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Autodesk Launches Online Site for AutoCAD Users to Interact and Learn from Each Other
Autodesk announced recently the AutoCAD Exchange, an online destination for AutoCAD users to connect and learn from experts, provide feedback to the product developers, and access professional tools that can help them do their jobs better. The online community is rich with original multimedia content, including an entertaining video series about "working for the man", eLearning tools and aggregated CAD information from Web-based resources. Visitors can also create profiles to personalize their experience and share their own tips, scripts and applications, projects and experiences with the global community of AutoCAD users [...]
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Autodesk Announces Vancouver as Third City of its Digital Cities Initiative
Autodesk announced that it has designated Vancouver as the third pilot city of its Digital Cities initiative. A Digital City provides a way for the public, city government, construction and business communities to combine mapping, building, civil engineering, and utility information into an accurate city model that can be used to simulate the future impact of decisions at a city-wide scale [...]
Posted in design Also tagged Austria, Autodesk, BIM, Civil Engineering, Digital Cities, engineering and construction, geospatial technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Data, Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Modeling, korea, Modeling, Pilot City, Realistic Visualization, Salzburg, simulation, Simulation Tools, sustainability, sustainable, Vancouver 1 Comment
Don Norman’s “The three ways that good design makes you happy” talk at TED
In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed [...]
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Autodesk Announces New Infrastructure Modeling Software for Utilities, Telecommunications and Governments
Autodesk announced new Infrastructure Modeling software products, which help users in utilities, telecommunications organizations and government agencies improve the design and management of their infrastructure. Autodesk’s portfolio of products — including AutoCAD Map 3D 2010, AutoCAD Raster Design 2010, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2010, and Autodesk Topobase 2010 — provides users with an intelligent and comprehensive [...]
Posted in design, information technology, software Also tagged 3D modeling systems, AEC Solutions, AutoCAD Map 3D, Autodesk, Autodesk Mapguide, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, Autodesk Topobase, Civil Engineering, Data Access, designer, Digital Model, energy, enterprise applications, Feature Data, geospatial software, Government Agencies, Imagery, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Modeling, Jay Bhatt, microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, Modeling, Modeling Software, Product Designer, Raster, Report, Software Tool, software tools, Spatial Data, telecommunications 1 Comment
Autodesk helps government agencies better utilize Geospatial information
Autodesk leading technologists talk to Directions Magazine about how government agencies can better utilize geospatial information. Geoff Zeiss, director of technology, David Kingsbury, Sr. Industry Manager for State and Local Government, and Pete Southwood, Geospatial Technical Evangelist conduct a round table discussion of Autodesk's Feature Data Object, or FDO, an open source solution that is embedded in many of the company's industry solutions [...]
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Autodesk University 2008 is coming up!
If you haven't heard already, here's what next week is all about: Autodesk University starts up next Tuesday, Dec. 2. With 650 classes and several thousand attendees spanning four days, AU is one of the largest 3D CAD events on the planet, and many--if not all--of the world's foremost experts on Alias, Maya, Inventor and the rest of Autodesk's stable will be in attendance, either as participants or presenters. Expect to hear of some the latest developments in 3D modeling and rendering tools, a keynote fromIDEO's Tom Kelley, and a first-ever 3D version of the now famous Cut & Paste digital design tournament...
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Autodesk Announces Incheon, Korea as Second City of its Digital Cities Initiative
Autodesk today announced it is working with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) and the Incheon Urban Development Corporation (IUDC) to cooperate in the creation of Asia’s first Digital City for Incheon, Korea — the ‘Tomorrow City’ in Song-do City. Autodesk has designated Incheon as the second pilot city of its Digital City initiative, after [...]
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Autodesk Adds Significant New Benefits to Assistance Program