Autodesk is hosting an AEC Virtual event targeted to architects, MEP and structural engineers, as well as building owner. AIA Members can earn 1.0 AIA HSW/SD continuing education credit by attending the Renovating for an Energy Efficient Future session.

Learn how to deliver more innovative, sustainable building designs faster and more cost-effectively. Attend this event and be among the first to learn how the latest features in Autodesk’s BIM products can help you make more informed decisions that reduce waste and costs while improving sustainability and energy efficiency – so you can start seeing the advantage immediately.

Industry initiatives and trends such as sustainability, Green, BIM, LEED, LCD are changing long established workflow processes and our customers’ requirements. Facing these changes in today’s business climate can be challenging and cost prohibitive. Learn how to leverage your data sooner to make better decisions earlier by attending our Data to Design Seminar.

The Agenda:

• Put a dot on the "i" in BIM by further utilizing free data from state, local and federal agencies
• Find a faster way to clean up your AutoCAD drawings
• Better prepare your proposals by easily pulling together project information related to location and earn some LEED points as a bonus
• Create compelling graphical presentations to differentiate yourself during your proposal
• Easily share project information via the web to all project stakeholders
• Leverage multi-platform data when collaborating with others using different software.

Location: Blue Ball Barn in Delaware off Route 202
Date: October 6, 2010
Time: 8:30 – Noon
Who should attend: Architects, Building Engineers, Civil Engineers, GIS Professionals, Designers, Project Managers

Click here to register for this Free event.
 

Keeping up with industry trends, government mandates and advancing technologies is critical to the performance of facilities management professionals. IFMA’s World Workplace is a comprehensive learning and networking experience attended by workplace professionals from all over the world. Attendees can acquire everything they need to keep their facilities competitive at one all-inclusive event. CADapult Ltd will be participating in the exhibit area at Booth 542 where you can see cadapult FM software and learn about our field-tested solutions for managing your operations and improve your bottom line. Click here to register.

Please join us for a night of information, tech support and social friendship on October 28, 2010 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the Adams Rehmann & Heggan Associates corporate headquarters in Hammonton, NJ.

David Okonewski of CADapult, who has used LDD and Civil 3D in production for over 10 years, will be teaching you about cross section creation and using sheet manager in Civil 3D 2011 and will be available to answer your technical and project related questions.

To reserve your place at this special event and so we can get an accurate count, please contact rachel.pennington@cadapult.net or:

Raymond C Smith, President
The South Jersey Civil User Group
rsmit@arh-us.com
609-561-0482 x115

Sean McDevitt, Vice President
The South Jersey Civil User Group
mcdevitt_sean@aclink.org
609-645-5898

CADapult will be presenting at Autodesk University this year. We hope you will attend some of our sessions:

AEC Classes:

CM220-2: A Hardware Wonk's Guide to the Autodesk® Revit® Platform
The Revit platform presents challenges to IT and CAD managers who must wrestle with the unique hardware and software demands placed by this complex Building Information Modeling (BIM) authoring tool. Peer inside the mind of a hardware geek when you specify your Revit workstations to maximize investment dollars and get the best bang for the buck. We will explore the current state of the art in microprocessors, memory, video cards and disk subsystems, and how each affects Revit performance. Additionally, we will cover the special requirements and compromises needed when specifying mobile workstations, and understand what investments in ancillary software and hardware you will want to make.

CR422-1: Introducing Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage 2011
Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2011 is a breakthrough product for contractors and design professionals of all kinds. We will take a high-level view of the product, covering all of its major functions and feature sets. We will focus on using Clash Detective in real-world cases to easily identify and correct design problems before they hit the streets and cost real money. We will then look at the Timeliner in conjunction with Clash Detective to produce a true 4D construction representation of your project to manage workflow and head off disasters, both big and small. We will explore using the Presenter module to produce compelling visual images, and create walkthrough animations combined with scripts that react to events.

Facilities Management:

Extend the capabilities of AutoCAD, Revit, and Design Review to Manage Space, Personnel and Assets in Buildings
This class will focus on how AutoCAD Drawings and Revit Models can be used to link or extract data to a database to allow facilities managers to keep an accurate accounting of their space, personnel and assets and run graphic queries and reports to better manage their facilities. In addition web based tools extending the capabilities of Design Review for viewing and updating information will also be covered.

Extending the capabilities of AutoCAD and Revit Building Information to Achieve Sustainability Goals
This class will focus on how information related to building spaces and assets found in AutoCAD and Revit Building Plans can be linked or extracted to a database to run analysis of existing building assets such as lighting and plumbing fixtures and generate comparison reports based on replacing building equipment and fixtures. The reports will allow building owners to better understand their savings in energy and replacement cost, carbon footprint and water savings.

CADapult Ltd is planning our 4th executive BIM conference in the late fall. Our panel of experts will discuss various issues about their use of Autodesk software and their opinions of where the industry is heading. You can learn about best practices and have the opportunity to ask them questions and receive candid answers. Look for our invitation in the mail soon.

This year we are focusing on collaboration and will host a series of breakout sessions for Civil Engineers, Construction and Design