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Visual Integration Platform promotes informed decisions.
Oct 26 2007- Tailored to federal, state, and local governments, U-Vis 360 Core integrates building design, manufacturing, mapping, and infrastructure data and displays it in single visualization environment. Solutions built on this platform provide complete, 360°, inside-outside-under view of any structure or urban environment. Integration of smart engineering data, filtered according to specific task and applied to appropriate interface (2D web or 3D engine), aids critical decision making.

Software provides modeling, animation, and visual effects.
Sep 4 2007- Designed for artists in film, television, game development, design, and manufacturing industries, Autodesk Maya 2008 enables creation of 3D environments, characters, and performances. It features polygon modeling, Slide Edge, and improvements to Booleans, Bridge, and Bevel tools. Other features include Poly Reduce and Poly Smooth functions, Maya nCloth cache, and mental ray translation. Software delivers skinning and rigging toolsets including nondestructive skin editing capabilities.

Software provides 3D modeling, animation, and rendering.
Aug 22 2007- Enabling artists and designers to address challenges associated with large 3D datasets, 3ds Max 2008 helps create 3D content suited for design visualization, film, and television industries. Viewport technology and optimizations facilitate handling of complex scenes consisting of thousands of objects, while Scene Explorer provides artists with hierarchical view of scene data. Integrated MAXScript ProEditor enables users to author scripts that automate and customize 3ds Max.

Software enables creation of visual effects in films.
Aug 10 2007- Suited for visual effects artists, Autodesk Toxik 2008 combines creative toolset with real-time, interactive compositing of high dynamic range imagery. Bicubic Warping lets user manipulate image distortion and perspective to create photo-realistic composites, while Versioning Tool manages multiple iterations and outputs with support for multi-channel open EXR import. Supporting Windows and Linux, program is interoperable with Autodesk Maya 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software.

Software lets users create, share, and edit 3D part designs.
May 30 2007- To help customers optimize communications with supply chain, Autodesk Inventor LT makes editable 3D part design data more accessible. It enables multi-CAD translation capabilities for native and neutral 3D CAD file formats, 3D part model creation and editing, automated mechanical drawings, and photorealistic rendering of 3D part design. Software also provides genuine DWG interoperability with DWG TrueConnect technology.

Software enables accurate plant design.
Feb 1 2007- Addressing industry challenges including time pressures to complete projects and need to share design information across multiple engineering disciplines, AutoCAD P&ID 2007 accelerates piping and instrumentation diagram design and helps ensure accuracy on projects where updates and revisions are constant. Program extracts P&ID logic and information necessary for vital operational and design decisions, facilitating structural, civil, building, mechanical, and electrical work.

Software provides 3D animation, modeling, and rendering.
Jan 22 2007- Autodesk Maya v8.5 features Maya Nucleus, which allows creation of elements that interact in 3D with objects such as fluids, cloth, and rigid bodies. Maya nCloth allows direction and control of simulations including cloth, plastic, and metal, while air-pressure model enables use of any geometry from closed, sealed volumes to open volumes such as balloons. Utilizing python scripting, software is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms.

Software accelerates industrial design process.
Nov 17 2006- Autodesk AliasStudio v13.5 supports sketching, concept visualization, and production modeling all within single, intuitive working environment. Enhancements to user interface and existing tools help streamline and accelerate all phases of design workflow process. Program features quick responsiveness, especially when working with large data sets; Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) translator; and DWG/DXF translator that enables importing of files from AutoCAD software.

Software helps control building maintenance and operations.
Oct 26 2006- Built on DWF platform, FMDesktop v7.0 provides facility managers with ability to create, manage, and share building operating data throughout enterprise. It enables tracking of operations with analysis and manipulation tools, and allows retrieval and editing of selected data such as floor plans and maintenance requests. Data queries can be used to display graphical or data-based reports to identify asset relationships and dynamically initiate work orders.

Software helps manage infrastructure assets efficiently.
Oct 6 2006- Autodesk Topobase 2007 helps organizations collaborate on infrastructure projects by enabling teams to share spatial information across departments. To let users see overall picture with integrated view of all their enterprise data, infrastructure design and management solution integrates CAD, asset, geographical information system, and customer information from paper and electronic sources into centralized infrastructure spatial information database.