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April 2001
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Autodesk GenMap to manage the Electric Utility Industry
San Rafael, Calif., April 25, Autodesk and its subsidiary Gentry Systems has announced Autodesk(R) GenMap, a GIS-based application for modeling, maintaining, and managing electric utility networks. Based on Gentry Systems' GenMap, which Autodesk acquired as part of its purchase of Gentry Systems in January, Autodesk GenMap extends the powerful mapping capabilities of AutoCAD Map(R) and enterprise capabilities of the Autodesk(R) GIS Design Server to meet the specific mapping and design needs of electric utility companies.
Autodesk GenMap provides industry-specific functions, a library of standard electrical symbols, "click and drop" functionality, and a single point of entry for quickly and easily creating and editing connectivity network maps. Since acquiring the software, Autodesk has added tighter integration with Autodesk's GIS products, including Autodesk(R) Powerline, as well as enhancing the user interface and productivity tools.
"The ability to easily create detailed maps of physical assets in real time, whether off blue prints or data collected on-site, and save that information in a single database represents a huge benefit for electric utility companies in terms of accuracy and time and cost savings," said Hal Gentry, director of the Electric Utility Group at Autodesk. "And now that Autodesk GenMap is part of the Autodesk Powerline solution, electric companies have an end-to-end solution that automates the most labor-intensive processes while integrating with existing operational systems. This is a very compelling proposition for managing an electric utility business more efficiently and, ultimately, more profitably."
Visit: http://www.autodesk.com/.
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