Summer 2008 Schedule

• AutoCAD Foundations

• Productivity Seminars

• Updating Your Skills

• Autodesk Architectural Essentials

• Autodesk Media and Entertainment/Animation Group

• Web Design and Computer Graphics

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.

Course	Days	Date	Length	Time	Location	Classroom	In District Fee
MG5-005-170	F	6/ 6	1 days	8a-Noon	MVCC	T912	$125
MG5-005-270	A	7/12	1 days	8a-Noon	MVCC	T912	$125

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® Architecture Essentials
After completing this course, students will be able to use design resources and tools, add structural members to building models, and create and distribute plotting sheets.  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.

Productivity Seminars
Prerequisite: AutoCAD Professional Level 1 or equivalent experience. These courses are not for beginners.

AUTOCAD® BLOCKS AND EXTERNAL REFERENCES
Upon creation of this seminar, you should be able to create static and dynamic blocks, assign attributes, create attribute extraction files, edit attributes and edit blocks. Understand attribute specific variables. Create and use external references, edit external references, clip external references, understand layer and spatial indexes. Use InPlace reference editing, use AutoCAD DesignCenter and link to Excel spreadsheets.

Updating Your Skills

TRANSITIONING FROM AUTOCAD 2008
This one-day course explores the new commands and features of the current AUTOCAD software based on your previous AutoCAD experience. This course is AIA/CES approved.

AUTOCAD UPDATE 2009
This hands-on course builds on your previous AutoCAD experience from AutoCAD 2006 to AutoCAD 2008 and covers the new commands and features of AutoCAD 2009. Prerequisite: experience with AutoCAD.

Autodesk Architectural Essentials
 
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. This course is AIA/CES approved.

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.

Multimedia

AUTODESK 3DS MAX PRODUCTIVITY
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.

AUTODESK 3DS MAX FOR DESIGNERS
Provides the designer with new and powerful tools to render and animate the designs created in AutoCAD Desktops. You will add materials, change lighting and create effects. You will learn to create still scenes, and animated walk-through that will effectively communicate your designs to your clients. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Windows operating system and an understanding of 3D drawing.

INTRODUCTION TO DREAMWEAVER
Learn how to create your web site using Dreamweaver. This course will introduce both basic web design concepts and use of the Dreamweaver web authoring environment. The students will learn how to use the Dreamweaver interface, create hyperlinks between and within documents, add images to web pages, create page designs and templates using tables, and format page contents. Learn to add behaviors for interactivity in addition to testing and deploying your web site. Working knowledge of Windows and personal computers and access to Dreamweaver outside of class is highly recommended. Basic keyboarding and file management skills are required. Textbook required. Purchase textbook in the college bookstore prior to first session.

INTRODUCTION TO FIREWORKS
Learn how to enhance your web pages with graphics created using Fireworks. This course will introduce basic graphic design concepts. The student will learn how to use tools in Fireworks to create and edit web graphics with both vector and bitmap images. Work with layers, build buttons and rollovers and optimize your web graphics for use in your web pages. No previous experience with graphic applications is required. However, working knowledge of Windows and personal computers and access to Fireworks outside of class is highly recommended. Basic keyboarding and file management skills are required. Textbook required. Purchase textbook in the college bookstore prior to first session.

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP LEVEL 1
This course provides new users of Photoshop a hands-on overview of the application. Students are introduced to the Photoshop environment and interface and learn how to select, move, and edit an image including resizing and retouching, as well as composite multiple images. Furthermore, students will learn the importance of layers in addition to the significance of saving the images in the appropriate file format for use on the Web or in a publication. Additional topics include taking out red eye, retouching old photographs, correcting blemishes or other imperfections in a photograph. Working knowledge of Windows and basic operations is required. Basic keyboarding and file management skills are required. Textbook required. Purchase textbook in the college bookstore prior to first session.

PHOTOSHOP LEVEL 2
This course offers a comprehensive overview of the features and commands of Photoshop. Students will gain further knowledge of Photoshop tools. Prerequisite: Students should have proficiency in using the PC and a working knowledge of its respective operating system, including file management, and manipulating files (i.e., opening files, copying, pasting). Typing skills a must, including familiarity of key placement on the keyboard. Both Photoshop Level 1 and Level 2 textbooks are required for this course. Purchase textbooks in the college bookstore prior to first session.

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
Providing a comprehensive overview of the features and capabilities of Adobe Illustrator, this course will include basic graphic design concepts and will use tools found in the Adobe Illustrator environment to create and edit complex and attractive illustrations and type effects. Topics covered include discussing various graphic formats, starting Illustrator, reviewing the Adobe Illustrator environment and user interface, creating and editing basic vector graphics, vector paths, use drawing tools to draw and edit geometric objects, manipulating objects, applying color, and working with type to create eye-catching type effects. Working knowledge of Windows, basic operations, basic keyboarding and file management skills are required. Textbook required. Purchase textbook in the college bookstore prior to first session. No previous experience with graphic applications is required.

PHOTOSHOP FOR THE WEB
This course explores web page layouts using Adobe Photoshop. It enables users of Photoshop to create background images for web pages, and makes use of the pen tool to draw and enhance images by formatting vector paths. In addition, large image areas can be exported by slicing and then saving as individual images for the web. In this course, the student will also prepare and optimize images for the web and prepare images for cross-platform viewing. The student will set preferences for size units and explore factors that contribute to file size. Explore image quality and file reduction sizes by saving files in different formats. Color management techniques can then be used to create images that are attractive to the widest possible audience. Working knowledge of Windows, basic operations, basic keyboarding and file management skills are required. Textbook required. Purchase textbook in the college bookstore prior to first session.

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