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Managed Design Earns Autodesk Consulting SpecializationAutodesk Partner Now Providing Consulting Services and Expertise for AEC Industry
Minneapolis, MN, 9/29/11 – Managed Design,, today announced that it has earned the new Consulting Specialization designation for value added resellers from Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. As an Autodesk Consulting Specialized Partner, Managed Design has shown that they have made significant investment in their people, they have a solid consulting business plan, they have referenceable customers, and that they offer a high level of knowledge and support to customers in the AEC industry.
The new Autodesk Partner Specializations enable partners to highlight and brand their expertise in delivering services in key industry areas. By completing the required curriculum and training, as well as meeting required levels of service and standards set by Autodesk, Managed Design demonstrates through their strong customer service and support in sales what it means to be a trusted adviser to Autodesk customers throughout the world.
Managed Design has long prided itself in its ability to help clients solve business issues and improve the quality and efficiency of customers’ design processes through its consulting team and approach to software solutions. It seemed only natural that we seek an official Autodesk Consulting Specialization to highlight these abilities. We look forward to expanding our consulting offerings now and in the future to assist our customers in growing their businesses through the use of technology.
About Managed Design Managed Design is the Upper Midwest’s premier provider of consulting services, training, and design software to the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. With offices located in Minneapolis MN, Fargo ND, Eau Claire WI, Davenport IA and Des Moines IA, Managed Design is a leading provider of Autodesk software and the largest upper Midwest regional Autodesk Authorized Training Center (ATC). As an Autodesk Gold Partner, Managed Design delivers real world expertise to clients through proven technical support, training and consulting services. For more information, please contact us at 877-564-3420 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . # # # Autodesk and ATC are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. 
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Special Characters and the C3D Survey DatabaseWhen naming folders and files, be careful when using “Special” Characters in the name. Special characters such as commas (,), pound signs (#) and forward slashes (/) to name a few can be very troublesome and difficult to trouble shoot.
Recently, I’ve run into a couple of issues where special characters were included in the folder and/or file name. The first involved the pound (#) sign in a survey point file name. Because of the pound sign, the file failed to import with no real clue as to why. Ultimately, the character was noticed and removed. The file imported without issue.
The other involved the Civil 3D Survey Database. The path for the SDB included the single quote (‘) in one of the folders name, and when the user tried to access the database he received the error “The survey database does not exist and could not be recreated”. If you search the web for this error you will be inundated with many and a plethora of possible solutions. Before you try all of that fun stuff… check the name for special characters.
Personally, I stick with the tried and true spaces, dashes and underscores in the folder and file names. Perhaps a bit boring and old-school, but I don’t run into naming issues. However, it’s still your call.
Thanks and Enjoy, Doug
LOCKED REVIT FILESFor files that cannot be moved, deleted, renamed, or opened in Revit, there is a free tool that you can use to at least temporarily unlock the files so that they can be fixed. Try out www.lockhunter.com for the free tool to unlock these files. After installing and running the program you can select files that are corrupted and either unlock them or just completely delete them. Also if that still doesn’t work you can right-click on the offending file and find out the reason why it is locked in its current location from a Windows Explorer view. The root reason that these files get locked is because Windows is having a issue generating a thumbnail preview for the file using the Revit preview component. What may be worse, is that every other file (or at least files that follow the file that is locked) also will not display the Thumbnail preview in Windows Explorer.
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More on AutoCAD for Mac: System Requirements, Documentation, FAQsAs a follow up to our initial article about AutoCAD for Mac, we've received the AutoCAD for Macs official system requirements as well as some documentation and FAQs. All are displayed and linked below. AutoCAD For Mac System Requirements
AutoCAD For Mac Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)AutoCAD For Mac Brochure (PDF)
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