News and Announcements

Revit User Groups
San Francisco: Oct 17; 11:30am-1:30pm PT Register
Redwood Empire: Oct 23; 11:30am-1:30pm PT Register
Sacramento:Oct 25; 11:30am-1:30pm PT Register
MEP User Group
Sacramento: Oct 11; 11:00am-1:00pm PT Register
Portland Hands-On Test Drives for Revit Structure and Revit Architecture
Structural Engineers' Building Conference
October 10-11, 2007; Grand Hyatt; San Francisco, CA
SPECIAL $100 discount. Register online and use code EXSEB.
2007 AIACC Monterey Design Conference
October 19-21, 2007; Asilomar Conference Center; Pacific Grove, CA
15th Annual Autodesk University
November 27-30, 2007; The Venetian Resort Hotel; Las Vegas, NV

News and Announcements

Revit Structure 2008 Product Review
Lachmi Khemlani, founder and editor of AECbytes, reviews the new release of Autodesk’s integrated BIM solution for structural design and documentation built on the Revit platform.

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Ideate, Inc. Continues to Grow AEC Team to Meet Client Needs! 
Ideate is pleased to add Michael Nicholls to our team as an AEC Application Specialist, serving our clients from our Sacramento office. His experience includes working in the design and construction industry for 21 years including 8 years of structural roof and floor truss design, 4 years with a general contractor and 9 years in the architectural profession.

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New Class From Ideate – Revit Architecture Families
This fast-paced one-day class is designed for advanced Revit students who are interested in creating parametric Revit content. Students will learn methods for testing and creating both the graphical and data elements of Revit families through the study of two different family types: a bench and a door. Class discussion will include Shared Parameters, Family Nesting, and tips for standardizing custom Revit content.

In addition to offerings in San Francisco and Sacramento, Revit Architecture Families is now offered in our Portland office with the first course on October 23rd.

Prerequisites: A minimum of one year of either Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure experience required; 3D modeling experience recommended.

Call now for more information:
888.662.7238 x1012, contact us at education@ideateinc.com, or visit ideateinc.com

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Portland Hands-On Test Drives for Revit Structure and Revit Architecture
Ideate, Inc. is hosting a series of FREE Revit Structure and Revit Architecture test drives, providing you the hands-on opportunity to explore the power and potential of each tool.

DATES
10.18.07
11.15.07

LOCATION
Ideate, Inc.
805 SW Broadway, Suite 1850
Portland, OR 97205

TIMES
Revit Structure Test Drive
10:00am–12:00pm PT
Registration

Revit Architecture Test Drive
12:30–2:30pm PT
Registration 

INFORMATION
Email Tony Divincenzo or call: 888.662.7238 x6880 or 503.488.6880.

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Attention Autodesk Architectural Desktop Customers Who Want Revit Architecture!
Are you ready to switch to Revit® Architecture, but still have projects you’re working on in Autodesk® Architectural Desktop? If you answered “yes,” you’ll want to know about the Rev It Up for Architecture Promotion. With this special offer, you can get a new license of Revit Architecture and upgrade your Architectural Desktop to the latest release for a savings of up to 50%!

Promotion Expires: October 19, 2007
more info | 888.662.7238

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Purchase Any Autodesk Engineering Software and Save $200 Off Training or Services
Customers who purchase any new licenses of, or crossgrade to, the software listed below will receive a $200 voucher off of Ideate’s classroom training* or implementation services.** The following software qualifies for the training voucher:

• Revit Structure
• AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite
• AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite
• AutoCAD MEP

*Classroom training has to be at least 3 days worth of training
**Implementation services of 18 hours also qualifies

Promotion Expires: October 19, 2007
more info | 888.662.7238

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LT 2 3D – for $1,995
Do you own/use AutoCAD LT?  Interested in more ways to create, visualize, document, and share with software that is specific to your work?  If you currently use AutoCAD LT®, now is the time to upgrade to the new generation of Autodesk products.  Make the move before October 15, 2007 and pay less than half the regular price.

Promotion Expires: October 15, 2007
more info | 888.662.7238

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2005 Retirement – Upgrade Now to Receive the Maximum Savings – Up to 15%
Autodesk is retiring AutoCAD 2005-based Software. Make this your year to move to greater efficiency and profitability with the newest products. 

Call Ideate First! Upgrade by October 15th and receive up to 15% in savings.

On March 14, 2008, Autodesk will retire these 2005-based products:

• AutoCAD LT® 2005
• AutoCAD® 2005
• Autodesk® Raster Design 2005
• Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2005
• Autodesk® Land Desktop 2005
• Autodesk® Map3D® 2005
• AutoCAD® Mechanical 2005
• AutoCAD® Electrical 2005
• Autodesk Inventor® Series 9
• Autodesk® VIZ 2005
• Autodesk® 3ds Max® 7

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