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Autodesk and Bentley team up on AEC Interoperability

Posted: July 9th, 2008, 11:35am CEST by lxnyce

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From the AnyGeo blog : "Autodesk and Bentley held a joint PR conference announcing their efforts to team up and bolster their collective efforts for interoperability... wow! From the PR... Through supporting the reciprocal use of their available APIs, Autodesk and Bentley will enable AEC project teams to combine products from both providers within integrated workflows. For instance, a design team could use a mixture of Autodesk and Bentley software, such as Autodesk’s Revit platform and Bentley’s STAAD and RAM structural products, and simulate and analyze their designs or manage project information using Autodesk NavisWorks software or Bentley’s ProjectWise."
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All Points Blog

Autodesk/Bentley Speak to Interoperability for AEC

Posted: July 8th, 2008, 11:30pm CEST

Tags: Autodesk

Before you get too excited, the implications for geospatial are apparently not great. I'm not aware of any geospatial press who were invited to listen to the conference call this afternoon. I'll explain a bit more why the implications are not great after getting to the gist of the announcement.

Here's what we do know from Autodesk's PR firm and this PR:

Autodesk and Bentley will exchange software libraries, including Autodesk RealDWG, to improve the ability to read and write the companies respective DWG and DGN formats in mixed environments with greater fidelity. In addition, the two companies will facilitate work process interoperability between their AEC applications through supporting the reciprocal use of available Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

What all that says to me is: all the stuff we already can do, read each other's file types, call each other's APIs, we may do a bit better/more elegantly. File fidelity (not losing entities/features) may be better. We'll use existing APIs to better connect our products, which I read as "there may be some scripts/tools to help link products that follow one another in the workflow."

While this is all well and good and is apparently something both companies feel benefits them, it's quite a bit different from the interoperability vision we have in geospatial - open standards any developer can support. Autodesk and Bentley are instead swapping proprietary libraries and promising to use already existing APIs. Both companies, BTW, are involved with OGC and support several different standards.

The reason I think this is not such a big deal for GIS is that CAD formats are just "not great" for storing geospatial data. You can do it, but it's messy. Far better to store data in a dedicated geospatial form/encoding like SDF or GML rather than DWG. Besides, data interop for geospatial, so far as Autodesk is concerned, is a done deal with Feature Data Objects (FDO) now an open source project.

Ralph Grabowski, who was on the call notes that this deal makes Open Design Alliance (ODA) irrelevant (at least for these two):

Bentley confirms that the ODA is now irrelevent both ways: (1) Bentley will use Autodesk's RealDWG instead of the Open Design Alliance's OpenDWG libarry; (2) Bentley will no longer provide documentation and tech support to the ODA's OpenDGN library for the DGN format that follow this year's release of MicroStation.

Update: That last bit is incorrect per Bentley's VP of Corporate marketing: "With respect to the ODA, Bentley will continue to provide the documentation and technical support to the ODA for the libraries the ODA creates.

However, we are under no obligation, nor do we have any intention, to deliver the new Bentley DGN Toolkit to or through the ODA." He refers to the toolkit the company is sharing with Autodesk.

So, the big losers may in the long run be other vendors that use OpenDGN (I think ESRI does). Remember this deal is all about interop between Autodesk and Bentley, not any other players.
Autodesk wants you to know about Map 3D Extensions

Posted: July 7th, 2008, 6:45pm CEST

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These ">extensions (Autodesk calls them Toolkits, but the URL says extensions, which I think is more clear) aid Map 3D users in surveying and utility work. They are free to those on subscription as of June 27.

Autodesk shared these details (but not in a press release; interesting):

INDUSTRY TOOLKITS: Autodesk today announced the availability of three AutoCAD Map 3D Industry Toolkits aimed at helping Map 3D 2009 users working within the electric, water or wastewater utility industries to improve adherence to data standards and to increase drafting productivity for transmission and distribution system networks during data creation, acquisition and consolidation phases of a network design project.

With these industry-specific toolkits, utilities can leverage their existing investment in Autodesk technology to increase efficiency and data quality. Each toolkit includes industry data models and symbology specific to electric, water or wastewater utility operations. The toolkits enable utilities to quickly create and maintain consistency in drawings throughout a design projects lifecycle. Utilities can:
§ Improve drafting productivity of facilities for new and experienced workers;
§ Define and apply data standardization and intelligence during the drafting process;
§ Seamlessly integrate data received from external contractors and other departments to match established standards; and
§ Easily prepare engineering/CAD data for GIS.

The toolkits can also help facilitate the transfer of information between utilities and external engineering firms. Engineering firms can easily work within industry standards, leading to improved engineering/CAD and GIS data integration as well as more effectively meeting client requirements.

SURVEYING TOOLS: The availability of new AutoCAD Map 3D Surveying Tools was also announced today. These tools provide Map 3D 2009 users with surface creation, improved point data support and additional coordinate geometry (COGO) functionality. Map 3D 2009 users can now create, visualize and analyze terrain models and improve design and as-built update processes when working with point data collected by surveying, scanning and GPS instruments and devices. The surveying tools are available exclusively for users of Map 3D 2009.

The utility ones offer data models, templates and documentation. Per the FAQ:

Data models - A set of industry object classes and corresponding data attributes. For
example, an overhead conductor and the voltage carried by that conductor.
A set of pre-configured industry symbols that are tied to the object classes.
AutoCAD Map 3D drawing (DWT) and Object Classification template (XML) files.
User documentation including Users Guide, Workflows and Data Model Schema.
Instructional videos

The survey tools actually offer new functionality. Per the FAQ:

Improved point data support.
Surface creation capabilities.
Additional Coordinate Geometry (COGO) commands.
Import and export support for LandXML.
Preview Application Programming Interface (API).
User documentation including Users Guide and Developers Reference.

AnyGeo - Anything Geospatial

New out of Autodesk... AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D to replace Land Desktop

Posted: June 14th, 2008, 7:55am CEST

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An interesting update to the AutoCAD portfolio today... The Autodesk Civil Engineering portfolio now includes: · AutoCAD Civil, which provides civil engineering technicians, drafters and...

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New Executives Join Z Corporation to Accelerate Rapid Company Growth in 3D Printing

Posted: May 29th, 2008, 3:53pm CEST

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Ed DeArias and Olimpio DeMarco are responsible for driving sales and broadening adoption of 3D printing and scanning BOSTON, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Z Corporation, maker of the world's fastest and only ...

All Points Blog

EBay Seller Victorious in First Round in Autodesk Suit

Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 1:00pm CEST

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AECNews.com reports that Autodesk has lost the first round in a court case against an individual who attempted to sell a copy of AutoCAD software on EBay. The court ruled that the sale does not infringe on the license agreement, as Autodesk claimed. The judge will have both sides discuss the situation, but it's expected Autodesk will appeal.

- AECNews.com

Slashgeo

Adapx Introduces Capturx

Posted: May 19th, 2008, 9:09pm CEST by Sunburned Surveyor

Tags: Autodesk

Adapx ( www.adapx.com) today announced the availability of Capturx for Autodesk® Design Review. Capturx is a solution that enables building design teams to print designs on ordinary paper, which can be marked up with a digital pen that digitizes notes and sketches and integrates them directly into Autodesk Design Review files. You can read the full announcement at the GISCafe.
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Autodesk Launches Digital Cities

Posted: May 12th, 2008, 4:41pm CEST by lxnyce

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The Spatial Sustain blog reports about AutoDesk's new initiative. From their summary : "Autodesk is hard at work to define a new technology vision for digital cities. An outline of this vision can be found online at www.autodesk.com/digitalcities. The initiative is being led by Doug Eberhard, senior director and industry evangelist. Eberhard was previously with Parsons Brinkerhoff and has led many visualization innovations. For some more information, please visit the Spatial Sustain blog.
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AnyGeo - Anything Geospatial

The Autodesk Experience tour - check out AutoCAD 2009 and more

Posted: May 7th, 2008, 10:11pm CEST

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Once again, Autodesk is going on the road and bringing the Autodesk Experience tour to a city near you. This is a good opportunity to see what's new in the 2009 application suite and ask questions...

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All Points Blog

Was Autodesk the first public company to bring an open source geo product to market?

Posted: May 6th, 2008, 7:15pm CEST

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Autodesk's VP Lisa Campbell makes that statement in an interview at GIS Development.
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AnyGeo - Anything Geospatial

Autodesk revenues exceed expectations in Q1

Posted: April 24th, 2008, 4:41pm CEST

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Some numbers out of Autodesk regarding Q1... With less than one week remaining in the first quarter, revenue is now expected to be between $590 million and $595 million. The previously provided...

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All Points Blog

Data Discounts from Autodesk

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 9:36pm CET

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Geoff Zeiss notes on his blog Autodesk has deals with data providers to offer up discounts on data. Whose data? DigitalGlobe (via its acquisition GlobExplorer), NAVTEQ (via ADCI), Intermap and Weatherbug (that link was broken when I tried it). Offers vary - DigitalGlobe offers a limited 14 day trial and Intermap a percentage discount. Worth a look if you are in the market.

The title of offer's Web page: High Resolution Earth Images for AutoCAD Map 3D. (Might want to update that since there's more than imagery and the data are for other products, too.)
Free Autodesk DWG Reader Available for Download

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 8:55pm CET

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The good news? DWG Trueview 2009, as the viewer is called, is free (registration form required) and from Autodesk so it's got the same engine used in AutoCAD. It converts to older formats DWG formats to other old and the new 2009 format and includes tools to print, measure, visualize.

The bad news? It's an 193 Mb download.

via Tenlinks Daily

Slashgeo

MapGuide Open Source 2.0.0 Released

Posted: February 29th, 2008, 3:25pm CET by Satri

Tags: Autodesk

The MapGuide-Announce mailing list announced the release of MapGuide Open Source 2.0.0. From the announcement: "Among the many enhancements, the main feature in this release is the integration of Fusion; a flexible, extensible templating system that provides the ability to separate application presentation from its functional components. We have also replaced the use of FastCGI with the more proven ISAPI and Apache mod technologies. The 2.0 milestone page contains the complete list of new features." See also numerous previous related stories below.
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All Points Blog

And Now, Autodesk is Slammed for Reporting Good Earnings

Posted: February 27th, 2008, 6:20pm CET

Tags: Autodesk

You have to wonder what investment analysts are thinking. Autodesk (ADSK) reports record revenues of $599 million for Q4 2007, a 20% increase of last year's numbers and the stock is slammed over $6 per share, a roughly 15% drop. But here is what get's them nervous. Their earnings release included the following statement: "For fiscal year 2009, the Company is maintaining its previously provided revenue guidance range of $2.425 billion and $2.475 billion. However, the company is lowering its previous estimate of earnings per diluted share."

BAM! And the stock tumbles. But what is bad news for some, is good news for others. The Motley Fool has a different take in their pronouncement that "Autodesk Will Rise Again." ADSK was selling for $50 per share as recently ad December 28^th.
Quote of the Week (III)

Posted: February 20th, 2008, 1:21pm CET

Tags: Autodesk

"I think the only poor slobs that still put up with AutoCAD are the lonely GIS market where the users were foolish enough to write a bunch of custom LISP code. "

Technical Editor Paul Rako of EDN (that's Electronic Design News) in a blog post about how Autodesk is like eBay.

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Posted: July 9th, 2008, 11:35am CEST by lxnyce

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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 9:09pm CEST by Sunburned Surveyor

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Posted: May 12th, 2008, 4:41pm CEST by lxnyce

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Posted: March 27th, 2008, 9:36pm CET

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Posted: February 29th, 2008, 3:25pm CET by Satri

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