-- e-vol. 32, June 2005

Industry News & Comment
  Hagerman Expands Chicago AEC Staff
"We’re pleased to announce the addition of Don Jennings to our AEC technical team. Don will be working from our new office at One East Wacker in Chicago, which is opening July 1. . . Joining with our consultants Paul F. Aubin and Mark Schmieding, Paul completes our Chicago services offerings to include all principal Autodesk architectural products. . ."

 Autodesk DM solutions gaining momentum – Are you falling behind?
"As you may have read in some of our recent publications, engineering data management systems for Autodesk Inventor^® have very quickly become a “must-have” for Inventor users, rather than a “nice-to-have”. With Autodesk Vault now included as part of Autodesk Inventor, there is now absolutely no reason to go on struggling without the benefits of a system like this. . ."

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.

  Download Combustion® 4 for a free 30 day trial and unleash your creative potential
Powerful creative tools — Autodesk® Combustion® 4 provides in-context access to motion graphics, industry-leading 3D compositing, color correction, image stabilization, vector paint and roto, text effects, short-form editing, expressions, Flash output, and much more.

Mechanical Product Review
Autodesk Inventor® Design Accelerator:  the new standard in the world of 3D design
"So what is this Design Accelerator that everyone is talking about? If you haven’t heard, the Design Accelerator is rapidly becoming the new standard in the world of 3D design. . ."

AEC Product Review
 Building a multi story spiral parking ramp in Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006.
"After using Autodesk^® Revit^® Building 8 to construct a spiral-parking ramp by using ramp object, I decided to try my luck and push the spiral stair generator in Autodesk^® Architectural Desktop in the same direction. . . "

Using Radiosity Adaptive Subdivision
"The new releases of Autodesk^® VIZ 2006 and Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® 7 include the use of adaptive subdivision in creating radiosity solutions.   In order to create the lighting of a scene, VIZ/MAX calculates the intensity for discrete points in the environment by subdividing the original surfaces into elements which are part of a radiosity mesh. . . ."

Technical Perspective
  Software Interaction:  Is it hazardous to your productivity?
"In many cases, software is supposed to work together. This is not the interaction of which I speak. I am talking about the hidden interactions that occur without warning . . ."

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.

  Lunch & Learn - Mishawaka, IN - July 14
Join us for lunch and learn about the new Autodesk® 2006 releases for mechanical design at this free event.  Lunch is provided at no charge.  Take this opportunity to learn about the new Autodesk releases plus network with colleagues in your profession.

 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 6 - The Fountains, Carmel, IN
   September 8 - Windsor Park Conference Center, Mishawaka, IN
   September 29 - FedEx Institute, Memphis, TN

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