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- posted 01/06/09 by Jack Strongitharm AU Online 2008
- AU Online is live and has the Autodesk University 2008 content including the recordings of the keynotes and some classes including the most valuable of all the HANDOUTS.
There is some really good materials on there for all the Civil 3D classes including yours truly.
(CV404-2 Junction Jack is Back)
It was great to see some familiar faces at my second AU. I am sure everyone who went really enjoyed this amazing immense event of over 9000 people where you can get served your lunch without queuing.
http://au.autodesk.com
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Live from the Civils 2008 Show - London
Posted 11/18/08 by Jack Strongitharm
Its Civils Show again this week and myself and my reseller colleagues from the UK are in London showing Civil 3D on a daily basis.
If you are interested in coming you can still register and arrive on the day.
We are here until Thursday
www.civils.com
Daily line up
10am Autodesk - AutoCAD Civil 3D and NavisWorks 2D to 4D
Explores how Civil 3D can be viewed in a 4D environment, tracking time during
the construction sequence. Including clash detection against other civil and
building objects for design collaboration
www.autodesk.co.uk/civil
ME
11am Benchmarq - Automated Sections & Volumetric's
This presentation will show how to very quickly and easily create cross sections,
long sections and volume reports from existing survey data and the proposed civil
engineering design using Civil 3D. This demonstration will show how much time
and money can be saved over standard AutoCAD when doing typical everyday civil
engineering design tasks.
www.bmarq.co.uk
Carl Alford
12pm Excitech - Project Documentation with AutoCAD Civil 3D
Producing high quality production drawings and project documentation using
AutoCAD Civil 3D.
www.excitech.co.uk
Dave Bosworth
2pm Excitech - Design Review & Analysis using RDV
Analysing design data and reviewing designs by visualisation using RDV
www.excitech.co.uk
Dave Bosworth
3pm Benchmarq 3D Visualisation
This demonstration will show how to create stunning visualisations using
Dynamite DVSP, by linking dynamically with a Civil 3D model this visualisation
software allows users with minimal visualisation experience to create
photorealistic fly-throughs of their civil engineering design.
www.bmarq.co.uk
Carl Alford
4pm Datech - Importing Survey Data into Civil 3D
The starting point for most Civil Engineering projects; this session concentrates
on importing and creating 3D geometry from site survey data utilising the tools
within AutoCAD Civil 3D.
www.autodesk.co.uk/civil
Paul Lloyd Smith
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AUGI AUGI AUGI
Posted 09/15/08 by Jack Strongitharm
Its just a week off the AUGI Design Academy in London next week on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th of September.
We have some attendance also from our product team from the Manchester in the US
The Godfather of Civil 3D, Mr Dave Simeone (Senior Product Manager)
one of the lead product designers Chakri Gavini
And finally from the UK, Ian McGregor (EMEA Product Manager)
What a good looking bunch!
So some bending of ears over a beer may just well take place!!
Just a reminder of what I am presenting
Designing Turning Heads
Also storing them and other features as Dynamic Civil Blocks, so to drag and drop onto your model!
Also the latest tips for Junction Design.
Also my colleagues will be presenting on Survey and Visualisation from Civil 3D to 3DS Max.
For everyone that attends will receive all handouts to all sessions. These are very useful for you to recreate the steps and also for those sessions you cannot attend for going to others.
Below is a discount for attendance if you sign up by Friday this week.
It will be great to see you all here
Special Announcement: Register by September 19th and save an additional 5% on top of the early bird discount.
Dear Autodesk User,
Registration for the AUGI Design Academy is now open. Don't miss out on your opportunity to receive AU-level training, learn best practices, and network with power users -- all with the convenience of a low-cost, local two-day event.
Join us in London on the 25th and 26th of September.Register today!
Custom training: Choose from over 60 different courses that will enable you to work better, smarter and faster -- immediately!
Professional certification for Inventor users: Autodesk Inventor Certification.
Convenience: 25th and 26th of September in London (at the Novotel London West).
Expertise: Industry- leading experts are your instructors, including:
o Autodesk Technical Evangelists Lynn Allen and Jay Tedeschi
o Top Autodesk University Speakers, including Paul Aubin, Robert Green and Matt Murphy
o AUGIuk Board Members and regional favourites, including Philip Medeley, Paul Oakley and Jack Strongitharm
o Insights: See the future of design and engineering technology with exclusive previews of new Autodesk solutions.
Networking: Discuss everything from best practices to the latest industry and market trends with 'top-shelf' instructors, power users and design and engineering professionals.
Food and beer! Free giveaways, breakfast, lunch, and the Second Annual AUGI UK Beer Bust.
Bonus Discount: Register by 19th September and save an additional 5% off the early bird rate. Just use adapromo5 when you register.
Registration is easy. Just click here.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Best Regards,
AUGI Professional Development Team
Autodesk is the official sponsor of AUGI Design Academy.
Platinum Sponsors - Lenovo and PNY
Gold Sponsors - Wacom, CADSMART, NEC, Shark Finesse, GTX, Craft Animations, 3am Solutions, New Visual Solutions, 3D Connexion, and Object
Reseller Sponsors - CAD Academy, CADAssist, CADLine, CADPOINT, and Excitech
Jack Strongitharm
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AUGI Design Academy UK 2008
Posted 07/25/08 by Jack Strongitharm
Registration is now open for this years AUGI UK Design Academy.
Two days of expert classes on Autodesk products including of course AutoCAD Civil 3D.
I have three classes this year
(S1 - 5)Designing Turning Heads in Civil 3D®
(S5 - 2)Dynamic Civil 3D Blocks
(S6 - 3)Junction Jack is back (yes cheesy title, but I have some tricks up my sleeves)
Other Civil 3D classes
(S2 - 8)The CAD Engineers Guide to Creating Surface Models, Ground Profiles and Cross Sections
(S7 - 7)The Engineers Guide to Importing Survey Data and Creating a Ground Model
Instructor: Paul Lloyd-Smith
(S4 - 6)Importing and Manipulating LIDAR Data in AutoCAD® Civil 3D®
Instructor: Philip Madeley
(S5 - 8)High Level Civil Visualisation in 3ds Max for Civil 3D Users
Instructor: Bruce Harfield
(S8 - 6)Interactive 3D Visualization of a River Renaturation Measure
Instructor: Ruediger Mach
Of course there is classes on all of our other software, so plenty for everyone!
Click on the links below for information on what is happening this year
I look forward to seeing you there.
AUGI UK Design Academy Webpage
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AUGI UK Design Academy 2008
Posted 06/18/08 by Jack Strongitharm
UKs answer to the Las Vegas AU event is back again for the second time.
You wont loose your shirt on the slots and tables anyway!
Mark in your calendars 25th ad 26th of September in Hammersmith, London.
Also if you are up for presenting there is still time to submit a proposal.
For more information click below
AUGI Design Academy 2008
The event covers all Autodesk products and CAD Management sessions for
AutoCAD®
Revit® Architecture
Revit® Structure
Autodesk® NavisWorks®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® Mechanical
Autodesk® Inventor™
Autodesk® Showcase
Autodesk® Alias Studio
Autodesk® Vault/ Productstream
AutoCAD® Civil 3D®
Autodesk® Impression
AutoCAD® Map 3D
Autodesk® Maya
Autodesk® 3ds® Max
So want to learn more in the UK, this is the place to be.
Registration starts from July 1st
It will be good to see you there.
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EMEA Gunslinger - Munich
Posted 01/17/08 by Jack Strongitharm
This week in Munich in Germany we have had what we call a Gunslinger for the first time in Europe for Civil 3D.
This is where we get together a number of top users from various countries and also ourselves.
We then spend a number of days looking at the new features in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 and then design with them to test them out.
We had representation from countries such as Poland, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and more.
Also we had the Dave and Dan show(Dave Simeone, Dan Philbrick), Jessica Tar, Dave Blanchette from Autodesk US to guide us through it all.
The aim is to put everything into practice and to ultimately find any problems so that they can be addressed before release.
It has been a great week and we cant wait to discuss what is new to you.
However this will have to wait until March when we can officially release to the public.
It's not that far away.
Enjoying a small beer! (myself and Dan Philbrick)
(Dave Simeone, me, Ian McGregor, Marco Martens and Ove Cervin)
Finally a big thank you to all the users for taking out time for this event and to the companies that they work for.
Jack Strongitharm
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Viva Las Vegas!
Posted 12/07/07 by Jack Strongitharm
Well back from my first AU.
Top event and a must if you can get there.
All the class papers and screencasts are now available if you login at http://au.autodesk.com
Thanks to my colleague Marco Martens (The Italian paparazzi!) for the piccys.
Have a good weekend!
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Packing my bags for Vegas!
Posted 11/23/07 by Jack Strongitharm
It's Friday!!
Happy thanksgiving across the pond!!
AU is now upon us and just getting the last things sorted here.
Any readers of this blog that are going please say hello if you see me around, will be great to meet you all.
I am there from Tuesday afternoon (after my 9 hour flight from Manchester)
I am presenting on Wednesday along with Ian McGregor, Pete Kelsey, Dominick Gallegos and Nick Zeeben (big team) at 3pm on the Vault class CV314-3P and my Visualisation class CV404-4 on Friday at 10am along with 225 of you. No pressure!!
To tie in nicely with my visualisation theme this year, you may remember my post about a third party application called Dynamite VSP and we had a seminar in October in the Netherlands.
They have just released V3.5 of the software which now supports AutoCAD Civil 3D model objects and transfers them straight into 3DS Max. This application on 3DS Max really leverages the AutoCAD Civil 3D dynamic model as it links to the changes and additions in the model.
Therefore model and visualise to a high end standard from the outset rather than last minute.
Dynamite is produced by 3AM Solutions and Bruce Harfield (Director) will be exhibiting at AU, so please go and check it out.
Below are some images and a link to a model that we produced within the 45 minute demo we gave in October, plus render time. We created the road design, surfaces and linework detail for bridges in Civil 3D and linked to Dynamite VSP to add the bridge structures, vehicles, signs and roadmarkings. Finally camera views and enviroments to create the final animations.
The cool thing is, if we changed the design in Civil, like we always do. All you have to do in Dynamite VSP, is reload the file that is linked into the model and all the details are dynamically updated. Sound like a familar concept?
Play the Video
See you in Vegas everyone who is going!
For everyone else have a nice weekend, enjoy your turkey those who are enjoying thanksgiving.
Civil regards
Jack Strongitharm
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The first AUGI UK Conference and Civils 2007 Show UK
Posted 11/20/07 by Jack Strongitharm
Just come back from the first AUGI meeting in the UK which was a real good success.
A good turn out from the Civil users who I think got a lot from the two days.
Thanks to my co presenters, Lucy Kuhns, Carl Alford and Philip Kelly.
I hope to see more of you next year.
This week it is the NCE Civils Show at Earls Court.
We have a little stand at the front door, so please come and say hello.
The show is on until Thursday
‘Civils is the UK’s largest exhibition to encompass the needs of the civil engineering industry while reflecting on opportunities available within the sector. Civils 2007 once again has a great focus on networking, responding to the way this industry likes to do business. ‘
There will be regular presentations from myself and Carl Alford on AutoCAD Civil 3D, Navisworks and customer presentations.
To find out more and register visit
http://www.civils.com/
Jack Strongitharm
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Las Vegas comes to the UK and Birmingham - AUGI UK
Posted 09/14/07 by Jack Strongitharm
Yes Birmingham England!!, less reasons to burn your hard earned cash I guess on the slot machines and tables in Vegas.
This year the AUGI UK has setup a big meeting on the 13th and 14th of November at the The Hilton Birmingham Metropole.
This event is similar to that of AU as it will have classes for all types of industry using Autodesk based products.
For Civil 3D, I am personally presenting two classes
WORKSHOP 6: 14 Nov 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Course Number: S6-3 INFRASTRUCTURE CIVIL 3D
Title: Intersection and Roundabout Design
WORKSHOP 8: 14 Nov 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Course Number: S8-3 INFRASTRUCTURE CIVIL 3D
Title: Visualisation Techniques in Civil 3D 2008
Also my colleagues Lucy Kuhns and Pete Kelsey from the US will be presenting.
Also I gave a colleague of mine Joe Wright a little push on this one so please support him as it is very well done on 64bit technology. This one does of course clash with mine, but choose your weapons!
WORKSHOP 8: 14 Nov 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Course Number: S8-7 EDUCATION AND CAD MANAGEMENT
Title: Learning Lessons Toward the 64-Bit Revolution
I look forward to seeing you there please use the link below for more information and registration
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Visualisation and Beyond
Posted 08/10/07 by Jack Strongitharm
This week I have been with a long time developer of 3D Studio this week working on a Visualisation Seminar we are setting up for October in Holland.
(Bruce Harfield (3am Solutions), Peter Ingels (Prodesk) and myself)
Bruce Harfield of 3am Solutions, has an application for 3D Studio called Dynamite VSP, which can dynamically create visualisations to a very high level from 3D model data.
Later this year, Dynamite VSP will support the AutoCAD Civil 3D objects models to be able to create bridges, roadmarkings, object placement and of course the ground and corridor surfaces. However when it comes to a design change all you need to do is a quick export out of Civil and Dynamite can rerun the visualisation settings and positioning which in turn will automatically bring the visualisation upto date.
Recent developments also have brought in true traffic simulations from traffic design models to fill and animate the vehicle objects placed in the scene.
The conference will explore the possibilities of AutoCAD Civil 3D and Dynamite VSP working hand in hand with live demonstration by myself and Bruce using this new link and also presentations from existing users and experts in the field.
To register for the event please click the image below.
If you are unable to attend, 3am Solutions will be exhibiting at AU in Las Vegas this year in November.
Please pay them a visit.
Jack Strongitharm