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Dear Friends and Colleagues, As we see BIM evolving and becoming an owner requirement more and more, an important partnership caught my eye this past week. Researchers from Autodesk and NASA announced that they will implement Autodesk Project Dasher at the NASA Ames Sustainability Base, a 50,000 square foot office. Autodesk Project Dasher is an experimental Building Information Modeling (BIM) web-based application that can provide building owners and operators insight into full life-cycle real-time building performance. This new technology continuously evaluates and verifies a buildings performance as energy usage, occupants and function changes within it. The cool thing about Project Dasher is that it goes beyond current graphical or floor-plan viewers. It acts as a visualization hub presenting 3D representations of data collected from various sources to the building operator, providing a building debugging tool to improve building efficiency.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. From our Bloggers: a. Hidden Text Tricks... b. Infrastructure Modeler & Civil 3D The Dream Team For Civil! c. Tales from the Helpdesk Crypt Backgrounds that disappear in sketch mode 2. Government a. Join us at the [acronym] Public Sector CAD Awards Virtual Event 3. News a. CADsoft Consulting Earns Autodesk Fabrication Specialization 4. Modeling and Coordination Services a. CADsoft can help with BIM/VDC Modeling for all phases of a project. 5. From Autodesk Labs a. Extend BIM into Building Operations 6. Help Wanted a. ENI Technical Consultant

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New! Distance learning is available for all the below courses. Click here to learn more about how you can take the below scheduled classes from your own office. AutoCAD 101 2013 February 25-26 Tempe AutoCAD 2013 Essentials February 11-13 Tempe March 5-7 Albuquerque March 18-20 Tempe Civil 3D 2013 Essentials March 6-8 Tempe Navisworks 2013 Essentials March 12-14 Albuquerque QTO Course February 1 Tempe Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials

Using BIM is an ideal platform to manage complex building information. I am positive that we will be hearing more about Project Dasher as this research project progresses. Tim Duncan, AIA President/CEO CADsoft Consulting

From our Bloggers:

Hidden Text Tricks... Isaac Harper, AEC Technical Consultant In the Blog I wanted to talk about a couple of text editing commands in AutoCAD that I dont hear about much, so I was just wondering if people were using them or not? The first one is TCASE command. (Text Case) This command will allow you to change the case to several variations of cases desired for all selected text objects including TEXT, MTEXT, ATTDEF, or BLOCK inserts w/attributes... Read Blog

February 13-15 Tucson February 20-22 Tempe March 19-21 Albuquerque Revit MEP 2013 Essentials February 4-6 Tempe February 20-22 Tempe February 26-28 Albuquerque Revit Structure 2013 Essentials February 5-7 Albuquerque To register, contact Stacie at stacie.romney@cadsoft-consult.com or call 480-820-0408 Additional classes offered (call to schedule if not listed above). AutoCAD 101 AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT Essentials AutoCAD & LT: Beyond the Basics AutoCAD Advanced Revit Architecture Essentials Revit Architecture Site & Structural Design Revit Architecture BIM Management Revit Architecture Conceptual Design & Visualization Revit Architecture Collaboration Tools Revit MEP Essentials Revit Structure Essentials Navisworks Essentials Civil 3D Essentials Civil 3D For Surveyors Map 3D Essentials AutoCAD Architecture Essentials Autodesk 3ds Max Design Essentials Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis Autodesk Plant Design Essentials Autodesk Vault Basic Essentials

Infrastructure Modeler & Civil 3D The Dream Team For Civil! Ron Couillard, AEC Technical Consultant Civil 3D is an awesome tool for Civil Design as most people are aware of. But one combination of software packages that is becoming more and more of a great thing for Civil people is the use of Civil 3D and Infrastructure Modeler together. The power that each piece of software has is amazing in itself, but when used together can be, well, simply amazing! It used to be that you could come up with a great preliminary design in Modeler, but then would have to recreate the project in Civil 3D. Those days are gone! With the use of IMX files, designs can be either imported or exported to and from both Civil 3D and Infrastructure Modeler. Read Blog

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A cost effective and flexible way to receive up-to-date training on Autodesk 2013 products. AutoCAD 2013 Revit Architecture 2013 Revit MEP 2013 Revit Structure 2013 Navisworks 2013 Civil 3D 2013 Inventor 2013 Click Here to learn more and order your online courses.

Tales from the Helpdesk Crypt - Backgrounds that disappear in sketch mode David Metcalf, AEC Technical Consultant Department of Unintended Consequences Sometimes we get issues that are gives us pause about

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Laurie Malone - 602-732-5320 Vice President of Sales Lisa Clune - 505-342-6305 AEC Consultant Tod Tussey - 602-732-5214 AEC Consultant

how certain functionality can throw a curve at users. A little while ago a Revit project came our way with something we hadn't seen before. An plan view in sketch mode had the background elements of walls, doors and annotation elements, completely and inexplicitly disappear. Read Blog

Chris Pitts - 602-732-5213 AEC Consultant Weston Jones - 602-732-5218 AEC Consultant Steve Rush - 602-732-5217 Product/Services Manager Michael LoGrasso - 602-732-5313 Engineering Services Consultant James Foster- 602-732-5216 Engineering Services Consultant Geoff McElwain - 480-820-0408 Engineering Services Consultant Randy Ries - 602-732-7212 Engineering Services Consultant William Klingberg - 602-732-5204 Engineering Services Consultant

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Join us at the [acronym] Public Sector CAD Awards Virtual Event When: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 10:00 am 3:00 pm ET CADsoft Consulting is proud to sponsor this years 2012 [acronym] Public Sector CAD Awards the only contest of its kind that recognizes design innovation in government. CADsoft will be hosting a virtual trade show booth featuring a ton of information, links, blogs, and downloadable tips & tricks. Register today. Sessions include: Lynn Allens 60 AutoCAD Tips in 60 Minutes What does it take to Implement 6 Million Square Feet of BIM? A Real Life Case Study Digital Design Tech, Trends and Talking Points for 2013 A Q&A with Public Sector Industry Pros Whats New in Infrastructure and Planning Solutions for Government Clearing the Fog of Designing in the Cloud Acronym CAD Awards Ceremony View the full agenda.

CADsoft Consulting for news and info Patrick Villella for Architectural and Design Visualization Ron Couillardfor Infrastructure

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CADsoft Consulting Earns Autodesk Fabrication Specialization We are pleased to announce that we have earned the new Autodesk Fabrication Specialization designation. As an Autodesk Specialized Partner, we can provide a high level of fabrication product experience and support to customers in the AEC industry. With this specialization, we continue our commitment of delivering specific and proven expertise to our industry. By providing guidance on the use of fabrication we help our customers extend design-intent models from Autodesk Revit software for detailing, fabrication, and installation of MEP building services systems, stated Lisa Duncan, principal, CADsoft Consulting.

Click here to learn more about the following fabrication solutions from Autodesk: Autodesk Fabrication FABmep software helps extend design-intent models from Revit software to enable the detailing, fabrication, and installation of MEP building services systems. Autodesk Fabrication CADmep software helps extend design-intent models from AutoCAD MEP to enable the detailing, fabrication, and installation of MEP building services systems. Autodesk Fabrication ESTmep software enables more accurate estimating and cost analysis for MEP specialty contractors, based on factors such as labor rates, material, fabrication, and installation costs.

Modeling and Coordination Services

CADsoft can help with BIM/VDC Modeling for all phases of a project. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) is becoming increasingly vital for modern construction projects. Not only does it provide a digital representation of a building project, it also allows facilities greater levels of collaboration and interoperability within the

design environment. Our experienced team has created models for architecture, MEP, construction, and civil projects. We would like to be a part of your next project. Our modeling services include: Modeling for Architects, Designers and Engineers Modeling for General Contractors and MEP Subcontractors Modeling for Point Cloud & Laser Surveys BIM Family and Part Creation Coordination Services Learn More

From Autodesk Labs

Extend BIM into Building Operations The free* technology preview of the Maximo Integration for Autodesk Revit 2013 products helps extend the value of a Revit building information model (BIM) into the operations phase of the building lifecycle. Richly attributed data about building assets, that are developed in Revit during the building design and construction phases, can be published directly into Maximo during commissioning or at building "handover," thus supporting more immediate and efficient use of Maximo once the building is occupied. The Revit asset data can be exported in the COBie data specification, if desired. In addition, the BIM/3D asset data can be viewed inside Maximo, in context with Maximo applications and processes. Learn More

Help Wanted
ENI Technical Consultant The ENI Technical Consultant provides technical expertise to CADsoft

Consulting, Inc.s clients (ENI - Engineering Natural Resources and Infrastructure Systems Design) in the support of Autodesk Core AutoCAD, Civil 3D (previous Land Desktop, Civil Design, Survey), Map 3D (Mapping GIS and Survey), Infrastructure Modeler, Navisworks, Raster Design, Map Guide etc. software products. In addition; Software installation to include network deployment administration; working knowledge of basic Hardware, Windows XP and Windows 7; pre & post-sales support (on and offsite), training, project mentoring, customer demonstrations, customer technical support and assist in other products or service the company offers. The position is a direct report to CADsoft Consulting vice president and indirect to the president. Employment is full-time, approximately 40 hours per week Monday through Friday and may include some travel outside normal business hours. If you are interested or know someone who fits the above, please email jobs@cadsoft-consult.com Click here for a complete job description.

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