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New AutoCAD Freestyle Creates High-Quality Drawings, Layouts and Plans for Specialty Contractors and Do-It-Yourself Projects
Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced the availability of AutoCAD Freestyle software, a new, easy-to-use application for 2D drawing and sketching that specialty contractors and do-it-yourselfers can use to create professional-looking drawings, layouts and plans.
"Many people–from do-it-yourselfers to home contractors to landscape designers–still use pen and paper or software that does not enable accuracy and is hard to use," said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president, Autodesk Platform Solutions and Emerging Business. "AutoCAD Freestyle has been created to meet the needs of these users and anybody else who needs to generate quick, accurate and professional-looking designs without the need for or learning curve of industrial-strength CAD software."
Designed for any task that requires the creation of accurate plans, such as home renovations, gardening or landscape design, AutoCAD Freestyle is simple enough for use by home owners and do-it-yourselfers as well as specialty contractors such as plumbers, electricians and carpenters to create plans and construction documentation. AutoCAD Freestyle is also intended for non-CAD employees who work with architects and engineers, enabling markup and annotation of designs created in AutoCAD software that can be sent back for incorporation into the AutoCAD file with complete DWG compatibility, which helps reduce rework.
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Bridging the gap between CAD and GIS, AutoCAD Map 3D allows engineering and GIS professionals to work with the same data, and enables design processes to integrate geospatial functions in a single environment for more efficient workflows.
This results in better designs, increased productivity, and better data quality. View this screencast to learn about the top five ways AutoCAD Map 3D can help you improve your infrastructure design process.
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Read how the Public Works Department of the City of Tacoma (Tacoma), Washington, uses its geospatial data to do everything from issuing building permits and managing waste water to maintaining streetlights. The city has prioritized the centralized storage, efficient maintenance, and real-time distribution of spatial data. Tacoma’s efforts have met with spectacular—and award-winning—success. Tacoma has been able to:
- Eliminate duplicate data entry from its design and GIS processes
- Collect and process spatial data more quickly
- Save time with instant access to maps
- Customize web applications quickly and easily with existing IT staff
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Join Autodesk and Waterworld for this short informational webcast that to learn how to quickly save time and be more efficient in planning for maintenance. This tutorial demonstrates a plan to access, record and then prioritize the maintenance of fire hydrants. See firsthand the benefits of system-wide reporting and time-savings GIS interoperability can add to your utility workflow.
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The Orange County Sanitation District, in Southern California, seamlessly integrates CAD design and geospatial data to effectively manage the collection and disposal of wastewater. They use AutoCAD® Map 3D, along with other Autodesk Solutions, to maintain asset data, update enterprise GIS datasets, and deliver better service and more accurate information to customers.
View this interactive customer video to find out more about the Orange County Sanitation District.
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Watch and see this interactive overviews to learn how the Public Works Department of the City of Tacoma (Tacoma), Washington, uses its geospatial data to do everything from issuing building permits and managing waste water to maintaining streetlights. The city has prioritized the centralized storage, efficient maintenance, and real-time distribution of spatial data. Tacoma has been able to:
- Eliminate duplicate data entry from its design and GIS processes
- Collect and process spatial data more quickly
- Save time with instant access to maps
- Customize web applications easily with existing IT staff
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Everyone who uses AutoCAD® for infrastructure design and management should view this on-demand webcast to learn about AutoCAD® Map 3D 2009 software.
Join, Geospatial Technical Evangelist, Pete Southwood, to see how AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 delivers all of the strengths of AutoCAD 2009 software, yet is especially designed to better integrate engineering and GIS data – in a single environment for more efficient workflows. Learn how to build data intelligence during the design process, integrate design information with GIS data, and quickly distribute completed design and geospatial information with users throughout your organization.
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Topobase is Autodesk’s platform for integrating infrastructure design and management. This study from IDC details the business benefits of using Topobase within utilities. They conducted this study using standard IDC methods for assessing business value in terms of return on investment. They also outline industry trends that drive utilities toward integrated information management platforms like Topobase. There are two case studies included. Their intent is to provide information useful to decision makers who are considering solutions for reducing costs and improving process efficiencies within their information systems.
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AutoCAD® Map 3D integrates CAD with GIS for efficiency gains during the data creation, acquisition, and consolidation phases of your utilities and public works projects.
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If you’re using AutoCAD, this video will show you why you need Map 3D.
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Hear about how the Las Vegas Valley Water District relies on CAD engineering software and 3D modeling to maintain their geospatial database for the Las Vegas water supply system.
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