CADsoft Consulting Newsletter - August 2012
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President’s Address
Dear Friends and Colleagues, The magazine Building Design & Construction did a recent survey of 300 large AEC firms and contractors. The question they asked was: "Is BIM paying off—through cost savings, higher quality, or client satisfaction?" The main conclusion was that BIM is an important part of their practice and a firm must be prepared to invest in its staff, time and money to perfect it. Here is what their principals are saying: "Our most recent in-house analysis of project labor costs on comparable CAD/BIM projects is showing an increase in BIM projects over CAD projects."
- Perkins Eastman, Chair/CEO Bradford Perkins
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. From our Bloggers: a. In the spirit of the Olympics...the DesignCenter picks ups a few more Medals! b. Keeping it Simple in Revit Workflow Improvements from Autodesk Lab to Bringing Inventor Content into Revit c. Query This, Query That, Survey Queries Are Where It’s At! 2. CADsoft Professional Services Highlight 3. Upcoming Events a. Autodesk Take the Lead Virtual Event b. CAD Americas Training Event c. Autodesk Simulation 360 for Ventilation, Comfort, Air Quality and Data Center Design
"The real benefit is how the use of BIM enables collaboration, which in turn builds a real sense of trust and teamwork."
- Alex Ivanikiw, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Vice President at Barton Malow
AUTODESK PROMOTIONS
Infrastructure Design Suites Ultimate, Premium and Standard Rebate Purchase new seats of Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate, Premium, or Standard and receive up to $1000 rebate. Effective Aug. 27th through Oct. 26th New Commercials seats only of IDS Ultimate, Premium and Standard (upgrades NOT included) $1000 for Ultimate, $800 for Premium and $600 for Standard Subscription required Can be combined with 0% financing "Welcome Back" to Subscription $100 late fee is waived for qualifying renewals of your Autodesk Subscription contract. Contact us to learn if you qualify. "It's Time to Make the Move" Receive 20% off upgrade paths to current versions of Autodesk Suites and selected standalone products. Offer expires August 31st, 2012. Subscription is required. 0% - $0 Down Financing available. Autodesk Get Current Upgrade Discount for AutoCAD LT
"Allowing owners to better visualize the project has become an influencing factor during the presentation process."
- Doug Davidson, President, New South Construction
"There's no question that BIM has paid off in our role as engineer of record producing construction drawings and as detailing engineer.”
- Robert Otani, PE, LEED AP, Vice President of Thornton Tomasetti
“We were early adopters. It was more difficult than we thought, but it is ingrained in all areas of our practice now.”
- John Kissinger, CEO of Graef
How are we doing? Before I close, I would like to invite you to tell us how CADsoft is doing? The impact on how we do our job in both providing solutions and supporting your organization is extremely important to all of us at CADsoft. We have a short survey posted on our website where you can rate us on our knowledge, response, and support. Please click here to rate us and if we are, or are not, exceeding your expectations, we want to know. Tim Duncan, AIA
President/CEO CADsoft Consulting From July 23, 2012, through October 26, 2012, AutoCAD LT customers on 2007, 2008, and 2009 releases can receive a 30% discount (savings of $360 off MSRP) when they move to AutoCAD LT 2013. The offer is not available for the Mac version.
Above promotions do not apply to education or student licenses.
From our Bloggers:
In the spirit of the Olympics...the DesignCenter picks ups a few more Medals! Isaac Harper, AEC Technical Consultant I wanted to point out that if you haven’t used the DesignCenter (AKA Ctrl+2) in a while..??? To refresh your memory, it’s that palette that looks and acts like the Windows Explorer that allows you to navigate to any of your existing files using a familiar tree structure and Manage and Share all sorts of “content” from that drawing file, right into your current drawing without even opening the source file! Read More
Contact us today!
UPCOMING AUTODESK CLASSROOM TRAINING
AutoCAD 101 2012 Sept 6-7 Tempe AutoCAD 101 2013 Sept 10-11 Albuquerque Oct 8-9 Tempe Nov 12-13 Tempe AutoCAD 2013 Essentials Sept 19-21 Tempe Oct 15-17 Tempe Oct 31-Nov 2 Tempe Nov 26-28 Tempe AutoCAD 2013 Update for 2012 Users Sept 17 Tempe AutoCAD Architecture 2012 Essentials Sept 26-28 Tempe
Keeping it Simple in Revit - Workflow Improvements from Autodesk Lab to Bringing Inventor Content into Revit David Metcalf, AEC Technical Consultant Getting Inventor content into Revit just got simpler from this tool in the Autodesk Labs. In case Inventor and Revit users didn’t know this, the work flow process using Shrinkwrap feature in Inventor got a big boost with the release from Autodesk Labs with a download called Inventor Simplification. It’s free technology review that offers better control of what to keep or remove from the Inventor model to export. Read More
Civil 3D 2013 Essentials Sept 19-21 Tempe Oct 8-10 Albuquerque Oct 29-31 Tempe Nov 28-30 Albuquerque Map 3D 2012 Essentials Aug 22-24 Albuquerque Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials Sept 10-12 Tucson Sept 19-21 Albuquerque Oct 1-3 Albuquerque Oct 22-24 Tempe Nov 7-9 Albuquerque Nov 26-28 Tempe Revit MEP 2013 Essentials Sept 26-28 Tempe Oct 29-31 Albuquerque Nov 5-7 Tempe Navisworks 2013 Essentials Sept 5-7 Tempe Sept 24-26 Albuquerque Oct 17-19 Albuquerque Nov 19-21 Albuquerque Storm and Sanitary Analysis Sept 24-25 Tempe To register, contact Stacie at [email protected] or call 480-820-0408
Query This, Query That, Survey Queries Are Where It’s At! Ron Couillard, AEC Technical Consultant
Civil 3D 2013 has introduced the new capability of performing queries on survey items from the database. These new survey queries can be made for a few different reasons that can turn out to be valuable and time saving. One area that is a time saver is using a queries to build a surface from. New in the Prospector, under the definition of a surface, you will now see the ability to add points and figures to a surface from a survey query as seen in the image below. Read More
ETRAINING 2013 ONLINE COURSES NOW AVAILABLE
AutoCAD 2013 Revit Architecture 2013 Civil 3D 2013 Inventor 2013 Click Here to Order
CADSOFT TWITTER ACCOUNTS
CADsoft Professional Services Highlight
Once again we would like to highlight one of our service offerings: Project Based Mentoring Project Mentoring does not focus on software setup and installation, but, rather, on working right along with your team in the design, modeling, and detailing stage to provide timely expert support. We schedule mentoring sessions from 4 hours (min) to full-days, for as long as you require. The frequency of the visits is up to you depending on the stage or complexity of a project. Project Mentoring Provides: Assist on projects as an adjunct designer Assist with project organization and setup Create customization/library Build, organize, and vet new design families Troubleshoot technical support issues, escalating cases as needed to provide fast resolution Assist in setting up project folders, file organization, and uploading Assist in project file coordination and NWC file generation Act as a lead for project coordination meetings for clash detection / issue resolution Collaborate with external consultants & subcontractors to implement decision making systems and develop design productivity tools Promote the advancement of the firm’s design initiatives, e.g., develop/coordinate training strategies and coach team members Document team on progress, issues and/or problems and resolutions on a regular and proactive basis, while assisting in recommending For all things BIM for Building follow: CADsoft Consulting for news and info Patrick Villella for Architectural and Design Visualization David Metcalf for Architectural Chris Perry for Architecture, Structural & MEP Engineering For all things BIM for Civil Engineering, follow Ron Couillard For all things Geospatial, follow Rick Chappell For all things AutoCAD, follow Isaac Harper
CADSOFT BLOGS
CADsoft Industry Experts host 4 blogs to provide you with the most up to date issues related to your Autodesk® software and work flow improvements to increase your efficiency. Do you want to know when we’ve posted new content? Subscribe to the blog RSS feeds. BIM & Revit Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed Civil Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed Geospatial Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed AutoCAD Blog
and implementing improvements in existing design applications Document best practices, work-arounds, and company-accepted practices for aspects of Model creation and development Train team members on best practices and application workflows Want to learn more, contact Steve at [email protected] or call 602-732-5217.
> Subscribe to RSS Feed
CADSOFT LOCATIONS
Tempe, AZ 1295 W. Washington St Suite 201 Tempe, AZ 85281 Ph. 480-820-0408 Tucson, AZ 4578 N. First Ave Suite 120 Tucson, AZ 85718 Ph. 520-546-2233 Albuquerque, NM 4700 Lincoln Rd NE Suite 106 Albuquerque, NM 87109 Ph. 505-342-6304 We value your feedback. Please contact Mary Macdonald, Director of Marketing, by email or by phone at (612) 669-7371 for comments and suggestions for future Newsletters. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
September 5th 7:00 am – 10:00 am Pacific See how the latest Autodesk solutions will help transform the way you work with powerful tools that enable you to create, capture, connect, and showcase your designs with impact. Register Now This event will feature: Compelling presentations and demos for design professionals Live interaction with Autodesk Experts Free trials, white papers, customer stories and more
CAD Americas Training Event September 13, 2012 ITT Tech- Phoenix Campus 10220 N. 25th Avenue Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ, 85021 Lynn Allen will be the special luncheon speaker presenting her popular 2013 Tips & Tricks! Choose from the following training tracks presented by top experts
including CADsoft’s technical team: General Design and Drafting - AutoCAD Track Infrastructure Design - Civil 3D Track Architecture Design - Revit Architecture Track CAD Management and Communications Track Skills to Transform Your Business Track View complete agenda Register Today!
Autodesk Simulation 360 for Ventilation, Comfort, Air Quality and Data Center Design Weekly Webinars Scheduled Companies using simulation-driven design are winning competitive bids, reducing costs, and delivering projects faster. Join other best-in-class, high-performance building design professionals in this session to gain insight into the latest trends in simulation and analysis, including: How simulation helps firms increase profitability by winning more business, demonstrating competitive advantage, and more effectively communicating high quality design solutions. How simulation and analysis helps large to small companies investigate designs, test innovative concepts, and optimize plans before construction How faster simulation and calculations of complex structures and systems help maximize energy efficiencies and meet appropriate certifications How Autodesk® Simulation software provides a BIM- and CADintegrated, accessible solution that meets the needs of companies seeking to embrace analysis and simulation Register for a session now by clicking a date below: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Wed, Sep 12, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Wed, Sep 19, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Wed, Sep 26, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
CADsoft Consulting Partnerships
President’s Address
Dear Friends and Colleagues, The magazine Building Design & Construction did a recent survey of 300 large AEC firms and contractors. The question they asked was: "Is BIM paying off—through cost savings, higher quality, or client satisfaction?" The main conclusion was that BIM is an important part of their practice and a firm must be prepared to invest in its staff, time and money to perfect it. Here is what their principals are saying: "Our most recent in-house analysis of project labor costs on comparable CAD/BIM projects is showing an increase in BIM projects over CAD projects."
- Perkins Eastman, Chair/CEO Bradford Perkins
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. From our Bloggers: a. In the spirit of the Olympics...the DesignCenter picks ups a few more Medals! b. Keeping it Simple in Revit Workflow Improvements from Autodesk Lab to Bringing Inventor Content into Revit c. Query This, Query That, Survey Queries Are Where It’s At! 2. CADsoft Professional Services Highlight 3. Upcoming Events a. Autodesk Take the Lead Virtual Event b. CAD Americas Training Event c. Autodesk Simulation 360 for Ventilation, Comfort, Air Quality and Data Center Design
"The real benefit is how the use of BIM enables collaboration, which in turn builds a real sense of trust and teamwork."
- Alex Ivanikiw, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Vice President at Barton Malow
AUTODESK PROMOTIONS
Infrastructure Design Suites Ultimate, Premium and Standard Rebate Purchase new seats of Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate, Premium, or Standard and receive up to $1000 rebate. Effective Aug. 27th through Oct. 26th New Commercials seats only of IDS Ultimate, Premium and Standard (upgrades NOT included) $1000 for Ultimate, $800 for Premium and $600 for Standard Subscription required Can be combined with 0% financing "Welcome Back" to Subscription $100 late fee is waived for qualifying renewals of your Autodesk Subscription contract. Contact us to learn if you qualify. "It's Time to Make the Move" Receive 20% off upgrade paths to current versions of Autodesk Suites and selected standalone products. Offer expires August 31st, 2012. Subscription is required. 0% - $0 Down Financing available. Autodesk Get Current Upgrade Discount for AutoCAD LT
"Allowing owners to better visualize the project has become an influencing factor during the presentation process."
- Doug Davidson, President, New South Construction
"There's no question that BIM has paid off in our role as engineer of record producing construction drawings and as detailing engineer.”
- Robert Otani, PE, LEED AP, Vice President of Thornton Tomasetti
“We were early adopters. It was more difficult than we thought, but it is ingrained in all areas of our practice now.”
- John Kissinger, CEO of Graef
How are we doing? Before I close, I would like to invite you to tell us how CADsoft is doing? The impact on how we do our job in both providing solutions and supporting your organization is extremely important to all of us at CADsoft. We have a short survey posted on our website where you can rate us on our knowledge, response, and support. Please click here to rate us and if we are, or are not, exceeding your expectations, we want to know. Tim Duncan, AIA
President/CEO CADsoft Consulting From July 23, 2012, through October 26, 2012, AutoCAD LT customers on 2007, 2008, and 2009 releases can receive a 30% discount (savings of $360 off MSRP) when they move to AutoCAD LT 2013. The offer is not available for the Mac version.
Above promotions do not apply to education or student licenses.
From our Bloggers:
In the spirit of the Olympics...the DesignCenter picks ups a few more Medals! Isaac Harper, AEC Technical Consultant I wanted to point out that if you haven’t used the DesignCenter (AKA Ctrl+2) in a while..??? To refresh your memory, it’s that palette that looks and acts like the Windows Explorer that allows you to navigate to any of your existing files using a familiar tree structure and Manage and Share all sorts of “content” from that drawing file, right into your current drawing without even opening the source file! Read More
Contact us today!
UPCOMING AUTODESK CLASSROOM TRAINING
AutoCAD 101 2012 Sept 6-7 Tempe AutoCAD 101 2013 Sept 10-11 Albuquerque Oct 8-9 Tempe Nov 12-13 Tempe AutoCAD 2013 Essentials Sept 19-21 Tempe Oct 15-17 Tempe Oct 31-Nov 2 Tempe Nov 26-28 Tempe AutoCAD 2013 Update for 2012 Users Sept 17 Tempe AutoCAD Architecture 2012 Essentials Sept 26-28 Tempe
Keeping it Simple in Revit - Workflow Improvements from Autodesk Lab to Bringing Inventor Content into Revit David Metcalf, AEC Technical Consultant Getting Inventor content into Revit just got simpler from this tool in the Autodesk Labs. In case Inventor and Revit users didn’t know this, the work flow process using Shrinkwrap feature in Inventor got a big boost with the release from Autodesk Labs with a download called Inventor Simplification. It’s free technology review that offers better control of what to keep or remove from the Inventor model to export. Read More
Civil 3D 2013 Essentials Sept 19-21 Tempe Oct 8-10 Albuquerque Oct 29-31 Tempe Nov 28-30 Albuquerque Map 3D 2012 Essentials Aug 22-24 Albuquerque Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials Sept 10-12 Tucson Sept 19-21 Albuquerque Oct 1-3 Albuquerque Oct 22-24 Tempe Nov 7-9 Albuquerque Nov 26-28 Tempe Revit MEP 2013 Essentials Sept 26-28 Tempe Oct 29-31 Albuquerque Nov 5-7 Tempe Navisworks 2013 Essentials Sept 5-7 Tempe Sept 24-26 Albuquerque Oct 17-19 Albuquerque Nov 19-21 Albuquerque Storm and Sanitary Analysis Sept 24-25 Tempe To register, contact Stacie at [email protected] or call 480-820-0408
Query This, Query That, Survey Queries Are Where It’s At! Ron Couillard, AEC Technical Consultant
Civil 3D 2013 has introduced the new capability of performing queries on survey items from the database. These new survey queries can be made for a few different reasons that can turn out to be valuable and time saving. One area that is a time saver is using a queries to build a surface from. New in the Prospector, under the definition of a surface, you will now see the ability to add points and figures to a surface from a survey query as seen in the image below. Read More
ETRAINING 2013 ONLINE COURSES NOW AVAILABLE
AutoCAD 2013 Revit Architecture 2013 Civil 3D 2013 Inventor 2013 Click Here to Order
CADSOFT TWITTER ACCOUNTS
CADsoft Professional Services Highlight
Once again we would like to highlight one of our service offerings: Project Based Mentoring Project Mentoring does not focus on software setup and installation, but, rather, on working right along with your team in the design, modeling, and detailing stage to provide timely expert support. We schedule mentoring sessions from 4 hours (min) to full-days, for as long as you require. The frequency of the visits is up to you depending on the stage or complexity of a project. Project Mentoring Provides: Assist on projects as an adjunct designer Assist with project organization and setup Create customization/library Build, organize, and vet new design families Troubleshoot technical support issues, escalating cases as needed to provide fast resolution Assist in setting up project folders, file organization, and uploading Assist in project file coordination and NWC file generation Act as a lead for project coordination meetings for clash detection / issue resolution Collaborate with external consultants & subcontractors to implement decision making systems and develop design productivity tools Promote the advancement of the firm’s design initiatives, e.g., develop/coordinate training strategies and coach team members Document team on progress, issues and/or problems and resolutions on a regular and proactive basis, while assisting in recommending For all things BIM for Building follow: CADsoft Consulting for news and info Patrick Villella for Architectural and Design Visualization David Metcalf for Architectural Chris Perry for Architecture, Structural & MEP Engineering For all things BIM for Civil Engineering, follow Ron Couillard For all things Geospatial, follow Rick Chappell For all things AutoCAD, follow Isaac Harper
CADSOFT BLOGS
CADsoft Industry Experts host 4 blogs to provide you with the most up to date issues related to your Autodesk® software and work flow improvements to increase your efficiency. Do you want to know when we’ve posted new content? Subscribe to the blog RSS feeds. BIM & Revit Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed Civil Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed Geospatial Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed AutoCAD Blog
and implementing improvements in existing design applications Document best practices, work-arounds, and company-accepted practices for aspects of Model creation and development Train team members on best practices and application workflows Want to learn more, contact Steve at [email protected] or call 602-732-5217.
> Subscribe to RSS Feed
CADSOFT LOCATIONS
Tempe, AZ 1295 W. Washington St Suite 201 Tempe, AZ 85281 Ph. 480-820-0408 Tucson, AZ 4578 N. First Ave Suite 120 Tucson, AZ 85718 Ph. 520-546-2233 Albuquerque, NM 4700 Lincoln Rd NE Suite 106 Albuquerque, NM 87109 Ph. 505-342-6304 We value your feedback. Please contact Mary Macdonald, Director of Marketing, by email or by phone at (612) 669-7371 for comments and suggestions for future Newsletters. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
September 5th 7:00 am – 10:00 am Pacific See how the latest Autodesk solutions will help transform the way you work with powerful tools that enable you to create, capture, connect, and showcase your designs with impact. Register Now This event will feature: Compelling presentations and demos for design professionals Live interaction with Autodesk Experts Free trials, white papers, customer stories and more
CAD Americas Training Event September 13, 2012 ITT Tech- Phoenix Campus 10220 N. 25th Avenue Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ, 85021 Lynn Allen will be the special luncheon speaker presenting her popular 2013 Tips & Tricks! Choose from the following training tracks presented by top experts
including CADsoft’s technical team: General Design and Drafting - AutoCAD Track Infrastructure Design - Civil 3D Track Architecture Design - Revit Architecture Track CAD Management and Communications Track Skills to Transform Your Business Track View complete agenda Register Today!
Autodesk Simulation 360 for Ventilation, Comfort, Air Quality and Data Center Design Weekly Webinars Scheduled Companies using simulation-driven design are winning competitive bids, reducing costs, and delivering projects faster. Join other best-in-class, high-performance building design professionals in this session to gain insight into the latest trends in simulation and analysis, including: How simulation helps firms increase profitability by winning more business, demonstrating competitive advantage, and more effectively communicating high quality design solutions. How simulation and analysis helps large to small companies investigate designs, test innovative concepts, and optimize plans before construction How faster simulation and calculations of complex structures and systems help maximize energy efficiencies and meet appropriate certifications How Autodesk® Simulation software provides a BIM- and CADintegrated, accessible solution that meets the needs of companies seeking to embrace analysis and simulation Register for a session now by clicking a date below: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Wed, Sep 12, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Wed, Sep 19, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Wed, Sep 26, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
CADsoft Consulting Partnerships
