CAD Mgmt Toolbox: AU Virtual

AU Virtual – see streaming content from Autodesk University this week. Register today at http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_register_login&attendee_type=AUv

Rev It Up for Green Renovation Promotion

Now through April 18, 2010, customers who purchase an AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite or AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite new license, crossgrade, or subscription renewal have the option to purchase an Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010 license for $995 (normally $2,995) plus subscription. Subscription for Autodesk Ecotect Analysis is required to be eligible for the promotional price and provides access to Autodesk Green Building Studio. Additional terms and conditions apply.

 

Autodesk Ecotect Analysis and Autodesk Green Building Studio software combined with Autodesk’s BIM tools like Revit Architecture or Revit MEP allow you to analyze, visualize, and simulate real world appearance, cost, and performance for green building renovation and energy retrofit designs.

 

For more information about Green Renovation go to www.autodesk.com/renovationforarchitects - this website includes recordings from Greenbuild 2009.

 

CAD Mgmt Toolbox: Autodesk Object Enablers

Autodesk Object Enablers provide a way to access, view, and manipulate object data from one application in another. For example, you can install Object Enablers in AutoCAD to view Plant 3D objects, AutoCAD Architecture objects, or AutoCAD Civil objects. You can view the entire list of Autodesk Object Enablers at www.autodesk.com/oe. Select the software you are using and then select and install the Object Enabler you need.

Eagle Point Transition Program

Now through January 15, 2010, Eagle Point customers with qualifying versions of civil engineering and surveying products can receive significant discounts on migrations to AutoCAD Civil 2010 or AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010. Pricing varies depending on the products and versions of your current software. Additional terms and conditions apply. The transition program ends October 17, 2010, but the best discounts are now through January 15. Please let me know if you have any Eagle Point licenses and are interested in this promotional discount. You can also read about Eagle Point’s perspective on the transition at http://www.eaglepoint.com/transition/

 

 

AutoCAD Rebate

Now through January 15, 2010, customers who purchase qualifying new commercial licenses of AutoCAD 2010 software may be eligible for a rebate of up to $500 for each new license purchased (up to $2,500 for a maximum of five seats total per invoice address). Additional Terms and Conditions can be found at www.autodesk.com/autocadrebate.

 

Free Virtual Design and Construction Webinar Series from ENR Dec 9, Jan 13, Feb 10

ENR (Engineering News-Record) will present a three part complimentary webinar series on “Collaborative Virtual Design & Construction for Infrastructure: Teams, Technologies, Projects”

ENR writers and representatives from government, transportation and utility sectors will discuss the implications of information modeling for the entire construction process.

Dec 9, 2009, 1PM – 2PM CST
Part I: Transportation's Transition to Information Modeling

Jan 13, 2010, 1PM – 2PM CST
Part II: Gaining Ground in the Utilities Market Using Information Modeling

Feb 10, 2010, 1PM – 2PM CST
Part III: Information Modeling for Government Projects

For more information and to register go to http://video.webcasts.com/events/mcgr001/33063/

This webinar series is sponsored by Autodesk.

CAD Mgmt: Optimizing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010

Highly recommend this technical note from Autodesk about optimizing your AutoCAD Civil 3D experience. Very good description of virtual memory and the advantages of running a 32bit application on a 64bit operating system. Here’s a quote: “The operating system is one of the most influential factors affecting performance of Civil 3D, not the hardware itself.” They include a list of recommended operating systems in order of performance preference. The list doesn’t include Windows 7, but I have been told that you can expect similar improvements by moving from a 32bit operating system to 64bit Windows 7. This tech note also includes several best practices for your engineers and designers including minimizing the number of open drawings and other CAD Management optimization tips such as limiting Layout caching with the LAYOUTREGENCTL system variable.

 

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autocad_civil_3d_technical_note_harnessingpowerofcivil3d.pdf

 

NCARB’s 2009 Survey of Registered Architects

NCARB’s 2009 Survey of Registered Architects

I pulled some data from recent years for comparison:

ARCHITECT REGISTRATIONS FOR KANSAS

Year	Resident	Reciprocal	Total
2009	905	1,771	2,676
2008	894	1,779	2,673
2007	936	1,566	2,502
2006
2005	949	1,550	2,499
2004	963	1,519	2,482
2003	913	1,539	2,452
2002	899	1,553	2,452
2001
2000
1999	980	1,496	2,476

All data from http://www.ncarb.org/.
2003 data from website was 913, 1639, & 2452.

Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7

Autodesk will support customers on Windows 7 who are using the following products:

• AutoCAD 2010
• AutoCAD LT 2010
• AutoCAD Architecture 2010
• AutoCAD Electrical 2010
• AutoCAD Mechanical 2010
• AutoCAD MEP 2010
• Autodesk Algor Simulation 2010
• Autodesk Inventor 2010
• Autodesk Inventor LT 2010

Several products are not yet approved for Windows 7 (Revit, Civil 3D/Civil, Map 3D, Navisworks, etc.) and will not be supported until a future update.

You can find the complete pressrelease here: http://bit.ly/2frAlr