What are the most common complaints of a CAD draftsman? What prompts a DOT to switch to Autodesk?

These and other stories are featured in this week’s CAD News & Tips for Govies -  a weekly feature on Acronym that scans thousands of industry articles to present you with a regular source of CAD and GIS news, tips, events, and ideas that impact the public sector:

Common Workplace Complaints of a Draftsman (and solutions to fix them)

When you're responsible for managing transportation infrastructure, field personnel and vehicles, having up-to-date information about locations and status is mission critical. To optimize resource coordination, central operations must be able to pinpoint infrastructure, assets, and employees. And communication channels must be strong to keep field workers and headquarters staff on the same page.

Here’s just a few ways that transportation agencies are using Google Solutions:

Want to be more efficient? Lynn Allen’s 60 AutoCAD Tips in 60 Minutes Will Help!

If you want gain insight to help you become more efficient on the job, then be sure to join long-time Cadalyst contributing editor and Autodesk Technical Evangelist, Lynn Allen, as she guides you through features in the newest version of AutoCAD. Lynn will be a special guest at the upcoming government breakfast event, hosted by Acronym sponsor, DLT Solutions and CADD Microsystems, on June 26 in the Washington. D.C. Metro area.

Key new enhancements to Navisworks 2015 will enable the construction professional to generate takeoffs of both 2D and 3D objects in Quantification, for the development of cost estimates and bill of materials. New settings in Autodesk Rendering improve performance with creating photorealistic images.

Select 2D and 3D Views from an Integrated Project Browser

Want to be known as an infrastructure rock star? Looking for some useful apps for govies that can help increase your team's productivity?

These and other stories are featured in this week’s CAD News & Tips for Govies -  a weekly feature on Acronym that scans thousands of industry articles to present you with a regular source of CAD and GIS news, tips, events, and ideas that impact the public sector:

Read how AutoCAD 2015 really focuses on user comfort. Meet the most compelling new feature of Civil 3D 2015, and more.

These and other stories are featured in this week’s CAD News & Tips for Govies -  a weekly feature on Acronym that scans thousands of industry articles to present you with a regular source of CAD and GIS news, tips, events, and ideas that impact the public sector:

AutoCAD 2015 Focuses on User Comfort

If you’ve been lucky enough to make the investment in AutoCAD 2015, then you won’t want to miss Lynn Allen’s companion “Tips and Tricks” booklet.

Lynn’s annual publication is packed with info about the commands and system variables you need to know to get the most out of AutoCAD 2015.

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Learn how to save your AutoCAD drawings to the cloud – automatically!

These and other stories are featured in this week’s CAD News & Tips for Govies is a weekly feature on Acronym that scans thousands of industry articles to present you with a regular source of CAD and GIS news, tips, events, and ideas that impact the public sector:

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