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Autodesk Adds Significant New Benefits to Assistance Program
With more than 4,700 participants in the Autodesk Assistance Program and more than 5,400 product downloads to date, Autodesk is announcing significant additions to the program announced six weeks ago. The program was designed to help displaced workers in the architecture, engineering, design and manufacturing industries maintain and develop their 3D design technology skills and help improve their employability in a down economy [...]
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New Autodesk Tools Help Simplify Energy-Efficient Building Design and Renovation
Autodesk announced the availability of Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010 software, a whole-building performance analysis tool, and the Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design, a new free online resource for designers that illustrates sustainable design principles, decisions and technologies for every phase of the building project lifecycle. This new product and online resource provide architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms with tools that help simplify and enable sustainable design decisions [...]
Autodesk Announces New Design Software Solutions for Education Market
Autodesk announced recently that it will offer five new industry-oriented software suites to help students learn core design and engineering skills. The suites contain extensive 2D and 3D Autodesk software used by professionals worldwide. The new bundled packages encourage a multidisciplinary educational approach, enabling faculty to teach key concepts to prepare students for rewarding architecture, engineering and design careers. These suites, to be offered globally, will be available in English as well as more than 10 other languages.
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Ideate supports Autodesk program for displaced workers
Ideate has announced it will participate in the Autodesk Assistance Program for displaced workers, providing education, support and tools to its customers. Today’s economic challenges have impacted Ideate, Inc.’s customers significantly and the Autodesk Assistance Program will help people to enhance, maintain and improve their 3D design technology skills to remain competitive in the marketplace [...]
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Autodesk Assistance Program for Unemployed Designers, Engineers, and Architects in All Industries
Autodesk has announced the Autodesk Assistance Program which will offer free student software term licenses, free online training, reduced cost classroom training, and a path to certification for unemployed designers, engineers, and architects in all industries [...]
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Autodesk Online Student Community Reaches More Than 300,000 Members
Shortly after opening to students in China and almost two years after its creation, Autodesk announced recently that its online Student Community has reached a membership of more than 300,000 students and faculty from around the world. Students have downloaded more than 550,000 free copies of Autodesk software from the Web site, which also features tutorials, job and internship listings, and forums for sharing designs and ideas interactively...
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Autodesk Splits 3ds Max 2009 For Games, Designers
Autodesk has announced that with the forthcoming release of 3ds Max, it will be splitting the release into two products, 3ds Max 2009 Entertainment, for game and movie producers, and 3ds Max Design 2009, for architects, designers and visualization specialists. Both versions will offer new rendering capabilities and improved interoperability with other products like Revit, as well as additional time-saving animation and mapping workflow tools [...]
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