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ASCENT - Center for Technical Knowledge® Releases Civil 3D Training Guide for Autodesk 2011 Software

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 7, 2010 — RAND Worldwide®, a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced today that its courseware division, ASCENT – Center for Technical Knowledge®, released the following training guide for Autodesk 2011 software: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Fundamentals.

The AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Fundamentals training guide is designed for Civil Engineers and Surveyors who want to take advantage of AutoCAD Civil 3D’s interactive design functionality. ASCENT’s 2011 training guide now includes more practice exercises, allowing students to take a single project through to completion. This training guide also provides techniques enabling users to organize project data, work with points, create and analyze surfaces, model road corridors, create parcel layouts, perform grading and volume calculation tasks, and lay out pipe networks.

“By adding an extra day’s worth of material to this training guide we feel strongly that the key topics users must know to be successful on-the-job with AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 are covered,” said Paul Burden, director of product development, ASCENT. “The enhancements within this training guide for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 help our clients bridge the gap between the training class and real-world application of the software.”

In addition to the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Fundamentals training guide, ASCENT has released the following training guides for Autodesk 2011 software:

ASCENT is an Authorized Author, Publisher and Developer of Autodesk curriculum. All of the company’s Autodesk courses are available to educational institutions, individuals, and corporations.

ASCENT will continue to release a range of titles for 2011 in the coming months, including the next AutoCAD Civil 3D title: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Survey Fundamentals - Field to Finish. To see the company’s complete courseware lineup for Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, and PTC software solutions, please visit www.ASCENTed.com.

About ASCENT

ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge is the leading developer of high-quality professional training, technical documentation, and knowledge products for engineering applications. ( www.ASCENTed.com)

About RAND Worldwide

RAND Worldwide is one of the world’s leading providers of professional services and technology to the engineering community, targeting organizations in the building, infrastructure and manufacturing industries. ( www.rand.com)

RAND Worldwide and ASCENT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rand IMAGINiT Technologies Inc. and/or Rand A. Technology Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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