Spring 2011 Schedule

• AutoCAD Foundations

• Productivity Seminars

• Autodesk Mechanical Segment

• Autodesk Architectural Segment

• Updating Your Skills

AutoCAD Foundations

Introduction to AutoCAD®
This is a pre-course for the individual who has never used AutoCAD® before. This seminar is designed to orient and familiarize the CAD novice to the world of Autodesk® Computer Aided Drafting and Design. This learning experience covers the most basic AutoCAD® concepts. Students learn to create a simple drawing. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Windows operating system and drafting experience.

AutoCAD® Professional Essentials
This is the most fundamental of AutoCAD® courses, teaching the most basic drafting skills. Students learn to create simple drawings, to make simple modifications to existing drawings and to plot. In this course, we emphasize mechanics, rules and rote-based exercises. The person completing this course will have the skills to use AutoCAD® as an electronic drafting design tool. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Windows operating system and drafting experience.

AUTOCAD®: CREATING AND PRESENTING 3D MODELS
This course is for the designer who needs to create, modify, evaluate and test designs. In this course, we manipulate three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional screen. Designed for people with little or no AutoCAD 3D experience, this course guide you through the creation of 3D models from simple primitive and wire frame models to sophisticated solids and surfaces for composite solid model creation. Once this skill is mastered, we will learn the strengths and weaknesses of each type, and when and why to use one or the other. Once the model is designed, learn the new techniques to visualize and plot 3D objects. This course is AIA/CES approved.

AUTOCAD® 3DS Max Level 2
Learn the advanced techniques for creating professional-level animations. This course covers a variety of modeling techniques, using HI IK Solvers and linking for creating controllable bone systems, applying multiple material and maps to objects, and creating realistic materials. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Windows operating system and an understanding of 3D drawing.

Productivity Seminars
Prerequisite: Knowledge of AutoCAD® and the Windows® operating system and drafting experience recommended. These courses are not for beginners.

AUTOCAD® PLOTTING PRODUCTIVITY
Give your plotting processes a complete overhaul discovering new ways to optimize and enhance your output processes. In this hands-on productivity course, learn the hidden tips and techniques for configuring your PC3 Files, pagesets for layouts, use layer properties for plotting, determine if color-dependent or named plot styles is best for you? Convert plot styles, understand the difference between publishing, batch publishing and basic plotting and the advantage of DWF publishing..

NEW! AUTOCAD® Tips & Tricks
Give This course will highlight tips and tricks to enhance the AutoCAD user experience. Participants will become more efficient at everyday tasks saving time and resources. Prerequisite: must have working knowledge of AutoCAD.

NEW! AUTOCAD® Inventor Tips & Tricks
This course will highlight tips and tricks to enhance the Autodesk Inventor user experience. Participants will become more efficient at everyday tasks saving time and resources. Prerequisite: must have working knowledge of Autodesk Inventor.

NEW! AUTOCAD® Revit Arch Tips & Tricks
This course will highlight tips and tricks to enhance the Autodesk Revit Architecture user experience. Participants will become more efficient at everyday tasks saving time and resources. Prerequisite: must have working knowledge of Autodesk Revit Architecture.

Autodesk Mechanical Segment

AUTODESK INVENTOR-PROFESSIONAL ESSENTIALS
This course introduces the designer or engineer to Autodesk's new 3D, feature-based solid modeling and drawing production system. Autodesk Inventor Essentials introduces adaptive architecture that allows the 3D models to "adapt" to changes as they occur. This course looks at parametric 3D technology and significant performance increase associated with large assembly modeling. Students will design 3D models, assemblies and drawings creation, and learn to recognize the strengths and weaknesses during the design intent phase of modeling. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Windows operating system and 3D-design experience.

NEW! Forensic Animation for Law Enforcement
This course covers and demonstrates the process involved and the type of data and information needed to be collected when creating 3D animations for litigation. Participants will learn to create accurate graphics to be used as demonstrative evidence. Prerequisite: Participant must be employed by a Law Enforcement agency and have working knowledge of Autodesk 3ds Max.

NEW! Introduction to Maya
This course covers introductory modeling and texturing techniques required to construct 3D objects and scenes to be used for animation and gaming. Topics to be covered include: scene composition, modeling 3D objects with polygons and smooth surfaces, surface materials and texturing, cameras, lighting, and rendering. Textbook required prior to first class session.

Autodesk Architectural Segment

REVIT ARCHITECTURE ESSENTIALS
This course familiarizes the students with Autodesk's newest architectural software, Autodesk Revit, one of the parametric database modeling technology available to the AEC industry. Upon completion of this course the student should be able to set up, develop, design and construct documents. The importance of creating a live database model will be emphasized as part of each project.

REVIT ARCHITECTURE ADVANCED
This courseware covers a wide range of advanced topics in Autodesk Revit Building 9, continuing to build on the concepts introduced in the Autodesk Revit Building 9 Essentials course. Students learn about site design, advanced rendering techniques, phasing and design options, creating families of custom components, and collaborating on a design. This courseware offers both imperial and metric hands-on exercises representing real-world design scenarios.

Updating Your Skills

AUTOCAD® 2011: TRANSITIONING FROM AUTOCAD® 2010
This one-day course updates your skills from AutoCAD 2010 by exploring new commands and features of AutoCAD 2011. If you are an AutoCAD 2010 user, this course is for you! Prerequisite: Knowledge of AutoCAD and the Windows operating system and drafting experience recommended.

AUTOCAD® UPDATE
This hands-on course builds on your previous AutoCAD experience from AutoCAD 2009 to AutoCAD 2011. Learn the new AutoCAD user interface, updated layering tools, fields, tables, annotation scaling, updated dimensioning techniques, the action recorder, updated properties panel usage, recovery tools, tool palette updates, multileader tools, updates to text and Mtext, external reference updates and simple user customizing techniques.