Autodesk University (AU) Virtual 2011

As much everyone would like to go to Las Vegas in 2 weeks, many of you do not have the opportunity.  Budget limitations and work demands will keep you from attending the Autodesk University in Las Vegas.  To expand the audience and make Autodesk University more accessible to a greater number of people the Autodesk created AU Virtual.  This year AU Virtual is offered at no charge to all AU Members (Membership is free).  If you’re not an AU Member, you can register HERE.

With AU Virtual, you can choose from 100’s of online virtual sessions directly from your desktop.

Register for AU Virtual here: http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=auv2011_event

Registration begins November 15.

After the event, AU Virtual classes will continue to be available on the AU website.  So if a “fire” needs attention and you can’t watch the Virtual event you wanted, you can go back and still get the information you wanted.

Revit 2012 Service Pack 2 Available

Well, the latest service pack for Revit is now available!  You can download the update HERE. As always, make sure you download the appropriate version (for OS) and read the Readme file.

The update list isn’t available yet, but check back on the download site within the next couple days and it should be available.

I posted this morning that SP2 was needed in order to utilize the Cloud Rendering that’s now available via the Autodesk Cloud.  So once you install SP2, you should now be able to utilize the Add-in for Cloud Rendering.

Autodesk Cloud and Revit Rendering in the Cloud

By now, many of you have probably already have heard or read about Autodesk Cloud for Subscription Customers.  One of the items available in the Autodesk Cloud is being able to Render  Online (in the Cloud) directly from within Revit 2012 via an Add-in that you can install (from the Cloud site).  One thing (and kind-of a big thing) is that in order to install the Add-in for Cloud Rendering, you must have Update 2 for Revit 2012 installed.  Oh wait, Update 2 isn’t available yet!!

So, looks like we’ll just have to wait for SP2 to come out…which I would have to guess won’t be too much longer.  That was quick, SP2 is now available!

New Ceiling Modify Option

Here’s a little something I ran across in my last training session…

When you want to modify a Ceiling, you typically had to get the to edge of the ceiling, select it, then you would get the option to Edit Boundary (left image).  If you select just a grid line, you don’t get that option (right image)…

   

This has now changed in Revit 2012!  If you select just a grid line of a ceiling, you now get the option to Edit Boundary…

So, no more placing your curser at the edge of a ceiling/wall and using the Tab key to cycle until you get to the ceiling to select it.

Off Topic–Autodesk Certification

Last week I received my results from taking the Autodesk Certified Instructor program back in early June.  It was a tough 4 days, doing 3 presentations, 2 of them recorded, scored and critiqued during that time.  Then, the videos of the 2 presentations are sent around the world (from my understanding) to get critiqued as well.  I thought I did well, but it’s a little nerve-racking waiting basically a month to find out if I was “made the grade” to become certified.

Well, WOO HOO, I passed!  I am now an Autodesk Certified Instructor (Revit Architecture)!!

It was a great experience, learned a lot about presenting/instructing in a different way then I typically do for our classes.  If you are an instructor of Autodesk software, even if it’s within your own company, and especially if you are an education instructor, I would highly suggest going through this program if you get the chance.

You can learn more about the Autodesk Certified Instructor program HERE.  The Revit and Inventor programs are listed yet on the site as they are still in the preliminary phase.  The program is hoping for these programs to go “live” towards the end of this year (2011).