SPRING TRAINING FOR AUTODESK USERS

May 29th 31st, Olds College

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AUTOCAD COURSES Revision 2, May 22-08

AutoCAD Secrets Exposed!
This session is filled with time-saving tips and tricks that can be used to increase your productivity
immediately. Do you take advantage of new tools available or are you still doing things just like you did
years ago? Some of the best and most productive enhancing tools have been introduced in recent
upgrades. To take advantage of them, attend this session and discover what might take you years to
discover on our own. Leave this session with the knowledge to dazzle your co-workers back home. A
great way to ensure yourself a ticket to attend next year!
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Jeanne Aarhus
Session: 6

More AutoCAD Secrets Exposed!

This session is filled with MORE time-saving tips and tricks that can be used to increase your productivity
immediately. Attend this session to learn even more tips and maybe a couple of tricks to take back
and use immediately!
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Jeanne Aarhus
Session: 7

CUI Cant Understand It?

Youre not alone! If you havent quite figured out how to use the new CUI, attend this session if you
need to gain a better understanding of the new customization interface. If you still have doubts on how
to take advantage of either the CUI or the new Workspaces. Learn how you can implement both
corporate and user CUI customizationsthe right way! Learn how these tool changes can impact your
production environment in a positive way and feel confident that when you leave this session you will
walk away knowing you Can Understand It!
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Jeanne Aarhus
Session: 10

Cool Tools for AutoCAD

This session is gong to cover some of the most productive and FUN tools I have run across. I hope you
find at least one or two that will help you out too! Sohave a seatpay attentionand lets discover
what is out there.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Jeanne Aarhus
Session: 2

Automate Your Plotting

This session investigates some of the more in-depth features of AutoCAD plotting. Knowing what you
can do is the first step to improving and automating your plotting environment. Topics covered will
include; plotting configuration, page setups, pen tables, batch plotting, and more. Does it take you
more than 2 or 3 clicks of the mouse to get your standard plot? If so, WELCOME..you NEED this
workshop!
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Jeanne Aarhus
Session: 9

Introduction to Model Space / Paper Space

(Part 1) The office has taken the plunge and upgraded to the latest release of AutoCad. There are a
bunch of people in the office who know how to draw with it, but the final plots always seem to be at
different scales. What is going on ? What is Model Space, and Paper Space, and how do you set them up
for your specific drawings ? How do you use Viewports, and set up the specific scales for them ?
How do you check the actual scales that drawings are supposed to be at, and make sure that they are
consistent from project to project ?

What is Model Space and Paper Space?

How are standard Title Blocks and Drawing Borders set up in each ?
When are they used when dealing with sets of Architectural drawings ?
How are standard drawing sets set up, and then incorporated within the office ?
How are single pages set up in Paper Space?

Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Beginner
Format: Lab
Instructor: Chuck Barsony
Session: 7

Advanced Model Space / Paper Space

(Part 2) As a second part to the use of Model Space / Paper Space, this presentation will deal with the
use of Model Space for different drawing scales, and how they are actually set up for standard drawing
scales, as well as reference symbols, text styles, and dim styles. The set up of these various settings
will be reviewed for the use of Paper Space, with different drawing scales, as well as differing viewports
of different drawing scales.

What is Model Space and Paper Space?

How are standard reference symbols used in each ?
When are they used when dealing with sets of Architectural drawings ?
How are different view ports set up in Paper Space, and given different drawing scales ?
How are multiple drawing pages set up in Paper Space?

Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Chuck Barsony
Session: 8

AutoCAD 2009 Beyond Vista-lization Revealed!

With every new AutoCAD release we find new productivity features. In AutoCAD 2009 we can see how
Autodesk has vested itself into Microsoft Vista. Learn how to work effectively in this new environment,
as well as learning tips and tricks to take full advantage of the 2009 release. Youll learn about the new
Ribbon, Action Recorder, Modeless dialogs and 3D ViewCube and SteeringWheel navigation tools. Its
more than just a new release its time to free your mind!
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Matt Murphy
Session: 1

Secrets to Maximizing Performance with Autodesk Product Exams Revealed!

How do you verify your own or your employees Autodesk product knowledge? Competent product
skills ensure productive users. As an Autodesk Certified User or Expert, you will ensure an industry
knowledge standard and obtain a credential as having achieved a level of recognized competence. These
benchmarks can also be used to determine skill gaps for assessing training needs. In this class you will
learn more about the Autodesk product exams and specific strategies to prepare for and pass them. You
will also gain valuable tips for successfully using AutoCAD to solve specific performance-based drawing
problems for the AutoCAD Certified User Exam. Evaluate your expertise and become more productive.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Matt Murphy
Session: 2

Blockbusters: Unleashing the Power of Dynamic Blocks Revealed!

Discover the full potential of Dynamic Blocks in AutoCAD. Learn how each parameter and action behaves
and how these tools can be applied and implemented into your existing design processes. See more
than 20 examples of how Dynamic Blocks can be assembled from scratch to enhance and automate
your offices design processes. Also featured are macro, LISP and field code examples that demonstrate
how to manipulate Dynamic Block settings.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Matt Murphy
Session: 3

The Productivity Power of AutoCAD Tool Palettes Revealed!

There is more to Tool Palettes than just a quick way to add blocks and hatch patterns to your drawing.
Palettes provide the shortest, most efficient way to increase your productivity without programming. In
this session, youll learn hidden techniques to migrate your standards, build custom commands, and
create AutoCAD objects into powerful Content Tools. You'll also learn the secret of how to create and
manage shared palettes securely as an enterprise solution for your company standards. This session is
for any user of AutoCAD from 2004 on, who wants to gain a comprehensive understanding of and full
productivity using AutoCAD Tool Palettes.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Matt Murphy
Session: 4

The 10 Hidden Secrets of AutoCAD Productivity Revealed!

AutoCAD has been around for a long time. Yet simply using AutoCAD every day does not necessarily
make you more productive. You may not realize it, but old habits, bad habits, and inefficient commands
and techniques may be robbing you of productivity. Youll become more productive by eliminating clicks
and picks -- period! In this session, youll learn how to tap into AutoCAD secrets that banish repetitive
steps and tasks. After this session, youll walk away with productivity-enhancing knowledge that youll
be able to apply immediately.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Matt Murphy
Session: 6

A Fresh Look at Linetype Scaling

New description: Linetypes have always been a little tricky in AutoCAD, requiring special attention in
order to be viewed and plotted correctly. This course will start with a basic review of what linetypes are,
and how they are adjusted with settings like LTSCALE, PSLTSCALE and CELTSCALE. We will also do a
pretty comprehensive review on scale factors. Finally, we will look at the new annotative functionality
of AutoCAD 2008+. While this doesnt work for linetypes as nicely as it does for annotative objects , the
new MSLTSCALE does have its benefits for viewing non-continuous linetypes in modelspace.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lab
Instructor: Shari Tambasco
Session: 1

Sorry, Youre Not my Type

This course is meant for users who have never before created their own
customized linetypes, but would like to learn how. This is a little tricky because linetypes
must be described in notepad. Topics will cover writing linetypes, loading them into
AutoCAD, and sharing them to other workstations.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lab
Instructor: Shari Tambasco
Session: 3

Introduction to 3D in AutoCAD: Part I

There are so many new 3D design products out in the marketplace that
sometimes users forget that plain vanilla AutoCAD has a lot of 3D functionality. While the
3D objects in AutoCAD may not be parametric, and have so have to be manually edited, they
can be built by anyone with a copy of AutoCAD and a little bit of patience. This course will
introduce users to moving around the 3D environment, and strategies for building 3D
models. There will be lots of examples and techniques, so you are sure to see something new.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lab
Instructor: Shari Tambasco
Session: 11

Introduction to 3D in AutoCAD: Part II

Continuing from Part I, this course will go into editing your 3D models, which
can be tricky. Unlike, say, a parametric modeler, models in AutoCAD must be manually
adjusted. Topics will also include generating drawing views from your 3D model, and
annotating your model with dimensions.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lab
Instructor: Shari Tambasco
Session: 12

Managing your project with the Sheet Set Manager

The introduction to the Sheet Set Manager came in 2005. You may have heard about it, but maybe you
didnt know enough about it to implement it into your workflow. Let us show you how the Sheet Set
Manager can help you organize your project. Among the benefits of the Sheet Set Manager, we have
the ability to Plot entire sets of drawings. The use of fields plays an extensive role in sheet sets.
Abandon the mindset of externally referencing title blocks into paper space views. These fields update
throughout the entire Sheet Set eliminating the hassle of External References. The Sheet Set Manager
can help you organize and streamline project organization and co-ordination.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Steve Rollo
Session: 11

Annotation Scaling: Making your drawing smarter

How long to you spend sitting and figuring out your Dimension and Text styles so that they will Plot at
the proper scale? Well worry no more. The Annotation Scaling functionality in AutoCAD 2008 lets you
create text, dimensions, hatch patterns, blocks and multi-leaders that will automatically change their
size and placement to match the scale of the viewport. Let us show you how easy and how much time
you can save with this new feature.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Beginner
Format: Lab
Instructor: Steve Rollo
Session: 5

The AutoLISP Crash Course

AutoLISP/Visual LISP is a powerful way to extend AutoCADs functionality, but many avoid using it
because they think its too hard to learn. This course starts at the beginning and rapidly moves you
through concepts such as lists, accessing the command line, storing and retrieving variables, writing your
own command functions, working with selection sets, and controlling AutoCADs start-up to achieve
greater standardization of your AutoCAD environment. If you want to tap the power of AutoLISP, fasten
your AutoCAD belt for this session.

Working with variables, functions, and the command line

Understanding data types and user inputs
Using conditional statements like IF, WHILE and COND
Writing custom user command functions

Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Beginner
Format: Lecture
Instructor: Robert Green
Session: 5

Field Density
This class goes deep into the functionality and potential applications of AutoCAD FIELDs. Learn how to
insert, edit and configure FIELDs in TABLE cells, BLOCK ATTRIButes, MTEXT and other textual objects.
Methods for gleaning intelligence from every aspect of a drawing file will be discussed including
Document Properties, System Variables, Linked Applications, Object Properties, and even Programming
Language variable values. If you haven't done so yet, it's time to move your design's annotation into the
21st century.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
Instructor: dave espinosa-aguilar
Session: 5

EAT TEXT: Out Of The Box AutoCAD/Excel Integration

The data extraction technology in AutoCAD provides amazing capabilities for the average office to
generate intelligent and associative tables of drawing information gleaned from your linework. Discover
how to link your design with spreadsheets and maintain bi-directional dataflows for generating
schedules, part lists and bill of materials. Learn how to use column filters, formula columns and other
powerful features to report everything from survey points and alignment tables and lot acreages to
ductwork and pipe sizings, door and windows schedules and facilities management costs.
Undocumented tricks that take the extraction tools to the next level of functionality will also be
discussed. It's everything you need to know about out-of-the-box Excel integration for all AutoCAD
releases.

Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
Instructor: dave espinosa-aguilar
Session: 6

Soak. Wash. Rinse. Spin. Repeat 1000X: AutoCAD Scripting For Everyone
Some processes in AutoCAD are about as exciting as washing an old pair of dirty socks -- over and over
again. But it needn't be this way with the easy and powerful Scripting language in AutoCAD. In a
nutshell, if you can type anything in AutoCAD, then you can script it. This class explains how scripts can
automate the redundant and mind-numbing aspects of your daily design. We'll demonstrate advanced
scripting techniques that will destroy myths regarding scripting limitations, and also introduce users to
the latest version of ScriptPro, a free utility from Autodesk that easily applies scripts to batches of
drawings at a time.
NOTE: This class will not cover the new scripting feature in AutoCAD 2009.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: dave espinosa-aguilar
Session: 7

BlockBusters: Dynamic Blocks Unleashed

Discover the amazing potential of Dynamic BLOCKs in AutoCAD. Learn how each Parameter and Action
behaves and how these tools can be applied and implemented into your existing design processes. See
over 20 examples of how Dynamic BLOCKs can be assembled, from scratch, to enhance and automate
your office's design processes. Also featured are AutoLISP code examples which demonstrate how to
manipulate Dynamic BLOCK settings.

Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
Instructor: dave espinosa-aguilar
Session: 8

Becoming An AutoCAD PowerUser

This course outlines 10 practical philosophies which lead to mastering and fully leveraging any release of
AutoCAD. Gleaned from over 20 years of onsite programming, consulting, customizing and training users
on the product, the course outlines strategies, techniques, tricks and numerous experiences with the
product that give users a whole new way to think about and use the product productively. A top-rated
and highly attended class at Autodesk University for the last 8 years, it continues to inspire and
enlighten AutoCAD greenthumbs and gurus alike.

Topic: AutoCAD
Level: All
Format: Lecture
Instructor: dave espinosa-aguilar
Session: 9

AutoLISP Basics Part 1

Curious about programming in AutoCAD? Boost your CADD career (and be seen as an uber-geek) by
learning the basics of LISP from within AutoCAD. This course focuses on the important things to know
about using LISP programs (created by others). Specifically how to load and run LISP programs.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Frank Zander
Session: 5

AutoLISP Basics Part 2

Ever loaded a LISP program in AutoCAD? Ever had it not work and want to fix it? Have you ever wanted
to tweak an existing LISP program to make it work better? Then you are already thinking like a
programmer (or hacker). So why not become one! Learn the tricks of the trade to edit, trouble shoot
and debug LISP code.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Frank Zander
Session: 6

AutoLISP Basics Part 3

This course builds on Part 2. If you have never coded. This course is NOT for you. This course
investigates the use of complex selection sets and modifying AutoCAD drawing entities (line circles arcs
etc.) as well as table objects (Layers, Blocks, etc). Make sure to have at least two cups of coffee (and
your head well bolted on) before attending this course.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Frank Zander
Session: 7

AutoCAD VBA Part 1

Curious about programming in AutoCAD? Boost your CADD career (and be seen as an uber-geek) by
learning the basics of VBA from within AutoCAD. This course focuses on the important things to know
about using VBA programs (created by others). Specifically how to load and run VBA programs.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Frank Zander
Session: 10

AutoCAD VBA Part 2

Ever loaded a VBA program in AutoCAD? Ever had it not work and want to fix it? Have you ever wanted
to tweak an existing VBA program to make it work better? Then you are already thinking like a
programmer (or hacker). So why not become one?! Learn the tricks of the trade to edit, trouble shoot
and debug VBA code.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Frank Zander
Session: 11

AutoCAD VBA Part 3

This course builds on Part 2. If you have never coded This course is NOT for you. This course
investigates the use of complex selection sets and modifying AutoCAD drawing entities (line circles arcs
etc.) as well as table objects (Layers, Blocks, etc). Make sure to have at least two cups of coffee (and
your head well bolted on) before attending this course.
Topic: AutoCAD
Level: Intermediate
Format: Lab
Instructor: Frank Zander
Session: 12