Autodesk Certification

If you have ever thought about being getting certification on Autodesk products here is your chance to do it for free!  They will be in Salt Lake for this event on November 4th check out the links and information below.  I'd be there if I was in town!

Open the Doors to Certification – It’s Free!

AUGI is letting you know about an upcoming series of events that could invigorate your career.

Autodesk is excited to announce the first ever, 8 city, Autodesk® Certification Roadshow.

Autodesk Certification products include: AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit Architecture, 3DS Max Design with a special focus on Autodesk Inventor. As you know, Autodesk certifications are a reliable validation of your skills and knowledge, and can lead to accelerated professional development, improved productivity, and enhanced credibility for you and your employer. Certification is one step that is critical to personal, professional, and company-wide success.

Go to: www.autodesk.com/opendoors

Event Details

Southern Polytechnic State University
October 26, 2010
9:00am – 4:00pm
Continuing Education
1395 South Marietta Parkway
Bldg 200 Ste 234
Marietta, GA 30067

Pratt Institute
October 28, 2010
9:00am – 4:00pm
School of Professional Studies
144 West 14th St. Room 509
New York, NY 10011-7300

Moraine Valley Community College
November 2, 2010
9:00am – 4:00pm
9000 W. College Parkway
Palos Hills, IL 60465

Salt Lake Community College
November 4, 2010
9:00am – 4:00 pm
CAD Applications Training Center
9750 South 300 West
Sandy, UT 84070

British Columbia Institute of Technology
November 8, 2010
9:00am – 4:00pm
555 Seymour Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 3H6, Canada

San Francisco State University
November 10, 2010
9:00am – 4:00pm
Downtown Center
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-1901

Austin Community College
November 11, 2010
9:00am – 4:00pm
CAD Learning Center RM3213
11928 Stonehollow Drive
Austin, TX 78758

Honolulu Community College
November 19, 2010
9:00am – 4:00 pm
Drafting and Technology Department
874 Dillingham Boul
Honolulu, HI 96817

Autodesk Open Doors

Make sure to visit www.autodesk.com/certification so you can download your test roadmap prior to attending our event.

Next user group meeting next Tuesday, July13th.

We just want to let you know about the Civil 3D  user group meeting next week.  Here is information about that meeting:

Date:               

Tuesday, July 13th

Time:               

 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Location:          

CLC Associates at 420 East South Temple, Suite 550, in Salt Lake City

Topics:    

1. Shawn Herring from ProSoft will do a presentation on the Storm and Sanitary Stand Alone

2. We will have a discussion about templates.  What do you include in templates? What do you leave out?  What works and what doesn’t work? Bring your ideas and your questions for the group.

Cost:                Still free

If you have any questions please contact Wendy Miller at wendy@wendyloui.com

Wanted: Senior Civil Designer

Someone just let me know about a contract job that is available.  Here is the information.  You'll probably want to act fast!

Senior Civil Designer.


Required skills:

- Proficiency with AutoCAD and AutoCAD desktop design software with 3D Civil Design.

- Experience with land development design, with an emphasis in Mining/Heavy Industrial, mass earthwork, roadway, railroad, site grading, buried utilities and storm water design.

Bonus skills:

- Mass Earthwork and Stormwater design software.

- This position will start as a 3 month+ contract, but there is a longer-term possibility.

For fast consideration please email your resume to epowell@consultnet.com

any questions please call Ed at 801- 208-3700

Next meeting July 13th

As a reminder our next meeting will be held on July 13th.  Put it on your calender and plan to attend.  Thanks to all who attended our last meeting last Thursday.  We talked about new features in Civil 3D 2011 and discussed issues that our members wanted to discuss.  Thanks to all who participated!

MAP and Civil working together

Yesterday I attended the Seize the Opportunity - ProSoft PowerLaunch 2011, and was throughly impressed by the What the Hell are these Map tools doing in Civil 3D, presentation given by AutoDesk employee Peter Southwood. One of the tips he gave was to connect to images instead of inserting them into the drawing. no only does this reduce the overall drawing file size it saves system resources also. I was unable to find any posted online by Peter, but I did find an AU OnLine article that details the image connect and much more. So take a look and see if it works for you.

Next user group meeting Thursday, May 13th

Hey everyone the next User Group meeting is Thursday, May 13th at 6:30 PM.  It will be held at CLC Associates at 420 East South Temple, Suite 550, in Salt Lake City.  We will be talking about what's new in 2011 and anything else that you might want to talk about.  Tell your friends and we hope to see you there.

No User Group Meeting this week

Sorry.  I've not had the time to put anything together for this week.