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Easter Island/Rapa Nui is the most remote inhabited island in the world, but it’s inundated with tourists. What’s a community to do? Pete Kelsey, Key Accounts Technical Manager at Autodesk, has made it a labor of love to help Rapa Nui cope. Using some fancy GPS equipment, laser scanning technology, and, of course, Autodesk software, Kelsey has produced a 3D survey grade model of the island that planners can use to assess development impacts.

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It’s easy to use, it’s free with AutoCAD®, and it gives your drawings that hand-drawn look. What’s not to like? Ged Trias of the Larsen & Darby Group talks about using Autodesk® Impression to draw your customers into the design process. Trias says that when you show customers a crisp, finished drawing or a 3D render, they feel less comfortable asking for changes. Impression enables you to give your drawings a looser, sketchier look that customers just want to draw on.

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Passion for what they do, sticking to a disciplined creative process, communicating and collaborating with customers, and a commitment to quality. Nils Norgren shares his secrets of success from Neoscape, one of the world’s leading architectural visualization firms.

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