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Accelerate Your Ideas - 2007 Product Launch Seminars
2007 Products Building Solutions Seminar - Hosted by Autodesk

Revit-based Software - Service Issue

Accelerate Your Ideas - 2007 Product Launch Seminars
Tired of architectural software “demos” where someone hunts around the menu and tries to do “picks & clicks”? Us too. Join Ideate this “launch season” for a reasoned, value-presentation on the benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and successful project workflow highlighting the latest from the Autodesk Revit software family. We’ll discuss why the data is important, how a complete Revit workflow process works, and explore positive impacts on decision-making capability. Learn how you can be successful in a transition to Autodesk Revit, let Ideate show you the value of tighter collaboration between the design team (Architects and Engineers), and fully understand the benefits to your team and your client of a coordinated building model. Plan to join Ideate today.

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View our Infrastructure (Civil, GIS, and Mapping) 2007 product launch seminars: Click here

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Walter P. Moore increases efficiency, accuracy, and design quality with Autodesk Revit Structure
Walter P. Moore is a leading national consulting engineering firm headquartered in Houston, Texas.“Our primary lines of business are structural and infrastructure engineering services,” says Jim Jacobi, CIO and principal. For 75 years, the firm’s talented engineers have pushed the envelope of what is possible—and won many awards, including the National Honor Award for Structural Engineering Excellence. “We believe in adopting technologies that have the potential to bring significant benefits to the project delivery process—and competitive advantage to our firm.” To meet this goal, Walter P. Moore has evaluated several different design technologies. “We were looking for the right technology to streamline our processes and improve overall design quality.”

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Save up to 45% on upgrading retired Autodesk software
Still using an old release of AutoCAD? Didn't make the retirement upgrade date deadline? Well now is your chance to get the latest release of AutoCAD and save a lot of money while doing so. If you have a license of AutoCAD 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, or any of the Autodesk software that was based off of these versions, you can get the latest release of the Autodesk software at a 45% savings when purchased with the first year of Autodesk subscription, or 40% off without subscription. For AutoCAD users you can even go directly to a vertical product, like ADT, Revit Building, or Revit Series. This also applies to some of the other software. Don't wait, call Ideate now to discuss the option that best fits your needs. See the list below for all of the eligible software.

Architectural Software Eligible for this Promotion:
AutoCAD 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002
Architectural Desktop 1, 2, 2i, 3, 3.3
Raster Design 3
VIZ 2, 3, 3i
3ds max 3, 4

To see a complete list of qualifying software (Civil and Manufacturing) click here

Promotion Expires: July 31, 2006
more info | 888.662.7238

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Save up to 20% when upgrading AutoCAD 2004-based software
Autodesk recently announced the retirement of AutoCAD® 2004, AutoCAD 2004-based products, and Autodesk Inventor® Series 8. Autodesk will discontinue support for AutoCAD® 2004, AutoCAD 2004-based software and Autodesk Inventor® Series 8 on March 15, 2007.  Now is the best time to upgrade your software to the latest release. Upgrade before July 31, 2006, and save up to 20%!

Software Eligible for this Promotion:
AutoCAD 2004
AutoCAD Electrical 2004
AutoCAD Mechanical 2004
Architectural Desktop 2004
Civil Design 2004
Inventor Series 8
Land Desktop 2004
Map 2004
Raster Design 2004
Survey 2004
VIZ 2004

Promotion Expires: July 31, 2006
more info | 888.662.7238

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Upgrade your ADT and get a new license of Revit Building at over 50% off
Are you ready to move to Autodesk Revit Building but still working on projects in Autodesk Architectural Desktop? Get the edge with Autodesk® Revit® Building—the most advanced software specifically designed for building information modeling. And now, with the Rev It Up Promotion, Autodesk® Architectural Desktop customers can get Autodesk Revit Building at a huge discount!

Promotion Expires: October 31, 2006
more info | 888.662.7238

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Save $200 off Revit and Building Systems training
Customers who purchase any Autodesk Revit or Autodesk Building Systems software and one of Ideate's related training classes, can save $200 off of the training.

Qualifying software purchases include:
Autodesk Revit Building
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series—Building
Autodesk Revit Structure
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series—Structure
Autodesk Building Systems
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series—Systems Plus
Rev It Up for Architectural Desktop Promotion

Promotion Expires: October 31, 2006
more info | 888.662.7238

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Revit-based Software—Service Issue
We have discovered service issues that affect Autodesk® Revit® Building 9, Autodesk® AutoCAD® Revit® Series—Building 9, Autodesk® Revit® Structure 3, and Autodesk® AutoCAD® Revit® Series—Structure 3 software products. A conflict within Revit-based files utilizing Links has been found to impact overall application performance. In addition, an issue within cascading network licensing for the AutoCAD Revit Series products was discovered when only the Revit-based product was installed from the Series bundle— a condition found to prevent license access.
To correct these service issues new builds containing corrections for each software product have been created and are available for download.

Download New Build:
Revit Building: download
Revit Series - Building: download
Revit Structure: download
Revit Series - Structure: download

Select Data & Downloads from the menu on the left, set the language drop-down list to English, and then follow the instructions. For Revit Structure and Revit Series - Structure, select Autodesk Revit Structure after selecting Data & Downloads and then select Product Download.

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