Legacy
<<< INSIDE AutoCAD First Published 1985 ... 100+ Book, Magazine and Web Portal Titles Later... Infrastructure Digital Twins Published 2020 >>> |
Where are the old CAD/PLM portals?What a history! After 40 years of continuous publishing, ConnectPress is currently not producing regular periodicals. We started with targeted publications reaching limited readers, grew through a wave of tech periodicals, books and web portals, and for now have returned to specific targeted reach. 1981 ConnectPress’ predecessor Design & Systems Research Publishing Company began publishing The A/E/C Systems Report 1983 The ConnectPress leadership team began offering market positioning services through projects like creating channel, delivery and outreach for Autodesk’s original AutoCAD program. 1985 in conjunction with New Riders Publishing, released the best-selling how-to INSIDE AutoCAD, eventually selling over 3,000,000 copies 1987 under the imprints High Mountain Press and OnWord Press, released over 100 titles on AutoCAD, ProE, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, ARC GIS, MapInfo, Revit, Inventor, MicroStation, Solaris, CAD Management and more. 1988 The ConnectPress leadership team began sharing entrepreneurial, publishing, marketing and leadership expertise with others. Developing workshops and group training programs for YPO (Young President’s Organization) in the areas of personal growth lead to using professional blind-spot analysis as a path to personal growth. 1991 ConnectPress began publishing paper magazines like MicroStation Manager, Pro/E: The Magazine, CATIA Solutions and more, eventually reaching 140,000 worldwide paid subscriptions. 2003 ConnectPress ditched paper for the web with community portals like SolidWorksCommunity.com, MicroStationConnections.com and a dozen others. Online membership reached over 1,500,000 regular member/subscribers. ConnectPress was one of the first web influencers to employ behavioral tracking to both measure reader response and to target content and advertising promotion. 2018 ConnectPress introduced Circles of Leadership, and re-introduced one-on-one coaching, market positioning and content services. 2020 ConnectPress ceased publication of its web community portals and gathered select C-suite and engineering IT managers into Conversations and Circles of Leadership, moving beyond traditional publishing to bring leadership and Market Positioning to life. Current topics in CEO management, Engineering IT management and Digital Twins. Growing splinter groups emerging in AI, XR and IoT as well as location and topic specific leadership circles. |
Titles by Dan Raker and team: |
Authored by Dan Raker INSIDE AutoCAD Fantastic Lantastic One Minute CAD Manager One Minute Network Manager 101 Uses for Your A/E Microcomputer: Practical Ideas for Everyday Situations in Architectural and Engineering Firms Infrastructure Digital Twins Published by Dan Raker MicroStation for AutoCAD Users INSIDE MicroStation The CAD Rating Guide MicroStation Productivity Book MicroStation Reference Guide Programming with MDL 101 MDL Commands Pocket MDL Programmers Guide 101 User Commands: MicroStation and IGDS MicroStation Bible MicroStation Exercise Book Customizing MicroStation Build Cell Rendering with MicroStation ModelView Picture Book INSIDE I/RAS B Managing and Networking MicroStation The MicroStation Database Book The MicroStation for AutoCAD Users Tablet Menu Bill Steinbock’s Pocket MDL Programming Guide MDL Guides INSIDE CADVANCE Using Drafix Windows CAD CAD and the Practice of Architecture: ASG Solutions INSIDE Arc/Info INSIDE Arc/View INSIDE ArcCAD Arc/Info Tips and Tricks The Environmental Software Book The GIS Book: A Practitioner’s Guide GIS Data Conversion CAD DOT INSIDE Pro/ENGINEER The Pro/ENGINEER Quick Reference The Pro/ENGINEER Exercise Book Pro/ENGINEER Tips and Trick | The Manager’s Guide to Computer-Aided Engineering INSIDE Interleaf Interleaf Exercise Book The Interleaf Quick Reference Adventurer’s Guide to Interleaf LISP SunSoft Solaris 2.* User’s Guide Five Steps to SunSoft Solaris 2.* SunSoft Solaris 2.* for Managers and Administrators SunSoft Solaris 2.* Quick Reference SunSoft Solaris for Windows Users The Solaris Source Book One Minute SunSoft Solaris Manager HP-UX User’s Guide Five Steps to HP-UX HP-UX for Windows Users One Minute HP-UX Manager HP-UX for Managers and Administrators The HP-UX Quick Reference The CLIX Workstation User’s Guide Building Better Products with Finite Element Analysis INSIDE Softdesk Architectural INSIDE Softdesk Civil INSIDE SolidWorks SolidWorks Productivity Book SolidWorks Quick Reference INSIDE CATIA CATIA Productivity Book CATIA Quick Reference INSIDE NX NX Productivity Book NX Quick Reference MicroStation Manager Magazine Pro/E: The Magazine CATIA Solutions Magazine SolidWorks Solutions Magazine NX Solutions Magazine ANSYS Solutions Magazine CATIACommunity.com MicroStationConnections.com CreoCommunity.com Inventorconnections.com SiemensPLMCommunity.com SolidWorksCommunity.com PLMConnections.com RevitCommunity.com |