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Pheew what an election outcome! Well, it's up to us to change the situation because government cannot. We have the power to make the change we want, because we can do this. SMEs change the world and co-ops create jobs and opportunities.
ArCADia BIM 11 is released (finally!!)
Below is a link to things you can you can use for your website and marketing – screenshots, descriptions, etc. :
https://download.arcadiasoft.eu/Distributors/arcadiasoft_ArCADia-BIM-11_materials.zip
You can download the new ArCADia BIM 11 from here as we have just released it :
https://download.arcadiasoft.eu/demo/ArCADia_11_64bit_EN.exe
Please find below the Recommended Retail Price for ArCADia 11 as a guide:
NEW PRODUCTS CATALOGUE PRICE |
EURO NET |
ArCADia BIM 11 |
795 |
ArCADia BIM 11 upgrade from previous version |
315 |
ArCADia BIM PLUS 11 |
920 |
ArCADia BIM PLUS 11 upgrade |
335 |
ArCADia BIM LT 11 EN  |
545 |
ArCADia BIM LT 11 EN upgrade |
315 |
ArCADia BIM AC 11 EN |
525 |
ArCADia BIM AC 11 EN upgrade |
310 |
ArCADia-IFC RVT 2 |
245 |
ArCADia-REINFORCED CONCRETE COMPONENT EN |
420 |
R3D3-Rama 3D 17 EN |
920 |
In ArCADia BIM 11 (besides many improvements, a new graphic engine and new functions) we have added the drawing functions for drawing an almost complete model of a building with all the installations (water, electricity, sewage, etc) . In ArCADia 10 you could not do this. The added functions give the program a much greater value. This makes ArCADia 11 a BIM product. You can do merging of plans, collision analysis, dimensioning, etc… The extra modules that are available expand these functions further (like Architecture) and are for doing the calculations on the installations (like Water, Sewerage, Electricity).
INTERsoft IntelliCAD is now a traditional CAD program for those who do not want BIM functionality but only a CAD program.
Please contact Judith for more information
Google is the world's most popular search engine. So it helps to know a bit more about using it than the average person.
It is easy to go to www.google.co.za and type in words to search for. Google will then search for pages where all those words occur. Sometimes that is not good enough; instead we want to search within specific website only.
To do this, put site: in front of a site or domain. For example, site:youtube.com (only YouTube) or site:.gov.za (only South African government sites).
For example, passport site: .gov.za to find the government department dealing with travel documents (the Department of Home Affairs).
Experience faster response
times when editing detailed steel connections in a 3D model.
#Revit 2020 uses background processes to carry out these
performance-intensive tasks.
More on Revit: See everything new in Revit 2020.
Autodesk is pleased to provide a special offer encouraging eligible customers with 2014-2019 perpetual licenses not on maintenance to upgrade to subscription.
From May 7 through October 25, 2019, you may receive up to 20% off the Suggested Retail Price* of a new 1- or 3-year subscription when you terminate your associated perpetual license.
In addition to more value and flexibility than perpetual licenses, you can save up to 20%** when trading in qualifying perpetual licenses that are not on maintenance plans, for a subscription to the latest Autodesk industry collections or to most individual products—like AutoCAD® including specialized toolsets, AutoCAD LT® , Civil 3D® , Revit® , Inventor® , 3ds Max® and more.
Event |
Applies to |
Date: |
Introduction of Multi-year Moving to Subscription |
Maintenance plans moving to a 3-year subscription Or As part of this offer, now if you have a 1-year or 2-year subscription Move to Subscription can choose to switch to a 3-year Move to Subscription at the time of renewal |
March 27, 2019 |
Pricing Increases 5% increase 20% increase |
Moving to Subscription Maintenance Plans |
May 7, 2019 |
Note than Maintenance Plans' pricing is increasing by 20%.
You can act on this 90 days before expiry.
Autodesk Knowledge Network (AKN)
AKN is the community content site providing tech support, training materials, product knowledge, and interactive discussion forums for you as customers. Please make use of it.
QBO is proving a multi-faceted platform.
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Last time we set you up for recording Excel Macros, by displaying the Developer ribbon and drawing your attention to the button Use Relative References.
To give us a quick win, we will record a macro that bolds and underlines row 1 headings, and then adjusts column widths to suit the data (a common situation). First, set up some data to work with, for example:
A | B | C | D | E | |
1 | Date | Division | Invoice | Amount | Destination |
2 | 06/03/2018 | East | 1824 | 36000 | Cape Town |
3 | 08/03/2018 | East | 1825 | 198200 | Pretoria |
4 | 09/03/2018 | West | 1782 | 40000 | East London |
5 | 11/03/2018 | East | 1826 | 80000 | Cape Town |
Save the file as MacroDemo1.xlsx to a suitable folder.
We will now record the macro. Do only the following, and do not forget the last step:
Now let's test the macro. Close the file MacroDemo1.xlsx without saving.
Open it again.
Hold in Ctrl and Shift, and then press H (remember, the Shortcut key was Ctrl+Shift+H).
In the flash of an eye, Excel underlines and bolds the headings in row 1, adjusts the column widths, and freezes panes above and left of cell B2! Wasn't that amazing?
By the way, when you close Excel, it will ask if you want to save the Personal Macro Workbook. Choose Save, because that is where your macro is stored.
Next time, we'll look behind the scenes at your first macro.
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All the Best from the team!
Judith and Rick
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