CADDManager on June 11th, 2008

I attended the Autodesk Experience Tour in Anaheim, California yesterday. It was very well attended, but I don’t really know the extent of the attendees becasue the event shared lobby space with another conference. All I know is that every room was packed. The event was broken into tracks for AE, Civil, Manufacturing and GIS. [...]

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CADDManager on June 3rd, 2008

Autodesk loses court battle – for now… Federal Judge Upholds Right of Vendor to Sue Against Anti-Consumer Copyright Claim eBay Vendor Claims Right to Resell Used Copies of Products from Software Company AutoCAD 14 sold on ebay… WASHINGTON, D.C. – A California software company’s “license agreement” it includes with copies of its products does not [...]

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CADDManager on May 15th, 2008

How many of these do you remember? 1982 Autodesk founded AutoCAD introduced and shipped 1985 Autodesk goes public; IPO of 1.6 million shares at $11.00 per share 1989 John Walker, founder, relinquishes management to Alvar Green 1992 Carol Bartz named Chairman, President and CEO 1993 Autodesk acquires Woodbourne 1994 Autodesk ships 1,000,000th copy of AutoCAD [...]

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CADDManager on May 6th, 2008

I mentioned this before when it was in Beta.  Now it is live… News Release Issued: May 6, 2008 8:37 AM EDT Autodesk Unveils Autodesk Seek Web Service for AEC Industries Autodesk’s New Web Services Empowers Architects, Engineers and Designers to Search, Select and Specify Building Products from within their Design Applications SAN RAFAEL, Calif., [...]

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CADDManager on April 23rd, 2008

Autodesk helps you – help yourself… From the site: What is Autodesk® Seek? It is a web service that allows designers – architects, engineers, students – to search and find generic or manufacturer-specific building products or components and associated design content. This content could include 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, and descriptions for that product [...]

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CADDManager on March 25th, 2008

A magnificent combination… Get Free CAD Software (Student editions) – Make great designs – Win Prizes… It’s the Autodesk Student Design Challenge From the site: You are the designers of the future. Go build something. You sketch all over napkins and paper scraps. You think about how you could have designed the latest gadget just [...]

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CADDManager on March 14th, 2008

There has been swirl of information recently in the circles I run in about the concern for those of us that use Riverbed devices for WAN acceleration. The firm I am with has heavily invested in Riverbeds. We use them in all of our offices. Many other firms use them also. Many are looking at [...]

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CADDManager on February 12th, 2008

From a Press Release today… Revit Architecture 2009 (BIM for architects and designers) allows customers to capture early design concepts with improved analysis and visualization capabilities via: Increased sustainable design and energy analysis capabilities through easy exchange with partner applications Improved visualization functionality with the new Mental Ray engine for rendering, improving speed, quality, and [...]

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CADDManager on February 12th, 2008

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 12 Autodesk, Inc. is expanding its portfolio of software solutions to support sustainable design in the architecture, engineering & construction (AEC) markets with the acquisition of technology assets of two energy analysis software companies. Autodesk announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Green Building [...]

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