Autodesk Launches FMDesktop 7.1 product suite

Looks like Autodesk has made a few more improvements to Facility Manager, Facility Web and Facility Link (and, I assume also, Facility Request), and released them as FMDesktop 7.1.Announcing Launch of Autodesk FMDesktop 7.1 Products Autodesk® Facility Manager software brings drawings and data together in a way that gives users more information than stand-alone floor plans, databases, or spreadsheets. The open architecture in Autodesk Facility...

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CAD/Design Salary Information

The Autodesk User's Group International is running it's Annual CAD/Design Salary Survey right now.The information gathered will be printed in the January/February issue of the free bi-monthly AUGIWorld Magazine.*The point of this post is to solicit more respondents for our survey.* We need user input to provide the results of this survey!To find out more, please read the FAQ in the www.AUGI.com/surveys area, here are some highlights:Is the survey anonymous?--YES, it is totally anonymous... But, yes, you are required to login with your free augi...

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Woohoo! A new Revit MEP blog!

Alright, Kyle B (Revit MEP Product Manager) has finally joined this generation and started a weblog for RMEP! (okay, Kyle and I are of the same generation, but, whatever, you get my point) Those of you who hang out on the discussion groups would know Kyle not only for his frequent postings, but, also for his how-to videos!I did a quick search (from the webside) of the Autodesk Discussion groups and found at least a dozen of his videos posts. So, he promises to continue that trend and utilize video on his new blog.He's also got links to the other...

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St. Louis Women's Career Expo Oct. 30th

Alright, ladies of the St. Louis metro area... Polish up your resumes, print off plenty of copies, get out your business best, and head down to the Sheraton Westport Chalet to find your next job.You don't have to pay for admission and you can register on-site. Check out the Women for Hire website for a partial list of employers who will be there to see you. Many of these companies have profiles pages with additional information like which positions they're hotly recruiting for.IS, Security, Engineering, Customer Service, Administrative, Light Industrial,...

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How the Data Center Views FM

This is SO far off the mark of reality...It wasn't so long ago that the facilities management (FM) team stalked the corridors of office buildings with greasy blue coats and large bunches of keys. That image is now as out of date as carbon paper and typing pools: Today's facilities manager is more likely to be found in a white short-sleeved shirt behind a 21-inch flat-screen monitor looking at CAD drawings and updating an asset database in a high-tech basement lair.Well, you know, because... I don't wear white, short-sleeved shirts, first of all...

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Cast your vote! Autocad, Revit Architecture, Civil3d and Inventor

Alright, I'm back from my two-week sabbatical.Prior to leaving for vacation, I had a great CAD Camp experience, yet again. One of the highlights was when I got to chat again with Robert Green briefly about his recently wrapped up CAD Manager Survey and our ongoing AUGI Salary Survey. I loved my classes, those guys put on a great day of training; thanks to Matt, David, Robert, Dan, Melody, etc, and those from SV and Hagerman who organized this day. MUCH better venue and MUCH MUCH better catering than last year's event... luckily, same great instruction...

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