Mr. Wallace is a Technical Specialist in Manufacturing for U.S. CAD with over 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he worked as a mechanical drafter for an industrial sprinkler manufacturer in Northern California. Since 1996, Mr. Wallace has trained thousands of mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, and drafters from a wide variety of companies in Southern California on the use of Autodesk Manufacturing products. He is an Autodesk Certified Instructor, an Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert and regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD Mechanical, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault and Productstream data management solutions.

You’ll see some of the common consideration and stumbling blocks that may be encountered during an installation, and how you can avoid as many of them as possible.
Learn about the methodology for planning a Vault implementation, including things to consider before you even put the DVD in the drive.  Gain knowledge methods to validate data and how to create best practices for your organization before going live.

• Suggestions on Vault Structure
• Automating backups
• Vault Maintenance
• Configuring Vault users and groups
• Potential pitfalls and how to avoid them

Ms. King is the Training Manager for U.S. CAD and specializes in teaching all levels of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map, and Land Desktop. She has been using AutoCAD since 1987 and has been providing Autodesk product training since 1993. Her experience includes the application of Autodesk technologies in the Mapping and Civil Engineering industry and for two years also provided Microstation training and technical support. Ms. King is an Autodesk Certified Instructor, has been a featured instructor at Autodesk University three times, and has also been the recipient of the Autodesk Instructor Quality Award three times. Ms. King is especially skilled at relating to the class participant’s needs to the training material to help them to get the most out of their training courses.

This session focuses on using the new Datalink tool to create Tables in AutoCAD that are linked (cell for cell) to your Excel spreadsheet. This is not the old OLE technique! We will learn how to create links to Excel spreadsheets in several different ways, and how to edit these linked spreadsheets. We will also spend some time talking about creating Table styles.

• Linking a Spreadsheet to a Table
• New Functionality in the Table Command
• Using the Data Link Manager
• Updating Table Links
• Modifying Tables
• Creating Table Styles

Mr. Bennett is a Technical Specialist for the Architecture and Design Visualization industries for U.S. CAD with over 12 years of experience. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he worked as a drafter, designer and CAD manager for an engineered lumber products company where he worked on a variety of commercial and residential projects. Mr. Bennett is an Autodesk Certified Expert focusing on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, and 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design and is a moderator and manager for the AutoCAD Architecture and Design Visualization forums for AUGI. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in Architecture and Design Visualization and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to AEC design professionals.

Come explore design visualization in 3ds MAX Design and see what is possible in this new visualization platform. See how to take your Revit models seamlessly into 3ds MAX Design and continue your creative process. Find out how to use 3ds MAX Design for LEED 8.1 Certification in daylighting. See the possibilities for increased productivity when working in an iterative design process. Come learn about this and more!

• Work on Revit data imported into 3ds MAX Design
• Explore and use ProMaterials in 3ds MAX Design
• Unveil the Reveal system in 3ds MAX for iterative workflows
• Review the Exposure system for attaining LEED 8.1 certification

Ms. Santer is the Civil Engineering Technical Manager for U.S. CAD managing the Civil Engineering division and technical staff. Prior to joining the reseller channel, she worked as a field surveyor, an inside survey technician and supervisor. Ms. Santer over 7 years industry experience as a civil drafter and a civil designer on large commercial and industrial projects throughout California. She has been a part-time professor at California Polytechnic State University, a featured instructor at Autodesk University several times, and in 2006 earned Autodesk Instructor of the Year for the America’s. She regularly provides training, customization, and support for AutoCAD, Autodesk Land Desktop, and Civil 3D and has been involved with over 40 Civil 3D implementations throughout the Western U.S.

After taking this session you will have a better understanding of how to begin creating your company’s template file.

This session will cover how to create and set up a template file in order to create production drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009. This is a shotgun course into creating, managing and editing your company’s CAD Standards. For many years Styles in Civil 3D have always been underestimated. We want to focus on the tasks that need to be accomplished in order to ensure a successful implementation of the product.
Session Level: Introductory/Intermediate          

• Creating and Editing Object Styles
• Creating and Editing Label Styles
• Setting Up Drawing Settings
• Setting Up Command Settings
• Managing a Template File

Jeremiah is a Geospatial Technical Specialist for Autodesk, Inc. He has been using Autodesk based products since 1995 and has been an Autodesk Map based GIS practitioner since 2001. He spent 5 years as the CAD and GIS Supervisor of an independent telephone company giving him great exposure and experience in the communications industry and prior to that worked as an Autodesk Instructor and support technician. Jeremiah attained his BS in Industrial Technology from CSU, Fresno in 1999 and won the Top DAUG competition at AU 2003.

Today the compartmentalization of data silos is starting to erode and lead to a new integrated environment where the traditional 2D landscape of CAD and GIS are blending data with 3D building models. The solution ends in a web-based mapping environment that users are accustomed to, coupled with 2D and 3D building models that have game-like functionality. Integrating architectural floor plans and building models from Revit the building information is then distributed using the web-based mapping technology. 

• Web Interface
• DWF Technology
• Publishing Maps to the Web
• Google Earth Integration
• 2D/3D
• FDO (Feature Data Objects)

Ms. Wu is a Technical Specialist in Structural Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 7 years of industry experience as a practicing engineer. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, she obtained a Master Degree of Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) working in both the U.S. and Taiwan where she gained experience in structural drafting and the use of structural analysis tools. Her project experience includes work on underground subway stations, electrical substation design, petrochemical plants, and building structures. Ms. Wu regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support for AutoCAD and Revit Structure where her experience brings a unique understanding to the use of Autodesk BIM technology in structural engineering firms.

What is the right way to get started using Revit Structure? How do you bring in the models from Revit Architecture and control object visibility? How can you grab the Grids, Levels, Columns, Walls, and Slabs from the Architectural model and keep track of the changes? How can multiple people work on the project at the same time? Find out the answers to these questions and more!

 

• Learn the process of Linking in Revit Architecture models and how to set the visibility controls in linked models
• Learn how to use Copy Monitor to copy objects from linked models
• Learn how Coordination Review can alert you to changes from the architect and help you keep your design in synch with theirs
• Understand the strategies around Worksharing and project team collaboration
• Learn how to enable Worksharing, creating Worksets, and the process of creating, storing, and managing the Central File
• Learn the correct way to create and manage Local Files for each project team member

Mr. Gant is a Technical Specialist in Architecture for U.S. CAD with over 8 years experience in the Architectural industry. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he obtained a Master of Architecture I from Tulane University and is slated to take the California Supplemental Exam to become licensed in the State of California. Mr. Gant started his working career two years before graduation where he gained experience with all phases of architectural design and documentation with various types of construction and in 2003 was part of the first successful Revit Architecture BIM project at his firm. Mr. Gant is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, Revit Architecture and NavisWorks.

Autodesk NavisWorks is a solution that enables design and building professionals to unite their work into a single, synchronized building information model (BIM). With its neutral viewing environment, NavisWorks enables team members to reliably share, combine, review and perfect detailed 3D design models of any size, regardless of the format they were created in. By combining the high-quality information created by BIM applications such as Revit with geometry and data from other design tools, NavisWorks enable a real-time, whole-project view for effective 3D coordination, 4D planning, visualization, dynamic simulation, and analysis.

• Learn how to import files from various disciplines and file formats
• Learn how to perform first person navigation through the 3D model
• Learn how to animate objects in NavisWorks
• Learn how to use Clash Detective to perform collision detection and find conflicts in the design

 

Mr. Viguri is a Technical Specialist in Architecture for U.S. CAD and a licensed Architect in the State of California. Over the course of his 24 year career, Mr. Viguri has worked on both private and public projects including high end office, lab, retail, gaming, hospitality, theater, school, multi-family and custom estates primarily throughout the Southern California area. He has worked with several CAD software platforms including AutoCAD, Microstation, and Revit and has previously been an AutoCAD instructor at the New School of Architecture in San Diego. Mr. Viguri provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, Revit Architecture and AutoCAD Architecture.

This session will teach you how you can access a better workflow for conceptualization tasks.

How can you leverage the power of Revit to create expressive forms for conceptual design? How can you start with simple massing studies and extract important pro forma information such as gross area per floor? Is there a way to import conceptual massing from applications such as Form-Z, Rhino, Sketch-Up, AutoCAD, or other ACIS and NURBS based applications and turn them into Revit massing objects? Once you have the desired form, how do you then select faces to design walls, roofs, floors, and curtain systems that will migrate forward into the rest of the design process?

• Learn to create Solid and Void forms
• Learn how to create Extrusion, Blended, Revolved, Swept, and the new Swept Blend objects to express your ideas?
• Learn how to calculate Mass Floor Areas, Perimeters, Exterior Surface Areas and Volumes while still in the Mass modeling stage
• Apply Floors, Walls, Roofs and Curtain Systems to Massing elements
• Learn how to updating the Mass Design and Refresh the Wall, Floor, Roof, and Curtain System object to conform to the new shape

Mr. Sanchez is a Technical Specialist in Manufacturing for U.S. CAD with over 16 years of experience in Electro-Mechanical design. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he worked in the Aerospace, Oils and Gas, and Consumer Products industries working on projects from conceptual design through production. He has real world experience using AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Autodesk Inventor, Computer Vision, Pro-E and Solid Works. Mr. Sanchez is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and an Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert. He regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Inventor, Autodesk Vault and Productstream.

Learn how to take advantage of Design Views and Positional representations available to you in Inventor.  See how Design Views and Positional Representations can simplify creation of views in both your assembly, and in your drawings. 

You’ll see how design views can be utilized across your assemblies and drawings to create documentation much more quickly, and how positional representations can better illustrate an assembly’s range of motion, creating more details documentation.

• Creating Design Views and Positional Representations
• Placing Design Views and Positional Representations on your drawings.
• Creating Overlay Views
• Using I-part filters

Multileaders is a new feature that was added in AutoCAD based 2008 products. Learn how to create, use & edit Multileaders and create your own Multileader styles. You’ll also get some valuable tips and tricks on the use of Multileaders and Multileader styles.

• Drawing Multileaders with Text
• Drawing Multileaders with Blocks
• Modifying Multileaders
• Adding & Removing Leaders
• Aligning Multileaders
• Collecting Multileaders
• Creating Multileader Styles

Eddie Perlberg has spent the last 17 years directly involved with the Architectural industry in the Milwaukee area. Eddie began his career as an intern architect before working for an Autodesk reseller to help customers with their implementation of Autodesk solutions including Architectural Desktop, Revit and Autodesk VIZ and 3ds max. Most recently before joining Autodesk, Eddie worked at various firms including R.A. Smith as a Project Manager for the visualization department and as CAD Manager for Kohl’s Department Stores and Kahler Slater Architects. Eddie has been directly involved with the creation and implementation of much of the graphic content at the Bradley Center, home of the Milwaukee Bucks, and more. Annually Eddie is a contributing instructor at Autodesk University for many visualization focused classes.

What makes a great design visualization project? How can you add simple details to a project to really tie everything together? What will make your design jump to the next level? Come learn the answers to these questions and more!

• Learn how to utilize mr proxies and why they help increase productivity
• Create walkthroughs and animations with AutoKey
• Use physics within 3ds MAX Design to convey real world forces such as wind and gravity
• Utilize Character Studio to bring people to life in your animations

Mr. Rodriguez is a Technical Specialist in Civil Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 17 years experience in the Civil Engineering industry. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he was a CAD Manager for two ENR 500 ranked design firms. His project experience includes work on Disney’s California Adventure, The City of Anaheim’s Resort Infrastructure Revitalization Project, and Universal Studio’s Islands of Adventure. Mr. Rodriguez is a Civil Engineering Certified Implementation Expert, and has been a featured instructor at Autodesk University. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in civil engineering and regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to civil engineering professionals on Civil 3D.

This (90) minute session will cover the in’s and out’s of grading design tools within Civil3D 2009. Whether you are modeling an existing ground surface or designing a proposed grading site the tools you choose and workflows you create will dictate how successful your ultimate design model will be. Because there are so many options and choices of design functionality in Civil3D choosing the right combination at the outset is very important to getting to your desired result.

After taking this session you will have a better understanding of these key Grading Topics: -TIN Data explains for modeling existing ground surfaces -Automating surface creation through a custom template (DWT) -Sltes -Feature Lines -Grading Criteria -Grading Objects -Grading Groups – Real-life Grading Solutions using Feature Lines and Grading Objects
 

• Automating EG surfaces through custom templates (DWT)
• Feature Lines
• Grading Objects
• Grading Workflows  

Session Level: Introductory/Intermediate          

Jeremiah is a Geospatial Technical Specialist for Autodesk, Inc. He has been using Autodesk based products since 1995 and has been an Autodesk Map based GIS practitioner since 2001. He spent 5 years as the CAD and GIS Supervisor of an independent telephone company giving him great exposure and experience in the communications industry and prior to that worked as an Autodesk Instructor and support technician. Jeremiah attained his BS in Industrial Technology from CSU, Fresno in 1999 and won the Top DAUG competition at AU 2003.

Want to get unparalleled productivity from your infrastructure design process? Then take a look at why so many engineers, designers, and drafters are switching to AutoCAD Map 3D. The software provides innovative engineering design and drafting tools that are easy to use for AutoCAD users. Because Map 3D software is built on AutoCAD technology, organizations can take full advantage of the extensive CAD-trained workforce to manage engineering, business, and geospatial data.

Ms. Wu is a Technical Specialist in Structural Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 7 years of industry experience as a practicing engineer. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, she obtained a Master Degree of Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) working in both the U.S. and Taiwan where she gained experience in structural drafting and the use of structural analysis tools. Her project experience includes work on underground subway stations, electrical substation design, petrochemical plants, and building structures. Ms. Wu regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support for AutoCAD and Revit Structure where her experience brings a unique understanding to the use of Autodesk BIM technology in structural engineering firms.

How can Revit Structure help structural engineers in their structural analysis? How does Revit Structure link to industry standard structural analysis tools? What is the preferred workflow to unify the structural engineering and structural drafting workflows? This session covers the strengths and purpose of Revit Structure analytical tools and the importance of the workflows they support. This session also covers the compelling reasons for a firm's engineers to use Revit Structure for its unique analytical software linking capabilities.

• Learn the difference between the physical and analytical model in Revit Structure
• Explore the analytical and physical model consistency checks
• Understand how to adjust the analytical model and use Revit Structure’s auto-detect feature
• How you set the analytical parameters such as release conditions for a Revit Structure model prior to analysis
• What are boundary conditions and how are they are applied
• How you add structural loads
• The process of linking to various analysis software applications

Mr. Orona is a Technical Specialist for the MEP industry for U.S. CAD. Over the course of his 14 year career, Mr. Orona has worked as drafter and designer, a CAD Manager, and Field Engineer in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) consulting industry and has been involved in many large projects in and around the San Diego area. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in building engineering where his MEP and engineering background brings a complete understanding to the process of helping companies effectively implement Autodesk products in a production environment. He regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support for AutoCAD, AutoCAD MEP, and Revit MEP.

How can you leverage your Revit BIM model for sustainable design and building performance analysis? How can you get valuable information on your preliminary designs to gauge your buildings carbon footprint and whether it meets the guidelines for the AIA 2030 Challenge? How can you determine if your design can achieve the LEED 8.1 Daylighting credit? Come learn the answers to these questions and more.

• Understand how to properly set up Revit Spaces & Rooms and how to leverage your Revit BIM model to create an IES Analytical Model
• What information do you need to include at the Preliminary Design and early Design Development stages for building performance analysis
• How can you use the free IES VE-Ware to determine if your preliminary design’s carbon footprint and if it meets the AIA 2030 Challenge
• How can you use the IES Sustainability and LEED Toolkits for Dynamic Thermal Simulation, and the LEED 8.1 daylighting credit

Mr. Gant is a Technical Specialist in Architecture for U.S. CAD with over 8 years experience in the Architectural industry. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he obtained a Master of Architecture I from Tulane University and is slated to take the California Supplemental Exam to become licensed in the State of California. Mr. Gant started his working career two years before graduation where he gained experience with all phases of architectural design and documentation with various types of construction and in 2003 was part of the first successful Revit Architecture BIM project at his firm. Mr. Gant is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, Revit Architecture and NavisWorks.

How can you create new custom parametric content in Revit? How can you show increasing levels of detail in enlarged views? How can you create elaborate assemblies for detailed items such as cabinetry and equipment as well as elementary components like walls and columns? Learn how to use the Family Editor’s open, graphical system for form making as well as how to express design intent at increasing levels of detail. Best of all, no programming language or coding is required!

• Learn to create a parametric window from scratch with the Wall Based Family template
• Learn to create parameters to control arrayed objects
• Explore Solid and Void form modeling
• Learn the options for displaying the family correctly in 2D and 3D and at varying levels of detail

 

Mr. Wallace is a Technical Specialist in Manufacturing for U.S. CAD with over 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he worked as a mechanical drafter for an industrial sprinkler manufacturer in Northern California. Since 1996, Mr. Wallace has trained thousands of mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, and drafters from a wide variety of companies in Southern California on the use of Autodesk Manufacturing products. He is an Autodesk Certified Instructor, an Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert and regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD Mechanical, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault and Productstream data management solutions.

It is becoming more and more common for users of Inventor to inter-act with the physical world.  If you build equipment that is used in a building come see how that Inventor model can be used with other Autodesk Products including AutoCAD Revit and Navisworks.

• See how Inventor uses Architectural Elements to place your Inventor models
• How to collaborate between Inventor and Architects using Revit or AutoCAD Architecture
• See how Inventor models are used in Navisworks

Mr. Bennett is a Technical Specialist for the Architecture and Design Visualization industries for U.S. CAD with over 12 years of experience. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he worked as a drafter, designer and CAD manager for an engineered lumber products company where he worked on a variety of commercial and residential projects. Mr. Bennett is an Autodesk Certified Expert focusing on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, and 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design and is a moderator and manager for the AutoCAD Architecture and Design Visualization forums for AUGI. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in Architecture and Design Visualization and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to AEC design professionals.

Come explore what it takes to pull together a design collaboration project in 3ds MAX Design 2009. See how to bring your AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP, Civil 3D and Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, and Revit MEP models seamlessly into 3ds MAX Design to continue your creative process. Come learn how to bring it all together and more!

• Import AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP and Civil 3D data into 3ds MAX Design
• Import Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, and Revit MEP data into 3ds MAX Design
• Learn what pitfalls to avoid when building models in programs other than 3ds MAX Design
• Learn the best practices to use when working in a collaborative environment between these programs

Mr. Campbell is a Technical Specialist in Civil Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 9 years experience in the Civil Engineering industry. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he was the Regional CAD Manager for a large Civil Engineering firm with offices in Utah and California where he developed and delivered targeted Civil 3D training for several offices and was instrumental in their transition to Civil 3D. At U.S. CAD he specializes in Civil 3D advanced corridor design with a focus on intersections, cul-de-sacs, knuckles, bus turnouts, and grading from the corridor. Mr. Campbell also has extensive experience modeling and rendering civil sites for project studies and city approvals. He regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on Civil 3D.

This course will demonstrate how Civil Engineers and Architects can coordinate their projects and what type of data is necessary for both parties. You will also be introduced to the design visualization capabilities of Civil 3D.

Join us during lunch to see if Autodesk products really can play well together. We will start with what is required to import a surface and image from Google Earth. We will then cover the steps necessary to get a Revit model into C3D. After we have our Revit model in C3D and looking the way we want, we will cover the steps necessary to export C3D surfaces so they are ready to be imported into Revit. Finally, we will look at some of the Visualization capabilities of C3D…

Topics:

• Google Earth Image and Surface Import
• Importing a Revit Model into Civil 3D
• Exporting Civil 3D Surface data for import in to Revit
• Rendering and Visualization in Civl 3D

Ms. Wu is a Technical Specialist in Structural Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 7 years of industry experience as a practicing engineer. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, she obtained a Master Degree of Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) working in both the U.S. and Taiwan where she gained experience in structural drafting and the use of structural analysis tools. Her project experience includes work on underground subway stations, electrical substation design, petrochemical plants, and building structures. Ms. Wu regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support for AutoCAD and Revit Structure where her experience brings a unique understanding to the use of Autodesk BIM technology in structural engineering firms.

What is the right way to share Structural information with Architects and MEP consultants? How does the platform the Architect or MEP consultant uses affect you? Exchanging information between multiple design platforms and versions can be quite a mystery and can present a number of challenges. Find out the right way to collaborate across various Autodesk products to keep the extended design team on the same page!

• Learn the process of collaborating between Revit Structure and architects and MEP consultants using AutoCAD
• How do you collaborate between Revit Structure and Architects using AutoCAD Architecture or MEP consultants using AutoCAD MEP
• What is the best way to collaborate between Revit Structure and architects using Revit Architecture and MEP consultants using Revit MEP
• Learn how to prepare your Revit Structure models for use with Autodesk NavisWorks
• Learn the process of preparing your Revit Structure models for use with 3ds MAX Design

 

Mr. Orona is a Technical Specialist for the MEP industry for U.S. CAD. Over the course of his 14 year career, Mr. Orona has worked as drafter and designer, a CAD Manager, and Field Engineer in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) consulting industry and has been involved in many large projects in and around the San Diego area. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in building engineering where his MEP and engineering background brings a complete understanding to the process of helping companies effectively implement Autodesk products in a production environment. He regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support for AutoCAD, AutoCAD MEP, and Revit MEP.

What is the right way to share MEP information with Architects and Structural Engineers? Does the process change if you are using AutoCAD MEP or Revit MEP? How does the platform the Architect or Structural Engineer uses affect you? Exchanging information between multiple design platforms and versions can be quite a mystery and can present a number of challenges. Find out the right way to collaborate across various Autodesk products to keep the extended design team on the same page!

• Learn the process of collaborating between AutoCAD MEP and architects and structural engineers using AutoCAD
• How do you collaborate between AutoCAD MEP and architects using AutoCAD Architecture
• What is the best way to collaborate between AutoCAD MEP and architects using Revit Architecture and structural engineers using Revit Structure
• Learn the process of collaborating between Revit MEP and architects and structural engineers using AutoCAD
• How do you collaborate between Revit MEP and architects using AutoCAD Architecture
• What is the best way to collaborate between Revit MEP and architects and structural engineers using Revit Architecture or Revit Structure
• Learn how to prepare your AutoCAD MEP and Revit MEP models for use with Autodesk NavisWorks
• Learn the process of preparing your AutoCAD MEP and Revit MEP models for use with 3ds MAX Design

 

Mr. Hebert is Vice President of U.S. CAD and runs their Building Solutions Division. Over the course of his 19 year career, Mr. Hebert has worked as a drafter and CAD manager in various firms prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel where he has taught thousands of Architects, Interior Designers and Structural Engineers on various Autodesk products. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in building design and works to help companies effectively implement Autodesk products in a production environment. He regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support for Revit Architecture, and Revit Structure.

What is the right way to share Architectural information with Structural Engineers and MEP consultants? Does the process change if you are using AutoCAD Architecture or Revit Architecture? How does the platform the Structural Engineer or MEP consultant uses affect you? Exchanging information between multiple design platforms and versions can be quite a mystery and can present a number of challenges. Find out the right way to collaborate across various Autodesk products to keep the extended design team on the same page!

• Learn the process of collaborating between AutoCAD Architecture and structural engineers and MEP consultants using AutoCAD
• How do you collaborate between AutoCAD Architecture and MEP consultants using AutoCAD MEP
• What is the best way to collaborate between AutoCAD Architecture and structural engineers and MEP consultants using Revit Structure or Revit MEP
• Learn the process of collaborating between Revit Architecture and structural engineers and MEP consultants using AutoCAD.
• How do you collaborate between Revit Architecture and MEP consultants using AutoCAD MEP
• What is the best way to collaborate between Revit Architecture and structural engineers using Revit Structure or Revit MEP
• Learn how to prepare your AutoCAD Architecture and Revit Architecture models for use with Autodesk NavisWorks
• Learn the process of preparing your AutoCAD Architecture and Revit Architecture models for use with 3ds MAX Design

Mr. Klare is a Technical Specialist in Civil Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 9 years experience in the Civil Engineering industry. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he was a drafter, designer, and CAD Manager with industry experience in flood and geotechnical mapping, as well as residential and commercial site design. Mr. Klare is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and an Autodesk Civil 3D Implementation Certified Expert with expertise in the Autodesk Vault data management solution having implemented Vault with several AEC firms and Government agencies. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in civil engineering and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to civil engineering professionals on Civil 3D.

This course will discuss the basic functions and components of the Autodesk Network License Manager.   Users will learn how to use FlexLM functions, LMTools interface, and configuration of the license manager. 
Users will also see an overview of Options Files and how they can be used to manage the license usage within a company. 

• Installing FlexLM
• Configuring FlexLM
• Combining License files
• Configuring Options files
• Common errors and how to correct them

Mr. Wallace is a Technical Specialist in Manufacturing for U.S. CAD with over 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he worked as a mechanical drafter for an industrial sprinkler manufacturer in Northern California. Since 1996, Mr. Wallace has trained thousands of mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, and drafters from a wide variety of companies in Southern California on the use of Autodesk Manufacturing products. He is an Autodesk Certified Instructor, an Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert and regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD Mechanical, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault and Productstream data management solutions.

Inventor’s Frame Generator tool is an extremely powerful and easy to use way to create frames (both structural and non-structural).  This session will cover the use of this tool and how easy it is create structural frame members for use in Inventor and how to use Inventor’s Frame Generator “finishing tools.”  In addition, learn how to publish your own ‘custom’ shapes to the Frame Generator.

Ms. King is the Training Manager for U.S. CAD and specializes in teaching all levels of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map, and Land Desktop. She has been using AutoCAD since 1987 and has been providing Autodesk product training since 1993. Her experience includes the application of Autodesk technologies in the Mapping and Civil Engineering industry and for two years also provided Microstation training and technical support. Ms. King is an Autodesk Certified Instructor, has been a featured instructor at Autodesk University three times, and has also been the recipient of the Autodesk Instructor Quality Award three times. Ms. King is especially skilled at relating to the class participant’s needs to the training material to help them to get the most out of their training courses.

In this session we will take a MNU/MNS file (real world!) and migrate it to a CUI file that is usable in 2006-2009. We will be discussing techniques to avoid making critical mistakes. You will also learn about some common problems that you may have when converting MNU/MNS files to CUI format.

• Migrating MNU/MNS Files to CUI Files
• How to use the TRANSFER Tab – taking only what you need from your old MNU file
• Pitfalls and Potential Problems
• Checking your Work – How to make sure it functions correctly

Ms. Santer is the Civil Engineering Technical Manager for U.S. CAD managing the Civil Engineering division and technical staff. Prior to joining the reseller channel, she worked as a field surveyor, an inside survey technician and supervisor. Ms. Santer over 7 years industry experience as a civil drafter and a civil designer on large commercial and industrial projects throughout California. She has been a part-time professor at California Polytechnic State University, a featured instructor at Autodesk University several times, and in 2006 earned Autodesk Instructor of the Year for the America’s. She regularly provides training, customization, and support for AutoCAD, Autodesk Land Desktop, and Civil 3D and has been involved with over 40 Civil 3D implementations throughout the Western U.S.

In our experience working with several companies and helping them build their plans for Civil 3D Implementation, we have learned a few things. We want to take this opportunity to share with you what we have experienced in the real world concerning the pitfalls to lookout for when transitioning to this technology and how to build a transition plan that if followed can lead to success. We have also learned a thing or two from our customers on things they have implemented and have become the best practice, so we will be sharing these with you as well.

This session is focused on presenting the key components that should be considered in transitioning to a technology like Civil 3D. Components such as how to address your company standards or agency standards in Civil 3D, what are the best training delivery methods during the transition process and how important is the plan and what are the components of this plan that lead to a successful implementation.

• Civil 3D Implementation Best Practices
• Pitfalls to lookout for
• Training methodologies and options
• How to address company standards

Session Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Mr. Rodriguez is a Technical Specialist in Civil Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 17 years experience in the Civil Engineering industry. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he was a CAD Manager for two ENR 500 ranked design firms. His project experience includes work on Disney’s California Adventure, The City of Anaheim’s Resort Infrastructure Revitalization Project, and Universal Studio’s Islands of Adventure. Mr. Rodriguez is a Civil Engineering Certified Implementation Expert, and has been a featured instructor at Autodesk University. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in civil engineering and regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to civil engineering professionals on Civil 3D.

This Session focuses on the basic elements for doing pipe design using Civil3D Pipes functionality.  In addition, we will cover how to create a customized parts list to standardize the layout and view properties of different types of infrastructure like storm drain, sewer, water, etc. A new feature that has been added to Civil 3D includes the ability to check for interference and run proximity checks; this will be explored as well in this course.

This course will get you started creating and working with the pipe networks features, which you use to design and model the flow and function of a utility system, such as a storm or sanitary sewer.

• Creating customized parts list
• Using Pipe Network Layout tools
• Profiling Pipe networks
• Interference checking
• Transparent Commands

Session Level: Introductory/Intermediate

Mr. Schinn is a Technical Specialist for the MEP industry for U.S. CAD with over 9 years experience. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he worked as a CAD Manager for various MEP firms in New York City. During his career, he has handled projects from schematic design to construction documentation; on-site supervision through to completion. His experience consists of work with waste water treatment plants, Empire State Building office renovations, high-rise electrical riser diagrams, and uninterruptable power supply (UPS) data centers to name a few. More recently he completed a Revit MEP coordination model for a 60 story high-rise office building. He provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, AutoCAD MEP, and Revit MEP.

What is the right way to get started using Revit MEP? How do you bring in the models from Revit Architecture and Revit Structure and control object visibility? How can you grab the rooms from the Architectural model and keep track of the changes? How can multiple people work on the project at the same time? Find out the answers to these questions and more!

• Learn the process of Linking in Revit Architecture models and how to set the visibility controls in linked models.
• Learn how to use Copy Monitor to copy objects from linked models
• Learn how Coordination Review can alert you to changes from the architect and help you keep your design in synch with each other
• Understand the strategies around Worksharing and project team collaboration
• Learn how to enable Worksharing, creating Worksets, and the process of creating, storing, and managing the Central File
• Learn the correct way to create and manage Local Files for each project team member

Mr. Beckham is a Technical Specialist in Architecture for U.S. CAD with 17 years experience in the Architectural industry. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he owned his own consulting drafting firm and worked as a Project Manager and CAD Manager in various architecture and design-build firms gaining experience in a variety of production document types including architectural, structural, MEP engineering, and landscape architecture. Mr. Beckham regularly conducts seminars in the use of Autodesk technology and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, and Revit Architecture where his background brings a unique understanding to the use of Autodesk technology in a production environment.

Learn about the latest enhancements and new features in AutoCAD Architecture 2009. Get a preview of the streamlined user interface, including the new ribbon tool bar panel. Check out the updates to the functionality of the wall tool. Learn about the several ways tedious drafting tasks have been streamlined for even better productivity.

• Explore the new interface for AutoCAD 2009 products, including the ribbon panel
• Learn about the Wall tool enhancements for both justification lines and wall clean-up
• Explore the updates to the Project Browser
• Learn about the new right click tools to the menu which take away some of the tedious drafting tasks
• And best of all, introducing Match Properties for AEC Objects! This alone is worth the price of the admission

Mr. Viguri is a Technical Specialist in Architecture for U.S. CAD and a licensed Architect in the State of California. Over the course of his 24 year career, Mr. Viguri has worked on both private and public projects including high end office, lab, retail, gaming, hospitality, theater, school, multi-family and custom estates primarily throughout the Southern California area. He has worked with several CAD software platforms including AutoCAD, Microstation, and Revit and has previously been an AutoCAD instructor at the New School of Architecture in San Diego. Mr. Viguri provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, Revit Architecture and AutoCAD Architecture.

Have you wanted to get some renderings out of your design data in the Revit 2009 product? Do you want to learn the basics of setting up a Design Validation project? What can you do with the new mental ray rendering engine in Revit 2009? Come learn the answers to these questions and more.

• Learn the basic tools within Revit for setting up a design validation project
• Create simple walkthroughs
• Explore RPC content and ProMaterials
• Learn the best practices for design validation projects

Mr. Sanchez is a Technical Specialist in Manufacturing for U.S. CAD with over 16 years of experience in Electro-Mechanical design. Prior to joining the Autodesk reseller channel, he worked in the Aerospace, Oils and Gas, and Consumer Products industries working on projects from conceptual design through production. He has real world experience using AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Autodesk Inventor, Computer Vision, Pro-E and Solid Works. Mr. Sanchez is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and an Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert. He regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Inventor, Autodesk Vault and Productstream.

Come and learn how to create AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor Routed Systems electrical library parts. Learn how to arrange them in libraries, icon menu’s and use them in your designs. Add new part vendor part numbers to your catalog options in AutoCAD Electrical and select between multiple icon menus.

You will be guided thru the creation of a new Intelligent AutoCAD Electrical block; you will see how to add it to the Icon Menu and how to use the new 2009 templates. We will see how projects can have custom libraries applied to them. In addition, we will create and publish a Cable and Harness component and use it on a design. Recommendations on work flow and tips to help route/connect the components will be addressed.
 Bullets describing benefits:

• Creation of AutoCAD Electrical Intelligent blocks
• Creation and assignment of custom AutoCAD Electrical libraries
• Addition of part numbers to catalog dbase
• Creation/publishing of Inventor Cable and Harness Component
• Use of new components inside AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor Routed Systems

Mr. Anderson is a Technical Specialist in Geospatial for U.S. CAD with over 22 years experience in the Civil Engineering and Mapping Industry. Prior to joining US CAD, he was a Technical Development Manager for Autodesk. His project experience includes work at Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Sandia National Labs, Hewlett Packard, IBM, CH2MHill, County of Alameda, County of San Mateo, Shell Oil, Bechtel, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Sverdrup, BART, City and County of San Francisco, Sonoma County, Solano County, County of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford University. Mr. Anderson has been a featured instructor at Autodesk University. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in the Geospatial arena and regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to Mapping Professionals.

See how you can access common geospatial data (.shp, .mdb, .dted, .dem, WFS, WMS, .sdf, ArcSDE, etc…) and open it directly in Map (Civil 3D or Land Desktop as well). No import needed. We’ll also take a quick look at editing and stylizing the data. You can use these tools for analysis, project planning and custom maps or presentations.

• Connecting to a Data Source
• Different Types of Feature Data Connections (FDO)
• Stylizing FDO Data Connections
• Editing FDO Data Connections
• Performing Analysis with FDO Data Connections

Doug started his experience working in the Electric Utility Industry for 12 years at First Energy Corporation. He gained experience in planning and coordination of the company's T&D Operations Automation efforts. Major accomplishments there included the planning, development, implementation, integration, and completion of an enterprise wide AM/FM/GIS as well as a tightly integrated Work Management System. He then joined Autodesk in 1999 where he is now involved in assisting with the development of the Electric Utility sales and market focus as well as development and communicaiton of Autodesk's products and solutions capabilities for the Electric Utility Industy.

Autodesk offers a unique set of products that help utilities both design their networks more efficiently and get the most benefit from the design information. Not only can you use this information in your additional network design projects, but you can also use it throughout your asset infrastructure lifecycle with little or no conversion (translation) of data. Integrate design, spatial, and asset data for increased operational efficiencies.

• Turn out high-quality work quickly by building standardization and accuracy into the engineering process and by enhancing design to as-built integration to reduce paper flow, and minimize data re-entry
• Design Productivity: improving the process with Autodesk Utility Design built on industry standard AutoCAD & AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Asset reliability & efficiency: improving workflows, processes, and asset intelligence with Autodesk Utility Design & Autodesk Topobase
• Manage your infrastructure safely and efficiently with greater access to information supporting decision analysis -share reliable information across departments, with the field, and all other stakeholders:
• Quality of Service: Accessing, consuming and sharing reliable data  with Autodesk Topobase
  

Mr. Bennett is a Technical Specialist for the Architecture and Design Visualization industries for U.S. CAD with over 12 years of experience. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he worked as a drafter, designer and CAD manager for an engineered lumber products company where he worked on a variety of commercial and residential projects. Mr. Bennett is an Autodesk Certified Expert focusing on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, and 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design and is a moderator and manager for the AutoCAD Architecture and Design Visualization forums for AUGI. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in Architecture and Design Visualization and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to AEC design professionals.

Have you wanted to get some renderings out of your design data in AutoCAD or other AutoCAD based products? Have you wanted to understand the basics of setting up a Design Validation project? What can you do with the mental ray engine in AutoCAD and the other AutoCAD based products? Come learn the answer to these questions and more.

• Learn the basic tools within AutoCAD for setting up a design validation project
• Create simple walkthroughs and animations
• Applying materials to Styles in AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP, and Civil 3D
• Best Practices for creating design validation projects

Mr. Klare is a Technical Specialist in Civil Engineering for U.S. CAD with over 9 years experience in the Civil Engineering industry. Prior to joining the reseller channel, he was a drafter, designer, and CAD Manager with industry experience in flood and geotechnical mapping, as well as residential and commercial site design. Mr. Klare is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and an Autodesk Civil 3D Implementation Certified Expert with expertise in the Autodesk Vault data management solution having implemented Vault with several AEC firms and Government agencies. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in civil engineering and provides implementation services, customization, training, and support to civil engineering professionals on Civil 3D.

Got a need to extract quantity take-offs? Are you having a tough time keeping up with the numbers as your design goes through countless iterations? Want to take back control of your cost estimates? Now you can use all of the tools that exist in the Civil 3D dynamic modeling environment.

This session will "Lift the Hood" on how Civil 3D can be leveraged to quantify construction materials and earthwork calculations. - Earthwork Volumes using different methods - Adjusting Cut and Fill volumes using expansion and contraction values - Generating a Cut and Fill Maps - Corridor Volumes for both Earthwork and Select Materials - Pipe Network quantities - Pipe Trench Volumes using Assemblies - Reporting Manager  

Topics:

• Volumes Calculations
• Corridor Volumes
• Creating Mass Haul Diagrams
• Reporting Manager  

Mr. Orona is a Technical Specialist for the MEP industry for U.S. CAD. Over the course of his 14 year career, Mr. Orona has worked as drafter and designer, a CAD Manager, and Field Engineer in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) consulting industry and has been involved in many large projects in and around the San Diego area. He regularly conducts seminars on the use of Autodesk technology in building engineering where his MEP and engineering background brings a complete understanding to the process of helping companies effectively implement Autodesk products in a production environment. He regularly provides implementation services, customization, training, and support for AutoCAD, AutoCAD MEP, and Revit MEP.

Learn about the new and enhanced features of AutoCAD MEP 2009 and how they can help you deliver your designs better than ever before. Learn about the improvements in the Mechanical Features. Learn about the changes to Plumbing and Piping. See the new developments in electrical components including circuit manager, panel schedule inter-linking and enhancements to existing tools. Explore the Parametric Part Content Wizard and see the new content included in the latest release.

• Learn about the new Mechanical Features including enhancements to Ducts and Duct Fittings and Routing
• Learn about the Plumbing and Piping enhancements including Plumbing Schematic Lines, and Piping Lines and Preferences
• Learn about the new Electrical features and enhancements to Panel Schedules, Circuit Manager, and Wire Styles
• Explore the changes and enhancements around content including an overview of the Parametric Part Wizard and learn about the new content included in this latest release