CADD Microsystems Earns Partner of the Quarter from Autodesk for Strong Second Quarter Performance

CADD Microsystems is recognized as a top performer among Autodesk partners


CADD Microsystems has announced that Autodesk selected the company as its Partner of the Quarter for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016. CADD Microsystems earned the accolade from a pool of more than 200 partners throughout North America, and this is the fourth time in recent years that CADD Microsystems has achieved the honor. The Partner of the Quarter award recognizes CADD Microsystems for its dedication to customer service, the growth of its operations, and its investments in the business of providing cutting-edge Autodesk solutions for the design industry.


In addition to sales performance, customer service and demonstrated industry expertise weigh heavily into the criteria for Partner of the Quarter. CADD Microsystems has consistently achieved top customer satisfaction scores among partners, and most recently scored higher than the top quartile of partners nationwide.

"CADD Microsystems achieved tremendous results in Q2, and this was a result of our customer-centric approach of partnering with our clients," saidJeff Gravatte, CEO of CADD Microsystems. "We are in this industry to collaborate and partner with our customers, not to just sell them something. And to do that, it's critical that we take the time to fully understand our clients' businesses, and their unique needs and opportunities. This philosophy has led to our continued success, stronger business relationships with our clients, and more importantly, to their continued success as well."

CADD Microsystems builds its service offering around the long-term success of its customers. With proprietary resources like the CADD Community and BIM Compliance Tools, combined with strong partnerships with additional services like Bluebeam, FM:Systems and Global eTraining, CADD Microsystems builds full solutions for its customers to support their full design workflows.

"Autodesk has enjoyed a long, successful partnership with CADD Microsystems - close to 30 years - and we continue to be impressed with their dedication to their customers and to the design industry as a whole," said Ray Savona, Vice President of Americas Sales at Autodesk. "The company's overall performance in Q2 proves that the best practices and strategic planning they have committed to are a good roadmap for continued success for both CADD Microsystems and their customers."

CADD Microsystems is an Autodesk Platinum Partner – the highest tier of the Autodesk Partner program - and incorporates Autodesk software solutions along with proven technical expertise in several industries, including AEC, building owners, land development, and manufacturing. As a Platinum partner, CADD Microsystems offers its customers best-in-class full solutions from pre- and post-sales support, consulting, training, implementation, and customization. CADD Microsystems works closely with Autodesk to help customers design, simulate and analyze their ideas, increase operational efficiencies and maximize their return on investment in Autodesk software solutions.

About CADD Microsystems 

For more than 25 years, CADD Microsystems has delivered programs, services and offerings that consistently exceed customer expectations. Our customers represent the complete spectrum of professionals in the building and infrastructure community, including architectural design professionals; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers; civil engineers; visualization designers; construction companies; GIS and mapping firms; facilities management firms and utilities in both the public and private sectors. The solutions we implement range from Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Facilities Management (FM) products and services. We are one of the largest providers of Autodesk products and services to the Federal government and commercial firms, and one of only a few U.S. partners designated an Autodesk Platinum partner. We've earned the prestigious Autodesk Reseller of the Year award, and nationwide customer surveys say we have the #1 Autodesk instructor in North America. But the greatest metric of our success is in our long-term customer relationships and the loyalty we've earned. Our focus is first and foremost on client needs. By helping our customers manage and execute projects flawlessly, we continue to be the company our customers want us to be. Learn more at www.caddmicrosystems.com.

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HxGNLIVE 2015

An extravaganza of new technology, future visions, opinions, synergetic collaborations and a great deal more was presented during HxGNLIVE in Las Vegas, which ran until June 4th 2015. The event has attracted thousands of users from a variety of industries and organisations, many of whom work in surveying, GIS, building, metrology, security, mining, cadastre or government. 

Attendees witnessed pioneering performances from Leica Geosystems, whose innovations will result in high precision measurements executed by UAV's (drones). Ground Penetrating Radar is now being combined with Mobile Mapping: underground/above ground integration whilst driving. The term ‘Wearable Reality Capture’ refers to the miniaturizing of 3D scanners. Future Hexagon conferences will surely boast scanning teams equipped only with a backpack. The prefix 'Smart' has also landed within the Hexagon family of companies, but it still might be synonymous with 'how we really would like stuff to run'.

Another hot topic is the crowd sourcing of map data. “We can't rely on a few professionals, we have to ensure everyone contributes to making the best maps possible.” Folks who still feel that crowd sourced data is useless, might want to reconsider if they want to make it work. “See it as a big lump of data, find trends in the volume and not so much in the detail”, said Mladen Stojic of Hexagon Geospatial. David Glenn, of Intergraph fame, elaborated in a dedicated session on Geomedia GIS about upcoming versions of GeoMedia 15.0 and what could be expected from "16.0" 

Geospatial

Mladen Stojic refers to the new M.App Chest cloud space, which is hosted by Amazon, 'The Dropbox for Geospatial'. The official launch of the Smart M.App portfolio and the Geospatial 2016 release will be at HxGNLIVE in November 2015, in Hong Kong. Purpose built applications for end users, localised by partners, are going to be a part of the M.App Portfolio. GEOApp: UAS is another new product from Hexagon's Geospatial division. It's a fully automated workflow using photogrammatic data from UAV's. A collaboration between Hexagon and satellite image vendor Airbus Defence & Space integrates content into the software.

Geosystems

Creating 3D models, the newly released Leica Captivate enables measurement professionals across a wide array of industries, working in various applications, to capture and manage complex data. By combining software, precision measurement instruments and services, it's an all-encompassing solution with the look and feel of a smartphone. With Leica Captivate onboard, the new Leica total stations and MultiStation 'learn' any environment, deliver accurate positions regardless of difficult conditions and offer a fast relock in case of interrupted line of sight. The new instruments include: Leica Nova MS60 MultiStation, Leica CS20 Controller, Leica Nova TS60 Total Station, Leica CS35 Tablet and Leica Viva TS16 Total Station. When integrated with the Hexagon Imagery Program through Leica Infinity office software, basemaps can be viewed in Leica Captivate. 30 centimetre, 4-band georeferenced imagery helps users be more visually aware of what is at any jobsite, allowing for better decision making in real time. This results in increased productivity, fewer errors and a reduction in return trips to the site. Additionally, this saves time during post processing. 

Technet Rail

Geosystems elaborated on the acquisition of Technet-Rail 2010 Gmbh, a software development firm specialising in geospatial big data applications for the rail transportation industry. Incorporating technet-rail’s specialised knowledge, the acquisition should extend Leica Geosystems’ offerings, specifically in the mobile mapping segment and enable the bundling of direct or hosted market vertical solutions for the rail industries. Technet-Rail’s highly-mathematical and probability-perception approach to analysing large 3D datasets is in use on rail networks with mobile mapping data, including applications such as dynamically extracting clearances and rail gauges over whole rail networks. With this technology, Leica Geosystems is now able to further extend existing mobile mapping solutions into the rail industry. This includes developing specific monitoring tools for dedicated pit-to-ports rail networks, solutions for timely and cost-effective rail bridge refurbishment, and enabling monitoring of the growing high-speed rail networks. Offering full geo-referenced rail network maps, technet-rail 3D data tools can be used to calculate maximum train speeds – a process that until now was without an as-built basis.

Esri

The newly launched Hexagon Imagery Program, which provides ready-to-use imagery services, will be available to Esri users through the ArcGIS Marketplace. These services deliver high-resolution aerial imagery such as ready-to-use basemaps and analytical subscription services. Esri, Hexagon, and Leica have joined forces to provide this imagery to Esri users. These images are powered by the ArcGIS platform, deployed into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. As these services are powered by the ArcGIS platform, the user has the support of a powerful, dynamic web GIS. The Hexagon Imagery Program includes two imagery services that are live and available now on the ArcGIS Marketplace as basemap and dynamic image services. The Basemap Service is a cached basemap imagery service consisting of 30-centimeter true colour imagery that is updated on an ongoing basis. The Multispectral Imagery Service provides access to the original pixel values for all four bands (red, green, blue and near infrared) of the 30-centimeter imagery. This dynamic image service is ready to use for rich image analysis and exploitation activities in ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, web and mobile apps, and supported Esri partner applications. Through the Hexagon Imagery Program, the collection, storage and serving of imagery have been streamlined through a set of cloud-based subscription services, freeing up staff to perform the critical tasks that keep our communities running smoothly. These services are sold on a subscription basis for specific areas of interest. A single subscription includes access to both the Basemap and Multispectral Imagery services. This bundling of capabilities allows organizations to deliver both fast-performing basemaps and analytically capable multispectral services using just one subscription.

Autodesk

Leica Geosystems announced a collaboration with Autodesk to provide wider access to premier reality-capture and BIM-to-field layout solutions for professionals involved in laser scanning, building construction layout and related markets. The collaboration should create new opportunities for professionals working with Autodesk software to leverage the high-accuracy data from Leica Geosystems’ sensors directly within popular Autodesk authoring tools. Multiple technology integrations are being explored as both companies investigate ways to create synergies that will benefit their joint customers. 

Next HxGNLIVE events: Hong Kong 18-20 November 2015, Anaheim, CA 13-16 June 2016.

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