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2009 Autodesk Experience Tour – Ideate Holds 9 Events
New Webcast Series: AutoCAD Civil 3D – You Can Use the Tools Now
CELSOC Annual Conference – Visit Ideate at Booth 10
April 8-12, 2008 – Hyatt Regency, North Lake Tahoe, CA
CALGIS
April 23-25, 2008 – Modesto, CA
ASCE Annual Conference
Nov 6-8, 2008 – Pittsburgh, PA

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Ideate, Inc. Wins Autodesk Platinum Club 2008 Award
Ideate, Inc. recognized with a 2008 Autodesk Platinum Club award for achieving the "Top BSD Volume – Vertical Award" at Autodesk’s annual channel partner summit, One Team Conference. Download the full press release here.

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Visit Ideate, Inc. at CELSOC Today – Booth #10
Friday is the final day for exhibitors at the CELSOC 2008 Annual Conference. Stop by our booth #10 to say hello and enter to win a Civil 3D Quickstart class.

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New Features Now Available Exclusively for Autodesk Subscription Customers
Autodesk has announced that subscription members holding contracts for qualifying products, as part of their benefits, can download new feature releases. More details here.

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2009 Autodesk Experience Tour – Ideate Holds 9 Events
Join the experts from Ideate’s staff and see how the new features in Autodesk 2009 products enhance your design process - experience your designs before they’re real.

Throughout May, Ideate will hold 9 events across Northern California, Nevada, and Oregon presenting new features in many of the 2009 Autodesk products including all Revit products, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, and AutoCAD.

A detailed schedule and registration will be available soon here.

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New Webcast Series: AutoCAD Civil 3D - You Can Use the Tools Now
Do you have Civil 3D sitting on the shelf unused? Even if you are not planning on implementing Civil 3D in the short-term, there are valuable tools you can use right now with minimal effort and time. 

Ideate, Inc. invites you to join us for this free webcast series which will demonstrate how you can utilize some of those powerful tools and quickly integrate them into your current workflow. Think of Civil 3D as a set of supplemental tools for increasing productivity.

Webcast: Quick Volume Calculations: “Rough” Out Your Proposed Surface in Civil 3D
Friday, 4.18, 12:00-1:00pm PT
Read details and register here

Webcast: Google Earth and Preliminary Planning
Friday, 5.16, 12:00-1:00pm PT
Read details and register here

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Attending CalGIS 2008?
Be sure to catch Jason Hill of Ideate, Inc. on Wednesday, April 23rd from 3:30 - 4:00pm in Ballroom 4 and 5. Jason will be presenting A Case Study of Roseville, CA – Managing Local Government Environmental Water Utilities in CAD and GIS. He’ll examine the challenges associated with widespread urbanization in Roseville and the resulting decisions made by the City to better manage their infrastructure data.

http://www.calgis.org/

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Civil 3D Quickstart – Class Offer with Purchase or Crossgrade
Purchase or crossgrade to Civil 3D and you receive FREE a 2-hour live online Quickstart course from Ideate, Inc. A $199 value! This online lecture-style seminar exposes users to the software’s powerful object model and demonstrates how its underlying system of links and dependencies makes the design process much more interactive and adaptable as corrections are made on the fly.

For details, contact your account manager 888.662.7238 or email sales@ideateinc.com

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$500 AutoCAD Training Special
For a limited time, Ideate is offering our 3-day AutoCAD Fundamentals course for just $500. This is a 55% savings off the normal price of $1095. Take this opportunity to experience the excellence of Ideate instructors and Boost Your Productivity!

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eLearning - Special Offer
Purchase any two online classes before 4.30.08 and get the third class FREE! Click here for details.

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