Contact Us | About Us

Presidents Address
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am extremely proud to announce that CADsoft Consulting was selected by Autodesk as the 2013 Partner of the Year for the Americas (North, Central and South America). This is phenomenal accomplishment for the entire CADsoft Consulting team as we have always prided ourselves in helping our clients become more efficient, competitive and innovative. This award recognizes CADsoft Consulting's exceptional performance in delivering world-class service and consulting expertise to our clients, providing you with the software, training and services you need to succeed. The entire CADsoft Consulting team extends our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one you, for your dedication and the opportunity to provide you with the solutions, support and service which has earned us the honor of being named Autodesk 2013 Americas Partner of the Year! Tim Duncan, AIA President/CEO CADsoft Consulting

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CADsoft Consulting Autodesk 2013 Americas Partner of the Year 2. Autodesk Launches 2014 Design, Creation Suites 3. From our Bloggers: a. Sync or Swim... Syncing your custom settings with Autodesk 360 b. Using Civil 3D to Bring 3D Models Into Infrastructure Modeler Part 2 4. Have you met Gracy? 5. Introducing Infrastructure Oil & Gas a. Optimize Design Processes with Intelligent 3D Solutions for Oil and Gas

PROMOTIONS

CADsoft Consulting Autodesk 2013 Americas Partner of the Year

Take it to the next level. Get the power of Autodesk Design & Creation Suites and save up to 20% The software you rely on plus the power to do more. AutodeskDesign and Creation Suites build upon the software you already depend on while providing more power, flexibility, and features than ever before. Upgrade by April 25, 2013, to gain a competitive edge, streamline your workflow, and save up to 20%*. Other promotions: 2007 Retirement March 27, 2013 Are you still on Autodesk 2007 products? If so, contact us right away as upgrades to a current release will no longer be available after March 27th. AutoCAD Revit Suite Upgrade Extended Upgrade to Building Design Suite and receive a 40% discount with Subscription

Inducted into Autodesk 2013 Platinum Club as Top Partner for North and South America

CADsoft Consulting Inc., a premier provider of technical design and engineering solutions, and trusted advisor to companies in architecture, engineering, construction (AEC), facilities, civil engineering, infrastructure, and mining, today announced being named Americas Autodesk Partner of the Year for FY13, a top honor in the prestigious Autodesk Platinum Club awards program. The award was presented at Autodesk's One Team Conference, an annual sales and leadership event held this month in Las Vegas, NV, that brings together Autodesk employees and partners from around the world. The award recognizes CADsoft Consulting for its outstanding achievements in delivering world-class service and technical expertise to their customers throughout fiscal year 2013. We are honored for this recognition, said Tim Duncan, managing principal of CADsoft Consulting. It demonstrates the hard work and commitment by our entire team. The design industry has many choices, many strategies, processes and technologies requiring a strong team that can assist our clients and help them decide on the best solutions and directions to explore. I am very proud of them all. We also want to thank all our customers who invested in CADsoft to help them drive improved design and business processes, said Lisa Duncan, principal of CADsoft Consulting. The partnerships we developed with our customers continue to express our long term investment in their success. Autodesk Platinum Club recognizes channel partners from around the world who have excelled in categories such as sales, growth and other key measures of success over the past year. The Platinum Club this year honored channel partners who were the leading commercial, education, government or distribution partners in their regions. Autodesk is proud to announce our top partner and is grateful to CADsoft Consulting for their exceptional performance, said Bill Griffin, vice president of Worldwide Channel Sales, Autodesk. CADsoft has demonstrated worldclass service, consulting, and technical expertise to their customers. CADsoft has made a commitment to understand their customers business and technical needs and their trusted partnership with both their customers and Autodesk allowed them to help customers become more efficient, competitive and innovative as a result of their stellar efforts. Autodesk's global channel partner network includes more than 2,000, all of whom support customers across a number of industries, such as architecture, engineering and construction; manufacturing; automotive; utilities and government; telecommunications; games; television and film.

or 30% without Subscription. Offer Expires on FCS of Building Design Suite 2014 Estimated in April, 2013

UPCOMING AUTODESK CLASSROOM TRAINING

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 April 8-9 Tempe May 30-31 Tempe AutoCAD 2013 Essentials April 30-May 2 Albuquerque May 6-8 Tempe Civil 3D 2013 Essentials April 24-26 Tempe June 4-6 Albuquerque Navisworks 2013 Essentials April 9-11 Albuquerque April 29-May 1 Tempe Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials April 15-17 Tempe May 28-30 Albuquerque Revit MEP 2013 Essentials April 10-12 Tempe April 23-25 Albuquerque Autodesk Stormwater & Sanitary Analysis (SSA) Extension Essentials June 20-21 Tempe To register, contact us at training@cadsoft-consult.com or call 480-820-0408

ETRAINING 2013 ON DEMAND ONLINE COURSES

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.

CONTACT US
Laurie Malone - 602-732-5320 Vice President of Sales

Autodesk Launches 2014 Design, Creation Suites

The new Autodesk, Inc, Design and Creation Suites offer unprecedented access to the Autodesk 2014 software portfolio spanning the desktop and cloud and allow building, product, plant, and factory design; engineering, construction and infrastructure; and entertainment creation professionals to innovate more. For the first time, the 2014 Design and Creation Suites include new reality capture software and services that more easily incorporate both laser scans and digital photographs of the physical world into the 3D design and engineering process.

Lisa Clune - 505-342-6305 AEC Solutions Consultant James Foster- 602-732-5216 Engineering Services Solutions Consultant Gabriela Hernandez- 602-732-5207 Academic Solutions Consultant Weston Jones - 602-732-5218 AEC Solutions Consultant William Klingberg - 602-732-5204 Engineering Services Solutions Consultant Holly Marcus- 602-732-5256 Engineering Services Solutions Consultant Geoff McElwain - 480-820-0408 Engineering Services Solutions Consultant Chris Pitts - 602-732-5213 AEC Solutions Consultant Randy Ries - 602-732-5212 Engineering Services Solutions Consultant Jaimie "JR" Rueda- 602-732-5210 AEC Solutions Consultant

The flexible, economical software access provided by Autodesk Suites means designers and engineers have a broader palette of tools to choose from. They can choose the best tool for the job at hand and better respond to changing business requirements. Suites customers on Autodesk subscription will also have access to select Autodesk 360 cloud services that extend designers and engineers workflows to explore more design alternatives, collaborate more effectively and experience greater mobility. Subscription customers now can purchase additional cloud capacity as well. Andrew Anagnost, senior vice president of Industry strategy and marketing at Autodesk, said that with their 2014 portfolio, organizations large and small across every industry can simply innovate more. Autodesks commitment to making their 3D design, engineering and entertainment software portfolio accessible to customers through suites workflows that connect to value added services in the cloud, is unwavering. The 2014 family of Autodesk Design and Creation Suites includes: Autodesk Autodesk Autodesk Autodesk Autodesk Autodesk Autodesk AutoCAD Design Suite Building Design Suite Entertainment Creation Suite Factory Design Suite Infrastructure Design Suite Plant Design Suite Product Design Suite

CADSOFT TWITTER ACCOUNTS

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

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 weve posted new content? Subscribe to the blog RSS feeds. BIM & Revit Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed Civil Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed AutoCAD Blog > Subscribe to RSS Feed

Watch our newsletters and website for more information as the new 2014 family is introduced.

CADSOFT LOCATIONS

Read Full Article

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!

From our Bloggers:

Sync or Swim... Syncing your custom settings with Autodesk 360 Isaac Harper, AEC Technical Consultant Have you ever needed to use someone elses computer for whatever reason (i.e. Travel, [abroad, or just back and forth from work and home] or perhaps you are giving a Demonstrations and they already have a computer hooked up that you have to use, or perhaps yours is on the fritz?) either way sometimes its not all that easy to be productive because AutoCADs interface is so customizable whether it is your customization or theirs! Well you dont have to worry about that anymore!!! Read More

Using Civil 3D to Bring 3D Models Into Infrastructure Modeler Part 2 Ron Couillard, AEC Technical Consultant As promised, here is part 2 of this blog. In my last blog, I left off where I had just imported a 3D model into Civil 3D and said that I would cover the process of being able to bring that model into Infrastructure Modeler. I will cover this, but before I do, I wanted to reiterate some important tips on the Civil 3D side that will ensure that you get what you are expecting when all is said and done. First, when bringing the model file into Civil 3D, insert it at 0,0,0. Read More

Have you met Gracy?

We are very fortunate to have Gracy Adams join our CADsoft team to greet you on the phone or in person when you visit our office. Gracy is passionate about helping you get to the right person on the phone or direct you to one of our training rooms when you come for training or attending

one of our events. She is responsible for first impressions and is committed to insuring our customers receive a warm welcome and immediate assistance while doing business with CADsoft. Please say hi to Gracy next time you call.

Introducing Infrastructure Oil & Gas

Optimize Design Processes with Intelligent 3D Solutions for Oil and Gas The Autodesk portfolio of oil and gas engineering software supports modern model-based processes with intelligent 3D tools and workflows. Offering individual suites created specifically for plant, product, and infrastructure design, Autodesk helps improve the design workflow of engineering, procurement, and construction companies, as well as owneroperators. Autodesk's comprehensive portfolio of 3D tools and workflows for plant, equipment, and infrastructure design includes Autodesk Plant Design Suite, Autodesk Product Design Suite, and Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite. The Autodesk portfolio for oil and gas can help you: Speed design cycles Collaborate and communicate more effectively Better understand real-world project performance To learn more about the many benefits of Autodesk software for the oil and gas industry, contact us today.

www.CADsoft-Consult.com