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		AUGUST2008


		News and Announcements

		Ideate, Inc. – Platinum Co-Host Sponsor of Autodesk University 2008 in Las Vegas – General Registration Open Ideate, Inc. – Co-Host of AUGI CAD Camp 2008 San Francisco – Oct 2 Autodesk Announces Utility Design 2009 and Topobase 2009 Ideate Adds Two Civil Engineers to its Infrastructure Solutions Division Ideate Now Offers ESRI Authorized Training

		In the News

		300 Million in Housing and Transportation Funding Passes Senate Tunnel-Drilling Risks May Push Up Light Rail Budget GIS Helps Local, State, and Federal Agencies Respond to Northern California Firestorms

		Upcoming Events

		Civil 3D Webcast Series ASCE Annual Conference Nov 6-8, 2008 – Pittsburgh, PA

		Current Promotions

		New – Efficiency Stimulus Promotion from Autodesk Civil 3D Quickstart – Class Offer with Purchase or Crossgrade Ideate Announces New Lower Prices on eLearning Courses! 2006 Retirement – Upgrade Now to Receive the Maximum Savings – Up to 15% Have Autodesk software from R14 to 2005? Special promotion with 35% discount!

		Technical Support Center

		AutoCAD Raster Design 2009 Service Pack 1 AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 Opening Drawing Causes Fatal Error – AutoCAD Land Desktop Confirmation of Sucessful Service Pack 2 Installation for 2008 Civil Products Creating a Symbol Library from AutoCAD Blocks

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News and Announcements

Ideate Adds Two Civil Engineers to its Infrastructure Solutions Division
As civil application specialists at Ideate, Matt and Rebecca are responsible for helping firms develop their Civil 3D implementation strategy and providing them with training, consulting, mentoring, and support. Join us in welcoming them to our Seattle and Portland offices.

New to Ideate’s Seattle Office: Matt Miyamoto, P.E. – Matt is a licensed Civil Engineer in the state of Hawaii. Matt obtained a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and has 7 years of private sector design experience. His project experience includes residential and commercial site development, private and public sewer, water and drainage systems, harbors improvements, and roadway improvements. While in Hawaii, Matt was involved in multidisciplinary projects for City and County agencies, State Departments, the Army COE, and private developers.

matt.miyamoto@ideateinc.com

New to Ideate’s Portland Office: Rebecca Ferguson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from University of Hawaii. She began her career in the construction industry, followed by 5 years of private sector design experience in which she led a successful implementation of Autodesk Civil 3D. Her land development ex perience includes large-scale multi-use developments throughout the Hawaiian Islands as well as design projects for local, state, and federal agencies including the Department of Defense.

rebecca.ferguson@ideateinc.com

Read About More Ideate Talent Here.

Ideate Now Offers ESRI Authorized Training
Jason Hill of Ideate, Inc. is now an ESRI ArcGIS Authorized Instructor. Introduction to ArcGIS 1 is a 2-day course led by Jason and will be offered October 10 in San Francisco. This course covers fundamental GIS concepts as well as how to query a GIS database, manipulate tabular data, edit spatial and attribute data, and present data clearly and efficiently using maps and charts. Participants learn how to use ArcMap,™ ArcCatalog,™ and ArcToolbox™ and explore how these applications work together to provide a complete GIS software solution.

To register, call 888.662.7238 or click here to read more about the course.

Upcoming Events

Civil 3D Webcast Series
In this 3-part webcast series you will see how enhanced efficiency makes Civil 3D 2009 a more robust design tool that can help create designs faster than ever. We will show you some of the enhancements like dynamic grading-corridor relationships, dynamic grading relationships and feature lines linked to corridors. We will also show you how dynamic Civil 3D object labels can now span across xrefs and how easy it has become to share data without needing to implement Vault.

What’s New in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009: Part 2
Perhaps you have been using Civil 3D for design but not for production. In this webcast we will examine the new Civil 3D 2009 features for plan production. We will look at how to design a road centerline alignment based on design speed criteria, and perform design checks. You will also see the new mapcheck and enhancements to terrain modeling, best fit tangents and curves, grading and feature lines.

Friday, August 22, 12–1pm PT

What’s New in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009: Part 3
In this webcast we will show you how to integrate the new Civil 3D hydrology extensions into your workflow. We will examine the complete workflow – how to export data from Civil 3D to the Storm Sewer extension, size your pipes and export the data back to Civil 3D. If you are still using Civil 3D 2008, we will tell you where to get the hydraflow extensions, and how to install/implement them.

Friday, September 26, 12–1pm PT

Current Promotions

New – Efficiency Stimulus Promotion from Autodesk
Autodesk is offering an Efficiency Stimulus Program for U.S. commercial customers only on new seat sales (five-seat limit) beginning August 18, 2008 and running through October 17, 2008.

This new program offers unprecedented savings of up to US$2,000 on the purchase of eligible Autodesk® products to help businesses cut short-term capital expenses while realizing immediate gains in efficiency, productivity, and quality.

Buy a new seat of AutoCAD LT® software and get a US$200 rebate.

Buy a New Seat of the Following Eligible Products and get a US$400 Rebate:

AutoCAD® 2009
AutoCAD® Raster Design 2009
Autodesk 3ds Max® 2009
Autodesk 3ds Max® Design 2009
AutoCAD Map® 3D 2009*
AutoCAD® Civil 2009
AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2009
AutoCAD® Architecture 2009

Revit® Architecture 2009
AutoCAD® Revit® Architecture Suite 2009
AutoCAD® Revit® Architecture Suite 2009.1
Revit® Structure 2009
AutoCAD® Revit® Structure Suite 2009
AutoCAD® MEP 2009
AutoCAD® Revit® MEP Suite 2009

Contact Ideate sales for details: sales@ideateinc.com or 888.662.7238.

*This product not available from Ideate, Inc. outside of Northern California.

Government and Education customers are not eligible for this promotion.

Civil 3D Quickstart – Class Offer with Purchase or Crossgrade
Purchase or crossgrade to Civil 3D and you receive FREE a 4-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

Ideate Announces New Lower Prices on eLearning Courses!

AutoCAD 201 Classes – $49
Revit 201 Classes – $99
*New Class* AutoCAD MEP 201 – $99
Civil 3D Quickstart – $199

Ideate, Inc.’s online AutoCAD, Revit, and Civil 3D courses offer a robust and highly interactive training experience without expensive travel costs or interruption to daily business operations.

Courses are taught by experienced professionals - architects and engineers - who understand your real world projects and give you the tools to immediately increase productivity.

Classes fill up quickly. Visit our website at ideateinc.com/educate/online or call 888.662.7238 to reserve your spot today.

2006 Retirement – Upgrade Now to Receive Maximum Savings – Up to 15%
Autodesk is retiring AutoCAD 2006-based Software. Make this your year to move to greater efficiency and profitability with the newest products. Call Ideate first! Upgrade now and receive up to 15% in savings.

On March 13, 2009, Autodesk will retire these 2006-based products:

AutoCAD LT® 2006*
AutoCAD® 2006
Autodesk® Raster Design 2006
Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2006
Autodesk® Land Desktop 2006
Autodesk® Map3D® 2006
Autodesk® VIZ 2006
Autodesk® 3ds Max® 8

*Upgrades from AutoCAD LT 2006 to AutoCAD LT 2009 software are not eligible for the 2006 Retirement Promotion.

Promotion expires: October 17, 2008
Phone: 888.662.7238
Email: sales@ideateinc.com

Have Autodesk software from R14 to 2005? Special promotion with 35% discount!
Now through October 17, 2008 customers with AutoCAD® R14 through 2005-based software licenses may purchase new licenses of current Autodesk products at a 35% discount off SRP. Subscription purchase required.

Contact Ideate sales for details: sales@ideateinc.com or 888.662.7238.

Technical Support

Confirmation of Sucessful Service Pack 2 Installation for 2008 Civil Products

Issue:
You applied Service Pack 2 (SP2) to your AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008, AutoCAD Civil 3D - Land Desktop Companion 2008 or AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008 product. You now want to confirm that the service pack was installed successfully.

Solution:
There have been reports that some installations of SP2 have not been successful, even though it seemed to be and SP2 was listed in the Product Service Pack field under Product Information.

To confirm that SP2 was installed successfully, browse to the following applicable file for your product and confirm the version:

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008

C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008\AeccAlnSvrLoader.dll

AutoCAD Civil 3D - Land Desktop Companion 2008

C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008\AeccAlnSvrLoader.dll

AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008

C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008\AeccAlnSvrLoader.dll

To confirm the version

Select the file, and then right-click. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Version tab.
On the Version tab, look for the file version. For each one of these products the file version should be 17.1.396.0.

If the version is less than 396, the service pack was not installed successfully. The service pack cannot be removed. Instead, you need to reinstall the application, and then reapply the service pack. Click on the applicable link for your product, and then follow the installation instructions:

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008

AutoCAD Civil 3D - Land Desktop Companion 2008

AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008

Creating a Symbol Library from AutoCAD Blocks

Applies to:
Autodesk MapGuide Studio 2009 English

Issue:
You have a DWG file that contains point features that you stylized using AutoCAD blocks as symbols.

When you loaded the drawing in Autodesk MapGuide Studio 2009, you noticed that a symbol library was not created for the AutoCAD blocks you used in your DWG file and those symbols were not available in MapGuide Studio.

Solution:
In MapGuide Studio 2009, you can create a symbol library from drawing symbols (AutoCAD blocks) by publishing the WG file from AutoCAD Map 3D 2009. Follow these steps:

In AutoCAD Map 3D 2009, right-click the point feature layer in Display Manager. On the Shortcut menu, click Edit Style.
In the Style Editor, under Scale Ranges, select the scale range to style.
In the Point Style area for the selected scale range, under Style, click the box.
In the Style Point dialog box, select the Style A Point Symbol check box.
Click the Symbol button.
In the Select A Symbol dialog box, click the button on the right side of the drop-down list to open a block symbol file (external drawing).
Select one of the available symbols from the external file you want to use for stylizing the point feature layer.
Close the Style Editor.
Save the DWG file.
On the File menu, click More Plotting Options > Publish to Autodesk MapGuide.
In the Publish To MapGuide dialog box, specify the URL for the target website. If the site requires a password, a Connect to Site dialog box will appear. Enter your user name and password.
Select a folder for the published files.
Click Publish.

Now, the AutoCAD blocks used in Map 3D 2009 for stylizing the point feature layers will be included in a new Symbol Library in Autodesk MapGuide Studio 2009. Additionally, those symbols will be available for stylizing other point feature layers in MapGuide Studio.

Note: This procedure will not work if the AutoCAD blocks you use in the drawing file are defined within the drawing. Instead, the AutoCAD blocks must be selected from an external drawing.

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