Volume 8, Issue 2

"Our Industry Specific courses and Seminars continue, though a new update on Seminars for Barnsley and Glasgow will be issued shortly. Autodesk 2009 training is now available, please ask for details. Take advantage of offers from AUGI, see below. See the Support section below, new service pack have been issued."

Mark Spence

AUGI Design Academy - 25th & 26th September 2008, Novotel London West, London

The 2nd International training and networking event offering you the following benefits - go to http://www.augievents.com/Home/DesignAcademy/tabid/361/language/en-US/Default.aspx to register now.

In two days, you will receive:

• Intense targeted training from top instructors in different training sessions with over 60+ courses to choose from.
• You will get a look at hot new technology from some of Autodesk's top third-party software development partners.
• You have a chance to network with peer and colleagues.
• NO sales presentations.
• NO marketing hype.

Two days devoted only to training and networking, and then it's back to work to apply all you have learned.

Product Focus - Citrix with AutoCAD Map 3D

This new feature in the 2009 version allows you to link to Citrix creating a virtual flexibility for your Autodesk software not seen before.

Citrix is a virtualisation environment which allows you to access Windows based applications from various locations with little regards to the type of computer they have. All processes that occur during a Citrix session take place on the server and not on the local machine.

Being centrally managed, Citrix enables the most powerful tools for the relevant number of people to be delivered in a very cost effective manner.

Implementation benefits: being centrally managed installations, rollouts and patches can be added quickly and easily without the need to visit each user's PC.

Support benefits: Citrix sessions can be shadowed allowing support staff to witness support issues and even take control of the session itself. Consequently support costs are reduced.

Using a web browser - such as Internet Explorer - the Citrix session is activated and appears in a window resembling the Windows desktop. The user then activates their application - such as AutoCAD Map 3D in the usual way.

Support

AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 1 now available

Visit: Click here for the Autodesk link

AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 now available

Visit: Click here for the Autodesk link

AutoCAD LT 2009 Update 1 now available

Visit: Click here for the Autodesk link

AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD LT - Open, Close, Save Hotfix

AutoCAD 2009 based products crash and a Customer Error Report (CER) message displays.

Visit: Click here for the Autodesk link

Industry Specific Kits

Autodesk have produced a series of industry kits that operate in AutoCAD Map. These are drawing templates set up with layers, symbols and classes specifically for the creation and management of data for the Waste Water industry. These are useful in creating consistent data for inclusion and transfer to ESRI systems. . Contact us for details.

Drawing Clean-Up Utility (DCU)

One of the problems that many clients have, is that your data, although structurally good as an AutoCAD drawing, is not consistent and in some cases needs a lot of manipulation before it can be used or transferred to ESRI ArcSDE. Autodesk have developed the DCU to assist with converting inconsistent data to a consistent format that matches your own standard. Contact us for details.

"Too Many Users" Error Message

If you are running MapGuide Enterprise / Open Source and Microsoft Windows XP you may receive an error referring to "Too Many users". We have a solution for you. Contact Mark Spence for more details.