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October 28, 2009 - Norcross, GA
Reed Construction Data Releases Software Updates for SmartBIM Library and SmartBIM QTO

 

October 22, 2009 - San Rafael, CA
Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7

Industry-Leading Design, Engineering and Entertainment Software to Be Compatible with Latest Windows Operating System

 
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October 2, 2009 - Watertown, MA
MicroCAD is Google Authorized Reseller

MicroCAD Training & Consulting is now a Google Authorized Training Center for SketchUp and Google Earth Pro. Stay tuned for upcoming classes!


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April 2009 - San Rafael, CA
Autodesk Announces Simplified Upgrade Pricing

Autodesk is introducing a new, streamlined upgrade pricing model on March 16, 2010. Under our current upgrade pricing model, the price of your upgrade depends on which product release you own. After March 15, 2010, your upgrade from any of the three previous software releases will cost 50 percent of the price of a new license, no matter which release you own.

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March 1, 2007 - Northport, NY
MicroCAD Announces Partnership with Widom Associates

We are happy to announce an exciting new partnership with Widom Associates. MicroCAD Training & Consulting and Widom Associates have partnered to expand and better serve the Building Industry community and AEC customers in New York and New England.

Customers will benefit from having a larger local team with joint expertise that can support growing businesses. With the MicroCAD-Widom team, customers will also have access to more and diverse training courses, extended support and more product seminars. With this new partnership, invoicing and sales of Architectural products will be done by MicroCAD, while sales of all manufacturing products will be done by Widom Associates.

MicroCAD is strongly committed to the support of the Revit product line, including Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, and Revit MEP; as well as the standard products such as AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP, VIZ, Max, AutoCAD Civil 3D and GIS products from Autodesk. Widom Associates will specialize in the Autodesk flagship software, Inventor; as well as AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD, Alias, Product Stream (Document Management) and Stream Line (Web Collaboration).

For AEC software you can call the new MicroCAD-Widom number in NY at 631-757-1380 or MicroCAD's toll free main office at 888-923-2279. For questions regarding the new partnership, you may contact Steve Widom at 631-757-7035 ext. 11 or Agustin Fernandez at the toll free number above. We will be glad to answer any questions you may have regarding the new partnership.

 
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January 1, 2007 - Watertown, MA
MicroCAD Announces the Acquisition of Designers' CADD of Cambridge to Boost Architectural Technology Support and Services

We are pleased to announce that Designers' CADD Company, Inc. and its staff have merged operations with MicroCAD Training and Consulting, Inc.  This acquisition reinforces MicroCAD's commitment to the area's Architectural Community and being the leading resource on Autodesk Building Solutions.  Clients of both organizations will benefit greatly from the additional technical resources, added services and training courses that the merger now provides.

Peter Bruckner of Designers' CADD is now MicroCAD's Vice President of Architectural Technology.  He is an architect who owned his own architectural firm and had primary responsibility for Designers' CADD's technical and visualization services.  He will focus on Revit Architectural and Structural implementation and training, as well as 3ds Max and other building design and visualization software.  Joyce Bruckner, also from Designers' CADD, an urban planner by training and experience, will continue to have technical sales responsibilites.  Other Designers' CADD staff will continue to focus on sales and technical support of Autodesk software.

Immediate changes our customers will notice include:

  • The opening of a new office and training center at 383 Central Avenue, Dover, New Hampshire.
  • Faster response time on Technical Support inquiries.
  • Improved  price quotations and invoices.
  • More product seminars and workshops.
  • Greater capacity for assisting Revit Implementation.
  • More capacity to assist in implementation and obtaining benefits from 3ds Max and Viz.
  • Improved training program.

We all look forward to serving you better with our merger continually improving our business.

 
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May 1, 2006 - Watertown, MA
MicroCAD Training & Consulting welcomes Greg Dysart, AIA as a new team member of the Building Solutions division. Greg will be in charge of supporting Revit Customers through our Help Desk and will also be teaching various CAD classes for beginners and advanced users. Greg has been a practicing Architect working for some of Boston’s best architects. He has worked on many large scale projects where efficient use of CAD and 3D CAD has been instrumental in the success of these projects. The new Woburn High School, designed by Tappé Associates, Inc. is such an example. He comes directly from Autodesk where he was part of the Revit Quality Assurance team. Greg truly enjoys showing fellow architects and designers the power of Revit.  He has a deep background and practical experience with CAD and especially 3D CAD from design presentations through complete Construction Documents. We are happy to have Greg join our MicroCAD team, and have him develop software related solutions for our customers.
 
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March 1, 2006 - Watertown, MA
MicroCAD Training & Consulting moves its downtown Boston Training Center from 52 Broad Street to 115 Broad Street.  Although still located near the Boston Society of Architecture, MicroCAD has established a larger training center in order to meet a growing demand for Autodesk software training in the Boston area. 

 
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March 6, 2005 - Las Vegas, NV
Autodesk CEO, Carol Bartz, holds a meeting with MicroCAD's President during an annual dealer conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  MicroCAD's President, Agustin Fernandez, was congratulated by Carol Bartz on an excellent year of growth.  MicroCAD Training & Consulting sold the highest percentage of vertical products in the entire Easter Region in the previous year.
   
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September 13, 2004 - Watertown, MA
Recognizing the demand of design professionals who are finding it more difficult to get release time for training, MicroCAD Training & Consulting expanded its authorized training programs for professionals into the evening.  Between our six locations and evening schedule we can now offer professionals the flexibility to find training at the best location and time to meet their busy schedules.
 
September 1, 2004 - Watertown, MA
Autodesk recognizes MicroCAD Training & Consulting as a Premier Autodesk Training Center (ATC).  ATC providers are authorized by Autodesk to offer design professionals hands-on, instructor-led training on Autodesk software and are recognized by Autodesk for meeting rigorous standards for content delivery and user productivity.
 
January 1, 2004 - Boston, MA
Consulting For Architects, Inc. and MicroCAD Training & Consulting announced last week that an agreement was reached for CFA to changeover CFA's Autodesk software customers to MicroCAD.  "CFA and MicroCAD specialize in customer service and a complete solution for our clients design needs," says David McFadden, CFA Founder/CEO "which is why MicroCAD is a great fit for CFA's customers." 
 
     
 

 
 
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