Ideate and Autodesk News and Announcements

San  Francisco Department of Public Works Leverages Autodesk Technology to Serve Citizens Better
The San Francisco Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering (SFDPW) provides engineering services to many departments within the City and County of San Francisco, California. Because these departments are free to seek engineering services from outside contractors, SFDPW must deliver high-quality work—at a competitive cost. SFDPW uses a combination of Autodesk Map 3D, Autodesk MapGuide, and Oracle database technology to create, manage, and share design and geographic information system (GIS) data efficiently.

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AutoCAD 2002 and 2002-based software is being retired on March 15th
On March 15, 2006, Autodesk will no longer provide upgrades or support for AutoCAD® 2002-based products and Inventor Series 7 (see below for complete list of software). If you are still using any of the 2002-based software you should contact your Ideate sales representative for more information on how to protect your CAD software investment.

more info | 888-662-7238

Infrastructure Solutions
· Autodesk® Civil Design 3
· Autodesk® Land Desktop 3
· Autodesk® Survey 3
· Autodesk Map® 5 and 6

General Design
· AutoCAD® 2002
· AutoCAD LT® 2002
· Autodesk® CAD Overlay® 2002
· Autodesk® Raster Design 3
· Autodesk® VIZ 3 and 3i
· Volo® View 2 and 3

Building Design Solutions
· Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 3.3

Manufacturing Solutions
· Inventor® Series 7
· Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® 6
· AutoCAD® Mechanical 6

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Save the Date - March 7th AUGI CAD Camp in Mt. View, CA
The AUGI CAD Camps are a single day educational event devoted only to training and networking in the engineering and design environment.  This means no sales presentations, no marketing hype.  The foremost goal of AUGI CAD Camp is to enlighten and inform through educational sessions, which serve to broaden you and your staffs experience with the Autodesk products you use every day.

At AUGI CAD Camp, you’ll get:

• A full day of training: Five different sessions designed to provide targeted training, giving you a lot of knowledge in a little time.
• Expert advice from top instructors across the country.
• Networking opportunity. Some of the best stuff you ever learned might have come from your peers, and AUGI CAD Camp gives you ample time to network with fellow CAD Camp attendees.
• Technology update. A few of Autodesk’s top developer partners will be on hand to keep you abreast of new products and updates.

Register/More Info: click here

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Only 2 Civil 3D Webcasts left

Time: All webcasts will be from 9am - 10am.
Register: For more details on each session and the login information click here

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Government Subscription Crossgrade Promotion
Government agencies only. Do you have a subscription contract coming up for renewal before July 28th? Do you have any software on that subscription contract that you're thinking about crossgrading (i.e. moving AutoCAD LT to AutoCAD or moving AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D)? If so you may qualify for a $200 promotional discount. Government customers that crossgrade software that is on an existing subscription contract that expires within 90 days of the crossgrade purchase, will qualify for the discount. One year of subscription is required.

Promotion Expires: April 28th
more info | 888-662-7238

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Invest in Education
Autodesk is proud to offer the Invest in Education Program, featuring Autodesk products. The Invest in Education program is a granting program aimed at connecting commercial customers with local education customers. The Invest in Education Program gives commercial companies that purchase new seats of the most current version of qualifying Autodesk software or collaboration services, the right to grant a classroom lab of Autodesk software or collaboration services to the educational institution of their choice - a grant worth up to US$25,000. The Invest in Education Program is part of Autodesk’s ongoing commitment to its educational and commercial customers in helping to foster the next generation of designers.

Promotion Expires: no end date at this time
more info | 888-662-7238 x6103

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Civil 3D 2006 - Land Desktop point conversion utility

Issue
You just started using Civil 3D in a project and are importing all the Land Desktop project data to Civil 3D. While you can import most of the objects via General>Import Data from Land Desktop but importing points is cumbersome and takes longer.

Solution
Relax, you could be much faster by using the Autodesk Civil 3D 2006 – Land Desktop Point Conversion Utility. It allows you to migrate Land Desktop Point objects contained in AutoCAD drawing files into Autodesk Civil 3D points. Users should install Autodesk® Civil 3D® Service Pack 1 prior to installing the Land Desktop point migration utility.

HOW TO INSTALL AND USE THIS UTILITY
1. Verify that you have installed Civil 3D 2006 SP1 (though you may install SP2 also)
2. Click here to download and save the executable file on your hard drive
3. Browse to the executable, double click on it and follow the prompts to install the utility.
4. Open Civil 3D 2006 and open a drawing which contains at least one Land Desktop point object
NOTE: If you try to launch this utility when the currently open drawing contains no Land Desktop points, the following message displays: No Land Desktop Points were found in the drawing.
5. Type in appload on the command line and load
C:\Program Files\Autodesk Civil 3D 2006\ AeccConvertLDTObjectsToC3D30.arx.
6. Enter ConvertLDTPoints at the Autodesk Civil 3D command line. When you do this, the Convert Land Desktop Points dialog box displays. Click ok to import points in Civil 3D. (Click the Help button on this dialog box for more information on how to use this utility.)

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