Description
This class begins with educating your bosses or decision-makers about GIS technology with a focus on the benefits of using Autodesk® products with Feature Data Objects (FDO) technology to connect with many GIS and raster data sources. We show how current Autodesk products can use the technology without the need for additional expensive software and contracts. We also show how other electrical utilities use AutoCAD® even with GIS from other vendors. Convince the Power of the facts! We also discuss a real-world upgrade from AutoCAD® Map 3D Enterprise 2012 with Autodesk® MapGuide® 6.5 to Map 3D 2013 and Autodesk® Infrastructure Map Server (AIMS) 2013. The class covers moving the system into full production, using the current process workflow of the utility while retaining the basic look and feel of the application. This class is co-presented with a technical consultant from the Autodesk Global Services Utilities and Telecom Consulting group.
Key Learnings
- Explain and use FDO technology
- Describe how other utilities use AutoCAD with and for GIS
- List the steps it takes to upgrade to AIMS
- Convince your boss with the knowledge you gain
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- BPBrad Vander PlasBrad is the CAD/GIS Supervisor for Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA). He is responsible for maintaining the GIS and CAD for GVEA's very large service area and producing 4 different maps annually; 2 that are taken directly from Autodesk Map 3D Enterprise. He is also responsible for drawings of multiple Substations, Communication Sites, and Facilities. In addition, Brad has led the charge to update GVEA to Topobase 2010, and just recently won the hard faught battle to upgrade to Autodesk AIMS 2013.
- AMAndy MorsellThis will be Andy's 13th consecutive year presenting at Autodesk University! Andy is a consultant in the Americas Utilities and Telecom Consulting group of Global Services at Autodesk. He has more than 15 years of management, programming, and customization experience in the Autodesk® reseller, training, and developer communities; and he previously owned and operated Spatial Integrators, Inc., a private GIS and CAD consulting firm. Prior to working in the GIS and CAD consulting fields, Andy worked in the civil, environmental, and geotechnical industry as a project engineer, and was involved in all phases of field data collection and design. He earned a bachelor's degree in geology and master's degree in geologic engineering, and is a registered civil engineer.