinese government is using Autodesk products to effectively design and implement wind power stations to harness natural energy in record speed.
Click here to read the story in detail.
Industry Events
Spatial Sciences Conference (SSC) 2007:
The Spatial Sciences Conference 2007 will be held in Hobart at the Hotel Grand Chancellor from 14-18 May.
Autodesk is the silver sponsor of the event and will showcase some of the new 2008 products including AutoCAD Map3D and AutoCAD Raster Design.
Autodesk will play host to the Australian/New Zealand chapter of OsGeo on the Autodesk stand.
Visit us on stands 45 & 46 at the Hotel Grand Chancellor 14 – 18 May.
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