Weekend Training
Our training diary rapidly fills, with trainers on-site and at our regional centres.

How can we offer more training days we thought? Train at the weekends was the obvious answer, and a welcome solution from clients that are just too busy during the 'working week' to take time out of their busy schedules.

The majority of Autodesk 'Essential' courses are Three Days/18 Hour courses so our scheduling time for weekends is different to standard courses.

Weekend courses are not charged at a premium, and you will receive the required 18 hours training to gain your Autodesk Training Certification. Further more our trainer will even take you to the local restaurant for 'Sunday Lunch' so you don't miss out on your home comforts.

For further details and availability please contact our training co-ordinator on 01707 258338 or email training@cabs-cad.com

AutoCAD Wishlist from AUGI
Whilst browsing the AUGI website our technical guys noticed a simple 'wish' for the next release of AutoCAD. The suggestion was to be able to draw a circle by entering a centre point and the known area.

Quite a simple request, so here is the Visual Basic code:

Sub circlearea()
Dim aCircle As AcadCircle
Dim PNT As Variant
Dim CAREA As Variant
Dim RAD As Variant
Dim pi As Double
pi = 3.14159265358979

PNT = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(, "Select centre point for circle:")
CAREA = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetReal("Area of circle:)

'calculate the required radius
RAD = Sqr(CAREA/pi)

Set aCircle = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddCircle(PNT,RAD)

End Sub

If you have any suggestions or requests for routines to assist in your daily drafting and design then please contact our technical team.

Computer Aided Business Systems become VeryPC
If you are replacing your computer hardware consider a VeryPC alternative from Computer Aided Business Systems. As dealers for VeryPC we can offer you a custom built 'Green PC' specifically designed and tested for Autodesk applications.

Switching to a VeryPC GreenPC can save you electricity and help do your bit for the environment. Studies have shown that as many as 30% of home users leave their computers on all the time, office systems are likely to be left on more often. Switch to an energy efficient GreenPC and you could save as much as £ 85.00 per system, even if you continue to leave your systems running 24/7. In CO2 terms switching to a GreenPC Treeton II is equivilent to planting 13 trees.

For further details contact our sales team on 01707 258338.

Autodesk Subscription 3 Year Renewal Finance Offer
In today's financial climate, Computer Aided Business Systems are here to help and advise on solutions to enable our customers to maintain your competitive edge. Autodesk Subscription will enable your company to have the most up to date and powerful Autodesk products available to you and members of your team.

Autodesk and Computer Aided Business Systems provide '3 year' Autodesk Subscription options. Purchasing a '3 year' contract will enable you to predict and budget your Autodesk Subscription spend for the next 3 years (3 releases).

Paying for '3 years' may not be viable at the moment, so we are offering a simple method of leasing your Autodesk Subscription renewal for the next 3 years. Your renewal will be renewed for 3 years, and you will pay a fixed sum per month.

Calculate an estimate or contact our subscription sales team on 01707 258338 or subscriptions@cabs-cad.com (finance figures are subject to status)