Course Session 1:  8:55 AM - 10:25 AM

(S1 - 1)The AutoCAD Productivity Secrets Nobody Told You – Revealed!
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate/Advanced
Instructor: Matt Murphy

AutoCAD has been around for a long time. Yet simply using AutoCAD every day does not, in itself, make you more productive. Old habits, bad habits and commands and techniques that are simply obsolete are robbing your productivity, making you less efficient. In this session you will learn how to improve your productivity by tapping into AutoCAD’s productivity secrets that banish repetitive steps and tasks. You become more productive by eliminating clicks and picks – period! This session provides all users with instant productivity gains that they can immediately apply!

(S1 - 2)Making the Move from Land Desktop to Civil 3D
Skill Level Guideline: Beginner/Intermediate
Instructor: David King

Thinking of implementing Civil 3D, but don’t know where to start? This class is for you! To successfully implement Civil 3D you will need to create and customize styles and successfully develop and implement a new drawing template, which will allow you to roll out Civil 3D to all users to share this content successfully and create deliverables that incorporate your company standards. During this class you will learn the best work flow for developing a clean template with layers, description keys, point styles, label styles and default point groups. This content will be used as a foundation to develop all content in the future that is required for implementing Civil 3D efficiently. This class will benefit all professionals who are considering or have already decided to begin implementing Civil 3D.

(S1 - 3)Schedule Anything with Revit
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: Jon Lillian

This class will explore the power of Revit’s schedule tools. You’ll learn how to schedule rooms, areas, furniture, walls, doors, windows, curtain wall panels, planting, topography, electrical fixtures…virtually anything. We will cover the basics through advanced scheduling techniques, and all the tips and tricks you will need to get the schedule the way you want. From custom fields, shared parameters and grouping to schedule keys, formulas and exporting, it’s all here. It’s true; you can use Revit to schedule anything!

(S1 - 4)The “i”s Have It!
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: Eric Kurek

Are you using the same type of feature, part or assembly over and over again with minor modifications? In this course you will learn how to create your own catalog of your own standard features, parts and assemblies – known as iFeatures, iParts and iAssemblies. You will also learn how to use pre-defined assembly constraints, known as iMates, on those parts to ease the assembly process when placing them in an assembly. There’s more! This “iStuff“ can also be “table-driven” so that you can select a particular size or configuration as you insert them.

(S1 - 5)Project Drawing and File Collaboration Made Easy
Skill Level Guideline: CAD Management
Instructor: David Cohn

Do you need to exchange drawings and collaborate with others who don’t use AutoCAD? Creating and tracking revisions on projects is a daunting task. In this session you’ll learn how to publish AutoCAD drawings as multi-sheet DWF files and then collaborate using Auto desk Design Review. We’ll cover creating DWF files; using Autodesk Design Review to view, measure and mark up those DWF files; and then using AutoCAD’s Markup Set Manager to view and respond to those markups in a seamless collaboration process. Forget all that red-lined paper! Now you CAN track and manage your mark-ups electronically.

Course Session 2:  10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

(S2 - 1)Blockbusters: Unleashing the Power of Dynamic Blocks – Revealed!
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate/Advanced
Instructor: Matt Murphy

Discover the full potential of Dynamic Blocks in AutoCAD. Learn how each parameter and action behaves and how these tools can be applied and implemented into your existing design processes. See more than 20 examples of how Dynamic Blocks can be assembled – from scratch – to enhance and automate your office’s design processes. Also featured are macro and field code examples that demonstrate how to manipulate Dynamic Block settings. We’ll also address the most common problems and pitfalls that hinder successful, powerful functionality.

(S2 - 2)Making the Grade – Grading Sites in Civil 3D
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: Jessica Palmer

Grading in most projects is the most complicated part of a project.  We’ll begin with a close look at best practices and enhancements to Feature Lines and Grading Objects. We’ll also cover using Feature Lines with corridors. We will take a look at Grading Groups and surfaces and how the creation and editing of these objects can enhance your productivity by work together. It’s time you made the grade!

(S2 - 3)Who Said You Can’t Use Revit MEP in a Real Project?
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: Marian Estabrook

Maybe you’ve said this yourself, or maybe you heard someone say that you can’t use Revit MEP for real work yet. In this class you will learn how Revit MEP can be effectively and productively utilized for Real Projects – including managing internal and external expectations. We’ll cover “best-fit” scenarios for when to and when not to use Revit MEP, best practices for project setup, recommendations for creating custom content and how to work with a linked Architectural mode. We’ll even cover recommendations for efficient interdisciplinary project workflow.

(S2 - 4)Easy Electrical Controls Designs
Skill Level Guideline: Beginner/Intermediate
Instructor: Eric Kurek

A schematic diagram can be more than just lines and symbols. In this session we will explore how to increase your electrical controls design by 30% – 50%. See how to create intelligent schematic designs easily as well as custom intelligent blocks. We cover how to link schematics to panel footprints and generate a project bill of materials. Discover how to go beyond lines and symbols with AutoCAD Electrical as the right tool for the electrical controls design.

(S2 - 5)The CAD Manager’s Handbook 2008
Skill Level Guideline: CAD Management
Instructor: Robert Green

Distilled from Robert’s popular Cadalyst “CAD Manager” column, this session is designed for the working CAD manager who wants to establish a more organized, proactive CAD management environment. This presentation will give you valuable ideas for assessing your current situation and building a corrective action plan to make things better. We’ll focus on getting organized (and staying that way), managing hardware and software environments, file management, dealing with standards, hiring and managing users and how to interact with upper management. Throughout the session everyone will compose an action plan to use as a task list when they return to work. No matter your experience level, you’ll find practical, usable CAD management techniques you can start using the very next day.

Course Session 3:  1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

(S3 - 1)The Productivity Benefits of AutoCAD 2009 – Revealed!
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: Matt Murphy

Learn the shortcuts to mastering the AutoCAD 2009 interface and all the new “Quick” features built to make you more productive. We’ll show you how to harness the power of the Action Recorder to build custom macros that make repetitive tasks go to warp speed. Learn how to navigate in 3D space with the new View Cube and SteeringWheel tools that are becoming common to all Autodesk design solutions. Finally you’ll learn how to create impressive cinematic presentations from basic drawing views. Just when you thought you could not be more productive, AutoCAD goes to the next level to eliminate more of your repetitive clicks and picks!

(S3 - 2)It’s All About Style – Managing Label Styles in Civil 3D
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: David King

This course will explore label styles within Civil 3D and dig into the concepts behind label objects and the methods that are used to create, manage, control and edit label styles. We will also explore the concepts of Civil 3D style hierarchy and give attendees the tools they will need to create and maintain standards within their organization. We will also explore practical processes that can be used to develop label styles based on existing standards.

(S3 - 3)Creating Parametric Families
Skill Level Guideline: Beginner/Intermediate
Instructor: Mark Mates

In this session, we will examine how to create parametric families from scratch. It may be easier to copy and edit an existing family, but sometimes it is necessary to create one from a default template. We will cover how to choose the correct template, the benefits of reference planes and adding labels as parameters, creating geometry for the family as well as editing and adding geometry methods. Finally, we will review methods for adding formulas to specific family parameters. Add greater functionality to your dysfunctional families.

(S3 - 4)Holy Sheet Metal
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: Keith Bradford

This course covers the fundamental principles of sheet metal design using Autodesk Inventor. You will learn how to create and manage sheet metal designs while focusing on basic sheet metal concepts and techniques. We will then build on them to include complex modeling practices for forming sheet metal parts, assemblies and drawings. We will also explore how to implement standards, and create and unfold advanced sheet metal shapes.

(S3 - 5)Selling CAD Management’s Value
Skill Level Guideline: CAD Management
Instructor: Robert Green

Ever been frustrated by not getting the hardware, software or training that you know you need to do your job? Do you ever feel like nobody understands what you do and why CAD management is important? Would you like to learn how to break through these impasses? Hint: it’s all in how you sell the concept! This session will show you how to communicate the concepts and benefits of CAD management in language your senior management team will understand. Topics we’ll cover include setting realistic expectations, the faster/cheaper paradigm, budgeting, technology forecasting, finding labor savings, cost justification, return on investment and the critical importance of managerial support for standards. Along the way we’ll examine a reporting format you can use to stay in constant contact with your boss. If you’ve ever had trouble getting your senior management to understand what you do, you can’t afford to miss this session.

Course Session 4:  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

(S4 - 1)Annotation Scaling: Making Drawings Smarter with Intelligent Text
Skill Level Guideline: Beginner/Intermediate
Instructor: David Cohn

Ever needed to pull out a calculator to figure out a text size? Ever had a viewport scale such that a hatch pattern is obliterated? The Power of AutoCAD’s annotative tools let the scale of these objects adjust automatically according to the size you’d like them to display on the page. Now you create text, dimensions, hatch patterns, blocks and other annotation objects that automatically change their size and placement to match the scale of the viewport. See how easy it is to apply annotation properties and create annotative styles to existing objects. The new annotation scaling tools can save you hours of time previously spent calculating scale factors and creating, editing and managing drawing annotations at multiple scales.

(S4 - 2)Planning for Production
Skill Level Guideline: Beginner/Intermediate
Instructor: Jessica Palmer

So you can create objects in Civil 3D. Wonderful! Displaying objects in a final sheet set is a completely different story. This session show users how to create a set of layouts complete with title blocks, plan and profile views and details. We’ll cover the what and why of creating and editing view frames. We’ll also look at best practices for creating sheets and how users will incorporate Sheet Set Manager and Autodesk Vault to manage files and sheets into the final process.

(S4 - 3)Design Phases and Analysis
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate
Instructor: Mark Mates

With Revit Architecture, you can create phases in a building design that allow you to subdivide a project into different periods of construction and manage the life cycle of the project. We’ll show you how to use design options that enable architects to develop, evaluate and redesign building elements in phases within a single project. You’ll learn how to set up views representing various phases of your design, such as existing, demolition and proposed. We’ll cover instances where elements in a building model overlap or interfere with each other. Finally, we’ll cover accepting the process of approval through accepting a design option as final.

(S4 - 4)Data Management – Going Beyond Engineering Work in Process
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate/Advanced/Management
Instructor: Jason Lane

You’re on subscription and you have Autodesk Vault. Now what? Did you know that Vault is the industry’s only native solution and is rapidly becoming the file management system of choice for your Autodesk CAD files? In this session, you’ll learn the concepts behind Autodesk Vault as a data management tool and see how hours spent finding and tracking files and revisions can be avoided for all files associated with your projects. We will explore how to take your mechanical engineering data beyond work in process with Autodesk Vault to release management, engineering change automation and interdepartmental collaboration with Autodesk Productstream.

(S4 - 5)The CAD Manager’s Productivity, Standards and Training Guide
Skill Level Guideline: Intermediate/CAD Management
Instructor: Robert Green

Are you responsible for training your CAD users but feel overwhelmed by the task? Are you under pressure to increase productivity? Are you in the hot seat for managing standards? If so, you’re not alone. In this session, we’ll cover the relationship between training and standards that allow you to gain productivity – solving all three problems at once! We’ll start with auditing your productivity-sapping problems and then rapidly move into designing a training program that addresses the problems. As the training program emerges, we’ll take time to examine the deficiencies in our standards that may be contributing to productivity loss. We’ll wrap it all up by talking about how to create your custom training materials and deploy them in a variety of media formats. If you’re responsible for standards and training users to gain productivity, you won’t want to miss this session.