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posted 09/28/06 by Anthony Governanti Have you got the Power?

This year we are very excited to bring to Autodesk University the Civil 3D 2007 PowerTrack of classes. A PowerTrack enables attendees to enroll in a series of classes that focuses on a particular product or topic. PowerTrack classes are sequenced throughout the week to show full spectrum of how the product can be used. Space is limited and preference will be given to those that sign up for the entire track.

For the Civil 3D PowerTrack, we have a great group of speakers from all aspects of the Civil Engineering industry that will share their personal insights and experiences with Civil 3D and how it is being used in production today. These classes will take attendees through a project in real time, and hit on many of the major design components of a typical civil project as well as how Civil 3D offers tools and techniques to complete these tasks quickly and efficiently.

Civil 3D PowerTrack classes:


To register for AU visit the AU Website, and then register for the Civil 3D PowerTrack classes by going to the eScheduler and enrolling in the classes highlighted in blue.

I’d like to take moment to highlight a couple of the speakers and give you a sense of what to expect from these classes.

Angel Espinoza: A second year AU speaker, Angel returns to present one of the more popular Civil 3D classes from last year; Cul-de-sacs are not a dead end. Angel's class will show you how to use the corridor model in Civil 3D for designing cul-de-sacs and knuckle designs, as well as step-by-step instructions for enhancing your 3D models. Angel brings many years of Civil Engineering experience to the class, as well as the being a “Civil 3D Guru”. He is the Civil Engineering Applications Director for KETIV Technologies in Fullerton CA. Angel is also an Autodesk Civil Implementation Certified Expert for 2006 and 2007 versions of Civil 3D. As many of you may know, Angel is also an active Blogger for Civil 3D, and can be found sharing great tips and insight on the world of Civil 3D at Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts.

Scott McEachron: An AU veteran, Scott is returning as a speaker for his fourth year and will be featured in th PowerTrack presenting Introduction to the Corridor and its Elements. It is here that he’ll give an overview of all the concepts and components of the Corridor Model in Civil 3D, as well as some insight into the types of conditions the corridor can be used for. Scott hails out of Dallas TX, and is the Senior Civil/Survey Solutions Specialist for DC CADD. He has over 14 years experience in this industry, and has been a long time user and advocate for the Autodesk Civil product line. Besides being an all around cool guy (despite being from Texas (I'm kidding of course)) Scott is also a fellow blogger, and you can find his unique perspective and thoughts at Paving the Way.

Anthony Governanti (hey it's my blog, I can put a shameless plug in here if i want too!): You know my Bio already, but if you haven't read it, you can here. As far as my class, Keep the model but get that Sheet out of here!, I will go into creating a plan set of drawings for the projects that the PowerTrack is using, but will pay particular attention to using the project capabilities with Vault to show how you can reference all your data from the project and still create sheet sets with ease. I will also be involved in many mainstage presentations, including the Civil 3D portion of the ISD Breakout session on Wednesday, November 29th from 8-9:30 A.M.

All this information and more can be found on the AU Website, so if you’re thinking about attending AU, the Civil 3D PowerTrack offers another compelling reason to make the trip to sunny Las Vegas! I hope to see you there, and if I do, please make an effort to introduce yourself, and let me know that you are following my blog, right now I think my Mom is the only one reading! (thanks Mom for your support)

Til next time,
Cheers,
AG

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