-- e-vol. 30, April 2005

Industry News & Comment
  Hagerman Events Showcase New Technologies
"The first Autodesk Inventor Symposium and User Conference was held in St. Louis on March 31 and was very well received. A similar event is being held in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on April 28 at the Stonegate Conference Center, for our Chicago-area customers and prospects. . ."

Mechanical Product Review
 Autodesk Vault 4: Autodesk’s Data Management Solution Comes Into Its Own
"Are You Using Autodesk Vault Yet?  If not, why not? Do you work in a small design department? Do you work alone? Are you concerned about non-Vault users viewing design data? Odds are you’ve at least heard about its features and capabilities, and despite its power you’re somehow still holding out..."

AEC Product Review
 Integrating LEED and Architectural Desktop
"As I promised in my last article the focus of this one will be integration of LEED requirements within a BIM environment, which in this instance means using custom tailored ADT objects for LEED project analysis.. . . . "

Tips & Tricks
 Solution for Problem Graphics Drivers for Inventor R10
"Introduction of new .NET functionality (Autodesk Inventor Studio and Content Center) into Autodesk Inventor 10 has caused issues with several of the common graphics cards used with Inventor. If you are experiencing crashing you should immediately check your graphics card settings. . . "

CRM Update
 CRM Software Maintenance - Is It Worth It?
"When you get that friendly letter from your CRM software vendor each year with the word “Renewal” in it, what do you think? Many people are conditioned to paying software maintenance as a way of life and don’t give it a second thought. Others kick and scream at the apparent “injustice” of it. But really, what does CRM software maintenance get you?. . . "

Consulting Commentary
 Hagerman & Company Offers Autodesk Productstream
"As I’m sure most people have already heard, Autodesk has re-entered the data management market with Autodesk Vault and Autodesk Productstream. Hagerman & Company is offering full support and implementation services for Vault and Productstream . . ."

Technical Perspective
  Optimizing Network Performance:  Striking a Balance between Cost and Performance
"We all want to be mobile, and wireless connectivity offers users a high degree of mobility and provides another networking option when traditional wired networks are impractical. With Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system, the networking services needed to deploy a secure and manageable wireless local area network infrastructure within an enterprise environment now exist..."

News and Events
 Realize Your Ideas at the Autodesk Inventor Symposium & User Conference
See the new Autodesk 2006 suite of mechanical products at this event to be held April 28 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.  Register today!

 Lunch & Learn:  New Autodesk Solutions for Manufacturing
This "Lunch and Learn" event will be held at our corporate office in Mt. Zion, Illionis on May 24.  Come see the latest releases from Autodesk - AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, and Inventor 10 - while you enjoy lunch on us.  Register today!

 Accelerate Your Experience at the Cyco Software International User Meeting 2005!
Don't miss the Cyco Software International User Conference, June 8-10 at the Four Seasons hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

 Save the Date!  Autodesk Architectural/Civil Symposium & User Conference to be held June 16 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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