-- e-vol. 33, July 2005

In Memoriam - Wesley Smail
  In Memoriam – Wesley Lynn Smail
"Our friend and six-year employee, 35 year old Wesley Lynn Smail, departed this life on Sunday, June 26, while spending a day with his wife and two young daughters on Lake Shelbyville. . ."

Promotions and Special Offers
  Now is the time to realize your ideas with the newest Autodesk software
"On January 16, 2006, Autodesk will no longer provide support for AutoCAD^® 2002-based products. That's why now is the right time to consider moving to AutoCAD 2006 or any one of the AutoCAD 2006-based products for general design, manufacturing, building, and infrastructure solutions. . ."

Are you ready to switch to Autodesk® Revit® Building, 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 Promotion for Autodesk Architectural Desktop.

Tips & Tricks
Surface control variables in Architectural Desktop 2005

Change the Lens Angle of the Perspective Camera
"You can vary the lens angle of the Perspective Camera in Inventor. This can create more dramatic perspective effects and allow you to include more or less of your model in the view. . ."

AEC and Civil Product Reviews
Character Animation using Point Cache Modifier
"You don't use character animation in your walkthroughs or flybys? You say they're too hard? Too memory intensive? Or you just use drop-in RPC characters purchased from Archvision? Well. I used to say that too! . . "

Five Features of the New Pipes Module in Civil 3D 2006
"The new Pipe features in Autodesk Civil 3D 2006 are very powerful yet easy to manipulate and master. Because of the intuitive way this program was built, the user can easily customize pipe styles to dictate how pipes and structures are drawn, label styles to dictate how the labels are shown, and pipe rules to dictate parameters through which the network is designed. Here are five great features of this exciting program . . ."

Mechanical Product Review
It’s time to get on board with DWF
"What exactly is this DWF format that we keep mentioning in our phone conversations and marketing events? DWF is a similar file format to PDF in that it is a secure file for distribution of design data to anyone who needs to view files for review or printing. . ."

Data Management and Consulting
Preparing for a Data Management Implementation
"The key to a successful data management implementation (like most other things in life) is adequate preparation. Based on our eleven years of data management implementation experience, here is a list of ten key preparation items we have come to learn . . ."

CRM News
   PIVOTAL RELEASES VERSION 5.7
"Pivotal Corporation has recently released version 5.7 for its products. There are four major enhancements to the product suite from the previous version 5.1. Let’s take a quick look at what’s new. . ."

Technical Perspective
   A Brand New PC: Are You Safe Out of the Box?
"Most people assume that when you open that new PC you are ready to go, that you have all the latest and greatest patches and there is no software or hardware configuration needed. In a perfect world . . . your system would be complete and up to date as of the date it was boxed. Well, as you may guess, this world is far from perfect . . ."

News and Events
 Chicago Open House - July 26
You are cordially invited to an Open House in our new downtown Chicago office at One East Wacker Drive, Suite 3010 (30th floor). There will be prizes, refreshments, and day-long technology demonstrations featuring the newest software from Autodesk^® for Architectural applications.

 New Employees
Don Jennings joins our new downtown Chicago office as Applications Engineer for AEC CAD.

 Save the Date!
We will be hosting Technology Showcase events again soon.  Check back for more information on these events, held annually near each of our regional offices.
    Upcoming Dates:
   September 7 - The Fountains, Carmel, IN
   September 8 - Windsor Park Conference Center, Mishawaka, IN
   September 22 - FedEx Institute, Memphis, TN

Training Classes
  Training Classes   New classes added monthly

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