Lenovo Announces the ThinkStation E32 Entry Level Workstation

Lenovo announces its latest addition to its Thinkstation line of workstations the Thinkstation E32.  This new model comes in a SFF (Small Form Factor) as well as a Tower case.  The ThinkStation E32 features Intel’s® Xeon® E3 1200 v3 product family, the option of NVIDIA’s latest Quadro graphics cards (up to K4000 in the tower and K600 in the SFF) as well as Intel P4600 HD graphics, up to 32 GB of Error Correcting Code (ECC) RAM in both models that feature 1600 MHz DDR3 Memory DIMMs and sports six USB 3.0 ports.

Support-related information recently added or updated on the Autodesk knowledge base. August 12th, 2013

Support Updates

August 12, 2013

New Solutions
“Service Pack installation asks for CD, then displays error 1608”
Alignment labels disappear from xrefs
Are service packs cumulative?
AutoCAD 2012 installation fails on machine with NET 4.5
Autodesk Privacy Statement comes up repeatedly after it’s been accepted
Cannot connect to Oracle Enterprise Industry Model
Error 0.0.0 starting Autodesk Revit Architecture (Education Master Suite 2014)
Error 1309: “Error reading from file” (during installation)
Error 1606 when installing a 2014 product
How to access standard AutoCAD tools in AutoCAD Map 3D
How to manually change the location of a deployment
How to run setup.exe in compatibility mode
Install error: “Not enough disk space”
Plot style settings not displayed on the screen
Port numbers for single server FLEXlm setup
Product is incorrectly listed as installed
Profile labels disappear when the drawing opens
Profile View lineweights not working
Strange issues for some clients using the same network Plant 3D project
What version of the program is running?

More Cloud Based Software-Autodesk InfraWorks 360 Pro

Autodesk has announced their release of Autodesk InfraWorks 360 Pro.  This is a cloud based version of InfraWorks that utilizes cloud based data storage and simulation.  It is available now on a quarterly license basis.  You do not have to purchase the full version; just “rent” it for three months at a time.  This will make it easier for design companies to “test drive” InfraWorks before they fully commit to it.

Autodesk Introduces Rental Plans for Design Suites

Autodesk has launched rental plans for a few of their design suites; Autodesk AutoCAD Inventor LT Suite and Autodesk AutoCAD Revit LT Suite.  Both are monthly plans and both will cost $95 (U.S.D.) per license.  For an extra $20 (U.S.D.) per month you can add Advanced Support.  Payment can be made through the website where you order the suites via credit card or PayPal.  You can set up your rental agreement to automatically renew itself.

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