Eye2Future Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 6

Now that the last days of Summer are becoming a distant memory, welcome to the September issue of our Newsletter, Eye2Future. In this issue we have given you some Product and Solution News, Tips and Promotion details which we trust that you find of interest. If you would like further information on these or any other services, please contact us through e-mail at: .

Local Government Seminars from Autodesk and Ordnance Survey®

Anyone who relies on geospatial information to deliver or improve the performance of local government services to the community or to internal customers, will be interested in a series of events that Autodesk and Ordnance Survey are running across the UK this autumn.

The events will demonstrate both the service delivery improvements and technical benefits that leading councils can gain by developing their approach to geospatial information.

There are seven dates and locations for you to choose from.

Location	Date	Venue
Bristol	Thursday, 8th November 2007	Arnos Manor Hotel
Birmingham	Friday, 9th November 2007	Thinktank
Leeds	Tuesday, 27th November 2007	Holiday Inn, Garforth
Manchester	Wednesday, 28th November 2007	Manchester Thistle Hotel
Cumbernauld, Scotland	Friday, 30th November 2007	Westerwood Hotel
Southampton	Wednesday, 5th December 2007	OS Business Centre
London	Thursday, 6th December 2007	Institute of Engineering and Technology

To register please send your contact details and chosen location to

Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2008 Roadshow

Mark Spence is travelling to clients throughout the UK to demonstration the new Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise software, if you would like to see this new software please contact us on 01933 303034.

Product Focus:

Traffic Engineering software now available from 'ait'

PDS LINE

An easy to use aid to prepare road marking drawings in accordance with TSR&GD 2002. Markings are applied using a simple interface giving accurate, well presented drawings and quantity take off. All road line types are available as well as symbols, road text and hatching. Parking bays, bus stops and pedestrian crossings are all easily drawn. Markings generated are all constructed from standard AutoCAD entities, enabling the user to manually edit markings if required and pass drawings to others.

PDS SIGN

A new application for the design of sign faces in accordance with TSR&GD 2002. Sign face designs can be quickly produced using a comprehensive library of sign symbols, arrows and fonts. Routines for creating roundabout and junction symbols, stacked mileages, backing boards, post and foundation calculations and sign detail annotation make this an essential tool for any highway design office.

PDS Vehicle Swept Path Analysis

This module is particularly useful to generate vehicle swept paths for junctions, access roads and car parks. Vehicle paths and body overhangs are calculated and displayed and may also be animated. The user can either 'drive' the vehicle or run it along a preset path. A standard library of vehicles is included and an editor is also provided to allow users to add their own vehicles via a wizard interface.

1st AUGI UK Design Academy

CHANGE OF DATE

13th & 14th November 2007

International Conference Centre, Birmingham.

Support:

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack 1 Now available

This resolves a number of minor issues that may not have been apparent up to now. N.B. SP1 does not contain any fix to AutoCAD at this time. SP1 can either be downloaded from the following link: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?siteID=123112&id=2334435&linkID=9240698 or by sending an e-mail to and we will e-mail you the file. N.B. This file is 11.5 Mbytes in size.

Map Status Bar

Do you miss the Status Bar at the bottom of the AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 application? Would you like to put this back and make it look like a standard AutoCAD interface? If so, please send an e-mail to and we will send you the instructions on how to do it.

Select Similar

Do you remember the 'Select Similar' command from the on-screen menu available by right-clicking on the mouse in AutoCAD/AutoCAD Map 3D 2006? If so you have probably noticed that it is not available in AutoCAD/AutoCAD Map 3D 2008. If you would like to put this back into AutoCAD or AutoCAD Map 3D 2008, please send an e-mail to and we will send you the instructions.

Software Licenses

Do you have full records of all your Autodesk software and applications, including when purchased, serial number, which machine installed on, authorisation code and location? This information should be kept at all times. Should you need assistance auditing your software please contact us at 01933 303034.

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