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For those of you that made it to Autodesk University this year you may have noticed a new Revit add-in company called BuildEdge. Their booth was right next to the BIM9 booth, so I got to spend some time with them. As I found out Autodesk University was a kind of launch party for a new Revit add-In called BuildEdge Roof™. BuildEdge Roof automates and simplifies the input of pitched roofs within Revit.

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A good friend of Club Revit Donovan Ballantyne is, in my mind, a great example of the next generation designer and technologist. He probably would not like me adding the technologist part. He is able to take tools that we use everyday and apply them in ways that most of us just never think of. The results are well…… Take a look!!!!!!

A message from Donovan

My thesis project has been nominated to be exhibited at Land of Tomorrow Gallery in September 2012. Please vote for my thesis project on the following link, and help make it happen.

It only takes one click.

http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2012/02/07/a-ball/#more-18830

More photos and information after the break
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Autodesk has announced the dates for the 2012 certification days. These are the dates that you can get your certifications for $25 each. This is a great price to renew or get a new Autodesk certification.

The 2012 certification days are:
February 10th
April 13th
June 15th
August 10th
October 12th

You can Click Here  or goto: http://atc.gilmoreglobal.com/ to register for these special days.

All certified testing centers will be part of these $25 days. So you can take the test at your local certification center.

If you are in one of the following areas and would like to take your certifications at the U.S. CAD office you can use the site codes below.

• Costa Mesa – AM3130
• Hawaii – AM3707
• Las Vegas – AM101204
• Los Angeles – AM3030
• San Diego – AM3483

WHY GET CERTIFIED?

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.

Key Benefits

• Gain an industry recognized credential that proves your skill level
• Set yourself apart and receive industry recognition for your proven expertise
• Strengthen your existing and develop new skills through certification preparation
• List your name in the Autodesk Certified Professionals database
• Enhance the credibility for you and your employer

When Apple introduced iCloud, they decided to kill off MobileMe.  I love what iCloud is doing syncing my information on my iDevices, but it is lacking what MobileMe did with file storage.  Don’t get me wrong, iCloud is still the king of information sync for me as I have an empty glass of Apple Flavor Aid.  When it comes to document storage iCloud falls short.  Granted I am late to the Dropbox show and you may already know the goodness that is Dropbox. If you don’t know about Dropbox’s tasty goodness then by all means read on.

Dropbox is a cross platform cloud based storage service. Dropbox gives you 2 GB of free storage to store anything your heart desires. Need more space? You can get 50GB of space starting at $99.99 a year, the same price that MobileMe was. Dropbox works on my iPad, iPhone, Mac OS X, and within Windows. It automatically sync from Dropbox’s cloud to my computers.

What sets Dropbox apart from MobileMe is that my documents are synced, not just accessible from the cloud.  This gives me the following advantages:

• Faster access to my documents. Because my documents are synchronized to my computer they are on my computer and in my Dropbox.
• Faster directory browsing. This may seem like a small thing but when you are hunting for something in your documents folder you want it to be fast.
• Local backup.  When Dropbox synchronizes your file it places a real copy on your local hard drive, this allow time machine to backup my documents on my backup drive.  Having extra backups is a wonderful thing.
• Offline access. Again Dropbox places a real synchronized copy on your local hard drive. So I can access my documents where I don’t have access to the Internet.
• It just works and I know where my files are.

With Private BIM Clouds, or anything remote based computing you need to think about using the right tools for the job.  Private BIM Clouds are wonderful things, without Private BIM Clouds running a BIM project remotely is very complicated and difficult. Dropbox provides an easy way to transfer files from my laptop to my Private BIM Cloud.  Even though there is a way to connect to my local drive from my Private BIM Cloud, I am finding DropBox easier and one less thing to configure.

Overall I am quite happy with DropBox and would recommend it for my readers that chew gum.

If you would like to give Dropbox a try please use my referral link, this will give me some more space and make my day.  Here is the link http://db.tt/HEGegMsj

Autodesk University 2011 will be held between November 29 and December 1, at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada.

Several of your fellow Club Revit members and leaders will be attending, speaking and exhibiting at this years event. like most years several of us have teamed together for a few sessions. This year is no different, the team will be doing 5 sessions. Also like most years we have created videos that we will use to kickoff our sessions. Unlike past years we are making the videos available to you today.

Session CM4400 Link: CM4400-U: Supersize Me: A Guide to Autodesk® Revit® and BIM Management on a MEGA Project

CM4400 Video: http://clubrevit.com/AU2011CM4400

Session CM4771 Link: CM4771-U: On CLOUD 9 with BIM 9: A BIM/IT Managers Guide to Private BIM Clouds

CM4771 Video: http://clubrevit.com/AU2011CM4771

Session BO4423 Link: BO4423: Supersize Me: AnOwner’s Guide to the Real Cost of a Mega Autodesk® Revit® Project

BO4423 Video: http://clubrevit.com/AU2011BO4423

Session LF4432 Link: LF4432 : Supersize Me: A Design Professional’s Guide to Integrated Design on a Mega Autodesk® Revit® Project

LF4432 Video: http://clubrevit.com/AU2011lf4432

Session AB4768 Link: AB4768 : On Cloud 9 with BIM 9: Deliver on the Promise of Integrated Design with Private BIM Clouds 

AB4768 Video: http://clubrevit.com/AU2011AB4768

Enjoy the videos and we hope to see all of you at the sessions.  Lonnie, Bill, Beau and Joe.

Alto: Although this word is associated with music, it is Spanish for Tall. The Latin word Altus means high or deep.

Read all about this Alto Saxophone Revit Family and my latest update on 3Dconnexion’s SpacePilot Pro:

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Autodesk Education Community just opened up a new site called Sustainability Workshop. This site has tons of great videos and content built around sustainability topics. They have taken what is traditionally a not very fun topic and made it fun. It is a perfect fit for the Club Revit I refuse to let technology be boring effort. Click the link and have fun with sustainability. On a side note I am thinking those chop sideburns just might be coming back.

http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/

Last Thursday was the Club Revit User Group meeting. We had 28 members in person and 11 on-line, making the total 39. Not as many as we had hoped for but a great starting place. The food and drinks were well received and the group was very social. We had a couple issues getting the online portion up and going but after it got started it seemed to run fine. The online group had a ton of questions that Bill Debevc from BIM9 covered.

The presentations were:

Lonnie Cumpton – Showing BIM9, Private BIM Clouds

Scott D Davis –  Covering Whats New in Revit 2012

The future:

We are planning to have meetings every other month with 1 a quarter being a larger session. If you have suggestions for future sessions please send them to Christina@clubr

evit.com . If you did not already know Christina is the one that keeps this thing moving and would love to get your feedback.

Thanks to all the sponsors that help make these events happen.

Photos of the Event:

Clubrevit_08_2011-01 – Wi-Fi

Hi All

We are kicking off the Las Vegas User Group meetings again, but with a bit of a twist. While we are holding the event in Las Vegas we will also be broadcasting the event on GOTOmeeting (sponsored by U.S. CAD) to the world. So come join us for networking fun, technology presentation and did I say FREE DRINKS.

 Update:

Paul Aubin has donated a copy of his book to be given to one lucky attendee titeled: 

The Aubin Academy Master Series – Revit Architecture 2012

To Register to attend the event in person CLICK HERE

To register for the GOTOmeeting part of the session CLICK HERE

Come Join The Club

 Sponsored by:

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Be Part of the fun!!

An Autodesk colleague from UK asked me to post this Ad for a position available in Saudi Arabia. If you’re interested, he can be contacted at the address included at the end of this job posting.

MEP Technical Consultant 

An exciting role has just become available in the Award Winning Software Company Autodesk. We are currently seeking an individual with extensive MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) experience. Acting as a consultant you will be providing post-sale technical and business consulting to help drive successful adoption of Autodesk AEC technologies for the (MEP) technology within the construction industry. This key contributor with Autodesk Consulting will be a leader in their domain and will provide customers with process assessments, process change consultancy, project management, facilitate customer meetings, training, implementation, mentoring, as well as create documentation and customer deliverables. He/She will work closely with the channel by providing ongoing support, training and technical advice within the industry. You must be able to work independently as well as be part of the EMEA team. The position offers a variety of responsibilities and be the regional representative for driving MEP across multiple disciplines.

Location: Saudi Arabia 

Responsibilities:

• Assess customer’s current business process, recommend and implement solutions to meet customer’s needs. Work closely with customer to document and standardize their design processes.
• Recommends implementation and best practices for solutions to meet customer business needs.
• Develops, contributes and manages detailed customer implementation plans.
• Develops and conducts professional product training courses in person and via web casts, to accelerate customer adoption.
• Develop systems architecture, implementing cross-product solutions that best fit the customer’s needs.
• Writes deliverable documents including project schedules, procedures guides, flow charts, and best practices guides, agendas, and follow up memos.
• Works with new and existing customers in order to identify unrealized customer needs and promote Company solutions to drive additional revenue.
• Mentor customers to support the new solution deployment. In cases where customer purchases product implementation and support services, this person will provide ongoing consulting throughout the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for supporting sales efforts by developing proposals, writing scopes of work, and estimating resource requirements. Plays a key role in further developing current accounts by identifying complete solutions to meet additional unrealized customer needs.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of MEP design, drawing and detailing experience is required to be successful in this role
• Must have strong experience with leading architectural/MEP design software (i.e. AutoCAD MEP, Revit MEP, Microstation, etc.).
• Good understanding of BIM workflow process between architects and engineers.
• Must be willing to become an expert in the use of Revit MEP, AutoCAD MEP and Building Information Modeling and analysis products.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team of technical personnel, marketing/sales people, project managers.
• Experience working in the Middle East region would be a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to drive decisions and get closure on recommendations and issues.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent group facilitation skills.
• Project management experience. Demonstrated ability to lead a team to develop and deliver projects for acceptance within cost/schedule constraints.
• Able to travel up to 75% of the time and enjoy working with diverse groups of people with widely variable technical skills.
• Fluent in Engllish and Arabic is required for this role.

Contact:

Tony Mancino
Senior Recruiter
Talent Acquistion
tony.mancino@autodesk.com

Autodesk Ltd.
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